Executive Summary This case study report describes a research on two large organizations namely PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia and HSBC in relation to their approaches to managing workforce diversity. The goal of this report was to identify workforce diversity theory and its advantages and disadvantages of managing workforce diversity. It also aims to analyse two organizations approaches to managing workforce diversity and evaluate advantages and disadvantages of the organizations’ approaches based
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The Role and Function of Law James Williams Law/421 January 7‚ 2012 Gail B. Jabber Role and Functions of Law According to Melvin (2011)‚ “A generally accepted generic definition of the law is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force” (p. 4). The scope of modern law is broad with tentacles that reach into every area of public and private dealings. Essentially law furnishes a process by which the rulings and directives to
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DATE: April 20‚ 2015 TO: Michael Carrozzo FROM: Tennile Massey RE: Meyerhoff‚ A. (2008). Road kill on the deregulation highway. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/14/opinion/oe-meyerhoff14 Melvin‚ S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Changes in regulation often are more of a benefit to corporations than they are to customers and
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statutory law. Two of the first laws that we can define and find differences in are the common law and statutory law. If we look at common law‚ it is derived from custom and judicial precedents versus statutes. Whereas statutory law according to Melvin (2011) “statutory law stem from the authority of the legislature” (p. 10). One example of the statutory law could be the trial of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company in 1916‚ which a judge based his decision on a similar case that was tried a year earlier
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definition of the term law varies slightly but may be broad dependent due to the many variations and use of law. One definition of Law is defined as “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force (Melvin‚ 2011). In this paper we will discuss the functions and role of law in business and society. Business Law and Social Cues The law as we know it serves many purposes in business and society. The law helps to
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also look at the case of Cipollone V. Liggett Group‚ Inc. on the Supreme Court. Roles of Law in Business The primary sources of law from the federal and state government are the constitutional law‚ statuary law‚ administrative law‚ and common law. Melvin (2011) stated: Constitutional law is the foundation for all other law in the United States and is the supreme law of the land. It functions in tandem with other sources of law in three broad areas: (1) establishing a structure for federal and state
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about a specific debate team overcoming racism in the segregated South. It is based off of the debate team of Wiley College‚ a small religious black school in East Texas‚ during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Under the guidance of their coach Melvin Tolson‚ the team kept prevailing week after week against every single opponent. They started competing with other black schools but eventually worked their way to triumph over prestigious white schools as well. Their most significant win was against
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Clockwork Orange is written in 1961 by Anthony Burgess. It is a short‚ brilliant‚ dystopian polemic intended‚ he said‚ as “a sort of tract‚ even a sermon‚ on the importance of the power of choice”. (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/13/100-best-novels-clockwork-orange-anthony-burgess ). The second‚ Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange‚ is the brilliant cinematic adaptation; a controversial masterpiece‚ released in 1971.” A Clockwork Orange recounts the tale of Alex Beethoven-mad thug with
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of Trevor destroyed the Old Misery’s house is just for fun. From which‚ it is obvious that the mind of Trevor was extremely ill. Although Trevor looks normally outside‚ the inner part of him is already corrupted. The same idea is discussed by Burgess‚ “Like the house before it is brought tumbling down‚ T. is an empty shell with nothing but the rubble of destroyed fine feelings left within him.”(121) Therefore‚ it is undisputed that the worms in the apple is the metaphor for the disturbed spirit
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look at my own upbringing and in particular how being the son of college educated professionals helped my parents be better parents and provided me with a healthier childhood environment. The majority of my research comes from a sociologist named Melvin Kohn who published several books throughout the 1960’s‚ 70’s and 80’s on social class and parenting. Intro The introduction to this paper begins with a question. What are the ways discipline and expectations are affected by family social class
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