The Authority

Speaking candidly during a press conference or interview, during or after a crisis, can get you in “hot water” before you can even realize it. However, doesn’t your ability to speak candidly determine how the public will not only judge you, and your organization, but you will be reviewed when the dust settles and the crisis passes? A) What tools and techniques, that we discussed in class and from your reading, can be utilized by the spokesman to demonstrate full transparency and disclosure…

Mill believed the history of mankind is the struggle between liberty and authority. To Mill, there is continuous tension between two values in politics: liberty: individual freedom and Authority: the need for constraint. The struggle b/w the relations is carried on by the tyranny of Gov't. He breaks down authority into two parts: firstly, necessary rights belonging to citizens. Secondly, the "establishment of constitutional checks by which the consent of the society, or of a governing body,…

is evident when Jem talks back to Atticus and tells him, ‘[he] ain’t going’ (Lee 204). In this moment, Atticus is trying to protect Tom Robinson from the mob when Jem, Scout and Dill arrive. Atticus asks Jem to take them home, but Jem Shows his authority by denying Atticus’ request. Jem also demonstrates his newly found maturity when Dill runs away from home and says ‘you can’t go run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’’ (Lee 188). This shows that Jem has grown mentally because…

The IAB, or Internet Architecture Board, is a group of appointed group leaders and volunteers who all come together to create and fine tune ideas that could be put in place to help manage Internet protocols and oversee those protocols and procedures. Since the board has more volunteers than actual nominated members, the group is made up of people with a general knowledge of the Internet and its functions rather than people who specialize in the knowledge. According to its own page, www.iab.org,…

difficult to eradicate. Can authority be trusted, or should it be questioned? One can look back throughout history and literature to see a plethora of cases where the trust conferred onto authority was abused, and as a result the authority was questioned. In the sixteenth century, Martin Luther questioned the most prevalent authority figure, the Roman Catholic Church. The idea of questioning authority has become more accepted, but, many avoid questioning authority and choose follow the crowd…

In Young v. New York City Transit Authority, the courts used different tests and relevant precedents to determine if begging and panhandling should be protected under the freedom of speech doctrine. The two-prong test was developed by the Supreme Court in Spence v. Washington to determine if expressive conduct was protected as a form of speech under the First Amendment. “The first prong of the test requires a court to determine whether there exists an intent to convey a “particularized message.”…

Sandi Clipton (Clipton) wishes to challenge two decisions made by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The decisions affect the operation of Sanditon Aviation Pty Ltd (Sanditon), of which Clipton is the CEO. The first decision is CASA’s rejection of Clipton’s application to renew Sanditon’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC). The effect is that Sanditon is unable to operate. The Civil Aviation Act 1988 (‘the CAA’) provides for merits review in this instance and potentially allows for new…

(JOBS) Act of 2012 provides investors and entrepreneurs choices not previously available on a large-scale model vis a via equity crowdfunding. In fact, Group Capital, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registered broker-dealer, intends to mitigate our risk of failure through prudent planning and realistic projections and avoid the pitfalls of initial…

How did Adolf Hitler manage to gain authority in Germany? Adolf Hitler was a political leader in Germany and established a new fascist government that would replace the failing democratic Weimar Republic. Hitler was able to get voters to vote for him by promising the people of Germany that he would build a “new and glorious Germany” and bring an end to the financial crisis they were facing in the early 1830’s. After World War One, Germany was made to pay for all of the damage because they…

electronic health record (eHR) is the electronic collection, management, use, storage and sharing of healthcare information and is envisioned to assist in the delivery of safe, efficient, effective health care (RACGP, 2016). National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was assigned to lead uptake of Personally Controlled E-Health Record (PCEHR), coordinate its progression and accelerate adoption within health professionals nationally (NEHTA, 2013). NEHTA leadership team included clinicians,…