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    Obedience to Authority: its Meaning‚ Uses‚ and Side Effects Obedience to authority is an aspect present in all societies throughout known history. For the entirety of this paper‚ obedience to authority will refer to any act a member of society performs that he or she was told to do by a position of higher authority. This paper will focus on the idea that members of society will follow commands that may go against their moral beliefs on the sole account that the commands come from a place of higher

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    Roman Pope's Authority

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    hierarchy‚ from priest to bishop‚ archbishop to cardinal‚ and above them all the pope. There can be considerable confusion about the authority of the Bishop of Rome‚ the Pope: what kind of authority he has‚ why he has authority‚ what he really is. The pope is the leader of the church‚ a spiritual ruler who has been ordained in a direct line from St. Peter‚ but whose authority comes not from predecessors‚ rather from Christ himself. As Fr. John Laux says‚ “The primitive church was not a democracy.” (Catholic

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    What is the basis of the authority of Scripture? The authority of the Bible is derived from its divine inspiration. God’s word has authority over that of men or spirits. Scripture comes to us as the only rule of faith and life‚ and demands of all people‚ that it be believed and obeyed. All other forms of authority fall second to it. The entire Scripture has this authority. "Scripture" and "Word of God" are names to us that mean the same thing. The whole Bible is the very Word of God. The recognition

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    The Declining Authority of States Susan Strange Today it seems that the heads of governments may be the last to recognize that they and their ministers have lost the authority over national societies and economies that they used to have. Their command over outcomes is not what it used to be. States where once master of markets‚ now it is the market which‚ on many crucial issues‚ is the masters over the government of states. And the declining authority of states is reflected in a growing diffusion

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    ____________________________________ United States of America Case No. CR-00897 Plaintiffs‚ v. Melyssa Baylor Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Complaint for Charge of Accessory after the fact in the crime of Credit Card Fraud Defendant‚ ____________________________________ Table of Contents Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Statement of Facts . . . . . . . .

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    Tennessee Valley Authority

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    The Tennessee Valley Authority Introduction The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was the first large regional planning agency created by the United States Government in May of 1933. The TVA was one of the most innovative and significant ideas of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help tackle the economic‚ social‚ and political problems in the Tennessee Valley‚ a region with no economic growth and was heavily impacted before and after the Great Depression. The TVA is a federally owned

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    devolution (transference of power) of responsibility and authority within the structure of an organization. By centralization or decentralization it does not mean the division of organization into departments or sections. It is where decisions are made that determines the degree of centralization‚ and it is quite possible for an organisation to have many divisions‚ all of which are strictly controlled from a single central source of authority. Organisations cannot be totally centralized or decentralized

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    Safety in the Workplace

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    Safety in the workplace is not only an organizational issue but also an individual issue. Workplace safety describes “policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of employees within a workplace” (BusinessDictionary.com‚ 2013). In the United States nearly six thousand work-related deaths and 4.1 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred in 2006 (Christian‚ Wallace‚ Bradley‚ & Burke‚ 2009 p. 1103). Although this is a huge number there have been great strides in improving

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    Authority in King Lear

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    Kayla Jacklin Dr. Treschow English 153 25 March 2013 Power Corrupts a Happily Ever After The theme of authority is prominent in William Shakespeare’s play King Lear. The play has many situations that allow readers to observe the negative effects that ones authority can have‚ and the negative effects that the lust for power will bring. Having authority is an important responsibility that is often misused. Even in today’s society there are world leaders either taking the wrong irrational action

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    Bullying in workplace happens due to some factors such as power and organizational culture. As powerful individual‚ one is able to manipulate the position he/she has to perform unlawful act. Asforth’s (1994) concept of “petty tyranny” specifically focuses on the inappropriate use of positional power by managers. That is‚ staff members and employees are seen as vulnerable‚ while those in positions of power or authority‚ such as managers are commonly identified as the more powerful perpetrators (Keashly

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