Sidney Taylor‚ a Vice President and branch manager of the bank and Meritor Savings Bank. Vinson charged that she had constantly been subjected to sexual harassment by Taylor over her four years at the bank. She argued such harassment created a "hostile working environment" and was covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Vinson sought injunctive relief along with compensatory and punitive damages against Taylor and the bank. Taylor denied allegations of sexual activity and said the
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welcomed may still be actionable in situations where the harassed employee is retaliated against for refusing the once welcomed sexual conduct. There are two types of sexual harassment: (1) quid pro quo‚ meaning "something for something"; and (2) hostile work environment. Typically in
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deficiencies and is often described as utterly foul. Inmates on bad behavior are put on nutraloaf‚ a cruelly disgusting food used as punishment for days or months at a time. Prison life is also difficult because the guards are very rarely rebuked for being hostile to the inmates and incomprehensive to their needs or complaints. This negligence is made even more dangerous because of the threat of some potentially dangerous inmates. Prisons and jails‚ inevitably is a place where people have violent backgrounds
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Which of the following actions would be likely to reduce conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers? Student Response 1. Congress passes a law that severely restricts hostile takeovers. 2. A firm’s compensation system is changed so that managers receive larger cash salaries but fewer long-term options to buy stock. 3. The company changes the way executive stock options are handled‚ with all options vesting after 2 years rather than having 20% of the options awarded vest
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betray and condemn ourselves to the curse of plaguing blood-thirsty arms against each other. When an imminent war between two hostile nations breaks out‚ it is our mother earth that we pollute to such an extent to create living hells of dust and fire that will violate the purity of our surroundings including our thoughts and actions. Both hostile nations will suffer the same fate of shedding innocent blood. The air gets polluted on both the countries. To prevent such a catastrophe‚ we
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SS 2029 Basic Sociology 2011-2012 (Semester A) Individual Term Paper CHEUNG Kai-HO (52596777) 7. According to Marx‚ how does capitalism alienate workers? How did Marx feel that workers could overcome their alienation? 1. Abstract Alienation‚ a term used to describe the feeling of no connection with others or the separation from former attachment. When it comes to sociologist aspect‚ especially on Marxism‚ this term describes the stage of losing one’s identity. To Karl Marx’s belief
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“literacy”‚ for which both sets of verbal self-defense skills—those needed for establishing a language environment where hostile language is rare‚ and those needed for dealing with hostile language when it can’t be avoided are indispensible. The short answer to this question‚ for children of any age‚ is that you teach the verbal self-defense techniques by modeling them. When hostile language is flying around in the language environment and the kids are there‚ you use verbal self-defense to defuse that
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1. Was Continental’s conduct illegal under the Sherman Act? Why or why not? Under the Sherman act‚ Continental’s conduct was illegal because they were engaged in predatory pricing. This was caused by lowering their actual cost of bread for a temporary period to drive their competitor’s out of business or in this case‚ less shelf life or prominence in the stores.. 2. Is predatory pricing a per se violation? (Support your answer with an example from the Internet). As per the text (pg 539)
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Why Did Texas Almost Fail as a Spanish Colony? Why do the ventures of man fail? The ventures of men fail primarily due to a lack of planning. In the case of Spanish colonies in Texas this holds true. The Spanish first set eyes on the Texas coast in 1519 and in 1821 they lowered their flag for the final time in Texas. The Spanish had about 300 years to try and colonize Texas and the attempt to colonize and settle Texas was not very successful. The initial boats that came to Texas were shipwrecked
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Austin Van Hoesen Professor Ratcliffe WRC 1023 28th February 2013 Accept Keystone with an Understanding Is the Keystone XL Pipeline really worth the risk? There are many Americans that believe so and there are just as many that don’t think so. Each side has their reasons and they are sufficient reasons backed up by liable sources. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a pipeline system that would transport crude oil for the Tar Sands in Alberta‚ Canada‚ through the continental United States all the way
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