...“Conflict is often indiscriminate”. I think that the statement means that sometimes wars and other various types of conflict occur regardless of who you are and just at random. My gut reaction regarding the statement is that conflict can be very indiscriminate equally to how conflict can be discriminative. For example, 9/11 was indiscriminate as the attack targeted multiple groups of people and was an attack just to psychologically damage the confidence of US Homeland Security and the US government; as well as other countries around the globe which saw the news broadcasts and thought that their country was going to be attacked next. However, conflicts like the Stonewall Riots, were discriminative, violent conflicts that attacked innocent people...
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...Unit 2 Term Paper Gary M. Kidd Kaplan University Author Note Pro. Young-White, I’m sorry the term paper is a day late, but I spent most of 3 September at a scheduled medical procedure to refill the pain pump implanted in my spine with Dilaudid. It kept me knocked-out most of the day. Please remember that I’m given extra time on assignments via the Kaplan University office of student disabilities. Abstract This term paper for unit two review three articles, Ethics Consultation in United States Hospitals This term paper also defines 8 financial terms. Keywords: Balance sheet, Shareholder Equity, EBITDA, EBITDAM, Financial Ethics, Financial Benchmarking, Financial Trend Analysis, and Ratio Analysis. Unit 2 Term Paper Business ethics is the appropriate business guidelines and customs regarding debatable issues, like the way a CEO runs his company, illegal stock trading, corruption, business social and monetary obligations. The government’s authorities frequently enforce business ethics, still there are times when businesses alone will use a straightforward structure that organizations can abide by so that they simply may benefit the public interest (investopedia.com, 2013). Article Review The first article chosen for this assignment, is Betsy Gallup’s article Ethics Are an Important Part of Running a Health-Care Facility, and she explains ethics as having three components: independence, integrity and objectivity (2009)...
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...Technology Options and Stakeholder Interests for Tracking Freight Railcars in Indian Railways Case Analysis Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Submitted by: Vanessa Roche Submitted to: Paul Sherren Date: July 29th, 2015 Teaching Case Shirish C Srivastava, Sharat S Mathur, Thompson SH Teo (2009). Journal of Information Technology. Competing technology options and stakeholder interests for tracking freight railcars in Indian Railways. Abstract This case analysis, Competing technology options and stakeholder interests for tracking freight railcars in Indian Railways will focus on alternative analysis on multiple types of technological options for undertaking a pilot project based on time-tested automatic equipment identification systems. Each alternative has its own cost benefit and impact analysis, and stakeholders of the overall project have to be taken into account (external and internal stakeholders). Each alternative to implementing this project for automatic equipment identification systems will have to undergo an environmental impact assessment and will require an environmental impact statement according to government guidelines and standards. Overall, this case analysis will conclude a technology forecast and recommendations to which alternative should be implemented dependent on factors discussed in this case analysis. Case Analysis Ranbir Singh, head of the Centre for Railway Information Systems is looking to implement a pilot...
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...www.theinternationaljournal.org > RJSSM: Volume: 02, Number: 04, August-2012 Page 1 Role of Interpersonal Relationship in Stress Healing and Improved Job Performance: an empirical study conducted in Gomal University, KPK Pakistan Mrs Safia Bashir Gandapur, Assistant Professor, Law college, Gomal University, D.I.Khan Prof Dr. Shadiullah Khan, Dean Faculty of Arts, Gomal University, D.I.Khan Prof Dr.Mohammad Bashir Khan, Dean Faculty of Management Studies in Islamic International University, Islamabad & Director Research Iqra University Islamabad Abstract This study explores the role of interpersonal relationships as an impact factor in stress healing and job performance among Gomal University teachers. The determinants of stress healers which have been investigated include the role of relationships with family members, close relatives, friends, and colleague teachers and with management including the principal/head of the department. The sample consists of 250 Gomal University teachers including 110 male and 40 female teachers. Primary data for this study was collected through a questionnaire which was tabulated and analyzed using the SPSS. A Pearson product moment coefficient was computed to assess the level of association between the dependent and independent variables. One way ANOVA was calculated to see the homogeneity coefficients and check the equality of variances and the mean difference between the groups of variables. Paper starts with an introduction...
