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    that have no bearing on job performance. Traits such as race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and national origin are all elements that can be the basis of discrimination in hiring‚ firing‚ promotion‚ and other employment decisions. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act integrates the two principles of disparate treatment and disparate impact. Disparate treatment is when an employee is treated differently due to the factors mentioned above. Whereas disparate impact specifies the broader scope of employer policies

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    independence. When the charter ended in 1811‚ a second bank opened further advancing American economic independence. People that were allowed to vote in the early 1800’s‚ were only men who owned land. This of cores narrowed voting rights of Americans and picking the right president. Women‚ African Americans‚ and natives were not allowed to vote. In the election in 1824 many more Americans were able to vote than ever before. When the 1828 election came around‚ about three times as many votes were

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    Title VII‚ The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Abstract Under federal law‚ an employer usually cannot make work-related decisions based upon an employee’s religion. This means‚ that generally an employer has to give their workers time off from work to practice their faith and celebrate religious holidays. Employers may face legal issues and be fined if they refuse time off without a good reason. Time off

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    Civil Rights are the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality. More specifically‚ Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 allows for the freedom and equality of minority races in any program or activity which receives federal financial aid. Following World War II‚ civil rights became a focal point in American Politics. With the war sub-sided‚ politicians looked to reforming the education systems in America. The renewed spirit and faith in democracy reminded the country

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    Of the many employment discrimination laws in force today‚ the most important is Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Title VII is a wide-ranging employment discrimination provision that prohibits employer discrimination against employees based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ and national origin. Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination aims at gender-based discrimination against both men and women which includes sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of disparate treatment sex discrimination

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    Why the electoral system of Canada should change The Liberal party’s recent promise to change the electoral system is one that is quite overdue. Yet after years of the plurality voting system (also known as the “first-past-the-post” or “FPP”) taken from the United Kingdom’s parliament‚ some think that the system should stay. Supporters say the system is easy to understand‚ ballots are easily counted‚ and parties have to appeal to the centrists to win elections‚ so it discourages political extremism

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    message by Abraham Lincoln as a way of stating that one vote is capable of changing the fate of the country. Voting is the act of selection and some may say that someone’s vote is unnecessary‚ since there are already so many people voting in that region. However‚ one vote is capable of determining the destiny of the future of America. Moreover‚ voting not only makes the nation unique with its rights‚ but more importantly it impacts the country and its civilians. A great example is the presidential election

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    Tiffany Gallt Ms. Wing English 12 15 December 2012 Voting Age: Should it be reduced? The very idea of America is freedom and opportunity for everybody. Amongst these is the most valued legal right within a democracy: the right to vote. However‚ an unfortunate reality is that the majority of the people ages 16-17 cannot ("Age and Sex Composition in the United States: 2011"). With the ever falling number of participants in political votes due to the event of the generation of the baby boomers dying

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    History of Voting Within Canada I will choose the event of women winning the right to vote in 1919. I think this event had the biggest impression on me because before this event happened‚ women were excluded from voting for the government. That meant that almost half of the population was excluded from voting. I think that was simply unacceptable that almost half of the population was excluded from voting just because they were a different gender. It also heavily skewed the votes in favor of men

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    When it comes to voting‚ Consequentialists and Virtue Ethicists have different opinions on what an individual should do. Among the various motivations for voting‚ one is that your individual vote can make a difference in an election. Consequentialists argue that the probability of this is so slim and because of that‚ a person does not have a moral responsibility to cast a vote come election time. Consequentialists focus on optimizing the overall results of an action and argue that one vote will not

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