Plea Bargaining A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor. This may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to a less serious charge or to one of several charges‚ in return for the dismissal of other charges; or it may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to the original criminal charge in return for a more lenient sentence. A
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construction work‚ although it may also be present in the film industry and other heavily regulated workforce areas. It is rarely used in service industries where specific types employee labor are not required. Productivity bargaining is a more specific type of collective bargaining that occurs when managers begin to draw up specific ways that the employer/employee relationship will be changed. The goal of management in this case is to increase the productivity of the workers without having to hire more
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Many references found on the subject of plea bargaining project the same message as to why the process has become such a common element of the justice system. The universal missive seems to be advantage for all parties involved‚ even the victim. There are obvious advantages in terms of time and cost for the judicial system. For judges and prosecutors‚ plea bargaining provides relief to hectic schedules and an overcrowded docket. Any case resolved outside of the court setting can also ease the
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Running head: At the Bargaining Table At the Bargaining Tablet Professor Moody Marion Beaufort III November 14‚ 2012 At the Bargaining Tables Ernest Montague‚ self-made entrepreneur‚ “the owner and general manager” of a local manufacturing business “North Valley Muffler Company” located in New Mexico. North Valley Muffler Company supplies a variety of mufflers to the east and west coast part businesses. This small company employs over 100 workers. Over sixty percent of the workers
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1.INTRODUCTION Collective bargaining has been defined by different experts in different ways. Nevertheless‚ it is treated as a method by which problem of wages and conditions of employment are resolved peacefully and voluntarily between labor and management. However‚ the term collective bargaining is opposed to individual bargaining. Sometimes‚ it is described as a process of accommodation between two conflicting interests . The I.L.O. defines collective bargaining: "As negotiations about working
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Plea Bargaining Alicia Aaron CJA/224 May 26‚ 2013 Donald Gregory Plea Bargaining Most cases are resolved through plea bargains. This is resulting from negotiations between the prosecutor and defense attorney. Plea bargains can be made at any stage of the criminal justice process. Plea bargains can be either a charge bargains or sentence bargains. There are advantages and disadvantages with plea bargains. With plea bargains‚ it can reflect the due process and crime control of the criminal
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PLEA BARGAINING Plea bargaining is defined as the process of negotiating an agreement among the defendant‚ the prosecutor‚ and the court as to an appropriate plea and associated sentence in a given case. The advantage for the defense is that less work is required on their part and they typically receive the same amount of money in return. An advantage for the prosecutor is they get a conviction and can alter the sentence any way they see fit as well as maintain an acceptable conviction rate. The
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Describe and define the "positive bargaining zone" and the "negative bargaining zone." “Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage‚ and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.” (Bolton) Although they do not always have a common ground‚ the structure of the bargaining process usually refers to having either an integrative or distributive task. This is how and why there are positive and negative bargaining zones and how
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Essay: What is a better monetary system: bargaining or money? The preference of a monetary system is determined by considering several factors. Among them includes a wide range of production parameters which affect the rate at which goods and services are produced into the market. On the other hand‚ the preference is determined by the parameter affecting the customer behaviors in their purchasing (L. Meehan‚ 2015). Money and bargaining is the two main systems which the markets in the universe utilize
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Aristotelian Ethics & Distributive Justice Concern with material equality as the central form of distributive justice is a very modern idea. Distributive justice for Aristotle and many other writers for millennia after him was a matter of distributing what each ought to get from merit or desert in some sense. The idea of equality was arguably anathema to Aristotle and most other theorists‚ including Catholic philosophers‚ until modern times‚ indeed until the nineteenth century. A common view was
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