...June 2013. * Issue 2. * Page numbers 135-141. * The content of the Article is focused on the introduction of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and how the provisions of the Act may impact upon four key areas of policing which are the nature of policing, governance, local policing and police accountability. The Article briefly touches upon the history of the evolution of legislative police reform since 1962 and how the values and role of the police have been modernised with the introduction of the Act with a particular emphasis on human rights. The author draws the reader to the observation that the Act will emphasise that the police are a provider of public services, not just a law enforcement agency. Highlighting potential conflict between police commanders, local authorities in terms of local performance accountability and broader governmental targets known as ‘single outcome agreements’, the Article does not offer a resolution merely that conflict is very possible. The author introduces the reader to the transformation of independent police accountability mechanisms in Scotland and how this more aligns to the current arrangements in England and Wales. The author suggests that the role of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner will improve the public perception of transparency of police complaint investigation but that there remain a few minor issues to resolve in the new process. The author concludes that the Act offers a unique opportunity...
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...Running head: The Charleston Fire The Charleston Fire Gary Scott Ard Columbia Southern University MSE 5201-10A-4A12-S1 Professor Donald Adams Running head: The Charleston Fire Abstract On June 18th, 2007 nine firefighters died in the line of duty fighting a fire at the Sofa Super Store. The way of life for firefighters in Charleston, SC was thus changed forever. The history and mindset of the department would change forever following the tragic event. This event would change the department’s way of doing business forever. The Charleston Fire Department (CFD) was established as a full time service in 1882. The department possesses sixteen engines and three ladder trucks. A large scale department with modern equipment yet stuck in an ancient time when it came to performing firefighting objectives. There had always been a ideology that a firefighter who wasn’t rushing into any situation without concern for many safety related issues was not a good firefighter. It was the mindset of many employees that rushing in and putting out of a fire was all they needed to worry about-this was a deadly mindset passed down through ranks by leadership and the Chief. This was a very outdated way of thinking in the fire service, unfortunately Charleston had fell behind the times and refused to progress as time moved forward. The departments’ philosophy was one of interdependency and did not feel the need to look beyond their own doors for anything. Charleston felt...
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...Running head: The Charleston Fire The Charleston Fire Gary Scott Ard Columbia Southern University MSE 5201-10A-4A12-S1 Professor Donald Adams Running head: The Charleston Fire Abstract On June 18th, 2007 nine firefighters died in the line of duty fighting a fire at the Sofa Super Store. The way of life for firefighters in Charleston, SC was thus changed forever. The history and mindset of the department would change forever following the tragic event. This event would change the department’s way of doing business forever. The Charleston Fire Department (CFD) was established as a full time service in 1882. The department possesses sixteen engines and three ladder trucks. A large scale department with modern equipment yet stuck in an ancient time when it came to performing firefighting objectives. There had always been a ideology that a firefighter who wasn’t rushing into any situation without concern for many safety related issues was not a good firefighter. It was the mindset of many employees that rushing in and putting out of a fire was all they needed to worry about-this was a deadly mindset passed down through ranks by leadership and the Chief. This was a very outdated way of thinking in the fire service, unfortunately Charleston had fell behind the times and refused to progress as time moved forward. The departments’ philosophy was one of interdependency and did not feel the need to look beyond their own doors for anything. Charleston felt as though they...
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...Employment-At-Will Doctrine Daryl C. Fingers Professor Anne Dewey-Balzhiser Law, Ethics & Corp. Governance-Legal 500 November 1, 2013 Introduction Employment at will doctrine states employers can terminate an employee for good cause, for bad cause, or cause morally wrong without fear of legal recourse (Halbert, Ingulli, 2012). Every state in the country operates under this law but with exceptions and that’s where the waters get murky. The multitude of exceptions found state by state produce a variety of interpretations and applications of how the employment at will should be applied (Gibson, Lindley, 2010). The first exception to the employment at will law came when the United States Supreme Court ruled employers could not punish or fire employees for organizing into unions(Halbert, Ingulli, 2012). The unions use collective barging agreements to regulate working conditions for employees. These conditions include that union workers cannot be terminated without just cause (Gibson, Lindley, 2010). The Supreme Court, also included other types of formal employment contracts in this exception ruling as long as the contract does not include an at will clause (Muhl, 2001). The onset of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act made it illegal to terminate an employee on the basis of their race, sex, religion, or national origin (Halbert, Ingulli, 2012). Not until the 1980’s did the bulk of the exceptions take place. The following exceptions are considered to be the main exceptions...
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...search, a warrant must contain the reasons for obtaining it, the names of people presenting the affidavits, what is specifically being sought and the signature of the judge issuing it. Search and seizure is the process used by law enforcement officers, who suspect that a crime is being or has been committed. Law enforcement officers search a person’s property and confiscate any evidence related to the crime. In situations where it would be unreasonable for a person to expect privacy, there is no search to justify, so no warrant is needed. Law enforcement officers make may kinds if searches, from crime scenes, suspects, dead bodies, vehicles, hotel rooms, apartments, homes and offices. Searching is a very important task in most criminal investigations because of the evidence that can be obtained. Probable cause is more than a reasonable suspicion it requires that a combination of facts makes it more than likely than not that items sought are where police believe them to be. Searching without a warrant is allowed if consent is given by the actual property owner or by a person in charge of the property. Consent to search must be voluntary and the search must be limited to the area for which consent is given. Another exception to the warrant requirement is a stop and frisk situation. Two situations require police officers...
