rights to a trail. Judges do not participate in the discussions and can decline or accept the guilty plea or plea agreement if the charge or charges have factual basis. Upon completion of this research paper‚ the issues that will be addressed are fairness of plea bargaining‚ and whether if plea bargaining is unconstitutional. According to the Bureau of Justice‚ a great number of people enter into plea agreements each year. It is estimated that 90 to 95 percent of state and federal court cases
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Progressive Income Tax Fairness The issue of federal income tax policy has been one of hot debate and controversy for many years. Discussions and arguments on the issue have been presented on the floors of Congress‚ in the United States Supreme Court‚ used by politicians as political platforms‚ broadcasted in televised debates‚ and discussed around the dinner table of American families of various socioeconomic backgrounds for years. The Federal Government of the United States of America‚ like any
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and law at Florida International University‚ in Miami‚ and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. wrote an article about Obama emphasizing the word “fair” instead of “equal” he wrote‚ “Fairness is a better mantra than equality‚ for it rests on a notion of formal equality — everyone should be treated alike — rather than a notion of substantive equality — everyone should have the same stuff. ” People now are looking to the Welfare system
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Fairness and diversity in workplace. By the advance of technology and society are getting more knowledge about rights and legal law. Discrimination‚ prejudice and stereotype are main issue either in society or among the organization. Diversity can be define as difference in various way‚ while in workplace diversity refers to the differences of people in ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ social status‚ religion and add on with sexual identity‚ social economic status and even education level (M. Janssens
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In a series of articles written by Thomas Sowell the Fallacy of “Fairness”‚ Sowell’s primary point is equality of treatment does not lead to equality of results. An example he uses to illustrate is in a family with children of the same parents‚ under the same roof on average the first born will have a higher IQ than their siblings. He further explains the problems society has and the equality and balance within it. According to Thomas Sowell (2010)‚ it is certainly unfortunate to be born into families
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Equal fairness applies to everyone. A potential suspect can have fairness too. In the criminal trial‚ the defendant can have an opportunity to get his or her innocence proven; but is limited on his or her rights. The defendant’s rights are described in the Sixth Amendment. There are special features of criminal trials that are present to provide the uttermost fairness such as the speedy trial‚ against self-incrimination‚ the mutual presumption‚ and strict proof. All of those can help to determine
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INFORMATION-TRANSPARENCY CYCLE: VORACIOUS DEMAND Information is the lifeblood of an increasingly transparent world. It has progressed from cave drawings depicting the movement of animal herds and the appropriate hunting techniques to the global information warehouse of information‚ re-supplied continuously and instantaneously‚ with basically free‚ unlimited rights of consumption. From information available only those few nomads who stumbled into the right cave for the right‚ the world has moved
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Brand strategies :-Brand knowledge comprises of brand awareness and brand image contribute to establishing of customer based brand equity. The process is gradual and requires in-depth understanding of consumer mind. Connection between brand and consumer leads to long term partnership and loyalty. And‚ continued support to marketing efforts of the company. So when a company is trying to build up brand knowledge‚ Brand Positioning becomes very much relevant. For example‚ Apple and Windows both are
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citizens they felt were unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight‚ raising questions of whether reporters should have differing standards based on who they are interviewing. This requires journalists to analyze “distinguishing between procedural fairness and fairness in performance‚” as Jay Rosen told the Freedom Forum panel. Just because a journalist followed all of the rules does not mean she was acting ethically to minimize harm. Though the support at the public forum was based mostly on television rather
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With the notion of general welfare in mind‚ giving extremely large salaries to actor Al Pacino‚ director Brian De Palma‚ writer Oliver Stone‚ and others like them can be justified with a utilitarian argument‚ as well as a fairness argument. From a utilitarian stand point‚ as long as the wealth imbalance helps improve the lives of many‚ then it is justifiable. The Star System can inspire innovators to improve or invent ways to improve society technologically‚ methodologically‚ entertainingly‚ etc
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