The Gettysburg Address: An Analysis On 19 November‚ we commemorate the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in 1863. In one of the first posts on this blog‚ I compared Lincoln’s two-minute address with the two-hour oration by Edward Everett on the same occasion. Today the former is universally regarded as one of the most famous speeches in American history; the latter is largely forgotten. Indeed‚ Everett himself recognized the genius of Lincoln’s speech in a note that he sent to
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Personal Dilemma Paper TaraLyn Thoreson CJA324 Ethics in Criminal Justice October 20th‚ 2014 Instructor Hastings Personal Dilemma Paper In today’s society people face some form or type of dilemma and it could either be a personal‚ ethical‚ or moral dilemma. As individual’s we encounter personal dilemmas‚ whether it is professional or educational and with these dilemmas there is always some type of choice that must be made and with this choice there is either a solution or resolution
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The conflict between oligarchy and democracy often seems to be a relatively recent phenomenon for many in the modern world‚ however it is often disregarded that this conflict goes back millennia in the western world‚ all the way back to ancient Greece‚ and specifically back to the city-state of Athens. Though very different from the modern‚ western concept of democracy‚ Athens’ democratic system was revolutionary for it’s time and often stirred conflict between democratic and oligarchic forces‚ not
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DUTIES OF DIRECTORS Directors of a company normally have exclusive power to manage the company’s business and exercise its powers. At common law‚ the duties were owed to the company‚ to employees‚ to individual shareholders and creditors. 1.0 Duties of Directors to the company It is convenient to categorise the duties of directors into fiduciary duties which arise because they are quasi-trustees of the assets of the company. The word ‘fiduciary’ refers to trust and confidence. ‘A fiduciary is
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Fiduciary Duties of Directors 1) Duty to act in good faith in the interests of the company In Re W & M Roith Ltd [1967] 1 All ER 427‚ the controlling director of a company had given many years services without having a service contract. He was then given a service agreement providing for payment of a pension to his widow if he died while still a director. He was already in poor health at this time and he died two months later. The pension was paid for several years and then the company went into
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teacher’s (or parent’s) democratic right to know ever over-ride a child’s right to privacy? Fundamental to democracy is the right of the people to know. Democracy dictates that all citizens have a right to be fully informed‚ and thus have a right to know - this applies equally to children as to adults. However‚ counterbalancing the democratic right to know is the right to privacy. It is here that conflict arises – at what stage does the right to know override the right to privacy? The concept of
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are several conflicts that may arise during all sports. From the little league‚ all the way up to the professional league‚ there is always going to be conflict‚ some bigger than others. As the book The Joy of Conflict Resolution by Gary Harper states‚ “…conflict is a part of life”. Every day people are challenged with new or reappearing conflict‚ some can be resolved‚ some are still in the process of trying to be resolved‚ and others ignore it and hold onto a grudge. A major conflict arising today
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The Enlightenment was a great time of motive and individualism‚ it’s easy to see how conflict between the two genders would begin. Eighteenth-century France experienced quite intricate gender conflicts‚ and the period of Enlightenment and the French Revolution gave increase to the opinions of freedom and equality between men and women. People are not attentive and aware‚ ego defends itself from weakness through desire‚ aggression‚ and ignorance. Sporadically people use passion in sexual activity
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Buchanan’s "The right to a decent minimum in health care" argues that even if we cannot settle the question of whether or not there is a universal right to health care‚ it can still be established that the government should ensure that all of its citizens are provided with a decent minimum of health care. He further forms his point by arguing on four grounds‚ which include; the concept of special right over universal right‚ people who have given to society by joining the army should have the right to access
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Employment Rights and Responsibilities Outcome 1 1.1- Payment Holiday entitlement Contract agreement Minimum wage Hours worked Discrimination Health and safety Redundancy and dismissal Training Disciplinary procedures Union rights and consultation‚ etc. These apply to all Work environments. . Labour law covers the deal between employee and employer. Health and safety laws cover the work conditions‚ and minimum wage and other laws set the basic compensation rate. 1.2- Equality Act 2010
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