ARTICLE 1 The article ‘Lawyer says Virgin Blue displayed ‘unhealthy work culture’ in city office’ by Anthony Marx was published in The Courier-Mail on 14 March 2011. The article details how Virgin Blue allegedly discriminated against two female employees by forcing them to take redundancies after confirming they were pregnant or returning from maternity leave (Marx 2011, p. 1). Subsequently, both employees have initiated legal action against Virgin Blue who ‘has denied any wrongdoing and vowed
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Toshiba Summary: In February 2015, a financial watchdog in Japan cautioned the financial community of possible accounting irregularities at Toshiba, so an independent panel was put in place to investigate the watchdog’s claims. In April, Toshiba made public that it was going to restate its profit for fiscal years 2011 through 2013 by at least ¥50B (or $419M) due to accounting irregularities at three units of the company (Power System, Social Infrastructure System and Community Solutions). In
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have a series of defensive techniques that have been observed that rationalize and minimize others’ negative perceptions of the bullying behavior (Swigonski, Enneking, Hendrix, 2014). These techniques include moral justification, backhand apologies (an apology, but deflects responsibilities), comparison to a severe acts, and escalation (the aggressor give an ultimatum to the victim). A football player who is intimidating, dominating, and aggressive on the field earns respect from his teammates and
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Ja’Breona Mackie English 119 CRN 38395 March 30, 2014 African American Reparations 149 years ago slavery was said to have been “abolished.” From 1620-1865 our ancestors were raped, killed, tortured, and demoralized. That was for 245 years. Yet African Americans are supposed to just forget about it. What they don’t let you forget is the incarcerated Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II, the Holocaust, and running the Native Americans out of their own land. Those thousands
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Internet Technology, Marketing, and Security Rocheen Pearson Dr. John H. Carter Contemporary Business BUS 508 February 22, 2012 Question #1 – Describe and evaluate a major corporation’s Website in these four areas: (1) product information, (2) corporation’s contact information, (3) customization of products for customers, and (4) customer information at purchase. Product information Sony actively uses customer feedback to improve its products. Opinions, reports of defective products
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When Apple first introduced IPhone5 and iOS 6, the company claimed that there would be huge innovations in the new system, one of which is Apple’s own Maps app substituting Google Maps. While after the new version of IPhone is released, the company only receives a mass of comments like “dumb” or “crap” about Apple Maps. There is absolutely an information breakdown somewhere in the whole process of the application’s development. But since we are talking about Apple, a giant in its field, I really
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instead. Plus he needs to correct what he did. For example; he was at a friend’s house and went into the sister’s room and destroyed some of her things. The damage was $10.00. So he had to pay for half of the damage with his own money, write her an apology letter, and then write on a sheet of paper 20 times that he is not allowed to touch other peoples belonging without their permission. So far this method is working great. It is helping him understand for every action there is a reaction and depending
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Jet blue hits turbulence assignment 1. As shown in the case, the types of information systems are - TPS ( Transaction Processing)system that is used for making the reservation, papereless processes in this case - CRM (Customer Relationship Management) that enables the customers the communication with the airline company and acquire updated flight info such as delays and cancellations - ESS (Executive Support System)- rovides senior management a way to address strategic issues
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Spanish-American War, Congress just quickly voted for the annexation unfairly. So, Hawaii was taken over as a U.S. territory and then later made into the 50th state. Even President Clinton knew it was wrong to overthrow Hawaii so 100 years later he wrote an apology letter to the Native Hawaiians on behalf of the U.S. for the overthrow of
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“In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote, Part Four, The Corner continues to follow Dick and Perry as they are tried for the murders of the Clutter family. Before the trial even began, the outcome was obvious. The jurors, the judge, and even their own lawyers had already decided that they were guilty. While Dick and Perry are cold blooded killers, they still have the right to a fair, especially when they were facing the death sentence. Perry was willing to take the blame for all of the murders, whereas
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