A perception is growing that educational systems in many countries could better respond to the needs of labor markets, help economies to avoid skills gaps, and ensure that adequately trained human capital is available to support business activity as well as to develop innovative capacity and entrepreneurship. ... Government attitudes toward markets and freedoms and the efficiency of its operations are also very important: excessive bureaucracy and red tape, over-regulation, corruption, dishonesty in dealing with public contracts, lack of transparency and trustworthiness, inability to provide a...

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In reaction to perceived inequalities in the federal and state sentencing systems, social and legal scholars pressed for legislation that would replace indeterminate sentencing with a system that offered greater predictability in determining proper sentence dispositions and lengths of imprisonment (Frankel, 1973; von Hirsch, 1976; Kennedy 1979). Sentencing reformers advocated for structured systems that limited judicial discretion with the expectation that these would create certainty in sentencing outcomes and increase the transparency and legitimacy of sentencing processes. ... Furthermore...

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TRANSFORMATIONAL STYLE LEADERSHIP EFFECT ON COLLABORATION Globalization of marketplaces, information availability in terms of speed and volume, and increased competitiveness have changed the way organizations function and respond (Katzenbach, 1998). ...

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As with epidemic diseases, early detection and control of chemical and biological attacks depends on a strong and flexible public health system and governing controls at the local, state, and federal levels that are in coordination. ... Most chemical accidents are caused by "deficiencies in safety management systems and human error, or they may occur as a consequence of natural calamities or sabotage activities" (Bhawana and Fulekar, 2011). ... The Center for Disease Control and Prevention integrates surveillance for illness and injury resulting from biological and chemical terrorism...

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Furthermore, close ties between the business sector of the economy and the government make it extremely difficult to obtain any form of information about the business matters of senior officials and as a result, business tycoons within Cambodia have received a large number of government projects which have enriched them and thus made exact amount of wealth attained by those in power, difficult to fully grasp. ... It is important to remember the context regarding the loyal relationship that both the police and judicial systems of Cambodia have towards the ruling party, which consequently result...

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Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. ... Unfortunately, the communist ideal only works in either a total global domination situation, in which free exchange of goods, information, and technology are not only possible, but are indeed the goal; or in an isolated system, with no inputs and no interference. ...

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Systems, Policies and Procedures that need to be Implemented for Health and Safety The systems, policies and procedures for workplace health and safety promotion is the combination of organisational and educational activities which are designed to to support the health and safety related behaviors of the employees and their families. ... According to a study and research by Carol Wilkinson, Principal Lecturer and Faculty of Social and Life Science in the Department of Psychology and Health of University of Lincoln and Humberside, after interviewing health and safety, and management specialist...

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Private military and security companies fill the vacuum mainly left in three types of unstable situations: (i) in zones of low-intensity armed conflict (the new asymmetrical wars) where the armies are not fully deployed or in post conflict situations with a high level of insecurity; (ii) in armed conflicts when international organizations do not intervene; and (iii) in troubled areas in developing countries where there is no presence of the State and extractive transnational corporations operate.5 Under the emergent system of international criminal law the individual is a subject of the law. ....

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The comparison between anti-terrorist systems of the Republic of Ireland and France is a good illustration of this: the former aims to fight an essentially separatist terrorism finding its expression in the activities of the Irish Republican Army (since, contrary to received ideas, the IRA is not only a terrorist organization specific to Northern Ireland) and the country is forced to combat all the forms of terrorism that exist (separatist, communist, internationalist or emanating from isolated groups). ...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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Because, it is not the "norm" that children attend school with an unpleasant smell and looking dirty (Reference) argues that, teachers let the pupils do the "bullying" to keep up to the standards of the institutional habitus and expectations, what is more in correspondence to (Mills, 2002), a person who is from a disadvantage background can benefit being in a institutional habitus, as it therefore can change their outcome to the child, by the professionals leading and giving them the right information to the child. ...

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I ask, "To what extent can the EU forge a system that will ensure long-term peace in Europe?" ... Both of which must be evaluated based upon their own merits, with specific reference to achieving and sustaining peace and stability in Europe, discussion is also necessary on the further potential for friction and conflict and these institutional systems are adapted to handle these issues, specifically the events of and after 11 September 2001. ...

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Now a days it seem as if every time someone opens a newspaper or reads the latest news update online, another corporate scandal has occurred. It's nothing new that companies and their executives are being charged with falsifying their earnings or financial documents for personal gain, but what is being done to prevent it? Although it may seem like these accounting scandals happen all the time, people fail to realize there are huge laws set in place to prevent these type of scandals from happening. One of the largest and most influential of these laws set in place to prevent falsified fina...

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1.1) Introduction Physical Education has developed massively since the 19th century particularly its common aims. Previously PE focused on the acquisition of motor skills learning and performance levels (Barrett, 1985); however since the turn of the 21st century greater emphasis has been shown tow...

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