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Everyone in this room uses the internet, probably daily, but many of you may not realise a threat which could harm the way our internet works, net neutrality intends to protect us consumers from the threats. Net Neutrality is often mistaken to be related to censorship, or other seemingly unethical act, that's just a small part, the idea of Net Neutrality is, in a nutshell, that all data carried over the internet should be treated equally. This means that any organisation, government or corporate…

I. Introduction Bill Chappell documented the FCC’s monumental ruling in favor of net neutrality on February 26, 2015. With this ruling, the FCC reclassified broadband access as a telecommunications service and therefore a common carrier, in turn applying Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 makes it unlawful for any common carrier to “make any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges, practices,…

Overview of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton (BHP) is a combined group consisting of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc with Global Headquarters and BHP Billiton Limited company located in Melbourne, and BHP Billiton Plc located in London. The company operates as one entity with a unified management team and the same board of directors. BHP operates in the diversified resources industry with mines extracting copper, iron ore, coal, nickel, zinc, and petroleum amongst others across the globe with…

The HHIE was a self-report scale designed by Ventry and Weinstein (1982) for accessing the disabilities associated with emotional responses and social life before and after the hearing rehabilitations in elderly people. The HHIE questionnaire (see Appendix 1) is constituted of 25 items, including 12 social/situational and 13 emotional difficulties to hearing impairments. For developing this self-report scale, at the first stage, the team of research explored what kinds of activities that…

With the introduction of globalization in our modern society, many corporations use the economic “advantage” of child labour. This allows corporations and major franchises to save money on production of materials and raw goods. There are many factors that make this a disadvantage as well as an advantage for major companies, such as lower labour costs, lower rent costs in overseas factories but many of these come with the problem of inadequate health regulations and living costs. Many big name…

Child labor is most commonly associated with a negative connotation, with elements such as unskilled labor by very young children in very poor conditions. This is true to a certain extent, the labor laws in lesser developed countries are not very child favorable and are different than those in the United States of America. The global number of children in child labour has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children ( International Labor Organization). In the case…

The use of child labor has been used for a long time and is most seen in developing countries. Luckily there have been organizations that have been formed to put a stop on this problem, such as the International Labor Organization. Of course, before trying to end a problem is important to know why children are working rather than engaging in activities that every child should such as going to school. Many of the jobs the children participate in are harmful to their health. A specific job field…

FirstBank is fortunate because the top four banks in its market are not local community banks. This gives the Bank an advantage in local relationship-based banking and customer loyalty for being a local business. The same customer base also relies on a local bank to provide quality products and services like the big national banks. FirstBank stays on the leading edge of technology which helps portray a big bank environment and provides all the products and services offered by the big banks.…

SWOT Analysis The SWOT Analysis is an integral part of the situational analysis of an organization. In evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a business, valuable information can be obtained concerning critical issues which may have the potential to positively or negatively affect the future success of the organization. The SWOT Analysis begins with an internal assessment of the firm’s strengths, and weaknesses, and then looks at the external opportunities and…

Following the pervasive financial losses which occurred as a result of the great depression, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established with the guiding principle to instil confidence in current and potential holders of stocks and bonds that publicly traded companies are managing funds efficiently and appropriately, which is to be achieved through “full disclosure” of the organizations’ financial performance in the form of quarterly and annual financial statements…