15 1. Workers’ Compensation. Angus‚ as a condition of his employment‚ lived in a mobile home owned by his employer‚ Deff Industries. The mobile home was located on the grounds of Deff’s plant and was purchased by Deff to house the Angus family because it wanted Angus to “maintain a constant presence on the premises.” Although Angus ordinarily worked out of an office located in a different building‚ the mobile home had a telephone‚ so Angus would be able to contact company drivers and customers
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Performance Management and Executive Compensation: Ethical Challenges and Agency Issues Introduction In the history of modern economies‚ from the late 1800s to today businesses have faced ethical challenges regarding compensation for executives and its relation to job performance. In response to major economic crises during the 20th century‚ the United States enacted broad-based legislation measures as attempts to prevent what were seen as ethical challenges and agency conflicts surrounding
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Is any work better than no work? Not for unemployment benefits New York – Roberta Hanson of North Haven‚ Conn.‚ had been searching for work for 22 months when she landed a part-time job weekend afternoons and nights for a nearby municipal parks and recreation department. But now Ms. Hanson rues the day she took that work. Why? The Connecticut Department of Labor used her negligible earnings in her part-time job as the new baseline for Hanson’s unemployment benefits. She went from receiving $483
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The Basis for Victim Compensation According to Victimology‚ victim compensation takes place when “the state‚ rather than the perpetrator‚ reimburses the victim for losses sustained at the hands of the criminal” cite. Advocates of victim compensation believe it’s the government’s obligation to compensate citizens who suffer harm‚ and they justify this view by using two distinct philosophical positions as a basis for their reasoning: The social contract and the notion of social welfare. The Social
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The constraints of truth commissions A truth commission is supposed to not only investigate and publicize the truth‚ but also help emancipate the people‚ both the victims and perpetrators‚ in a post-violence society from the traumatic past. To achieve this goal‚ there must be sufficient funding‚ a robust institution‚ a sound legal system as well as active civil participation. Unfortunately‚ truth commissions are often faced with a number of intrinsic constraints that make it impossible to provide
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1.0 Introduction: I work for the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority. The Authority is established by the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority Act an autonomous Regulatory Body. The Act empowers the Authority to formulate policies‚ set procurement and disposal standards‚ build procurement and disposal capacity and supervise the procurement and disposal practices of all procuring and disposing entities‚ which include central government ministries and
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11/3/2014 Why Your Company Should Have A Whistleblowing Policy Why Your Company Should Have A Whistleblowing Policy by Tim Barnett‚ Assistant Professor of Management‚ Louisiana Tech University Sam Advanced Management Journal‚ Autumn‚ 1992‚ pp. 37-42 Whistleblowers‚ those individuals who call attention to possible wrongdoing within their organizations‚ are the subjects of much controversy. Some say that whistleblowers are noble characters‚ willing to sacrifice personally and professionally to expose
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Seoul‚ South Korea with SK Telecom. Ms. Myers had what seemed to be all of the right credentials on paper that would make her the ideal candidate for a foreign assignment‚ except one‚ she was female. Although she realized initially that the agency contacting her for the assignment referred to her as “Mr.”‚ she pressed on and assumed it was a simple mistake‚ however‚ her experience would be reflective of this later as she reflects on her choice to accept the assignment and some of the things that
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Business Research Report Mantis Enterprises Compensation Options Assessment Code: RWT1 Student Name: Student ID: Date: 2/17/2014 Mentor Name: Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .......................................................................................
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Bussiness law and ethics 1. An individual makes a offer to buy an item from a company for 5k. when is a contract for the purchase of the item created? When the company makes a counter offer When the offer is presented to the company xWhen the offer is accepted by the company When the individual presents the 5k to the company 2. What are the elements that make a contract enforceable? a. Offer‚ entitlement‚ majority‚ legality b. Offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration‚ morality c. Terms‚ configuration
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