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Grade Point Average Community College
796 wordsTwo things didn't mix well in my life. One was being a full time student and the other an athlete. It was great not having parents around telling you to do your homework or to go to class, of which I never did. I had a choice, which was more important, playing lacrosse or studying. Like any first year college student I picked lacrosse. At that point I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. Who at that age would know either? My worst nightmare came true in the summer of 1989. I was academ...
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Managing Your Most Important Resource Human Resources
2,007 wordsIn the business world today there is a constant pressure to achieve ever-higher standards of performance. There is little or no room for complacency in the global market. Companies are always in search of getting more for less. As a result of this the stress factor has gone up in many companies. Downsizing and restructuring is just a couple of expressions that employees and their representatives have come up with as the employees try to improve the company by reducing staff costs. (May 1998) Yet...
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Race Religion And Ethnic Origin
1,764 wordsThe International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination identifies discrimination on the grounds of race, colour and ethnic origin as an obstacle to friendly and peaceful relations among people, cooperation between nations, and international peace and security. The Convention has been ratified by a majority of the United Nations' member states. Yet, as the world enters a new century, the problems of racial and ethnic discrimination persist. As evidenced by events on...
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Magna Versus Royal Laser
1,377 words... newest of the legal person. " These articles are also supported by articles 121 (1) and (121) (2) of the Canada Business Corporation Act that state: S. 121 (1) (Duty of care of directors and officers). Every director and officer of a corporation in exercising his powers and discussing his duties shall a) Act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation; and b) Exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparab...
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Point Of View Treated Unfairly
1,585 wordsUnited Kingdom Law. Case Analysis What happened in the case of Jeremy, a computer systems operator was highly inappropriate not only according to the British and international laws but also from the point of business ethics. Jeremy's assistant Lucinda had violated the law two times when firing Jeremy without notice and discriminating against his old age. The assistant manager had also misrepresented the legal information regarding the dismissal program at the company and therefore also violated ...
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Court Of Appeal Starting Point
1,834 wordsIn order to claim a redundancy payment an employee must first establish that he has been dismissed and second that the dismissal is for reasons of redundancy. This will encompass all aspects of the decision, therefore it brings in contractual issues in relation to the dismissal as well as in relation to the definition of redundancy. In Saunders v Earnest A Neale Ltd (1974) the employees conducted a work to rule and eventually the factory closed down. It was held that the dismissals were not for ...
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