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The main message of the book The Prince is that the politics should be considered separately from religion and ethics. Additionally, Machiavelli states that in order to achieve the intentions of one ruler, two things can be used: law and force. Since the law is attributed to people and force to animals, the rules can use both."Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man" (Machiavelli, 69). Machiavelli wanted to say that the mastery of ruling should be based on the balance of antithesis in a real life. Continue reading...

Original Purpose and Focus of Political Economy

Political Economy is mainly involved with wealth management in society. It also deals with the efforts put in place by man resulting to supply of their wants and satisfaction of their desires. Political Economy was initially centered on coordination of families and political households in communities. Social customs and practices at that time were given much priority in the management of a community.
Issues of moral judgments in political economy took centre stage in the past. However, such judgments are now restricted to the relations between citizens and their government. Governments in present societies play a very fundamental role Continue reading...

An effective policing department that is equal to the tasks of the time is crucial to the United States. In essence knowing who is fit for the police force and where to select such people from is central to achieving an effective policing department in the country. The United States pertinent of justice has made a significant effort to fund the recruiting agencies and help them identify the specific qualities of those interested to join the force.

Question 1

According to Gaines, Kappeler & Vaughn (2011), the qualities that recruiting agencies incorporate in their selection criteria are many and can never be Continue reading...

Introduction

This is the questionnaire that will be sent to the respondents involved in this study. This questionnaire will contain a mixture of closed-ended and open-ended questions. Both have their own functions. The closed-ended questions will help find various possible explanations for the investigate issue.

Questionnaire Design

How old are you?
What older people have you had dinner with?
Do you think there is a difference in how you watch your etiquette when having dinner with an older person and when eating with a person your age?

What is that difference, if any?

Have you had dinner with a friend?
How about a stranger, say, someone you are Continue reading...

Race is something that is evident in the book, “The Souls of Black Folk,” on the book, DuBois’ book and “The Chinese in All of Us” by Richard Rodriguez. In the first chapter of the book, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” the author cites that there is only one question that most of the white people would want to ask the black men. This question is that, “How does it feel like to be a problem?” (DuBois, p 1). In this sense, there was racial discrimination that was all over the place. This problem was so much severe as the Continue reading...

The cultural values of South Africa shall be compared with those of the US on seven issues; power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, pragmatism, and indulgence.
On power distance, South Africans accept hierarchical order. On the same scale, the US scores 40 meaning that Americans prefer to less hierarchical order as compared to South Africans and they employees trust in benevolent bosses more in the US than in South Africa.
On individualism, South Africa scores 65 and the US scores 91 meaning that the US is a highly individualistic society. In the US, people are expected to take care Continue reading...

It is to be understood first that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations after the Second World War. The purpose for doing such was to prevent the atrocities that happened during the said war. Article 3 of UDHR is especially included in order to protect individuals by preserving their fundamental human rights despite the existence of such conflicts whether it is on the local or national level.
The term “security of person” in the said article for example, has caused the enactment of laws by diverse nations that are designed to protect Continue reading...

After policy analysts come up with objective policies, it’s the work of politicians to pass them into laws. Most policies do not reach the implementation stage because of political influence. Political influence arises from agenda setting where some groups could favour certain policies because of vested interest in certain projects. Special interest groups do their best to influence the political agenda either directly or indirectly. They may represent people based on race, gender, age, income profession, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, income, profession, or other factors.
One of the problems associated with subjective measures in advocating new laws in Continue reading...

Comparing and contrasting the major characteristics of the political and reform eras of policing

After the chaos and corruption that result from the policing political era exemplified from Tammany Hall machinery, the pressure increased to improve the administration of the policing in the United States. Similarly, the mission and goals focus within policing were transformed. In addition, the technology change, such as the telecommunication and using cars by the police was introduced by the government. Those changes lead to improving the relationship between the citizen and police in terms of service interaction. The reforms in American policing was heavily influenced by the progressive political movements that emphasized the government to carry out the Continue reading...

Critical Thinking Analysis of HSBC’s Unethical Practices

Introduction 
Context and Purpose of Report
Banking is an industry that is connected with the development of all other industries, government and economies. Many countries have a closed financial system totally run by the government, but increasingly almost all countries in the world are coming under a private and public hybrid financial system. In fact, private banking and financial system is one of the largest industries in the world. This is an industry that requires outstanding standards in terms of ethical behavior as it dictates the flow of money. Money in wrong hands supplied by the banks can create Continue reading...