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- 1191: Business And Society
- ... and female human resources in the workplace and classroom. The term refers to active measures and passive nondiscrimination, as means of increasing the recruitment of minorities and ensuring equal opportunity. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the most comprehensive statute on civil rights ever enacted in the United States, banning discrimination in employment, voting, public accommodation, public education and all federal assisted programs. Executive Order 11246 requires that employers with federal contracts worth more than $50,000 and ... sexual harassment, even if the employer is unaware of the incident. This should serve as a warning to business owners to develop or refine company policies. The ruling falls under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which also protects non-victims form working in a sexual hostile environment. In essence, an employee can sue a company if he or she witnesses others being harassed, reports and nothing is done. ...
- 1192: AIDS In the Classroom
- ... on occasion, scratch and bite when they get in little fights. Who knows what other situations may arise that could compromise the health of a child. Not informing those concerned is a violation of human rights. It is important to protect the rights of the afflicted child. But should their rights be put before those of the 19 other kids in his or her class? One idea has been presented. The teacher of the given class would not know which child is carrying the virus ...
- 1193: The Banning of Guns Is Ineffective
- ... self- defense. It was after the Civil War that the first gun-control advocates came into existence. These were southern leaders who were afraid that the newly freed black slaves would assert their newfound political rights, and these leaders wanted to make it easier to oppress the free blacks. This oppression was accomplished by passing laws making it illegal in many places for black people to own firearms. With that effort ... that the black population would be subject to their control, and would not have the ability to fight back. At the same time, the people who were most intent on denying black people their basic rights walked around with their firearms, making it impossible to resist their efforts. An unarmed man stands little chance against an armed one, and these armed men saw their plans work completely. It was a full century before the civil rights activists of the 1960s were able to restore the constitutional freedoms that blacks in this country were granted in the 1860s. Today's gun control activists are a slightly different breed. They claim that ...
- 1194: Things Fall Apart: Roles, Responsibilities, and Treatment of Women
- ... homemakers. They were supposed to stay home, take of the children and cook all of the family's meals. Today women, in some places, are still not treated as equals and have little if any rights. As well as having unequal rights, women have been treated harshly. They have been beaten, raped, taken advantage of and harassed. Many authors have written novels about or incorporating the arbitrary treatment of women. As time passed women began to gain rights and their roles began to increase in importance. Chinua Achebe incorporates these unequal roles of women as part of the culture of the Pre-Colonial Ibo, or Igbo as sometimes called tribe of Nigeria, ...
- 1195: "How Is Helium Produced?"
- ... House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 3008, the Helium Privatization Act as agreed to in the House-Senate conference on the Budget Act. Subsequently, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee amended the bill to provide for the National Academy of Sciences to study how best to dispose of the helium reserve. On September 26, 1996, with limited time remaining for the 104th Congress, the House again suspended the rules and passed H.R. 4168, a new bill containing the Senate Committee language. This would avoid the need for a conference if the Senate would also pass the same bill. The Senate did so on September 28, 1996. This report reviews the origin and development of the Federal Helium Program; analyzes the choices that Congress faced in terminating the program; reviews the issues that ...
- 1196: Oliver Twist: Summary
- ... the evidence of Olivers parentage- a locket left by his mother. Monk throws it into a river, then tells Fagin to make Oliver a thief again. One day Nancy, a thief, overhears Fagin and Bill Sikes talking about Oliver and what they are going to do to him. Bill Sikes finds out Nancy told Rose Maylie and beats Nancy to death. Bill Sikes hangs himself accidentally while trying to escape with Oliver. Then Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver and they all live happily in the country. When Oliver lived in the poor environment he was taught to ...
- 1197: Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?
- ... I look at what the government has done with regard to the homeless problem, I have to doubt that everything is being done to eradicate it. The United Nations implemented a universal declaration of human rights. Article 25 Section 1 of this declaration states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and ... security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough. These rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country who decides to obey these universal rights. How much is "adequate"? The government, both at the federal and municipal levels, is currently working on new spending cuts. These cuts also include spending on welfare, unemployment and social services that are geared ...
- 1198: Oppressed Slaves To Champion Soldiers
- ... end slavery. Before the 1860 presidential election, Southern leaders had urged that the South secede from the Union if Lincoln should win. Many Southerners favored secession as part of the idea that the states have rights and powers which the federal government cannot legally deny. The supporters of states' rights held that the national government was a league of independent states, any of which had the right to secede. In December 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede. Five other states - Mississippi, Florida ... this allowed blacks to enlist in the army, many viewed this as only a scheme to save lives of white soldiers. The blacks were not allowed to fight until needed. They were offered the same rights as the white soldiers, but discrimination always interfered. Most black soldiers did not receive equal pay and benefits. The hesitating policy of our government permitted the Rebels to confront every black soldier with the ...
- 1199: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Fahrenheit 451: Changing The System
- ... patient's new found savior McMurphy, and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients' rights and in the process gain more privileges for the patients and himself. McMurphy also seems to get pleasure out of fighting the system. His motives are simple, he wants to help out his fellow patients ... very inspirational speaker and during the regularly occurring meetings between the patients and the doctors he would rally the patients to fight against Nurse Ratched. Thus he was able to win back some of their rights. McMurphy also uses his cunning wit and his skills as a con man to persuade the doctors into giving the patients more rights and activities. McMurphy is able to con Dr. Spivey to get a room where he and a bunch of other patients can go to play cards without the loud music coming over the intercom. ...
- 1200: Chinese Economic Reform
- ... is now ready to join the world as a modern capitalistic and democratic society. However, this is not quite the case. The CCP still shows characteristics of narrow-mindedness and inflexibility. Because of its human rights record, the country's economic growth is being impeded. That is, the politics of China, which have always been allied with its economics, restrict international growth. The United States, especially, has been concerned with China's treatment of political dissidents. China is fully aware of the United States' concerns about its human rights record, especially given the fact that the United States has made it clear to China that that record will be allied with trade status. ("China cracks" A1-5) Many of China's problems in joining ... founding member of the World Trade Organization" (Gargan 14). Once the Chinese attain more sophisticated international and national markets, institute a more manageable banking system, and make a good faith effort to insure acceptable human rights, the country may well become "the richest economy in the world within the next 25 years" (Gilder 372). Chinas economic reform is truly an impressive advancement considering the short time span in which ...
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