...Cayman Island Civil Service College Course: Elements of Public Office Lecturer: Robert Weishan Students: Fernando Soto, Bjorna Ebanks, Tristaca Ebanks& Sharona Williams The Freedom of Information Law What is the freedom of information Law? The Freedom of information Law gives us new legal rights that entitle us to see information from Government agencies in the Cayman Islands. This piece of legislation gives us the right to ask for and be given information from public authorities. What is the purpose? To enable ordinary citizens to view or obtain information that is withheld by public authorities, thus promoting a sense of openness and accountability. As citizen, this gives us the opportunity to see what our Government is doing. It gives us the ability to view information that is connected to the making of new roads, schools, development or any important decision made that may affect the public in general. It also gives us the opportunity to see what our elected leaders are doing; this can be beneficial when making our choice for future Government candidates. Mandates of the Law Under the Cayman’s FOI Law members of the public have the right to get information from any of the following Cayman Islands public authorities: ➢ All ministers, portfolios, departments, and statutory authorities ➢ The Legislative Assembly ➢ The Governor’s Office ➢ Government companies which the government holds more than 50% shares ...
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...Margaret D. Nadauld once stated that “A woman of faith trusts God. She knows of His interest in her life. She knows that He knows her. She loves His words and drinks deeply of that living water.” These words rung true in the life of Eunice Richardson Stone Connolly’s life; the evidence of her faith led her to uncharted waters. Martha Hodes, a history professor at New York University, devised the biography of Eunice Connolly’s life from 500 old family letters. Through Eunice’s life, one thing held precedence over her life: her faith. To begin with, the problems that Eunice experienced started at a young age and lead her to an unshakable faith. Eunice’s father and mother owned a small New England farm which brought in very little money (Hodes). Luther Richardson Sr. could not supply for his family, which became the reason that the Richardson’s moved to Manchester in 1945. Nothing changed in Mr. Richardson’s actions; in fact they only got worse (Hodes). In the 1947, Mr. Richardson left his wife Lois and their seven children for a woman of a lower class. During this trying time, the family never wavered from their Congressionalist beliefs and their Puritan background (Hodes). The reason why the beliefs of the Richardson family held precedence over the rest of their daily lives had to do with their ancestors being part of the Puritan settlements (Hodes). The Richardson family held tight to their Congregationalist roots which may have some reason why when Eunice married William...
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...If there is one characteristic about Doc from the Wine to Water novel that appeals to me, it is his sensitivity to human needs. The fact that Doc became a humanitarian out of his own inspiration allows me to see what a truly compassionate human being he is. I recognize the will to help others in myself as well as in the author of the novel. Of course, his work led him all the way to Darfur and his mission was to provide clean water for those who needed it most, but to an extent, I have also always felt the urge to help others. Coming from a Hispanic family and being able to go back to my parents’ country of origin has allowed me to view poverty in its most raw form. Growing up, I have always been aware that I am “lucky” and “blessed” as my parents say, to live in the United States and that I have never had to suffer through starvation or dehydration as many have. Since I had the opportunity of visiting my family in the Dominican Republic from a very early age, I was also able to create consciousness of the real problems faced by my fellow Dominicans. My mom had always taught me that donating was a great way to help others. And I could always recall my dad telling me stories about how if a beggar came to my grandmother’s door asking for clothes she would always give up the best she had because not only did she feel sympathy for these poor souls, she also felt that they needed to be respected. I agree with my grandmother because when one donates something it should be of high quality...
