THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY Why is corruption—defined here as the misuse of public office for private gain—perceived to be more widespread in some countries than others? Different theories associate cross-national variation in the extent of corruption with particular historical and cultural traditions‚ levels of economic development‚ political institutions‚ and government policies. This paper analyzes which of various plausible determinants are significantly related to an
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CORRUPTION IN INDIA : AN EMPIRICAL STUDY Over five thousand citizens of India were interviewed in the house to house survey carried out to assess the citizens perceptions on corruption prevalent in ten sectors‚ Education‚ Health‚ Police (Law & Order)‚ Power‚ Telephone (Communication)‚ Railways (Transport)‚ Land & Building Administration‚ Judiciary‚ Taxation and Ration (Public distribution system). An estimated sum of Rupees (Rs.) 26‚768 crores are extracted from citizens who interact with
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Laura Matthews‚ principal of Ruth Brown Elementary School‚ has been placed on administrative leave‚ according to Superintendent Charles Bush of the Palo Verde Unified School District. Officials said on Monday‚ they could not elaborate on what led up to the action‚ because it’s a personnel matter. However Bush was able to explain the board’s actions. “The short version of it is‚ on or before March 15 in a year‚ school administrators can be notified that for the following year‚ they can be reassigned
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Inventory control Kellogg’s have adopted new organizational structure to implement more streamlined inventory practices. The Kellogg company has been using large – scale linear program‚ the Kellogg Planning System (KPS)‚ for more than a decade to guide its operational (weekly)‚ production‚ inventory‚ and distribution decisions for breakfast cereal. In addition‚ KPS helps Kellogg to make tactical decisions on budgeting‚ capacity expansion‚ capacity reassignment and other similar issues. KPS uses optimization
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most important supreme court decisions occurred‚ the Brown v. Board of Education which made segregation in public schools were unconstitutional. Contradicting the Plessy v. Ferguson court decision‚ this court case was a big step towards a less racist country. ¬¬¬¬As the Civil Rights Movement continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s‚ many others also struggled for justice; including women‚ farmers‚ and the LGBTQ community. The decision of the case ultimately paved the way for a new way of justice for
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Marvin Beauville 04.04 Civil Rights Brown v. Board of Education In the case of Brown V. Board of Education‚ Linda Brown’s father tried to enroll her into a nearby all white school‚ which was closer than the African-American only school‚ and they declined her. The school denying Brown’s daughters access to the closer school violated the 14th amendment. The case was filed as a class action lawsuit‚ applying to all in the same situation. Ina landmark decision‚ the Supreme Court agreed‚ ruling
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The general questions being considered in Brown v Board of Education is that of segregation in schools. All people should be offered the same opportunities to an education. There were cases in the state of Kansas‚ South Carolina‚ Virginia and Delaware in which minors of the Negro race were seeking admission to public schools in their communities that were attended by white children. They were denied admission to those schools under laws that permitted segregation according to race. The policies of
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Corruption in any form is treated as an incurable disease‚ a cause of many social and economical evils in the society and it damages the moral and ethical fibres of the civilization. Indisputably‚ it is correct that corruption breeds many evils in the society and once corruption starts taking place‚ slowly and gradually whole country passes through its net and it becomes after sometime an incurable disease. From the point of view of economic growth‚ there seems to be no clear cut correlation between
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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Brown v. Texas‚ 443 U.S. 47 (1979)Brief Petitioner: Brown Respondent: Texas FACTS Two police officers‚ while cruising near noon in a patrol car‚ observed appellant and another man walking away from one another in an alley in an area with a high incidence of drug traffic. They stopped and asked appellant to identify himself and explain what he was doing. One officer testified that he stopped appellant because the situation "looked suspicious‚ and we had never seen that subject in
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