Charleen Moore English 105‚ PCC Monday and Wednesday March 26‚ 2008 ARE THREE- STRIKES LAWS FAIR AND EFFECTIVE ? INTRODUCTION The American public is alarmed about crime‚ and with good reason. Our crime rate is unacceptably high‚ and many Americans feel like prisoners in their own homes‚ afraid to venture out for fear of becoming another statistic. Nation-wide attention was focused on so-called three-strike laws in 1994 when California voters approved an initiative mandating prison terms of
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Effective‚ or Not Picture this; an overweight man in a track suit struggling to make it over the same hurtle a younger‚ more athletic man‚ wearing the same suit‚ just hurtled with ease. The slogan “when tempted to over-indulge‚ reach for a Lucky instead” printed just below the picture. Chances are immediately the last food which was overindulged upon comes to mind‚ causing a reliving the guilt that followed. As the poster is viewed‚ it’s hard to ignore the feeling that abstaining from indulging
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Over 400 quite some time ago‚ Voltaire said‚ “common sense is not so common”. Unfortunately the same could be said today about many organizations that neglect to utilize good old-fashioned horse sense when it comes to reducing worker turnover. The truth is – aside from outside investment constrains such as the unemployment rate or those mass migration from claiming boomers of those particular occupation business sector – two Realities remain: 1. High worker turnover is preventable 2. Organizations
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Question 1: The tragedy of the commons a) Using the example of a problem of the global commons outline the “tragedy of the commons” and explain its causes. In order to aptly outline the “tragedy of the commons” using an example of a problem of the global commons‚ it is essential to first put in context what both terms mean and how they relate to each other. The “tragedy of the commons” is a type of market failure under the banner of property rights that is described as ‘an economic problem in
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In the “The Knowledge Workers’ Strike” case‚ the main topic of discussion is a negotiation between the Software Engineers Guild (SEG)‚ a workers union for programmers in the gaming industry‚ and Detonation‚ a large virtual game producing company. The SEG is nearly half of Detonation’s employees and they are trying to rally together to get better pay and benefits (regarding revenue sharing‚ etc). On the other hand‚ Detonation is trying to shift its workers to profit sharing‚ rather than revenue
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CAN DOCTORS GO ON STRIKE? The answer is simply yes since strike is a legitimate action to frown on unfavorable conditions. Strike action is legal and any institution that has legal rights can embark on strike when it deems fit by the abiding conditions. If doctors qualify under this democratic legitimacy‚ then under which conditions should doctors be on strike? * WHY DOCTORS GO ON STRIKE? From our history as Ghanaians‚ we have seen doctors going on strike for salary increment. These
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The Homestead strike brought up an important question for America: should the economic system favor the corporation or the worker? The Homestead strike was most likely the main reason workers unionized. The strike was the first situation in which the workers banded together to showcase unfair working conditions. The Homestead Mill was a factory that produced steel. The manager of the factory was Henry Fink who worked under one of the richest men in America at that time‚ Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie
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Conflict Assessment Report BC 465: Negotiation and Conflict Management Xxxxxx xxxxxxx Jones International University March 30‚ 2010 Abstract This paper is an assessment of a conflict that took place between The Boeing Company and one of its unions‚ The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers in 2008. Conflict Assessment Report Profile The Boeing Company is the world’s top aerospace company and the biggest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military
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Winnipeg General Strike Shai-li Gawne July 14‚ 2015 During the Winnipeg General Strike the actions of the authorities were not justified. The unjust actions were that they did not have any jobs for the soldiers coming home from the war. The authorities did not care that the working conditions for the citizens were unfair. Also‚ the authorities attacked striking citizens for no reason. For these reasons‚ their actions were
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Common Sense Common sense is the knowledge and thinking ability a person acquires through experience and from teachings passed on from others‚ and is used to deal with everyday life in appropriate manners. It is what a person relies on to tell them‚ generally‚ what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ and what is best for them in a given situation to sustain overall well-being. It reflects the thought process that is used when faced with possible uncertainty‚ and it relies heavily on memory. It enables
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