deal with office politics By Binu Paul‚ SiliconIndia "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors‚" said the great Greek philosopher Plato. One may call it the art of diplomacy‚ buttering‚ backbiting‚ earning brownie points etc. But if you want to survive and excel in this highly competitive and complex corporate world‚ you can’t ignore office politics. However‚ it’s an undisputable truth that office politics is in other words
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ETHICS IN POLITICS As the great teacher Mahatma Gandhi‚ said many years ago‚ the first evil in this century is "politics without principle." Ethics is the discipline dealing with right and wrong. The true worth of a nation is‚ in the final analysis‚ the true worth of its leaders and the people that they lead. If the leaders are good and committed to the service of the country and the people‚ and if the people themselves take active part in governance and select good leaders‚ a nation achieves
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Comparative Politics and Disasters: Assessing Substantive and Methodological Contributions David A. McEntire and Sarah Mathis Emergency Administration and Planning Department of Public Administration University of North Texas P.O. Box 310617 Denton‚ Tx 76203-0617 Abstract The following chapter illustrates how the discipline of comparative politics may help increase our understanding of disasters in other countries as well as promote more effective emergency management institutions
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only hold 19% of the seats and 20% for the Senate. Women struggle to obtain especially the executive office and gender trait stereotyping plays a big role in such matter. From A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics‚ it mentions the comparison of women in politics and women in marriage. When women enter the political field‚ they expect to be treated equally as party men‚ similar in a marriage where duties and roles of husband and wife differ but their contributions are important.
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Politics have come a long way from Niccolo Machiavelli in the late 1400’s to current political philosophers of the twentieth century. Many of those great theorists had one single thing in common: they have strived to break old concepts of political thought‚ being it racial and gender inequality‚ or ideas on how to be a leader with less opposition. In modern politics‚ after a long period of centralized governments‚ the brief trend of gaining freedom and equality has been deteriorating and the creation
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“There is no honesty in politics.” 800-1000 words STYLE: Expository PROMPT: Cartoon 3 AUDIENCE: Those concerned about the consequences of political dishonesty. Six years ago I sat in a classroom‚ pondering a matter which has come of interest once more. There is no honesty in politics. Being faced with this subject brings me back to one of my noteworthy days from back in primary school; voting period for the ‘grade fivers and sixers’. We had just heard speeches from a team of brave
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Politics and Society Politics is the activity through which people make‚ preserve and amend the general rules under which they live. As such‚ it is an essentially social activity‚ inextricably linked‚ on the one hand‚ to the existence of diversity and conflict‚ and on the other to a willingness to co-operate and act collectively. Politics is better seen as a search for conflict resolution than as its achievement‚ as not all conflicts are‚ or can be‚ resolved. The concepts of: Politics‚ government
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Youth and Politics [pic] Youth Politics is a category which involves or otherwise impacts the Youth. It was first identified in the American Politics with the formation of the American Youth Congress in the 1930s. Omar Abdullah’s recent speech in parliament on the confidence motion started with‚ “I am an INDIAN first and Muslim second”; and brought the focus on the importance of the Youth in bringing new ideas‚ freshness and transparency in the Indian politics. One of the stories that unforgettably
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Politics in Education Can education exist without politics? The answer is simply put no. While many would love to see the political scene leave education‚ it is inherent that the two remain together. The key is how they work together in the best interest of the students. Public schools are responsible for two precious entities- children and tax dollars (Farmer‚ 2012). This is one of the reasons that “today‚ education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments” (Brown
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Bottom of Form [pic] Updated May 26‚ 2009 Iloilo City‚ Philippines YOUNG VOICE By Maria Reylan M. Garcia Campus Politics I had my generous share of politics back in elementary and high school. For seven straight years since Grade 3 until 3rd year high school‚ I created a dynasty. I seem to be a landslide favorite for class president. In my senior year‚ I also became Student Council President. It never occurred to me that I might have pulled those off with my irresistible charms and
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