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    Malloy) ‘Loyalty and betrayal are central to this film.’ Discuss. “I was ratting on myself all them years‚ and I didn’t even know it.” Terry Malloy’s eventual realisation in Elia Kazan’s film‚ On the Waterfront (1954)‚ reveals the philosophical nature of allegiances that the story of an exploited waterfront community’s resistance to an oppressive mob is centred on. Set on the docks of Hoboken‚ New Jersey‚ the film explores how certain loyalties are detrimental to one’s dignity and integrity but necessary

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    Terry says to Charley: “ I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody‚ instead of a bum. Which is what I am.” Does the film support Terry’s judgment of himself? Elia Kazan’s film‚ “On the Waterfront”‚ tells the story of a washed up ex-boxer named Terry Malloy and his fight against the organised crime syndicate controlling the shipping docks of Hoboken‚ New Jersey in 1954‚ but more importantly‚ according to Kazan himself: “This motion picture is about one thing only: a young man who has let

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    How does Kazan create tension and suspense in On the Waterfront? On the Waterfront‚ directed by Elia Kazan in 1954‚ portrays Terry Malloy‚ the protagonist of the film‚ who goes on a journey to redeem himself for the murder of Joey Doyle. Terry‚ a former prize fighter‚ could have been a “contender” but now is a “bum” under the command of Johnny Friendly‚ a corrupt union boss. Throughout Terry’s journey‚ the director uses various methods to create tension and suspense in some of the scenes. Joey’s

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    In Elia Kazan’s “On the Waterfront‚” we see that to some extent that people do prefer security to justice. This film focuses on the balance between our moral conscience‚ and our need for survival. It explores how much we are influenced by our own need for survival compared to our sense of justice. Kazan‚ utilizes characters like Terry‚ to explore the limits of human tolerance and the conscience. He depicts a world shrouded in a blanket of fog and mist‚ which masks the criminality‚ corruption and

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    An isolated community of the struggling longshoremen living under the exploitation of the corrupted union is introduced in one of Elia Kazan’s brilliant works in filmmaking‚ “On the Waterfront”. The viewers are moderately convinced‚ by looking at the mere world of brute force and injustice‚ that someone has to play the heroic role in order to return justice and hope to the working class on this dock. Edie Doyle seems to stand out among the rest as a candidate with her superior quality possessed from

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    “Labor Disputes” includes any controversy or matter concerning terms or conditions of employment or the association or representation of persons in negotiating‚ fixing‚ maintaining‚ changing or arranging the terms and d conditions of employment‚ regardless or whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. (Art. 212) Remedies in Labor Disputes A. Grievance Procedure—in-house adjustment of complaint‚ problem‚ or dispute following the steps prescribed in CBA or company

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    For Dispute Resolution‚ there are more methods provided in FIDIC compared with HKIA form. Arbitration is the sole method in HKIA form. Arbitration is a legal process and the award of arbitrator is finalized and binding. Apart from the arbitration‚ Disputes Adjudication Board and amicable settlement can be adopted in FIDIC. Before going to the arbitration‚ DAB shall be carried out in advance. It is a smoother way compared with arbitration and it can save more cost and time if the disputes can be settled

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    On the Waterfront is a film directed by Elia Kazan which illustrate the difficulties that the protagonist‚ Terry Malloy‚ has struggled in the early period of 1950s. Terry Malloy was a former prize-fighter who was bought up in a dark and brutal world of men. Since his career has ruined by the corrupted union which was controlled by Johnny Friendly‚ Terry was being recognized as a ‘bum’ within both the longshoremen and the mobs. This poor environment has created a false philosophy within Terry himself

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    Explain the nature of a workplace dispute that has occurred in the past 24 months. The Schweppes workplace dispute debacle was action surrounded by controversy from the employers and the employees‚ kick starting in December 2011. The dispute started over the company’s plans to introduce longer working hours – 12-hour shifts. This was to the dismay of 155 employees who‚ in turn took industrial action against the plan. The workers introduced 60-minute periods where work was stopped in Schweppes

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    Dispute Systems Design Ury‚ Brett‚ and Goldberg pioneered Dispute Systems Design (DSD) in the 1980s‚ as a method for resolving intractable or frequent conflicts in troubled organizations‚ businesses‚ or entire industries. Their pioneering work was done at the Caney Creek Coal Mine‚ a mine that had been plagued by strikes in the 1970s.[4] At the center of their method were three heuristics for analyzing conflicts and designing new systems‚ which could deal with these conflicts quickly and efficiently

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