Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. ... Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations. ... The activities of humanitarian non-profitable organizations and those of military and securit...

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And yet, when Noriega was finally indicted in Miami in 1988, all the charges except one were related to activities that dated back before 1984, when he was our boy, helping with the U.S. war against Nicaragua. ... Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ...

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Lastly but not the least, the Nazis invaders of Germany, subjected millions of innocent Jews and other Minorities to forced labor under brutal conditions. the Nazis Germany even before the war, employed many innocent Jewish people to forced labor under the pretext of them being" Enemies of the State" to meet desperate Labor Shortages. ... Many Countries has adopted a system of anti-laws to tackle the issue and forced many companies to be careful when dealing with their workers. As soon as these Regulations were put into Practice, Forced labor has become Significant Management Risk fo...

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If the task given by Kurtz was to die, the Africans died; if the task was to wage war against other tribal groups, so as to enlarge ivory hunting grounds, the Africans killed; if the task was to fend off approaching Europeans, the Africans followed this and every other order with draconian obedience. ... In an expository Kurtz had presented to the company, it had outlined his belief that all the Africans should be terminated, "exterminate the brutes-, were his own words. ... Now, consider for a minute a business management team acquiring a new company; whether it is through mergers, or hostile...

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Rape, murder and slavery has been used as a form of rebellion and intimidation in places such as Southern Nigeria by the people who resisted operations of oil companies and in Sudan around the oil fields. ... So many lives were lost even though both governments agreed that the war over a tiny disputed patches of land was crazy. The war had simply become a battle of strength. ... One year later the war may be closer to its conclusion. Ethiopia increased its spending since the war began to $467m and Eritrea spent $236m, mainly on weapons supplied by Russia. ...

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I am completely against racism, but what I do not understand is how is it fair that if I went into a company and gave them my resume and a couple days later an African-American went to the same place and gave them a resume, then he or she would more likely get hired just because they're a minority. ... "Hippies" were against war, which if you ask me is not a bad thing. ...

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As World War I came around women began to enter the workforce. With the men being killed in time of war it left a limited number of men to work in the factories. ... By the time of World War II women had proven themselves in the workforce. ... As a woman rises in power in a company she usually gets to a point and then the promotions Stop. ...

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After the victory of American war of independence in 1776, Declaration of Independence was passed. ... Females operate one third of American middle and small types of companies. A study showed that since 1990, the female owners of companies had risen by 43 percent and the sales volume had risen by 40 percent. ...

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"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... As security interests ...

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The subservient roles of women towards men can also be witnessed in post-war Europe. ... European women only gradually acquired the rights on education, to work, and to vote after the Second World War. ... A fast growing post-war economy is eager to absorb the much need new female labor force. The Paris revolution expands to other western countries with the hippie movement under romantic banners of "flower power" and "no war, make love". ... Some argue that the "no war, make love" generation was only a temporary phenomenon. ...

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When is the Beginning of Personhood? During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most contentious subjects of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions, and law collaborate. Many have contemplated upon the meaning of ...

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This has recently been exemplified in a report by human rights group China Labour Watch, which revealed that Pegatron, a Taiwanese company which assembles Apple products, is forcing employees to work unpaid overtime in poor working and living conditions, and is "violating a great number of international and Chinese Laws and standards". ... This view advocates the idea that in extreme cases of human rights abuses, the international community has the responsibility to protect civilians from 'genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity' where states fai...

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