The first international initiative to control drugs was the 1909 Shanghai Opium Commission which brought the community together in order to deter the illicit drug trafficking of opium. The Commission later met at conferences in the Netherlands in 1911 and 1913‚ promoting legislation that would aid them in handling the narcotics problem in their own country. During this same time period‚ the United States started to take notice in the favor of prohibition of all “moral evils‚” particularly drugs
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It is 1945‚ at the end of World War II‚ America is at the final stages of deciding to drop the atomic bomb on Japan or not. There are many factors that have been taken into consideration based off of the economic stress‚ the losses and the constant pressure to fight for democracy across the communistic nations. The factors that justified the government in creating The Manhattan Project are morally justified in commitment to the American people for the great loss in Pearl Harbor and among the many
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Strategic Human Resources Management Chapter Questions Chapters 3 & 4 Explain in your own words the complexities‚ limitations‚ and challenges associated with HR and the legal environment. The HR department is responsible to keep record‚ apply keen HR rules to employees‚ and monitor the HR decisions. However‚ HR cannot resolve the problems it has already happened. Therefore‚ HR should work with the managerial team and legal department to minimize the damage from problems. HR can also work
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select an impartial third party‚ known as an arbitrator; agree in advance to comply with the arbitrator’s award; and then participate in a hearing at which both sides can present evidence and testimony. * Tribunal & Adjudication Terms Prima Facie - Based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise. Precedents- An act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances. Class Action - In law‚ a class action‚ a class suit‚ or a
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union and want their own country as a separate state. Virdarbha in Madhya Pradesh ‚telangana in Andhra Pradesh‚ gorkhaland in best bengal ‚bodoland in assam ‚ harit Pradesh ‚ purvanchal ‚ bundelkhand in utter Pradesh ‚all want their own state . at prima facie ‚ it seems that their motives are benign and their demands are their entitlements ‚ but this is not the real face of existing problems . political parties want to divide the indian union and their motive is “Divide and rule “ . In india even today
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oral complexity in the making and keeping of promises The making of a promise involves the voluntary giving of one’s word that‚ if and when a particular circumstance or situation comes about‚ one will undertake to act in a manner defined by the terms of the promise one has given. The act of making the promise‚ in other words‚ implies a willingness to keep it. What is being agreed is that‚ on the basis of something said in the past‚ one’s future actions will‚ insofar as the future is foreseeable
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In March 1998‚ forty-three-year-old Peter Barnes read an ad in the Chicago Tribune that Pentrix was seeking experienced word processors to work in its Chicago office. Pentrix is a national corporation specializing in the design and manufacture of hand-held computers. The ad stated that Pentrix was looking for “experienced word processors seeking a career in a stable and growing company.” On March 8‚ 1998‚ Barnes interviewed with Renee Thompson‚ the head of Pentrix’s word processing department in
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THE DUTY OF CARE IN IRISH TORT LAW Author: Anna Louise Hinds‚ B.Corp.Law‚ LL.B (N.U.I.)‚ LL.M (Bruges). Examiner – Legal Framework Formation 1. Introduction The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence‚ a relatively recently emerged tort. Traditionally‚ actions in tort were divided into trespass and trespass on the case‚ or simply ‘case’. Trespass dealt with the situation where the injury was immediate‚ in other words direct and foreseeable. Actions based in case however‚ covered consequential
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PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY Introduction As early Greek civilization grew more complex (c. 500 b.c.e.)‚ mythology and religion began to develop into philosophy (and later into science). As part of this development‚ a new kind of thinker emerged known as a sophos‚ from the Greek word for “wise.” These “wise men‚” and they were almost exclusively men‚ asked increasingly sophisticated questions about all sorts of things‚ especially natural processes and the origins and essence of life. Although mythology
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Examine the key ideas of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a relativist‚ consequentialist and teleological system of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change
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