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...Christine V. McLelland GSA Distinguished Earth Science Educator in Residence Reviewers and Contributors: Gary B. Lewis Director, Education and Outreach, Geological Society of America Contributing GSA Education Committee members: Rob Van der Voo University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Keith A. Sverdrup University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. Mary M. Riestenberg College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio Virginia L. Peterson Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich. Wendi J.W. Williams University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. Sandra Rutherford Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. Larissa Grawe DeSantis University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Aida Awad Des Plaines, Ill. Stephen R. Mattox Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich. Steve Boyer Tacoma, Wash. Jo Laird University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. Cover image: A basalt dike cuts through rocks of Permain age on Wasp Head, NSW Australia. Photo by Gary B. Lewis. Table of Contents What is Science? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scientific Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Observation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Evaluation . . . ....
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...Assignment Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Work Place and the World Legal 500 Law and Ethics 08/30/2013 Abstract Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Work Place and the World provides insight on who the stakeholders of an organization are and who takes on the overall responsibilities of the organization. The importance of the decisions made by mid-level management are discussed and answered. The ability to make changes to support a more ethical work environment. The ability to improve operations and turn a profit are explained by discussing management’s requirements to abide by regulations governed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Federal Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity , Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and other regulatory policies. The stakeholders within PharmaCARE are all the individuals and groups that are affected by the company’s decisions. The employees that may suffer from the lack of environmental safety or abuse of the production location allowing the organization to payless to workers for their hard work. The consumers of the organization’s products that may purchase bad goods that cause a negative reaction. The investors and stockholders who will lose any monetary investment due to the company’s loss of profits which would be an effect of inappropriate management of the organization. Due to the inappropriate management...
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...the goal of auditing, in this sense, has not changed since. Teck-Heang Lee observed that “auditing serves as a mechanism to monitor conduct and performance, and to secure and enforce accountability (Lee 2008). All in all, an audit function plays a crucial role in maintain welfare and stability in society.” However, what has changed is how the roles and responsibilities of auditors have changed to reflect the needs of the business environment of the time. As such, auditors and the auditing profession have always played a very important role in business and, more recently, in society in general. As business in today’s world becomes more dynamic, accounting (and therefore by extension auditing) must also evolve to become more dynamic. The evolution of auditing is a complicated history that has always been changing through historical events. This can be seen in the shift in the role of external auditors from a cyclical audit approach to now more of a top-down risk-based continuous audit. The factors that have played a major role in this shift of role and responsibilities are the cycle of fraud, regulation, and compliance; and also the rise and importance of technology in the Information Age we currently live in. The combination of these two factors has had a profound impact on the auditing profession and has helped solidify its place in society as serving the public interest. This...
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...individual either on foot or by using the store’s cctv system to gather evidence of a crime. The second form of shrink, and most dangerous to a company’s bottom line, is internal theft. This is when an employee begins stealing money or merchandise from their employer. In a similar way to shoplifters the loss prevention investigator will observe and look for the warning signs. Once found he will then initiate an employee theft investigation. This is a means of gathering evidence of the associate’s criminal activity. Once enough evidence is acquired they will then interview the individual and pass on their recommendation to upper management. Many companies also lose money because their employees are not following policies and procedures. This reckless behavior can lead to worker’s compensation claims, lawsuits, lost or stolen merchandise, vendor fraud and, in the most extreme cases, armed robbery. Therefore it is important to perform audits and implement checks and balances on all of your processes. Make sure that your company is in compliance with all fire safety and OSHA regulations and keep an eye out for anything that could negatively affect the company’s bottom line. Making a business profitable is management’s job....
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...Engineering (IEB), 32 (1) (2004) 35-45 Fire hazard categorization and risk assessment for Dhaka city in GIS framework Md. Jobair B. Alam and George N. Baroi1 Department of Civil Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Received in final revised form 13 December 2003 Abstract Occurrence of fire incidences is a common phenomenon in Dhaka city, particularly in dry season. Fire break out in slums, garment factories and small manufacturing industries are regular news item during the season. Fire break outs cause loss of numerous lives and valuable properties in the city as well as other metropolitan areas of the country. With the increase of industrial establishments, mainly small industries, the number of fire incidences is increasing rapidly. Although there are a couple of fire stations in Dhaka City, an integrated framework of fire hazard management is non-existent. Such a framework, combined with information and communication system, has the potential to alleviate the damages and sufferings of the people. Also 'Fire hazard categorization' is vital for emergency planning in order to minimize loss of lives and property. Geocoded records of fire incidences and their characteristics help in understanding the spatial distribution of fire susceptibility and vulnerability as well as assist in the 'Allocation' and 'Mobilization' of dynamic resources. This paper presents an assessment of risk of fire hazards in Dhaka City in GIS framework...