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...Civilians: A legitimate target? World War 2 II was one of the largest global conflicts ever seen. With almost every country being involved, the world was in a state of total war and the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial and scientific capabilities behind the war effort. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust in which 11 million people were killed and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this global conflicted resulted in an estimated 50 to 85 million casualties. This made World War II the deadliest conflict in all of human history and marked the rise in civilians as a target. Since then, civilians have become targets in many of the wars that followed; Vietnam war, Gulf war, Iraq war and the various civil wars in the middle east. World War II demonstrated an enormous shift in the technological capabilities of many countries which brought down death and destruction of the civilian populations. (1) Before World War II began, there were advances in military aviation which resulted in bombers capable of devastating cities from incredible heights, rendering anti-aircraft guns almost useless. When the war began, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the neutral United States, issued an appeal to the major belligerents of the war, to confine their air raids to military targets only. The England, France and Germany decided to agree with Roosevelt and Germany explained...
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...specifically within Australia, has shifted its policies and strategies to fight the post-9/11 terrorist threat. An analysis of police actions towards terrorist related incidents since 9/11, displays how law enforcement agencies have demonstrated their ability to respond to the various threats of terrorism as they arise. “Since 2001, numerous terrorist attacks have been thwarted in Australia. Thirty-eight people have been prosecuted as a result of counter-terrorism operations and 20 people have been convicted of terrorism offences under the Criminal Code.” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. ii) Australia’s State and Federal policing agencies have ‘a long tradition of reactive patrol’ (White, 2012, p. 487) However, uniformed policing plays an important role in counter-terrorism operations. Due to their knowledge and close working relationships within the local community, police are in the best position to detect and prevent terrorist actions from occurring. “So far, terrorist attempts in Australia have been disrupted by the coordinated and highly professional efforts of Australia’s security agencies and police services” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. 14) The Australian Government has defined terrorism as “the use of violence by groups or individuals pursuing political objectives.” Additionally it states that “Terrorists are frequently indiscriminate in their...
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...Terrorism is a complex problem with many diverse causes. Consequently no single effective method to counter it exists. To combat terrorism, one must first understand the underlying motivations for each particular group's actions. Terrorism, an issue that plagues our world every minute of every day. You never know when or where a terrorist organization is going to strike. All groups’ reasons are different, some for political or religious reasons, others for hatred. The roots of terrorism are believed to have started in 1007 A.D. Hassan ben Sabbah born in Qom, Iran was an Ishmaili Muslim and opposed all other Muslim groups except for the Ishmaili’s. He is believed to be the father of terrorism. Ben Sabbah’s actions had started a whole new trend; people began to follow his actions and started to form terrorist organizations. When you define terrorism most definitions say it is the act of violence and/or intimidation to achieve certain political or religious goals. Terrorism is a problem everywhere not just the Middle East, contrary to what people think. People think there is such a thing as a “typical terrorist”, but there really is not. I guess it could be said that terrorists are stereotyped in many ways. Many people believe that terrorists in the Middle East are either Muslims or Islamic, which is not true either. Just because a person is of one region of the world it does not mean they are a terrorist. As far as I am concerned it could be a next door neighbor. But to understand...
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...With over 500 million users, the decisions that Facebook makes about its privacy settings have the potential to influence many people. While its changes in this domain have often prompted privacy advocates and news media to critique the company, Facebook has continued to attract more users to its service. This raises a question about whether or not Facebook’s change in privacy approaches matter and, if so, to whom. Josh Rose sees Facebook as an opportunity to reach out to friends and family members they may not see on a regular basis. William Deresiewicz makes compelling suggestions in his article “Faux Friendships”; his ideas and modernized definitions on the truth behind the word “friend” makes a good arugument. Though there are differences and similarities of the arguments of Josh Rose and William Deresiewicz on the issue of Facebook’s connectivity, neither author is fully persuasive; there is a middle ground between the two that better explains the Facebook’s role in modern human connectivity. Josh Rose presents a fleeting, generalized argument, lacking raw facts. While the article is an op-ed, which inherently demands the author’s opinion, Josh Rose uses his opinion as the main backing. He says “social media is not cold, just complex,” (57) and due to the complexity he simply drops the topic. This is the author’s one attempt at addressing the opposition. To him the opposition believes social media is cold, and his response is that social media is complex. He neither...