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...CASE STUDY-1: CAN KNIGHTS APPAREL SATISFY ALL OF ITS STAKEHOLDERS AND SURVIVE? 1. Who are the primary stakeholders of Knights Apparel? Stakeholders mentioned in the case study include the following: • Joe Bozich, CEO of the privately held firm. • Spartanburg, SC: the city where the firm is based. • The 30 factories worldwide with which the firm has contracts. • Scott Nova, Executive Director of a consortium of 186 universities. • The United Students Against Sweatshops. • Alta Garcia, Dominican Republic: home of the firm’s model factory. • The 120 workers in the model factory. • The 1200 displaced workers in the Korean owned factory that produced products for the firm’s competitors. • The firm’s customers. • Retailers and universities that make a special effort to promote the firms products. 2. For each stakeholder group, what are their major concerns? The case study clearly identified the concern of some stakeholders for the treatment of apparel workers. Although the concerns of other stakeholders were not clearly identified, it is likely that they may have economic concerns of their own and not just that of the workers. • Stakeholders concerned about treatment of apparel workers include the following. - Joe Bosich, CEO: sought a higher purpose for the privately held firm. - Scott Nova and the universities that he represented. - The United Students Against Sweatshops. - Those customers who will to pay more so that the factory will succeed...
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...Since I was a little girl I’ve always visited my uncles clinic in the Dominican Republic, I would go and play nurse with the kids in the waiting room while I waited for my uncle to come out of work for us to eat ice cream together. Sometimes I would go on the days I had off school to candy strip, which means me going around checking on the patients to see if they needed anything, felt lonely and wanted some company or just to bring them a magazine or let them know someone cares. I’ve grown attached to the smell of the waiting room, the scream of the new born babies and the cold tools they use to hear the boom of a heart functioning. For this reason, I have grown interest into the medicine field. I believe Long Island University (LIU) is the best school to help me figure out what field of medicine I should pursue, given LIU’S wide variety of health profession majors. I will strive to be a tremendous asset to The Long Island University by devoting all my time and effort to becoming an excellent medical student. I believe that I am obligated to use my talents in a constructive manner, in a manner that benefits society. A career in medicine gives me the unique opportunity to express my many talents while benefiting those in need. I am a Bilingual American who spent five years living in the Dominican Republic, learning French and Mandarin in my previous high school. I am fluent in English, Spanish and hopefully will get better in French and Mandarin. My Multilingual background...
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...Cassondra Fiegehen Student ID: 3075725 Company: HFS Fund Administration Company – Organizational Structure All organizations need structure to exist. In order to achieve the desired goals and outcomes of the company, it is important to have a clear understanding of how responsibility is shared. Let’s take a look at the organizational structure of HFS Fund Administration Company. The organizational structure of HFS Fund Administration Company would definitely have to be a matrix structure. As a fund administration service, HFS serves a large, diverse group of stakeholders around the world. Although they use a typical functional structure for the most part, they also use a geographical structure as well. With four offices worldwide, this structure allows them to provide the best service to those in their region. But how is the structure at HFS is broken down? HFS Administration Company’s two major hubs are the Head Office in the Cayman Islands and its second biggest office in Canada. HFS also has smaller operations in Geneva and Dublin. There is one director for each of the four locations that staff is to report to. In Cayman and Canada, there are four major departments that the office is broken down into; Accounting, Investor Services, IT, and Operations. The smaller offices in Dublin and Geneva only have Accounting and Investor Services. The reason for this is quite simple; the Canadian and Cayman Island offices are the biggest and have the staff, expertise...
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...The United Nation was established to; ‘maintain international peace and security and to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace, to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends,’ (Charter of the United Nations 1994). Therefore having a UN covenant on human rights ensures that a country is working in tandem with other nations towards a common goal including a global consensus on the equal and fair treatment of people regardless of their sex or gender, race or ethnicity, age and socio economic background, thereby enhancing the possibility of world peace. Saint Lucia has come a long way in meeting UN standards for human rights. For instance, ‘Saint Lucia approved the “Use of Force Policy” and the Police Complaints Act, the Counter-Trafficking...
