CT 301 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in a sociel care setting. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (also referred to as HSWA‚ the HSW Act‚ the 1974 Act or HASAWA) is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive‚ with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment
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Cited: Ciulla‚ Joanne B.‚ Clancy W. Martin‚ and Robert C. Solomon. Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader. New York: Oxford UP‚ 2011. Print. Diaz‚ Jesus. "Apple Gestapo: How Apple Hunts Down Leaks." Gizmodo. 15 Dec. 2009. Web. 06 June 2012. . Jamison‚ Peter. "Lost IPhone 5 Update: Police ’Assisted ’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man ’s Home." - San Francisco News. 2 Sept. 2011. Web. 06 June 2012. . Kahn‚ Jordan. "Survey: Majority of US
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The NSA had initiated an unconstitutional mass surveillance of American’s communications‚ domestic and abroad. The most frightening fact is that the public never knew this was happening before the Edward Snowden leaks. In 2008‚ President Bush signed the FISA Amendment Act into law. This act greatly expanded the NSA’s authority to monitor electronic communications of American citizens. Proponents of the NSA argue that the NSA’s key objective is to maintain our national
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Marfan Syndrome By Jordan Martinez This disease is interesting to me because I have a friend diagnosed with this disease. If you take a quick glance at him you could tell that he has unusual body features. These are conditions to being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. The conditions and features applied with Marfan syndrome. They are tall‚ skinny they have long toes and fingers they have a dent on their chest. Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that is defective
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November 2010 how popular culture shapes us and the environment The term popular culture‚ or pop culture‚ often refers to the ideas‚ values and goods that arise from mass media. This mass media includes books‚ magazines‚ movies‚ and television. In American popular culture two themes are prevalent: a materialistic one and a simplistic one. The materialistic one‚ that is popular in times of prosperity‚ stresses that happiness comes out of material goods‚ while the simplistic one says that happiness
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is exceptionally dangerous. Nuclear power plants have to be run extremely cautiously‚ any minor mishap can result in a disaster. Maintaining a nuclear power plant is also expensive. Sustaining a safe work environment is difficult because any little leak can cause havoc. These nuclear power plants may not emit carbon‚ but their waste products are even more dangerous than any other power plant. Nuclear plants produce radioactive material. The radioactive material produced by these plants have to be
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The Affects of Hazardous Waste Material to the Environment What are Hazardous Waste Materials? Hazardous wastes are poisonous byproducts of manufacturing‚ farming‚ city septic systems‚ construction‚ automotive shops‚ laboratories‚ hospitals‚ and other industries such as Military installations and military training areas. The waste may be liquid‚ solid‚ or sludge and contain chemicals‚ heavy metals‚ radiation‚ dangerous pathogens‚ or other toxins. Even households generate hazardous waste from
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do good Middleground View Beauchamp & Bowie believe that just as the duties of citizens need to be realistic‚ so does the relation between ethics and business 3.3 Carol’s Four Part Model Why 3.6 High Profit Disasters • E.gs are Chemical Leak – Union Carbide plant in
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Aim: To investigate how effect of Detergent Concentration (cont.) has on Membrane permeability of Beetroot cells. Hypothesis: I predict that as detergent concentration increases‚ the solution will become less clear‚ plus mass increases. The increases in mass will indicate that the water potential of the Beetroot cell is lower than that of the surrounding sucrose solution. The Beetroot discs will become flaccid and decrease in mass if the water potential of the surrounding solution is lower than
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of the “ten worst corporations” during the year 2001 and 2006. In fact‚ BP and its competitors Royal Dutch-Shell were considered by activists to be responsible with the threatening phenomenon of climate change. BP was warned before the oil pipeline leak happened in Alaska‚ but no action was made by the higher officials to mitigate its possible occurrence and reduce damages. In March 2005‚ BP ’s Texas City‚ Texas refinery‚ one of its largest refineries‚ exploded causing 15 deaths‚ injuring 180 people
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