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Negligent Hiring/Retention
Number of Words: 3355 / Number of Pages: 13
... amendment illegal
search and siezure guarantees. Human resources managers can be heard in
corporate hallways mumbling about these apparent conflicts and
incongriuties in common law and government mandate.
Historically, If a worker commited a negligent act, a plaintiff often
would sue his or her employer under the theory of Respondeat Superior, or
let the master respond. (3) This doctrine holds the employer liable for his
or her employees' negligent, on the job actions and does not depend in any
way on the fault of the employer. (4) Common law held that employers owed
thier employees a duty to pr ...
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Enlightenment: The Light Bulb Of The 1700's
Number of Words: 405 / Number of Pages: 2
... the only way to atone for your sins
were through prayer and contrition. In his 95 Thesis he established that
salvation is within oneself and that individual faith in God is very important .
But the church did not see it that way. The church believed that the only way to
atone for your sins were through indulgences. Indulgences were paying for the
removal of your sins. Martin Luther was later excommunicated from the church.
Galileo also disagreed with certain things that the church believed in. Galileo
proved Aristotle's theory wrong about gravity. One night during dinner, Galileo
picked up two pieces ...
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Define And Explain The Concept
Number of Words: 1339 / Number of Pages: 5
... in the event of a price rise, so the bigger the income effect and the more elastic the demand will be. This is the reason salt has a very low price elasticity of demand. We spend such a small proportion of income on salt that a relatively big percentage increase in the price of salt is borne by us without too much difficulty, so the income effect would be pretty small.
One other determinant of price elasticity of demand is the time period. When prices rise people may take time to adjust their consumption patterns and find alternatives. The longer the time after a price change, then, the more ...
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Philosophy Statement
Number of Words: 1236 / Number of Pages: 5
... places. Unique to our times are trends such as 'xeroxed' landscapes and chains where you can eat in an identical chair on opposites sides of the country. Uncommitted 'democratically functional' interior spaces seem to make the occupant feel not quite fully present yet not absent either. James Joyce's aesthetic criteria would designate the common commercial "strip" -- ugly heaps of lights and billboards -- as fundamentally pornographic: they arouse us to move horizontally toward a desired object rather than vertically toward a higher consciousness.
My proposition is that there is today no meani ...
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Why Are The Chicago Bulls So Good?
Number of Words: 479 / Number of Pages: 2
... around. The leader is
Michael Jordan, a player who everyone knows. Michael Jordan is the most
recognizable athlete in the world. He is not only the top player of his era but
is quite possible the best player ever to wear the uniform of an NBA team. What
amazes me about Michael is he was not good in college. He worked harder then any
other player to become great, and his career stats prove that fact. Michael
walks on the court and leads by example. Ninety percent of the time, Jordan will
prevail. Without a leader, the team would not endure the playoffs. The rebounder
is Dennis Rodman, a player who takes ...
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Private Schools
Number of Words: 549 / Number of Pages: 2
... education, however, does not have as much diversity due to strict public
control that tries to avoid offending others. Private schools are considered to
be more experimental because they try and accept new ideas faster. The American
public generally seems to support private education, according to this position.
The second position of chapter three favors public schools. This
position feels that private schools are an unnecessary burden and expense to the
public. Private schools have the tendency to tarnish the image and reputations
of good public schools. Magnet, or theme-oriented, schools are ...
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Is The Colonization Of Africa
Number of Words: 1126 / Number of Pages: 5
... God, including Okonkwo's son Nwoye. "One morning Okonkwo's cousin, Amikwu, was passing by the church on his way from the neighbouring village, when he saw Nwoye among the Christians."( Achebe, 151) Amikwu tells Okonkwo this and upon Nwoye's return home, he beats him and kicks him out of his house. Nwoye eventually becomes happy about leaving his father and is given a new name Isaac. This does not help the way some of the natives feel about the colonization. They are beginning to lose the members of there own faith to join the white mans faith.
On the other hand, In Heart of Darkness, the author ...
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Commercialism As Americas Hidd
Number of Words: 1049 / Number of Pages: 4
... a new sense of beauty to the whole world, regardless of the product I was deeply affected by the strange time and space rendered in front of me in thirty seconds. Commercial film affects me more than fine art in a museum does. It has also proven to be much better at portraying subtleties to a mass audience in a clear and definite way. People are ashamed of this comparative strength. Many of my self-fabricated intellectual friends claim to enjoy gallery fine art more than they enjoy movies and television. When we are at the gallery, I watch my friends ooh and aah at the work as they interpret its meanin ...
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Celebrities And Their Salaries
Number of Words: 1088 / Number of Pages: 4
... a nerve with audiences. "There's no justification for any of these high salaries unless you get the actor in a film with a terrific idea," said an anonymous studio executive. "Look at Mr. Holland's Opus. The film was cheap. Richard Dreyfuss is no longer a star. But the idea counted." Yet studios continue to shell out for these big names, exploding the current price tag for the average studio film, including marketing and distribution to $60 million. The same is true for television programs such as Mad About You and The Simpsons. Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser, the stars of Mad About You demanded ...
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Education Vs. Corrections
Number of Words: 1097 / Number of Pages: 4
... hundreds of millions in a vain attempt to clean up the social consequences of failing to educate.”
It is obvious that the state of California agrees with this mentality since education does receive the largest share of state spending. California spends 42% of total spending on education K-12.While only 8% of spending goes to corrections.
On the other hand it is important for correction facilities to be maintained as well. They do need to have enough funds for food, clothing, and programs. The prisons need to have money to pay all the guards and other staff members. This is mostly taken care of by the ...
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