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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Turner Introduction to duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people settings 1. Understanding the implications of Duty of care. 1.1 * A duty of care means that all health and social care professionals and organisations providing health and care services‚ must act in the best interests of the people they support. 1.2 * The expression is that we ‘owe’ a duty of care to the people we work with. ‘owe’ is a useful word to describe the nature of the duty of care because it
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Running Head: COUNSELING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Stepping up Counseling Responsibilities in a Socially Unjust Society Abstract Social Justice has been an emerging issue over the last century in today’s service environment of helping professionals. Social Justice is a mindset and an action for change. Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia defines social justice‚ as “the ability people have to realize their potential in a society where they live. Classically‚ ‘justice’ referred to
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Rights and responsibilities What are rights and responsibilities? Our rights are what every human being deserves‚ no matter who they are or where they live‚ so that we can live in a world that is fair and just. A responsibility is something that you must do. It is something that affects our lives and other people’s lives. What are my rights? 1. You have the right to feel safe: No one has the right to make fun of you or hurt you in any way‚ even if you do something wrong. You have
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a few things you should know... like the term ’Duty of care’......it means providing care and support for individuals within the law and also within the policies‚ procedures and agreed ways of working of your employer. It is about avoiding abuse and injury to individuals‚ their friends and family and their property. A negligent act could be unintentional‚ careless or intentional that results in abuse or injury. A negligent act is breaching the duty of care. If an individual has evidence that you
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College Writing 1 3 December 2‚ 2012 Opening Paragraph One of the most anticipated video games of the year‚ Call of Duty Black Ops II came out with a wave of anticipation and controversy. Questions and mystery surrounded the game as the previous ones failed to live up to lofty expectations. Treyarch‚ the designer of the first Call of Duty Black Ops was already at odds for mediocre product they had previously produced. There will always be players who love the game and those who hate it:
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L. McCutcheon ATAN‚USN 25May13 DERELICTION OF DUTYS Dereliction of duty is a specific offense under United States Code Title 10‚892. Article92 and applies to all branches of the US military. A service member who is derelict has willfully refused to perform his duties (or follow a given order) or has incapacitated himself in such a way that he can not perform his duties. Such incapacitation includes the person falling asleep while on duty requiring wakefulness‚ his getting drunk or otherwise
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Duty of Care In a work setting where we are working with children our duty of care is of utmost importance‚ we need to ensure that we do everything within our power to ensure that children and young people that use our setting get the best care possible and that no harm comes to them. When working with children and young people we not only have a duty of care to the children but also to their parents and carers who will be trusting and expecting us to provide the best care for their children. A
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Voting is not only a privilege‚ but it is our civic duty as not only Christians but as Americans to vote. Our government was founded on the idea that it is “of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people‚” if ‘the people’ do not involve themselves to a certain extent they are not fulfilling their duty. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in 1944: “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by
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Duty of Care The concept of ‘duty of care’ is doing all you can‚ at all times to ensure that you act in the best interest of the patients. Putting those that we care for at the centre of all our actions and ensuring the safety of what we do for them. During practice duty of care means we must care out task at our own level of competence‚ not higher. Ensure that our actions do not break the laws‚ even if it means saying that you don’t feel that you should be doing something that your senior nurse
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