skills tests. The integrated skills tasks used in this study are items from the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)‚ comprising two item types: ‘Retell Lecture’ and ‘Repeat Sentence’. The Official Guide to PTE Academic (Pearson‚ 2010) states that the ‘Retell Lecture’ item is designed to assess candidates’ ability to “give a presentation on information from a lecture on an academic subject” (2010‚ p.51)‚ while the ‘Repeat Sentence’ item tests candidates’ ability “to understand and
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self-regulated set of activities which are guided by some ethical and legal principles. Under CSR‚ companies can decide to take up some initiatives that will help them in complying with the legal standards as well as in making a positive contribution to the society. d Driving forces of CSR The driving forces of CSR are many. Firstly‚ in some countries‚ CSR is required by laws. For example‚ in many countries there are environmental laws. These laws require that companies follow some activities so
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Research and Planning Offense Codes 12/3/2012 VIOLENT PERSON OFFENSES Chapter 12 - Civil Rights Chapter 90 - Motor vehicles and aircraft Chapter 127 - Officers and inmates of penal and reformatory institutions. Paroles and pardons Chapter 265 - Crimes against the person Chapter 268 - Crimes against public justice Chapter 274 - Felonies‚ accessories and attempts to commit crimes CODE 110 111 115 116 120 121 130 131 135 136 140 150 155 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 165
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Hammurabi’s Code‚ The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant‚ and an Assyrian Law and a Palace Decree essentially discusses the relationship between justice and the law in the individual civilizations. Each bring out different understandings of the communities on how justice applies in society as well as how we refer to such laws today. Hammurabi’s code refers to the set of rules or laws that were put into place by the Babylonian king: Hammurabi. Setting the basis for most modern laws‚ this code was meant
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crimes in stats from 1980 to 1996 in California cities with curfew laws for the youth (http://www.eastbayexpress.com). The study had showed that there was no connection between crime and youth curfews caused or against juveniles. Even in the cities where the curfew law was strictly enforced. Think about this so if someone has a plan or intention to go steal a car or to go rob a bank at night‚ why would they have respect for a law that makes it illegal to go outside at a certain time? There has been
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We the people of the United States have a problem in our midst‚ Obesity. While most recognize the importance to stop it‚ few can agree on a viable method to fight it. It is a problem‚ no doubt‚ but it is a problem that lies within every single american. That being said‚ only people themselves can do something about it‚ the government can’t simply pass a few laws and put an end to this epidemic. It is not the government’s job to keep people healthy‚ the U.S. is a democratic Republic and if it intends
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Mesopotamia‚ around 1750 B.C. citizens followed a stern law code called The Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi‚ a powerful conqueror of 1792-1750 BCE‚ created these laws in the hopes of promoting justice through them. He wanted to “promote the welfare of the people” and “to cause justice and destroy the wicked and the evil” (pg. 13) This law code shows that in early Babylonian society‚ they thought the best punishment was an “eye for an eye”. By setting such law codes‚ they made the punishment so harsh that the person
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Hammurabi’s Code After reading the codes of law set out by Hammurabi himself‚ sometime between the years of 1727 BCE and 1680 BCE‚ I have come to the conclusion that laws are necessary for many things‚ but especially to keep order and to keep society running. Without codes of law society would turn into a barbaric form of life. These laws are generally put into place based on common sense‚ but after reading Hammurabi’s Code I found out they are also put in place to raise fear in the eyes of the
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done.Hammurabi’s Law Code is an example of one of those documents. It isactually one of the first documents of its kind‚ and is one of the foundationsfor many documents in history‚ and even documents in today’s societies. Astellar example is the Bill of Rights. And because Hammurabi’s Law Code hasbeen used as an influence‚ they share some interesting similarities‚ andsome equally interesting differences. When it comes to the characteristics the Bill of Rights andHammurabi’s Law Code have in common
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to guide nurses on their practice. The code of ethics and conduct for nurses and midwives is a major tool in the safeguarding of the public’s health and wellbeing. In regulating nursing practice‚ the code of ethics and conduct act as a framework for judging the fitness to practice of individual registered nurses whenever their practice is questionable (Goldsmith 2011‚ p. 12). They outline the minimum standards that nurses and midwives should uphold. The code also serves as a framework for professionally
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