GENDER DISCRIMINATION OUTLINE I. Constitutional law A. Background: 100 years of discrimination > theme: law responding to gender discrepancies 1) Should men & women ever be treated differently under the law? a. Definition of equality: = choice/power/income i. Pay gap: women earn $0.74 for every $1.00 a man earns b. Linda Hershman article, Homeward Bound: Many educated & intelligent women decide to stay
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a monarchy. Sometimes states form their own countries. At other times many states work together to form a country (like the United States). Most states also have armed forces, civil service, law and police. Politics is the way that people living in groups make decisions. Politics is about making agreements between people so that they can live together in groups such astribes, cities, or countries. In large groups, such as countries, some people may spend a lot of their time making such agreements.
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legal person", Profits and losses are the company's and it has its own debts and obligations. Types of the Business Organization: Private Company: A company whose ownership is private. Private companies may issue stock and have shareholders. Public Company: Public Company may be defined as, A company that has issued securities through an initial public offering (IPO) and is traded on at least one stock exchange or in the over the counter market. Government Company: Government Company
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the Law 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession Dispute Settlement Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Business and the Constitution Crimes Intentional Torts Negligence and Strict Liability Licensing and Intellectual Property 1 Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession LO Learning Objectives After you have studied this chapter, you should be able to: Identify the basic functions of law. List
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CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES REGULATING E-COMMERCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES REPORT OF A JOINT CEPS/ECRI WORKING PARTY C H A I R M A N: TI M J O N E S C H I E F E X E C U T I V E, P U R S E U S R A P P O R T E U R: NURIA DI E Z GU A R D I A FORMER R ESEARCH FE L L O W , CEPS OCTOBER 2001 This report contains the conclusions and policy recommendations that follow from the discussion and analytical presentations that took place at the meetings of the joint CEPS/ECRI Working
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1–2 Identify and describe the five environmental differences between govern- ments and for-profit business enterprises as identified in the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s Why Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Is—and Should Be—Different. 1–3 Identify and briefly describe the three organizations that set standards for state and local governments, the federal government, and nongovernmental not- for-profit organizations. 1–4 What is the definition of a government
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Shameerpet, Secunderabad. Certificate from Company Declaration I hereby declare that the project entitled “Corporate Governance and Comparative Analysis of the Annual Reports of Vizag Steel and TATA Steel” submitted to the NALSAR University of Law, Centre for Management Studies, Secunderabad has been prepared by Sushma Yanamadala in Corporate Governance Department at Vizag Steel, Vishakapatnam. This embodies the data collected and analyzed under Mr.S.SakthiMani, Company Secretary, at Vizag Steel
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not able to respond effectively to environmental issues? Is public policy a more useful concept to understand how the commons is managed in our society? Why or why not? Markets are not able to respond effectively to environmental issues because they cannot determine the value of the environment and its elements. It is not a part of the exchange or transaction and market systems were not designed to factor in environmental costs. Public policy is definitely a useful concept in understanding how
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Topic 1 The firm: objectives, costs and revenues 1 Both private and public companies are privately owned capitalist business enterprises. The difference stems from their ownership. Private companies are owned by private shareholders who can choose the buyer of their shares. Public company shares are listed on the stock market, which means that they have to comply with the rules of the stock market and any member of the public can buy shares in the company. 2 An excess of sales receipts
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Union Density: Canada vs. USA Union density refers to the amount of paid employees that are union members. Historically, union density has increased between 1930 and 1950 from 14 percent to 30 percent. At that time union growth in Canada was extremely behind United States. This was caused by the legislation that was going on with workers and their rights to form and join unions. However it wasn't until the mid 1950s that Canadian union organizations caught up to the US. Despite this growth, the
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