Under the Chinese Communist Party, independent labour unions are banned, and the government's official All-China Federation of trade Unions is the only legal representative of workers. ... Despite decades of economic development, China's authoritarian government infringes on human rights in its policies and treatment of the workers which have driven its rise to economic prosperity. ... Where states and governments fail to protect the rights of their citizens, the Responsibility to Protect defends these rights above the right of states to maintain sovereignty. ... Another factor tha...

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According to Robinson, the government would openly direct their news to the most established network (e.g. CNN), and they have used said networks to further their agendas when it comes to matters concerning their foreign policy and affairs regarding other nations such as Afghanistan and Iraq (Robinson, 2001, p. 533). ... Robinson also discussed how the elite and the government could both use the media to their advantage, sometimes in unison as he mentioned how certain donors and benefactors to presidential campaigns may also have a certain vision of the country's political policies (Robin...

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The public construction industry, which builds facilities used for government related activities and/or financed by public funds, is subject to more stringent building statutes and regulations then construction in the private sector (i.e. retail, residential, and commercial). ... Traditionally, construction contract procurement in Texas has been guided by Government Code Chapter 2155: Purchasing: General Rules and Procedures and Local Government Code Chapter 271: Purchasing and Contracting Authority of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments. ...

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By killing a human being the government lessens the society's value of life and also contributes to the growing opinion today that certain individuals are worth more than others. ... There has to be a set of moral and ethical standards that even our all knowing government can not supercede, otherwise how can any nation or let alone any state expect its citizens not to follow in its foot steps. ... In regards to the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, the great ethical philosopher, He stated that the motives behind actions determine whether something is moral or immoral (Palmer 271) and the mo...

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These influences can be categorized into three varying terms: long-term influences such as class or party identification, mid-term influences such as the impact of leadership or government performance and short-term influences such as the election campaign or policy announcements. ... The notion of convergence can also be blamed for obscuring party loyalties, if this is the case, the idea of social classes working against each other as binary opposites to elect a government with policies that are socially important for the day, will be lost, and it may provide the 'elite' with all...

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There have been reports on Blackwater soldiers working for the Ukrainian government or army, though these reports are yet to be confirmed by official sources. Blackwater is the main exponent of what mercenary means and does around the world with the main contracts coming from the USA they have a large pool of recruits coming from the soldiers that fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. ...

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