promises to pay Ryan $1000 for his efforts Issue: Is there any consideration for the promise made by Richard? The Law: Every contract requires an offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration. Consideration is the exchange of benefit and detriment‚ for example‚ the making of a promise in exchange for an act. If a party voluntarily acts and then the other party makes a promise‚ the act is said to be “past consideration.” A past consideration is some act or forbearance in time past by which a man has benefited
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and the Internet The development of new technologies and mass media influenced dramatically modern culture. In actuality‚ people spend a considerable part of their life while watching television and surfing Internet. At the same time‚ today‚ mass media become more and more diverse offering the audience different products in order to attract a possibly larger amount of viewers. In such a situation‚ many companies operating in entertainment industry and television attempt to conduct marketing researches
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core values. These values are what people judge to be right and acceptable. They are moral‚ ethical and professional attributes of character for the university. Lecturers‚ they are central ingredient guidelines to teaching profession. Values therefore determine what is right and what is wrong. But‚ doing what is right or wrong is what is referred to as Ethics. That is‚ to behave ethically in a manner consistent with what is right or moral. But how does one know what to be right means? Right or wrong
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| |Big savings on Internet Bandwidth. When the computer is off‚ internet downloads cannot happen. | |Guaranteed fresh User Desktop Experience on every timer start. This is applicable especially if the computer is protected by deep freeze or | |similar software. | |Managing and operating an internet cafe or pisonet shop will
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After reading the student code of conduct‚ and as both a student and a professional in the work place‚ I’ve realized that it is important to follow a code of ethics and integrity in all aspects of life. For instance‚ using someone else’s work and claiming it as your own is unfair and dishonest‚ not only to yourself but to everyone else involved with the team. Taking credit for someone else’s work prevents you from learning new things‚ and in the end only stunts your growth as a student and a professional
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NMC Code-Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. The people in your care must be able to trust you with their health and wellbeing. For this I will treat people in my care with equity and respect their dignity at all times. I will make the care of people my first concern. I will work with others to protect and ensure safe health and wellbeing of those in my care‚ their families and the wider community. I will provide a high standard of practice and care at all times
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Will the Internet will bring people of the world closer together The past 50 years have seen a considerable increase in the popularity of Internet and online conversation. Therefore many people consider that‚ Internet can make people’s relationship stronger. Despite the undeniable societal prosperity which Internet has brought to many nations all over the world‚ some people argue that it can reduce the face-to-face communication among the people. In this essay I will outline both aspects‚ before
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The Internets Development for news reporting MCOM350 Final Project Paper 04/10/12 Today the internet’s effect on news reporting is a prime example that the internet is the greatest revolutionary tool. Reporters have had to become‚ sometime regular bloggers on top of their normal reporting duties they have had to tweet‚ to comment and they have had to interact. The internet gives us the ability to have information made available to you in a instant‚ however did the development help
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The codes of conduct are presented to the stigmatized individual whether explicitly or implicitly ( Goffman p109). The codes of conduct are No passing‚ No minstrelization‚ and No demineralization or normification. Minstrelization is where the stigmatized person ingratiatingly acts out before the normals displaying the bad qualities that have been imputed to the stigmatized group. Minstrelization basically stating that the stigmatized person better stay in their place and act accordingly to their
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C. Jarv Consideration of Animal Rights Peter Singer’s Theory of equal consideration for animals means that animals should be equal rights with respect to their particular interests. If a bird’s interest is to lay eggs‚ nest‚ fly and eat. It should be left to those interests. Different animals species have different interests. Implications of this would be an animal would not work a farm‚ be used in research‚ be served on the dinner table or any other activity that might remove it from
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