Rights of Shareholders. Introduction: A shareholder is an individual or company that legally owns one or more shares of stock in that company. Shareholders are the owners of companies. A small business may have just one shareholder‚ the founder‚ while a public company may have thousands of individual and institutional shareholders‚ such as mutual fund companies‚ pension funds and hedge funds. Shareholders play an important role in the financing‚ operations‚ governance and
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12/5/12 What are Human Rights What are human rights? Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings‚ whatever our nationality‚ place of residence‚ sex‚ national or ethnic origin‚ colour‚ religion‚ language‚ or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. T hese rights are all interrelated‚ interdependent and indivisible. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law‚ in the forms of treaties‚ customary international law
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The Right to Education – A Global Perspective “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela This saying of Nelson Mandela reveals a lot about the importance of education as a mean of achieving the changes we want to see in the world. Realizing the importance of education is highly significant for the nation and the world as a whole; however‚ giving equal education opportunities to people within specific countries and around the world remains
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argued that women were as smart as any man. Thirdly‚ she explained that Christ came from a woman so women should have equal rights. What stood out in my mind the most was that she had to work in the fields just as hard if not harder than the male slaves‚but wasn’t considered as good as a man. And this line "Then that little man in black there‚ he says women can’t have as much rights as men‚ ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a
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In a society that is continually evolving‚ it is no surprise that some aspects are more accepted than others. One of the topics that has most recently been under the spotlight is same-sex marriage. Although same-sex couples are not a new addition to our society‚ the laws in which they must abide by are constantly fluctuating. However‚ one’s perception of same-sex couples may be altered if one were to view same-sex couples through a sociological lens including subculture‚ ethnocentrism‚ cultural universals
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The right to seek‚ receive and impart information - Introduction Freedom of information is considered a fundamental human right‚ protected by international and constitutional law‚ that should essentially be promoted to the maximum extent possible given its critical role in democracy and public participation in political life. Freedom of information refers primarily to the access of information held by public bodies‚ reflecting the principle that they do not hold information on their own behalf
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Human Rights The Charter of the United Nations requires that all member states “promote and encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race‚ sex‚ language‚ or religion”. In order to provide a common understanding of these rights‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10‚ 1948. In simple language‚ it describes the rights shared by all human beings‚ and sets “a common standard
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February 2012 Moral Rights In this information sheet we give an overview of the “moral rights” of individual creators under the Copyright Act. These rights were introduced in December 2000. Moral rights for performers are discussed in our information sheet Performersʼ Rights. For detailed information‚ see our practical guide‚ also called Moral Rights. These rights are also discussed in our books Film & Copyright‚ Architects & Copyright and Photographers: Copyright & Moral Rights. For information about
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Should Animals Have More Rights? Some people believe that animals are humans’ friends. The other people might do not think so. Because people have different values of animals‚ the arguments are commenced. Since 1977‚ all of three philosophers‚ Peter Singer‚ Tom Regan and Carl Cohen have respectively written their work to declare the status of animals. On the one hand‚ according to Peter Singer’s “All Animals Are Equal(1977) ‚” and Tom Regan’s “The Case for Animal Rights(1989)‚” they claim that people
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In what different ways does the idea of “rights” find expression in these documents? These documents show us that the idea of “rights” can be expressed in many manners‚ specifically to these three documents‚ “The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen” of 1789‚ from the French people as a National Assembly. Although number four on the list of the document being read‚ it is my belief that this point explains what the French are wanting. “Liberty consists in the ability to do whatever does
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