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18 Cards in this Set
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Liability
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the state of being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person
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negligence
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the failure to use oridinary or reasonable care
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duty of care
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part of an official job description
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torts
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legal wrongs commited against a person
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nonfeasance (act of omission)
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when an individual fails to perform a legal duty
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malfeasnace (act of commission)
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an individual commits an act that is not leagally his to perform
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misfeasance
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an individual improperly does something he or she has the right to do
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sovereign immunity
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neither the government nor any individual who is employed by the government can be held liable for negligence.
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good samaritan law
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provides limited protection against legal liability to any person who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid.
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assumption of risk
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the individual, through express or implied agreement, assumes that some risk or danger will be invoved in the particular undertaking. In other words, a person takes his or her own chances
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spending-ceiling model
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A method that requires justification only for expenditures that exceed those of the previous budget cycle.
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spending-reduction model
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this model, department heads are required to reduce their budgets to preserve institutuinal funds.
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zero-based budgeting
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requires unit directors to justify every expense without reference to previous spending patterns.
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fixed budgeting
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requires an AT to preoject both expenditures and program income on a month-by-month basis to determine total program costs and revenues for the fiscal year.
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variable budgeting
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requires that expenditures for any given time period be adjusted according to revenues for the same period.
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lump-sum budgeting
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a parent organization provides an AT with fixed sum of money and the authority to spend that money any way he sees fit.
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line-item budgeting
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requires the AT list anticipated expenditures for specific categories of program subfunctions
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performance budgeting
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a method that allocates funds for discrete activities
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