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Proposition 50 was the only California state proposition on the primary ballot last June. Due in part to current law, while the suspension of public officials can occur, the consequences of loss of salary and/or benefits are non-existent, allowing for corruption to pervade their position without consequence. Corruption in the service of the public should never be acceptable practice and no public servant should be allowed to get away with a lack of ethics. Proposition 50 addresses the issue of…

dress policy, it would be much harder for school officials to identify violations because there would be such a variety of different clothing styles. Lee Ann Jolley states in her article “The student dress code debate” that “Schools and school districts face the challenge of monitoring students’ modes of attire in a bid to promote order”, and this supports my idea, because if all the students are dressed the same, it makes it easier for school officials to pinpoint students that are violating…

use in the United States. Racial profiling allowed law enforcement officials to identify drug couriers. Since the introduction of this method, racial profiling has become a staple in the criminal justice field. Thus, the issue of racial profiling is important to understand because of the nature of the racial component attached to profiling. Race has become a major issue with the criminal…

(D) Emergency management officials planned for Category 3 storms and found that their emergency operations plan was fleshed out well in some areas but sketchily done it others. They did not follow up on additional planning due to budget constraints. (E) The hurricane left the city…

Violence in the sports world is best known for intentional acts of violence in which can injure another person such as another player, a coach, a game official, and even another fan. Violence in the sports world is not only known on the field but just as well as in the stands with fans. Although it is more commonly found on the field sports violence mostly begins with the fans. An outstanding result found by Dr. John Cheffers was a strong link between both the fans and athletes. If it is seen…

costs extra £6bn a year, says report A hastily buried official report has estimated that the government is spending an extra £6bn a year protecting pensioners' incomes, deVere Group understands. The report also warns that the cost of doing so in future years could spiral further. The warning came in a report from the Government Actuary's Department, which was published last week on the government website but was removed a day later; an official said it had been published "in error". The…

inexperienced law officials must obtain. Ethics, unknowingly to some, molds and attributes to the actions and lifestyles held by individuals. A situation is presented to an inexperience law official, where the individual must determine an action based on intellectual reasoning. The official is invited for an evening meal along with a fellow member of law. As the meal ends it is brought to the official’s attention that the meal will be of no cost. The owner of the establishment reason is that…

Politics are constantly changing. Through the formation of political parties, we have advanced through tough times, but they aren’t getting any easier. Electing officials is a large part of democracy, but is often made more difficult by the media which distracts voters from the main idea. It also means that some people just don’t vote at all. Ideally, everyone should be able to receive true information about candidates and parties, and everyone should vote. Political parties were formed in…

The city of Chicago, Illinois has a long standing reputation of bribery and corruption throughout elected and non-elected officials in government positions and business agreements involving said officials. The government powers and even the local police forces all took place in bribery and secret agendas and agreements, especially in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Men like Peter V. Pappas lead the corruption in the cement industry while others were involved in everything from property tax fraud and…

The city officials “underestimated the danger posed by Hurricane Katrina, especially the risk of a catastrophic breach of the flood protection system” (Brezina and Phipps, 2010, p. 114). They were lacking efficient evacuation plans for the underprivileged population…