religion. Nothing is being done to prevent this discrimination‚ so we suggest putting a law into place‚ which would be the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act is an act that permits landlords from discriminating against minorities. It also keeps other tenants from physically harming or using racial slurs in public towards these minorities. One of the reasons the Fair Housing Act should be placed into law is to keep the African American population safe from harm. An article‚ “Housing and Race” states
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Title: CFMEU failed in bid at fair bargaining Source The courier Male The issue: The issue is a about the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy union being refused the right to take industrial action against Mondelphous‚ a national Engineering company as Fair Work Australia Believed the Unions attempts at bargaining prior to initiating Industrial action was rudimentary . How did the issue occur and who was involved: The construction Forestry and Energy Union has attempted to take industrial
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Fair Debt Collection Practice Act: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)‚ the nation’s consumer protection agency‚ enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)‚ which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive‚ unfair‚ or deceptive practices to collect from you [ftc.gov]. FDCPA became effective in March 1978; it also protects reputable debt collectors from unfair competition and encourages consistent state action to protect consumers from abuses in debt collection [federalreserve.gov].
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In the mid to late 1800’s‚ millions of Catholic immigrants began arriving in the United States. In 1815 there were only 80 Catholic Churches‚ 7 priests‚ and 70‚000 Catholics‚ making Catholicism an extreme minority. However‚ by 1916 Catholics were a powerful force with 15.7 million members. The six largest Catholic immigration groups‚ referred to as the “Big Six” included Irish‚ German‚ Italian‚ Polish‚ French-Canadian‚ and Mexican Immigrants. Each immigrant group brought with them their own set of
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The idea of disciplined pluralism is the difference between centralized and decentralized decision-making as it pertains to the economy (i.e. the government). To put in another way‚ communist and socialist country’s economies exist under monoism where the government dictates the terms and conditions of markets. In United States and other market economies‚ the market largely determines what is good for the market by exploring possibilities and cultivating innovation with profit motive. This may
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The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADAA) of
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to legal termination of an employee the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has no legal requirements for prior notice to an employee regarding the termination of his or her job (Mullin‚ 2002). The legal requirements in layoff situations are detailed in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act). Generally‚ the WARN Act requires that a covered employer provide 60 days’ notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (Mullin‚ 2002). This act is designed to provide protection to workers
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must look at the theories that contrast how we view ourselves as a democracy. As in any political debate‚ the two main theories‚ elitism and pluralism present numerous conflicts. Firstly‚ elitism defines all governments as systems that divide the people the few people that make the important decisions (the elite) and those who do not (the majority). Pluralism‚ on the other hand‚ defines democracy as a balanced system of government that is achieved by many well-organized large groups that individuals
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Fair or Not Fair As once said by Nelson Mandela “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly‚ knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer‚ and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant‚ superficial‚ and uninformed.” Only when you meet that criteria can you be considered a good leader‚ however in Sophocles’ book Antigone once a crime has been committed not only is the guilty killer put on trial but whether or not Creon is a good leader is
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John Hick and Pluralism John Hick was born in 1922 in England to a middle class family. He developed an interest in philosophy and religion in his teens‚ being encouraged by his uncle‚ who was an author and teacher at Manchester University. Hick initially pursued a law degree at Hull University‚ but converted to Evangelical Christianity from the fundamentalist Christian beliefs with which he was raised‚ and decided to change his career and enrolled at the University of Edinburgh in 1941.
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