Essays Tagged: "government regulation"
Business and Government Agencies
, how should the former directors position influence the decisions of the agency? Finally how could government regulation limit the potential conflicts of interest from the 'Revolving Door'?The first ... should not personally make ex parte contacts with the agency and obviously not approach the ALJ.The government control over the behavior described above is done through various ways. The first way is ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Legalization of Drugs
stop being crimes. 'Selling drugs to children would continue to be criminal, and other evasions of government regulation of a legal market would continue to be prosecuted; but by and large the drug c ... drive the drug-dealing business off the streets and out of the apartment buildings, and into legal, government-regulated, taxpaying stores. It would also force many of the gun-toting dealers out of bu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Consumer Alert, 'to advance the consumer interest through advocacy of free-market solutions to consumer dissatisfaction and scrutiny of any action which discourages competition in the marketplace.'
77 as a national, non-profit membership organization for people concerned about excessive growth of government regulation at the national and state levels. Consumer Alert's mission is to inform the pu ... the individual have a distinct and strong faith in competitive enterprise, a healthy skepticism of government solutions, a dislike of government related monopolies, labor, or business, and be in the ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
Government regulation
Government RegulationThroughout history there have been many different opinions about government reg ... ghout history there have been many different opinions about government regulation. Some believe the government regulates business too much others feel that the government does not do enough. I believe ... causing many workers to lose jobs. In this paper I will point out the common problems dealing with government regulation. I will also focus on three major aspects of government regulation which inclu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
An essay on Japan's economony
trouble.The success of Japan's economy in past years can be contributed to two parts. One part was government's active role in economic policy. The second part was the Japanese management system, whi ... and quality through flexible manufacturing and reduced time to market.In reality, Japan's activist government policy explains a lot about Japan's failures, than it does about its success. Government ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Pornography and the Government
This essay is done on the subject of government regulation on pornography. It argues two main points: 1) Governments do have the rights t ... ments do have the rights to regulate pornography and, 2) Mainstream Christianity should not support government regulation with pornography.When this paper was graded the teacher stated that my paper ( ... realize that the debate is not about whether pornography is right or wrong. Yet, rather should the government be given the right to decide what one can read, watch, or enjoy. Most individuals on both ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Role of Technology in Globalisation
s to cross-border trade and investment - by distance, time zones, language, national differences in government regulation, culture and business systems. And we are moving toward a world in which natio ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Pesticides.
loped countries pesticide sprayers have protection from pesticides through protective clothing, and government regulation of pesticides. We also have alternatives to pesticides, through natural resist ... here; to increase plant yields and productions. The difference is that in developed countries, the government does a good job of protecting sprayers by banning pesticides that are known to be highly ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry
Entitled The Effects of the "Gilded Age".
the time period.The largest economic issue concerning in the Gilded Age was determining the Federal government's role in the business sector of America. In the late 1800's, businesses operated for the ... regulation. This hands-off approach to economic matters is known as "Laissez-fare," and holds that government should play a very limited role in business. This was the predominant economic theory in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Assessment of core competencies for Verizon Corp.
mbent status, diverse markets, long distance, and brand identity. Finally, external threats include government regulation, substitution, and a weak economy.The Five Forces analysis revealed that entry ... arkets can local, regional, or global. Furthermore, customer can include residential, business, and government markets.§ Long distance - Due to regulatory restrictions, Verizon was once not allow ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The New Deal
Throughout history there have been many different opinions about government regulation. Because the relative greed of businesses in terms of profit margins and littl ... ion, which helped prevent businesses from purposely overspeculating their stocks. It also set up government-owned businesses such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, which provided lower utility rat ... cted consumers from inefficient service and exorbitant charges. Overall, the New Deal increased the government's sense of economic responsibility for its citizens. By putting forth effortto protect ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
AbstractOver the years, many states as well as the Federal government have attempted to enact legislation to protect employee physical well-being on the job wi ... any hazards were left uncontrolled. (MacLaury 1981). The end of a tedious political battle to enact government regulation of workplace hazards was marked by the signing into law the Occupational Safet ... aury 1981).The threat to employee safety continued to grow into the 1950's and 60's and the Federal government began to take a more active role. The Walsh-Healey Act originally adopted in 1936, was am ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
This is a great summary of the progressivism life of theodore roosevelt, his way of political life as a "trustbuster"
rned himself a nickname, "Trustbuster," but preferred not to call this. He was motivated to being a government regulation of big business man. His most famous event was the Panama Canal Treaty. This w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
FCC rules
son's breast appeared in the Super Bowl. Suddenly FCC chairman Michael Powell is suddenly taking on government regulation of content. This is interesting because Michael Powell was a chief investor in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Government regulation
The economic functions of government tend to be viewed primarily as either public spending programs or revenue-generating acti ... r revenue-generating activities that are used to pay for public spending. Another area in which the government has a profound influence on the economy is regulation. Regulation like other government a ... ctivities, can be analyzed within both a positive and a normative framework. In general, a case for government regulation can be made in instances in which the private sector of the economy could be e ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Progressive Era: Help or Repress
ght to eliminate practices harming farmers, workers, tenement dwellers, and consumers and to expand government regulation over our economy so as to further the public interest. State regulation of rai ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
George Orwell's "1984" (Larger point in writing about the proles.)
in which they are manipulated is Orwell's way of showing us how easily it can happen to us through government regulation. The general theme of "1984" is a political one. Orwell is criticizing a total ... al theme of "1984" is a political one. Orwell is criticizing a totalitarian government, the kind of government that has absolute control over all aspects of life, including, the intellect and emotions ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Censorship in 1949 with the Fairness Doctrine
America is no longer governed by England. In this day and age, the same problem exists but between government regulation and people rights. This is a battle the government tries to win by sending bil ... rship because it keeps material in which anyone can acquire decent.One attempt was in 1949 when the government initiated the Fairness Doctrine which was created to help enforce Section 315. Section 31 ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
American Economic Policies
ng theme of American economic history has been a continuous debate about when, and how extensively, government should intervene in business affairs. American history has seen the pendulum swing betwee ... airs. American history has seen the pendulum swing between laissez-faire principles and demands for government regulation. Liberals and conservatives alike have sought to reduce or eliminate some cate ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
Compare and Contrast the Populists and Progressives
ent called for solutions to many economic ills in need of reform. The goal of most progressives was government regulation of business. Just as the populists had proposed years earlier, the progressive ... reformation, a major exception in proposed solutions occurred since the populists demanded that the government establish a postal savings bank whereas the progressives still supported the reformation ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History