Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths? I. Introduction A. Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking related illnesses? In most cases I believe they should be held liable. Most Americans ask this question and want to know about cigarette companies and why they are allowed to keep selling these products that cause health problems. B. Most people that were smokers way back in the days before they actually had to label their
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everyone was 100% responsible? Take one minute to think about what if everyone took responsibility for what they say‚ and for what they do? If people were honesty‚ ethical and treated people fairly‚ and the world would be a more pleasant place to live. Therefore‚ when we take responsibility for our actions‚ we could end bullying‚ discrimination and all discord in the world. Wow‚ World peace‚ can you image that? Personal responsibility for me means to be 100% responsible for my action and my
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OVERVIEW OF CHINESE COMPANY LAW (I) Legal characteristics of Modern Company A modern company has a set of legal characteristics: 1. Independent legal personality 2. Limited liability 3. Transferability of shares / interests 4. Centralised Management 5. Investor Ownership These characteristics respond to the economic exigencies of the large modern business. 1. Independent Legal Personality Meaning: - Independent from investors and the management; - Counter-party in corporate
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Should parents be held responsible for their children’s actions? Do you have siblings at home? Have you ever gotten in trouble for something you’ve never done? It’s not a good feeling. If you don’t want to be blamed nor punished for something you didn’t commit why should parents? As violence by juveniles has increased in recent years‚ the debate about parents’ legal responsibility for children’s behavior has escalated. Shootings‚ gang violence‚ drugs‚ alcohol these are very few things that children
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Assignment 01 ENN103F Question 1 Yes I would say it is morally defensible. Although affirmative action programs can be attacked on strictly legal grounds‚ they are far more defensible on moral and practical grounds‚ and if they are carefully designed‚ even their legality can be defended. The fact that current defenders of legal color-blindness so often have a history of condoning preference as long as it benefited white men shows that they argue in bad faith. The presence of such a powerful and
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Sam was “fine”. She got home from school and went straight to her room. Her mom was talking on the phone in the kitchen. Sam was exhausted because her day was horrible. During 1st period‚ some girls in her class threw gum in her hair. She didn’t notice until she got to her 4th period‚ so she had to cut a piece of her hair. Then she went to lunch. She didn’t want to be around anyone‚ so she didn’t eat. At the end of the day‚ she missed the bus so she had to walk home. She was now in her bed trying
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Today race is thought of differently than it ever was before. With so many mixes out there it is almost impossible to guess a person’s race based solely on appearance. Race is not something we can see or even prove scientifically. In modern terms‚ “race is a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of society consider important.” (Farrell 2012). Which means race is something made up by humans to categorize people who share biological
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generally legal person but humanity is a state of nature and legal personality is an artificial construct‚ which may or may not be conferred. The origin of corporation lies in a logical extension of this separation of humanity from legal personality as the group of humans who are engaged in a common activity could attempt to simplify their joint activity by gaining legal personality from the venture. Introduction: Solomon was leather Merchant who converted his business into a Limited Company as Solomon
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Ethical actions are not always as cut and dry as one would think. There are circumstances where we are responsible for our actions and then there are times when we cannot control the circumstances and cannot be held responsible. If you do something because you are forced to do it by threat‚ or you are not mentally capable to form the right choice about the action‚ then the choice of ethics does not matter. We are held responsible only for actions that we have a choice in. If an accused person claims
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Every action has its consequences‚ that’s written in stone. But a question that has haunted humanity for centuries; are we really responsible for our actions? Since the early ages‚ people have believed in a godly-like entity that creates‚ decides and shapes the consequences of our actions‚ or in other words our destiny. The Greeks believed Fate as a concept outside human understanding that could shape life. Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King protagonist‚ Oedipus‚ suffers a tragic end due to his decisions
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