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...On the 16th of September in 1885, Clotilde and Berndt Wackels Danielson, a ship’s captain, became the proud parents of the one and only Karen Horney, a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis (Boeree, 1997). She along with her brother, also named Berndt, and five step-siblings described their father as an authoritarian who ruled with an iron fist and held a strong religious code of ethics; so much so that he was given the nickname of the “the Bible thrower” (Boeree, 1997). Her mother Clotilde, (also known as Sonni) on the other hand, was the complete opposite of her father and was 19 years his junior. Her childhood was one of contradicting perceptions. Horney portrayed her father as a harsh man who favored her brother Berndt more than he did Karen. This representation of her father, however, is negated by the fact that her father would continuously bring her back small trinkets from his excursions around the world (Boeree, 1997). Not only that, but he also allowed her to accompany him on several of his voyages, which considering the time in which they lived in, when women were still inferior to men, was quite odd. Whether this perception of her father is correct or incorrect, ultimately Karen’s viewpoint would end up having the bigger impact, leading her to the very deep-seated relationship she held with her mother; a closeness that resulted in her nickname as her mother’s “little lamb” (Boeree, 1997). Horney spent...
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...International Financial Crisis and reasons The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the Global Financial Crisis and 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many causes for the financial crisis have been suggested, with varying weight assigned by experts. The U.S. Senate's Levin–Coburn Report asserted that the crisis happened because of: 1-High risk 2 Complex financial products 3-Undisclosed conflicts of interest 4-The failure of regulators 5-The credit rating agencies 6-The market itself to rein in the excesses of Wall Street 7-Weak and fraudulent underwriting practices 8-Deregulation 9-Predatory lending 10-Increased debt burden or over-leveraging 11-Boom and collapse of the shadow banking system 12-Commodities boom Financial crisis in Pakistan and Reasons 1-One of the immediate causes is Political instability due to Musharaf’s position as president, delay in restoring judiciary and resultantly withdrawal of PML (N) from the alliance leaving behind ‘dead’ ministry of finance. In contrast the present government is not showing strong will to cope with the situation. Though some Positive Measures. To end Load Shedding till 14th August, 2009, Benazir income Scheme programmed, Distribution of Land in Sindh, tight Tariff System against luxury items 2-Suicide attacks in the industrial cities-fear among people, disinvestment and maximum outflow...
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...the forest was completely upset as a result of these policies. In the ongoing process of liberalization, privatization and globalization, new markets challenges has been forced the state to divert the forest land for large corporations. This marked the beginning of a new forest governance system that was alien, induced and most particularly that excluded forest –dependent communities in the name of scientific forestry, public interest, national development, conservation and industrial growth. Due to this in humane policies have eroded their life styles and simultaneously the assertion of state primacy over natural resources deprived them of an important means of subsistence. In this context, the objective paper is an attempt to analysis whether the colonial and post colonial forest policies is a historical justice or injustice towards tribal’s community. The first part of the paper deals with the role of forest in the social-economic life of tribal’s and second sections explains the state control over forest resources. The...