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...In the scientific field, Parapsychology, the investigation of paranormal and psychic phenomena, is determined as pseudo-science. The difference between science and pseudo-science is pseudo-science is considered not genuine. In the article, Parapsychology: Science or Pseudo-Science, the explanation that Parapsychology is considered pseudo-science is researched based. The descriptive research method is the method that is used because it describes the difference between how science and pseudo-science is differentiated. The author doesn’t necessarily give specific experiment examples to answer the questions that are used as headings, though she describes what some psychologists have said about the subject and how they feel about it. Though while being a good research method, there are some flaws in it. Marie-Catherine Mousseau does a very good job of describing both researchers and mainstream scientists and how science and pseudo-science are related and not related. For both types of scientists, the real question was if there was any progress in parapsychology or not. Some said yes, some said no. Though, there were some flaws in this where Mousseau could have used more specific examples to explain and describe the reason behind their thoughts. That would help the reader truly understand the concept of where the scientists are coming from and where they get their information from. It is also a visual help for the reader because if the experiment is described properly, the reader...
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...approved by parliament in November 2010. Important events related to knowledge-based firms law are summarized as table below: Activity | Date | Preparing the bill of law in vice presidency for science and technology | January, 2008 | Approval of the law in parliament | November, 2010 | Approval of the "Implementing Regulations" by the government | November , 2012 | Launch of qualification system of knowledge-based firms and enrolling applicants | March, 2013 | Announcement of tax exemption of firms located in the science and technology parks by Iranian National Tax Administration(ITNA) | August, 2013 | Approval of the first list of verified knowledge-based firms | September, 2013 | Approval of second edition of evaluation guideline and criteria of knowledge-based firms that recognizaed industrial companies with knowledge-based activities as potential applicants for the law | March, 2014 | The first financial facilities provided for knowledge-based companies by Innovation and Prosperity Fund (IPF) | June, 2014 | Approval of detailed methodology of customs exemption | October, 2014 | Implementing knowledge-based products leasing program by IPF | February, 2015 | Implementing program for support and development of of knowledge-based products and services export | May, 2015 | Article 1. The law define knowledge-based firms as private or cooperative enterprises that aimed to make a synergy between science and wealth, help to growth of knowledge based economy...
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...properties, and pharmacological observations. Author information * 1Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Selangor , Malaysia . Abstract CONTEXT: Different parts of Muntingia calabura L. (Elaeocarpaceae), or "kerukup siam" in Malay, have been reported to possess medicinal value, supported by a number of scientific studies. OBJECTIVE: To gather all information related to the ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical compositions, and pharmacological activities of M. calabura and present them as a comprehensive and systematic review article. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Literature has been retrieved from a number of databases (e.g., Pubmed, Science Direct, Springer Link, etc.). General web searches were also carried out using Google and Yahoo search engines by applying some related search terms (e.g., Muntingia calabura, phytochemical, pharmacological, extract, and traditional uses). The articles related to agriculture, ecology, and synthetic work and those using languages other than English or Malay have been excluded. The bibliographies of papers relating to the review subject were also searched for further relevant references. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The literature search conducted using the above-mentioned Internet search engines only lead to the identification of 36 journals published as early as 1987. From the articles reviewed, M. calabura possessed various pharmacological activities (e.g., cytotoxic, antinociceptive...
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...Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013, 21:69 http://www.darujps.com/content/21/1/69 REVIEW ARTICLE Open Access Pharmaceutical supply chain risks: a systematic review Mona Jaberidoost1, Shekoufeh Nikfar1, Akbar Abdollahiasl1,2 and Rassoul Dinarvand1,3* Abstract Introduction: Supply of medicine as a strategic product in any health system is a top priority. Pharmaceutical companies, a major player of the drug supply chain, are subject to many risks. These risks disrupt the supply of medicine in many ways such as their quantity and quality and their delivery to the right place and customers and at the right time. Therefore risk identification in the supply process of pharmaceutical companies and mitigate them is highly recommended. Objective: In this study it is attempted to investigate pharmaceutical supply chain risks with perspective of manufacturing companies. Methods: Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science bibliographic databases and Google scholar scientific search engines were searched for pharmaceutical supply chain risk management studies with 6 different groups of keywords. All results found by keywords were reviewed and none-relevant articles were excluded by outcome of interests and researcher boundaries of study within 4 steps and through a systematic method. Results: Nine articles were included in the systematic review and totally 50 main risks based on study outcome of interest extracted which classified in 7 categories. Most of reported risks were related to supply and supplier...
