THE SETTING OF DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend policy is likely to be set in the form of a goal rather than a rigid rule‚ even though a definite policy has the advantage of providing the investor‚ or potential investor‚ a clear basis for choice. Investors knowing the dividend policy of the alternative companies can choose the type of company that best fits their individual investment goals. This is desirable‚ because stockholders differ in the extent to which they prefer dividends rather than opportunities
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I do not think affirmative action is appropriate for the United States today. Affirmative action had an important role back in the 1960’s‚ in the midst of the civil rights era. It was intended to promote equal opportunities to work and to education for minority groups (at that time African Americans). That was almost sixty years ago. Our culture has evolved since then‚ with each passing generation‚ racism and prejudice dies a little more. As a nation‚ we will continue to evolve‚ and the challenges
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Over the years‚ many Christians have put on blinders‚ turning their heads while shrinking back with words such as‚ "What can I possibly do by myself?" rather than uniting together in standing for absolute truths. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote from the Birmingham jail‚ "A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God." We have heard the expression that a person who doesn’t stand for something will fall for anything. We have allowed moral relativism to creep in and push
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“peripheral structural crisis” – they suffered all the negative consequences of a the “structural crisis” but due to not having sufficient resources for R&D‚ know-how and financial sources‚ they were not able to take advantage of the technological development. After 1989‚ when the countries of the region lost
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notes that by concealing the results of tests‚ applicants may practice adverse selection. If ethics are rules of conduct that society requires‚ then insurers will need to reexamine their ethical responsibilities in the light of this new technology. 1. INTRODUCTION Each of the papers in this symposium addresses prob- lems that the new genetic technology may bring to the insurance industry. On one hand‚ the science could change the way we do business‚ while on the other‚ it could engender such fear
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“pivotal influence on the development of U.S. Public Administration”(Shafritz & Borick‚ 2011). The case concerning the fictional character Sherlock Holmes being the initiator of the United States Public Administration advancement‚ gives more credit to Sherlock Holmes than he deserves. The fact is civic management has been around since biblical times. I do agree‚ however‚ that the logical techniques of investigation that Sherlock Holmes practiced is as valid and relevant today as it was nearly a century
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assist to lower the physical and sexual violence in this day and age. According to the makers team 30% of women who were in a relationship report they have been a victim of physical or sexual abuse. In 2017 there where many cases of sexual abuse‚ for example Matt Lauer of NBC news was fired after they had gotten complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior. Al Franken had groped an army veteran in 2003 and allegedly groped 5 women in 2 weeks. Chivalry could help stop all these issues.
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Development is the process of gaining new skills in all areas of life. All children are individuals so‚ although they will all go through the same stages of development‚ they may not necessarily go through these at the same time. For this reason‚ the term ‘average child’ is used when talking about the process of development‚ but we should consider each child’s development progress individually. The development of a child is usually categorised into five main areas: Physical‚ Intellectual‚ Emotional
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Plato’s Cave: Still Current in Mass Media In the “Allegory of the Cave‚” Plato describes a group of stupefied people who have been trapped in a cave their entire lives. These prisoners are chained facing a wall; they cannot see anything except the shadows on that wall‚ which are being cast by men carrying unknown objects in front of a glowing fire. They never see the actual carriers or items‚ and they hear nothing but the echoes of these obscure men‚ yet are still entranced by these illogical sounds
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