Protection

I. Description of the situation. Note the professional and/or ethical behavior discussed. Even though I have no work experience in human resources just yet, I was able to connect one of the common professional/and or ethical behaviors associated with human resources to a personal life situation. In my undergraduate days, I was an active member of a national sorority; in fact, I served as Secretary for one term and then as President for two. During my time as President, I was faced with…

Affirmative action, by definition, is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Using varying instruments and policies, Affirmative Action aims to help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been…

This essay will examine 3 of my most important liberties: freedom of speech, right to vote, and equal protection of the law. The United State Constitution was created to guarantee the Americans’ liberties, which cannot be prohibited by the government. These liberties play a tremendous role on my daily basis, as it is not only protecting my right, but also strengthen my voice as a regular citizen that came from a different country. The First Amendment passed in 1791 by Congress provided that…

the country´s most respected Aboriginal leaders and impressive intellects and powerful orators in Australia. He is a popular defender for Aboriginal rights, especially Aboriginal land. He has changed the approach to welfare, child abuse, child protection, education and economic development. In 2007, together with the Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, he launched a new welfare scheme for the Aboriginal people at Hope Vale. This scheme offers funds to help the Aboriginal community for…

Corruption is one of the obstacles constraining the economic and social prosperity in Kosovo (Mehmedi, 2012). In corruption funds are diverted from its initial goal and therefore fields like poverty, inequality, economic growth, the health sector, infrastructure and the education sector are affected severly (Abbink, 2012). The distribution of spending that was going to be payed to workers on this fields, tool and technology, new roads and social service are now being placed somewhere else. It…

During the early 1900s both the federal government and Progressive Era reformers effectively worked to bring about change through laws of consumer protection, movements towards legislative and election reform, and labor reforms. During the early 1900s many licensing programs developed to standardize professions and new laws emerged with the goal of making goods safer for consumers. The American Medical Association (AMA), an organization of doctors and medical students, was formed in 1901 by…

Since the patient protection affordable care acts has been implemented, The United States has established a national health care system. The reason this is important is because many people were living with little to no heath care prior to this act. Hence, the plan not only will provide everyone with health care but as well as a system that ensures health assistance to all members. On the contrary, the passing of this act has not only affected specific organizations but as well as many…

Legal protection under criminal law Criminal law protects all victims regardless of marital status. Although there are no specific provisions for domestic violence under criminal law, charges under assault, wounding, grievous bodily harm, kidnap, blackmail etc., cover issues linked to domestic violence, and there is further recourse for less violent offences such as stalking and harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA). Under Government involvement and new initiatives,…

"receives the wastes of steel mills, chemical and meat-rendering plants and other industries” (Scott). Within the following year, congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA would assist in the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was given the executive authority to write regulations and ensure that “all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn, and work” (“Our Mission and What We…

On the side of the Department of Health and Human Services, one would dispute in defense of the Federal Cosmetic Surgery Protection Act (FCSPA). Their primary focus would be to defend the decision to have cosmetic surgery as an economic activity, since the individual is the one deciding to purchase this medical service and pay the particular amount of money, which articulates a commercial exchange. Since the Court Case of U.S. v. Lopez, the substantial effect test was divided into two categories…