have one and it is proven to increase productivity in the classroom and decrease turnover. 6. Teachers are being criticized in public for insignificant reasons. Teachers are now stepping forward and plea that their morale be respected and want administrators or personnel to be sanctioned for their actions in regards to them being publically
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Such fault or negligence, if there is no pre-existing contractual relations between the parties, is called a quasi-delict and is governed by the provisions of this Chapter.” En Loco Parentis provides for 1. Liability by Teachers and School Administrators * Negligence is not necessarily implied whenever someone is injured. The questions to be considered are:
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disadvantages of a procurement card system Advantages/Pros: A major benefit from using procurement cards is reduced purchasing transactions costs. A pre-procurement card study of transactions costs for items that did not have an established contract revealed an average transactions cost of $150. This includes the cost to requisition, place, receive and inspect, and process payment through accounts payable. A study after initiating procurement cards revealed an average transactions
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You are the Chief Executive Officer at a small non-profit community hospital. In January the area was hit by a large snow storm while you were vacationing in the Bahamas. Many of the hospital staff who provided patient care called out from work on the 3-11 and 11-7 shifts. Despite efforts from the nurse managers to get relief staff, only one nurse agreed to come in. As a result, the patient units were understaffed and health care personnel on day shift were required to remain on their assigned unit
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the government procurement process to streamline the contracting process through the elimination of certain rules and actions, and allowing a relatively low administrative cost associated with procurement and provides the easiest form of federal contracts to small business and disadvantage businesses. Agencies are instructed to use simplified acquisition procedures for all purchases of supplies or services below the threshold of $5 million. Whenever the government seeks to obtain goods or services
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Evaluation Criteria 5 Costs, Who to Involve, Process 6 Introduction Public Works and Government Services Canada, i.e., public service (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/) Compliance is rapidly emerging as one of the most important factors in contract management. Information management is at the heart of compliance management. If Public Works has ECM, we can manage and control our information in compliance oriented framework are best positioned to avoid problems and remain competitive. Issues
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an acceptance of that offer. A proposal (offer) is said to be made when one person signifi es to another his willingness to do, or abstain from doing anything, with a view of obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence: s.2(a) Contracts Act 1950. An offer must be distinguished from an invitation to treat. While an offer may be accepted giving rise to an agreement, an invitation to treat is only an offer to receive an offer, i.e. it is an invitation to another to make an offer
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money. In the case involving NetApp and GSA, NetApp had been hired to archive the government’s electronic records. The computer consulting company was offering steeper discounts to private clients than it was offering to taxpayers. Most federal contracts require vendors to tell the government when it is offering cheaper prices to other clients and to offer the government a similar discount.
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members from most antipersonnel ammunition. The simple addition of superior quality material in the flak jackets would prevent most injuries, but GEI did not tell the military because changing materials would be costly, and GEI fears it would lose its contract. In addition, its night vision rifle scopes work erratically and often not at all, resulting in injuries and deaths of service personnel in combat situations. The armored vehicles, though strong and sturdy on the sides and top have only a thin sheet
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Design Responsibility under Design and Construct Contracts: Some issues for Principals Introduction There are a number of reasons design and construct (D&C) contracts are attractive to principals and lenders. There is a single point of responsibility for both design and construction aspects of the project, the principal is able to fast track the project although not all aspects of the construction are complete, there is greater certainty of price and the contractor is involved from the
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