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...methods, and the outcomes or practices that result from the efforts of researchers and practitioners. Let's just begin with a list of the perspectives and a short description. 1. Psychodynamic Perspective: Probably the approach that has been most popularly associated with the discipline of psychology for the past century is the psychodynamic, psychoanalytic perspective. Sigmund Freud, who was medically trained in neurology, developed a theory of personality that made the assumption that human motivation was propelled by conflicts between instinctual, mostly unconscious, psychological forces. He called these intrapsychic elements the id, ego and superego. (You know the drill) This psychodynamic theory caught on like wild fire and due to its explanatory power for human behavior, became very popular over the following century. Freud's therapeutic method, called psychoanalysis, was developed to identify the underlying conflicts between intrapsychic structures and resolve them by bringing them to consciousness. Insight therapy...
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...resulting to competition for the limited resources. Human activities have played major role in introduction of the invasive species to an ecosystem, the alien species have unique adaptations that enable them to survive in new environment (Richardson, 2010). Bio diversification is under threat due to species invasion into ecosystem, the native plants have continued to be extinct and part of this phenomena has been attributed to invasion by alien plants into the ecosystem. The number of invasive plants and their unique adaptation features which help them influence ecosystem is what has caused them to endanger existence of the native plants. Intrusive plants lead to Loss of biodiversity, alter ecosystem composition, change evolution circle of the native plants and also lead to change in soil structure of the region. These factors lead economic loss. This makes it very urgent to diversify prudent methods to control spread of invasive species. In order to arrive at that, it is important to understand how different plants compete for the resource and their ability to influence the environment for them to thrive in the ecosystem. The research aims at examining the relationship of Brassica rapa and Lolium arundaceum, how the distance between the two species influence their competition in an ecosystem. The study also concentrates on how the number of the species influence their completion. Brassica rapa is dominant in a cool climate.It is grown as a spring...
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...Biology guide First assessment 2016 Biology guide First assessment 2016 Diploma Programme Biology guide Published February 2014 Published on behalf of the International Baccalaureate Organization, a not-for-profit educational foundation of 15 Route des Morillons, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland by the International Baccalaureate Organization (UK) Ltd Peterson House, Malthouse Avenue, Cardiff Gate Cardiff, Wales CF23 8GL United Kingdom Website: www.ibo.org © International Baccalaureate Organization 2014 The International Baccalaureate Organization (known as the IB) offers four high-quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools, aiming to create a better, more peaceful world. This publication is one of a range of materials produced to support these programmes. The IB may use a variety of sources in its work and checks information to verify accuracy and authenticity, particularly when using community-based knowledge sources such as Wikipedia. The IB respects the principles of intellectual property and makes strenuous efforts to identify and obtain permission before publication from rights holders of all copyright material used. The IB is grateful for permissions received for material used in this publication and will be pleased to correct any errors or omissions at the earliest opportunity. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted...
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...methods, and the outcomes or practices that result from the efforts of researchers and practitioners. Let's just begin with a list of the perspectives and a short description. 1. Psychodynamic Perspective: Probably the approach that has been most popularly associated with the discipline of psychology for the past century is the psychodynamic, psychoanalytic perspective. Sigmund Freud, who was medically trained in neurology, developed a theory of personality that made the assumption that human motivation was propelled by conflicts between instinctual, mostly unconscious, psychological forces. He called these intrapsychic elements the id, ego and superego. (You know the drill) This psychodynamic theory caught on like wild fire and due to its explanatory power for human behavior, became very popular over the following century. Freud's therapeutic method, called psychoanalysis, was developed to identify the underlying conflicts between intrapsychic structures and resolve them by bringing them...
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...Patel suggesting that one of the valued things provided by music is emotional power. According to the ‘multiple mechanism’ theory, music can influence human emotion in many different ways except *a. visual imagery and association with past, present and future event b. expectancy and fulfilment or violation c. activation of the brainstem by arousing acoustic features d. acoustics cues that resemble the sound of emotional voices medium Source: Section 6.1 page 22, 2nd paragraph, line 6 More questions being arise due to lack explanation on how the music’s universality can affect the emotion. Therefore Patel discuss how the multiple mechanism theory states that music can enhance emotion in five different ways which are 1) expectancy and its fulfilment or violation, 2) activation of the brainstem by arousing acoustic features (e.g., sudden, sharp onsets); 3) association with past events; 4) visual imagery; or 5) acoustic cues that resemble the sounds of emotional voices. The two examples of biological power of music discuss by Patel in the reading are I recovery of brain functions after stroke II recovery of cerebral palsy in premature baby III recovery of verbal fluency in aphasia IV recovery of deaf due to exposure of high volume sound *a) I and III b) I and II c) II and III d) III and IV Easy-medium Source: Patel reading section 4 of the biological power of music: two examples Patel clearly discuss the two examples of music and the recovery of brain functions...
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