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...Throughout history, there have been many different approaches of management theory. These theories exist because they are no longer relevant in today's environment, but a number of theories have been implemented as scientific management and human relations. Classical management emphasizes productivity by promoting efficient employees with bonuses. Human Relations emphasis on the motivation of the employees of both financial rewards and a variety of social factors , such as praise , a sense of belonging , and a sense of accomplishment . Scientific management uses incentives to encourage workers. This idea comes from Henry Gantt who introduced a bonus system, where workers have an incentive to complete their daily tasks by rewarding them with bonuses. Scientific management assumes employees as a “Rational Economic Man” are motivated by nothing else but money. Employees are paid more on the level of output, bonuses to achieve goals. Nevertheless, Human relations approaches, which are also focused on the welfare of workers, look after, and health needs will increase productivity, as Mayo said. Importantly, it means that workers are generally happier, thus enhancing their work productivity, as demonstrated in the Hawthorne studies .Therefore, this essay will compare and contrast the “Scientific management” and “Human Relations” approaches. During the term of the management classic, it is called a formal management science. The classical theory has focused on a decentralized management...
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...TERRORISM AND GLOBALIZATION “Terrorism has rarely been absent from history, and over centuries has appeared in many guises”1. Referring to Walter Laqueur, no state or international system has been exempted from this form of non-state violence. However, the major shifts carried by globalization, that is to say the transformation from a state-centric world to a global system, seem to have perturbed the way violent non-state actors act, claim, interfere, and wage war in the new international system. If we follow the vision of Carpenter, we can talk about a “new world disorder”2 because of the multiplicity of new actors supported by international markets and transnational links. But, should we use the adjective “new” to describe nowadays’ terrorist organizations and attacks? Since 9/11 attacks, world seem to have toggled in major insecurity and fear of those modern organization that can act wherever and whenever they want at any place in the world. Undeniably, terrorists’ forms of violence have evolved by taking advantage of criminal organizations’ and illegal trades’ favourable trends. But this method, more than a political doctrine, represents a non-state use of violence or threat of violence to spread fear and bring political reform or revolution. Therefore, it should be reconsidered with the former violent actors and the disintegration of states. Moreover, the subject comprehension have to be reinforced in order - for great power or American superpower - to prevent those...
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...RESISTANCE TO ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE Introduction Resistance is a common reason for the failure of change initiatives. The subject is thus of extreme importance to management. This paper explores the contention by King and Anderson that a common theme in defining resistance is “a naïve and managerialist assumption that resistance is counter-productive – even irrational – behaviour which needs to be overcome” with an emphasis on organisational change. It begins by looking at organisational change and its managerialist perspective and then examines resistance in an organisational setting. It ends with suggestions on how resistance to change should be managed by organisations. What is organisational change? Organisational change can be described as the transformation of an organisation from a current state to another, desired state. In all definitions of change there is the emphasis on the alteration from one state to another (Goodman and Kurke 1982). This process can be either structured or unstructured and can be either incremental (an improvement on an existing state) or transformational (a total transformation to another state). Organisations themselves have been defined as “social arrangements for the controlled performance of collective goals” (Huczynski and Buchanan 1991) and Rogers (1962) defines change as an alteration in the structure and function of a social system. While no consensus exists as to why organisations change (Hughes 2010), it is generally accepted...
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...Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Conflicts among inhabitants of a community is inevitable and the necessity of establishing a formal institution such as trial courts or courts of justice, to address conflict resolution is indispensible. The establishment of this formal institutions is based on the social contract theory wherein the government is duty bound to maintain order in a community and to protect and enforce the fundamental rights of its inhabitants in exchange for the surrender of some rights of the latter. All these, follow the course of administration of justice. Administration of Justice examines the structure, function, laws, procedures, and decision-making processes of agencies that deal with crime management. Courts of justice plays a very important role in the administration of justice. Almost all countries experience problems in the administration of justice. The degree of seriousness of these problems varies depending on several factors. The most common among these problems is the increasing number of court dockets and flaws in the laws being interpreted and implemented. In the Philippines, Courts, in the administration of justice, follows a hierarchy of courts. There are four (4) levels of courts in the Philippines, wherein it is the Supreme Court that is at the apex of this four-tiered hierarchy. At the lowest level of the hierarchy are the first-level courts, consisting of the Municipal Trial Courts (MTCs), Metropolitan Trial...
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