upon foundations laid deep in stable principle (Stillman‚ 2010). Throughout my observations and lessons learned from the case studies and virtual guest I have identified fairness‚ motivation‚ communication‚ and mentoring as personal strengths of a Public Administrator. A fair administrator treats people with the same respect and fairness‚ and does not play favorites. Fair administrators make decisions about employees based on their job performance and not on whether they personally like or dislike
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RESOURCE MATERIAL SERIES No. 56 COMMUNITY POLICING IN THE CONTEXT OF SINGAPORE Jarmal Singh* I. INTRODUCTION Singapore has grown in many ways over the last 40 years to become a city-state that enjoys a high level of economic growth‚ political stability and most importantly‚ a sense of safety and security. It was not a smooth journey‚ as the country experienced its turbulent periods in the 1950s and the 1960s‚ characterised by problems of political instability‚ communist insurgency‚ secret societies
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been massive gun shootings in schools from all ages. How is it possible for just any one to get hold of a gun that easily? Some benefits to banning handgun would be there won’t be so much gun violence‚ not everyone can get hold of a gun so easily‚ and the population or estimates of kids dying do to gun issues would drop massively. Every day about 30 people either get shot or murdered by someone using a gun. In America approximately
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School Shooter: Stop the Plot Many people think they are safe when they are inside school‚ which should be the case but sadly it is not. Over forty school shootings have happened within one year. School shootings have been a constant problem for our nation‚ in order to protect all of us‚ we need to create a dynamic solution. So many school shooting incidents occurred on the campuses of K-12 public schools and private schools‚ as well as colleges and universities. America has been dealing with school
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School shootings have increasingly become an issue in the United States of America. Regardless the accounts‚ it continues to swindle out of control. The causes of school shootings are limitless and are usually unable to be distinguished. However‚ the effects can be life threatening for those who witness‚ survive‚ or live relatively near the school in which the incident happens at. When it comes to school shootings‚ there are two typologies that are typically exhibited: rampage and targeted shootings
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2013‚ there have been 153 school shootings in the United States‚ although not all have resulted in injury or death. Some of the most horrifying school shootings include the 1966 University of Texas clock tower shooting‚ the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. More recent was the school shooting that killed 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Most parents want to believe that their children are safe in school‚ but statistics show that
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School shootings are a topic of much fascination in the U.S. They invoke such attention in the media circus of ’why’s’ and ’what’s’ that there’s often little time to even mourn for the victims. Perhaps it’s the immense shock that comes from the idea of our youth shooting up their peers indiscriminately‚ but it is a fair question nonetheless. What causes school shootings? Well‚ a variety of things. But the discussions that follow are often along the lines of: "did they play too many violent video
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History of School Shootings School shootings have dated as far back to the 1700’s. During the 1800’s there were 38 school shootings. From 1900 to 1979 there were 125 School shootings (History of School Shootings in the United States‚ 2016). From 1980 to September 28‚ 2016 there have been 277 school shootings in the United States. Since from 1980 to 2012 there have been 297 people killed (Kirk‚ 2012). In the last 30 years the worse shooting happened April 16‚ 2007 at Virginia Tech‚ 33 students were
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POL 3037F Word Count: (3245) ESSAY 01 TUTOR: Lauren Van Rheede TOPIC: You are a senior official (Director-General) in a South African government department. A new minister has been appointed to the department. Your assignment will take the form of a briefing by a director-general to his/her minister. You are required to write a briefing to the new minister setting what changes might be made in government policy to improve the performance of the department. The briefing must include historical
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Ethics on Abortion in South Carolina Ethics in Public Administration Dr. Esteves July 22‚ 2012 Courtney Washington For a long time‚ there has been a struggle in accepting whether or not abortion was a right that women had and simply ethical. Since ethics are built off your morals‚ principles‚ standards‚ and sometimes religious beliefs people struggle with the fact of seeing abortion as an ethical decision. This has been an ongoing controversy for the nation and not most importantly the state
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