Essays Tagged: "policy decisions"

Legality of same sex marriages

before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, itcould be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the historyof American family law. The potential consequences, positive ornegati ... ng of DOMA by President Clinton was more of a presidentialcampaign gesture then an actual change in policy. While he has shiftedconsiderably from his platform in 1992 this move was specificallydesigne ...

(10 pages) 813 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Constitutionality of Same Sex Marriage (Homosexual Marriage) in the United States

efore American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law. The potential consequences, positive or nega ... g of DOMA by President Clinton was more of a presidential campaign gesture then an actual change in policy. While he has shifted considerably from his platform in 1992 this move was specifically desig ...

(11 pages) 837 2 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Speaker of the House or Assembly

bates, (2) develops the calendar and (3) assists the president or speaker with program development, policy formation and policy decisions.House Minority Leader is Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO).Minority L ...

(3 pages) 36 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Legalization of Same-Sex Marriages

izing same-sex unions. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law. The potential consequences, positive and neg ... ml)Coolidge, David Orgon. "Options Loom in Vermont's Homosexual 'Marriage' Case." Ethics and Public Policy Center. 6 March 1999. 18 November 2002. (http://www.eppc.org/publications/xq/ASP/pubsID.150/q ...

(10 pages) 447 0 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

American freedom.

hing. Nor is this without consequence to the country itself. Politicians may make disatrous foreign policy decisions based upon frivolous interventionism, an approach made possible by the low politica ...

(6 pages) 129 0 4.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Description of the process of public sector benchmarking. essay has an irish bias

ne can achieve against the background of organisational culture, especially where either high level policy decisions have already been taken or significant investment has already been made in systems. ... the private sector and the public service. There is also the need to ensure that public service pay policy supports the ongoing modernisation of the public service so it can adapt to change and achiev ...

(7 pages) 114 1 3.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Political life of Niccolo Machiavelli

ery of the Florentine Republic. He had supreme power in this office, and his job was to execute the policy decisions of others, carry on diplomatic correspondence, and compose reports. During his time ...

(2 pages) 34 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

How did the Ferderal Government address the problems that occured during the depression?

it quickly spread around the world. The problems for Australian Federal Government concerned their policy decisions on unemployment, imports and exports and government spending.The Australian Federal ... ralia Party led by Labor's former Treasurer, Joseph Lyons. The political unrest did nothing to help policymaking regarding the depression. Jack Lang tried to maintain and use loans to fund public work ...

(3 pages) 62 1 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Essay: According to Roberto Michels the institutions of modern, mass societies require hierarchical forms of organization. Does this mean that democracy is an impossible goal in modern worlds?

tions, such as political parties, take away the right for the mass membership to participate in the policy process. The natural conclusion of this argument is that democracy is not an attainable goal, ... ntemporary society.According to his book, Political Parties, Michels asserts that the strategic and policy decisions required of political leaders in democracies are too complex to directly involve la ...

(9 pages) 118 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

HItler's foreign policy between 1933 and 1945

ed power and control over Germany in 1933 and by 1935, he had secured the Nazis power base. Foreign policy, as goring said in his trial in 1945 was Hitler's very own realm. All foreign policy decision ... itler himself. Hitler's aim was to restore Germany to a powerful nation as it once was. His foreign policy was racial & national and intended to deliberately expand Germany at the expense of infer ...

(2 pages) 45 1 2.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Modifying Marketing Strategy for Different World Markets: How do Multinational Companies Approach this?

Scholes 2002) have pointed out, international marketing strategy is concerned with making important policy decisions affecting the long-time direction of the company. This paper first proposes the imp ...

(5 pages) 177 0 2.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Thining about Public Policy: Conceptual Models.

Conceptual models have been frequently used to facilitate thinking about public policy. These constitutes framework within which and through which we can think and explain about pu ... be talking about the Elite Model.In general, the Elite Model can be summarized as follows:- Public policy is viewed as the preferences and values of the governing elite. The Elites make policy.- Publ ... es- The Elite views the Masses as largely passive, apathetic and uninformed- The general pattern of policy decisions are made in a top to bottom way- Elite consensus on fundamental norms is high (They ...

(3 pages) 101 0 4.3 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

ECO/360 Fiscal Policy Simulation

ay in keeping the economy on the growth path, and dealing with inflation and recession." The fiscal policy simulation was offered to provide the students with an environment in which to make fiscal po ... ns and study the outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explain the effects of changes in fiscal policy, identify four key points presented in the simulation, apply the lessons to the workplace, an ...

(3 pages) 1572 1 4.5 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Exxon Valdez Disaster: an analysis of the company's response and the repercussions of those responses

must create a positive perception of how the problem is handled." (Elliott, 1989)2. Were there any policy decisions that led to the crisis?This depends on whether you see the cause as a policy decisi ...

(5 pages) 87 0 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

ll create a profitable business venture.Decision-making - the entrepreneur makes the basic business policy decisions for the business, thereby setting the course of the enterprise.Innovation - the ent ... co employees, their eligible dependents and other eligible recipients as established by the company policy.Saudi Aramco families living in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, where the company is he ...

(8 pages) 318 1 4.2 Sep/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Chicago politics

developed by entrepreneurial ambition, it was no surprise that now money was the core influence in policy decisions. By itself, the criminal element had enough of a deterring effect on the city and i ...

(5 pages) 14 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Foreign Policy

When we talk about foreign policy, do we think that foreign campaign contributions distorted it? It is a theory, but not many o ... sing their formidable financial and political clout, the industry has grown expert in slanting U.S. policy decisions for it's own financial gain"(Washburn). These industries have been pouring l ... icle believes that when key players, such as Boeing throw money at certain political areas, such as policy decisions, people listen when money is a factor in certain areas. Decisions can be affected. ...

(2 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Characteristics of a Corporation

teristics of a corporation are centralized management in which “the board of directors makes a policy decisions concerning the operation of the corporation.” (Chesseman, 2004, p. 675) In acc ...

(4 pages) 66 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Fiscal Policy Simulation

"Fiscal policy is the use of the government budget to affect an economy" (Weil 2002, para. 1). Fiscal policy ... take and the government's output. When the government's revenue is higher than the expenditure, the policy is said to be tight. On the other hand when the government's revenue is lower than the expend ... be tight. On the other hand when the government's revenue is lower than the expenditure the fiscal policy is said to be loose (Weil, 2002).The fiscal policy simulation shows an environment in which f ...

(4 pages) 212 1 1.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Entity Business Plan

other advantage to a corporation is the centralized management by the board of directors that makes policy decisions concerning the operation of the corporation. Disadvantages to a corporation include ...

(6 pages) 433 0 4.4 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making