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...ARTICLE REVIEW Source Yoo B, Donthu N, Lee S. (2000), ‘An Examination of Selected Marketing Mix Elements and Brand Equity’ Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 28;195 viewed 2 January 2016, http://jam.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/2/195 Introduction This review critically examines the article ‘An Examination of Selected Marketing Mix Elements and Brand Equity’ Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. The review will first summarize the article. Secondly, it analyzes the effectiveness of the article structure, investigating how the information is set out and whether the reader can access it efficiently. Thirdly, the review will critique the article, evaluating its authority,...
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...globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences Ramila Bisht1*, Emma Pitchforth2 and Susan F Murray3 Abstract National and transnational health care systems are rapidly evolving with current processes of globalisation. What is the contribution of the social sciences to an understanding of this field? A structured scoping exercise was conducted to identify relevant literature using the lens of India – a ‘rising power’ with a rapidly expanding healthcare economy. A five step search and analysis method was employed in order to capture as wide a range of material as possible. Documents published in English that met criteria for a social science contribution were included for review. Via electronic bibliographic databases, websites and hand searches conducted in India, 113 relevant articles, books and reports were identified. These were classified according to topic area, publication date, disciplinary perspective, genre, and theoretical and methodological approaches. Topic areas were identified initially through an inductive approach, then rationalised into seven broad themes. Transnational consumption of health services; the transnational healthcare workforce; the production, consumption and trade in specific health-related commodities, and transnational diffusion of ideas and knowledge have all received attention from social scientists in work related to India. Other themes with smaller volumes of work include new global health...
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...Canadian Center of Science and Education How Does Packaging Influence Consumer Behavior? A Multidisciplinary Bibliometric Study Kelly Carvalho Vieira1, Valderí Castro Alcantara1, JoséWiller do Prado1, Cintia Loos Pinto2 & Daniel de Carvalho de Rezende3 1 Programa de Pó s-Graduaç o em Administraç o da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Brazil ã ã 2 Institute of Humanities Sciences-Florestal, UFV/CAF-Universidade Federal de Viç osa, Campus Florestal, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3 Departamento de Administraç o e Economia da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Minas Gerais, Brazil ã Correspondence: Valderíde Castro Alcantara, Programa de Pó s-Graduaç o em Administraç o da Universidade ã ã Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Brazil. E-mail: valderi.alcantara@posgrad.ufla.br Received: February 3, 2015 Accepted: March 5, 2015 Online Published: April 25, 2015 doi:10.5539/ibr.v8n5p66 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v8n5p66 Abstract The objective of this research was to analyze the academic literature focusing on how product packaging influences consumer behavior through the use of a bibliometric study. To accomplish this, we analyzed 111 articles, published from 1982 to 2014, indexed in the Web of Science database maintained by Thomson Reuters (formerly the ISI Web of Knowledge). For the analysis, we used descriptive statistics, bibliometric analyses, and networks to explore characteristics of the articles that related to their authors, journals...
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...Library The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library includes bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and conference proceedings. Criminology This database includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. EbscoHost (all) Ebsco databases provide access to numerous publications. Select this link to search all databases simultaneously. To search each database separately, use the specific links to the named databases. EbscoHost Academic Search Elite Search academic journals for topics in all areas of academic study; many peer-reviewed titles are included. EbscoHost Business Source Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of business topics. EbscoHost CINAHL Plus with Full Text Search nursing and allied health journals. EbscoHost MasterFile Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of topics including general reference, business, education, health, and science. EbscoHost Regional Business News Search regional business publications from major metropolitan areas. EbscoHost SocIndex with Full Text Search for articles related to sociology, criminal justice, criminology, and ethnic and gender studies. Full Text Electronic Journals Use this portal to locate full-text...
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