To see if an article on Wikipedia is valid, I would look to see the sources they list to see where they got their information. I would look for primary source documents and for trusted books or websites by historians who are experts in that field or educational organizations or universities. If the author of a Wikipedia page hasn’t listed many sources, or websites with .com, then I will not trust that article as much compared to one that lists many sources which include primary sources and valid
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out to the reader for help. His arms are folded in defeat. He is stuck. All the reader wants to do is set him free. The print at the bottom right side of the cover says “The Endangered Species Act,” giving the reader a reference to obtain more information on the innocent animals. The caption just above the act states in large capital letters says “DEAD OR ALIVE.” The play on words designates the continuous battle between hunting and protecting endangered species. The hunters want them dead for their
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Name Professor Institution Course Date Germany and Canada; Why they are different? Introduction The economic status of a country is determined by various factors and various measures that are compared to other countries. The economic stability of countries is measured with consideration of various elements such as the general income of the citizens, and also the productivity of various groups and organizations in the nations. The economic contributions of economic institutions such as banks
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Name Professor Institution Course Date Germany and Canada; Why they are different? Introduction The economic status of a country is determined by various factors and various measures that are compared to other countries. The economic stability of countries is measured with consideration of various elements such as the general income of the citizens, and also the productivity of various groups and organizations in the nations. The economic contributions of economic institutions such as banks
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available at my organisation. FINDINGS 1.1 WHY ORGANISATIONS NEEDS TO COLLECT AND RECORD DATA? Organisations needs to collect data about their employees to comply with legal and industry requirements such as Data Protection Act (1998), Freedom of Information Act (2000), Health and Social Care Act (2008) or Equality and Diversity Act (2010). Data is collected to enable HR effectively and appropriately proceed with personnel administration and to support broad HR strategies. HR needs to collect
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driving down the value of wage labor, while also increasing the material wealth of society as a whole. By the same token, technology, such as automation, he assumed, had the potential to reduce wage labor and thus increase the scope of individual freedom (Abromeit, 2010, p. 90). In his 1941 essay “Some Social Implications of Modern Technology,” Herbert Marcuse analyzed technology in terms of its power to transform society, and he developed a theory of “technological rationality,” the belief
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democracies in which the citizens mainly do not have the right to vote but enjoy few other freedoms. Other are the democracies that would expand the conception of democracy to full participation in all civic institutions. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “recognition of the dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”. Speaking of the Eastern Europe, one can trace the development
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revolution and globalization, citizens have turned into “Netizens”. The advancements in the field of technology is also accompanied with the development of various methods of surveillance and intervention by the State into individuals’ private information. Governments are keeping an eagle eye by monitoring individual's movements, businesses transactions and also the means of communication, which includes cyberspace. It is alleged that the United States of America’s National Security Agency runs a
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increases and defends civil liberties. It limits the power of government and its institutions. * Democracy helps government to regulate its moral, economical and political matters. * Democracy provides intellectual, religious and political freedom to citizens. * Democracy establishes a society which rewards its citizens on merit rather than on status, rank or privilege * Democracy establishes laws to promote the standard of living of the citizen. If we analyze the condition of Pakistan
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government offices are the biggest one to have the technology that keeps all or a majority of information about every single human being that has lived. Another big technology that is done, but has been taken out of proportion is the internet and privacy. People that want to steal, take advantage of another person’s personal information, whether their social security number, physical address, work and income information along with credit, and bank accounts, then it is used to the person stealing it for their
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