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1. Anderson, L.V. (2016, May 19). Ethics compliance training is a waste of time. Slate Magazine. This article, despite the cynical title, provides good research concerning the process by which companies implement ethics compliance training programs, including what incentive they have and how the external legal environment influences them to do this. The article begins by stating that the predominant form of ethics compliance training that all onboarded employees typically take in corporate organizations in the United States are in the form of eLearning courses. The article describes the typical mandatory basic ethics, harassment and discrimination training that are ...

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Federal judge strikes down Michigan’s gay marriage ban. By Paresh Dave, 4:12 PM PDT, March 21, 2014. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-michigan-gay-marriage-20140321,0,418570,print.story The article depicts the striking down the ban on gay marriage. Bernard Friedman, the U.S. District judge, so it unconstitutional and it was time to give liberty to a lesbian couple in Michigan-the right for marriage. But the couple must have lived together for eight years. The judge also hoped that the children of same-sex couples will mature up with admiration for their families and comprehend that they are no diverse than other families in their ...

Historically, governments are established to structure and control numerous independent departments in order to provide economic, social, and political development of the country and guarantee order. In the US, the power is divided between the supreme power of state government and numerous local governments; such method of governance gained the form of federalism. Apart from the state governments, there are city governments that are usually called city councils in the United States. Moreover, each city council has numerous departments and committees that provide the efficient and coordinated work in many fields. Such committees exist in the US Congress ...

The U.S. Patriot Act Americans faced one of the most horrifying episodes in their history of the United States. Many individuals watched with horror as the historical landmarks collapsed simultaneously at the hands of terrorists. Who could forget the shock as the terrorist planes embraced the Twin Towers as the terrorist snuffed the lights of many innocent victims? As a result of this horror, the American Congress waited for only forty-five days before passing the USA Patriot Act in response to that fateful date of September 11, 2001. A number of delusion individuals convinced themselves that they reserved the ...

When we heard about stop and frisk, what comes first in our minds? Is stop and frisk policy important in the community? Stop and frisk is a situation in which a certain police officer who has the suspicion to a person, detains the person, and runs his hands over the outer garment of the suspect lightly for a purpose to determine if the person or suspect carries a concealed weapon. The stop and frisk search is one of the most controversial police procedures. When a police officer let a person stop, it is different from an arresting the person. Generally, frisking is limited to patting down ...

Thesis: The Death Penalty is not fair because innocent people are convicted, some have been almost executed, some have been executed and exculpatory evidence was discovered post execution and some have been executed despite of exculpatory evidence. The high cost of prosecuting Death Penalty cases reflects this.

INTRODUCTION I In spite of far reaching ramifications many states in America still apply and carry out the Death Sentence.

A. The Death Sentence is obtained and carried out inconsistently. B. Death Sentence cases cost much more to prosecute than those of life without parole because of the finality of the sentence.

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II Death Sentence cases create situations where innocent people can be executed, or wait for years on “Death Row” ...

The Legal dispute: Constitutional Procedure to Replace a Senator in Illinois

According to Richey, the “legal dispute” over the right “constitutional procedure” to carry out the replacement of a senator calls for the involvement of “a judicial determination of the 17th Amendment (Richey, 2011, p.1). After the 2008 elections had been held in the United States, in order to have someone to complete Obama’s remaining term in the Illinois State as a senator, Mr. Burris was appointed by the Governor Blagojevich. Under the Illinois law, the governor had the power to appoint a new senator to serve for the remaining period of the term after any vacancy in the senate. But in the ...