Legalese Decoded

Legalese Decoded
Author: Kalpana Muthireddi
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021-05-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1637455224

"A useful guide covering important information and best practices to understand legal concepts in business" ~ Manupatra Have you ever had to deal with legal documents or contracts and couldn’t get them off your hands soon enough? Not sure if you can sign off on that investor agreement? Maybe words like “GDPR compliance,” “outsourcing contracts,” or “re-negotiations” make you feel strangely queasy. This book demystifies and puts into perspective those legal terms and obligations you encounter as a corporate executive or entrepreneur and decisions that could have potential legal consequences. If you are a young lawyer new to the corporate world, this book will help you make sense of the business aspects of your job. If you have ever been in a business meeting, wishing for more clarity on those legal terms, but hesitated to ask for fear of being misunderstood; or if the very idea of discussing legal concepts bores you to tears, then this book is for you. It is a handbook filled with tips to handle issues that do not require profound legal erudition, but a well-thought-out action that could prevent legal issues. It will help you recognize potential red flags, prevent easily avoidable mistakes, and realize when you are out of depth. For more information, log on to www.legalesedecoded.com

Glocal Policy and Strategies for Blockchain: Building Ecosystems and Sustainability

Glocal Policy and Strategies for Blockchain: Building Ecosystems and Sustainability
Author: Kurubacak, Gülsün
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2023-05-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1668441551

Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize how people and organizations, who may not know or trust each other, share information and carry out transactions online. Nearly every institution on the planet wants to be a leader in blockchain technology as well as a home to significant platforms, applications, and companies. There is a need for a glocal policy to meet and support these goals as blockchain technology must embrace glocal values and ideals in its legal and regulatory frameworks. Glocal Policy and Strategies for Blockchain: Building Ecosystems and Sustainability discusses the features and advantages of blockchain technology, the innovative applications of blockchain technology, and the potent and limited aspects of blockchain technology. Covering topics such as digital change, international policy, and cyber security governance, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Rebuilding Downtrodden Job Market and Madhouse Society

Rebuilding Downtrodden Job Market and Madhouse Society
Author: Marvin F. Burgess
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781560722830

This work covers all major areas which have had a destructive impact against America's business/manufacturing job market. Strategy and techniques are clearly described, indentified and detailed for rebuilding America's full time permanent job market.

A Life Decoded

A Life Decoded
Author: J. Craig Venter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2007-10-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101202564

The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. In A Life Decoded, J. Craig Venter traces his rise from an uninspired student to one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. Here, Venter relates the unparalleled drama of the quest to decode the human genome?a goal he predicted he could achieve years earlier and more cheaply than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project, and one that he fulfilled in 2001. A thrilling story of detection, A Life Decoded is also a revealing, and often troubling, look at how science is practiced today.

AS Law

AS Law
Author: Andrew Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 629
Release: 2008-07-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134047630

Written for sixth form and college students, AS Law covers the content of AS Law for AQA and OCR students in a lively and reader-friendly style. Topics are broken down into manageable parts, with clear headings and are illustrated throughout with photographs, diagrams, boxes and illustrations. Each chapter includes: an introduction outlining learning objectives relating to the subject specifications 'developing the subject' sections explaining a particularly important or difficult point in more detail, designed to challenge more able students a list of useful websites enabling students to access primary law materials intended to support chapter-by-chapter reading 'it's a fact!' sections highlighting interesting and contemporary applications of the legal principle under discussion dedicated sections providing detailed examination of key cases, within the context of the chapter discussion hints and tips for revision topics and strategies helping students to prepare for the types of questions that are most likely to come up in exams. The book contains a wealth of opportunities to test and apply knowledge, with revision quizzes, quick tests and sample questions and answers within each chapter and there are additional opportunities for self-testing and revision available via the Companion Website. This third edition has been revised and updated to take into account the new 2008 AQA specifications and contains a new chapter on contract liabilities, as well as expanded material on sentencing and court procedures. It also addresses recent legal developments such as the establishment of the Ministry of Justice, changes in the legal profession and the constitution, and the reform of the House of Lords. AS Law provides a stimulating and exciting approach to the subject, profiling famous legal figures and examining law in films, fiction, non-fiction and on the internet whilst offering comprehensive coverage of the AQA and OCR subject specifications fulfilling all syllabus requirements.

Sustainability Decoded

Sustainability Decoded
Author: Laura Musikanski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351275348

The value chain is the tried and true foundation of any profitable business.Sustainability Decoded is a no-nonsense business book that shows you how to increase profits by integrating sustainability into your company's value chain. This practical guide provides innovative tools and approaches for adding value at each station, including: Sustainability Matrix Decision Tool for Codes of Conduct; Triple Bottom Line Short Form; Eco-Label Graphic Matrix; Sustainability Ratio Guide; Life Cycle Analysis Grid; Local-Global Scorecard; the Redesign Card; the Green IT Checklist; the Balanced Scorecard for Life; the Biomimcry Backwards Forwards Tool.Sustainability Decoded provides a profitable means to practice sustainability. It is as useful to the non-business person who needs a quick guide to the practicalities and principles of adding value right across business processes as it is to the seasoned business professional looking for practical and profitable inspiration from sustainability. Includes case studies on Patagonia, and One PacificCoast Bank.

Girl Decoded

Girl Decoded
Author: Rana el Kaliouby
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1984824775

In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling—to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “A vivid coming-of-age story and a call to each of us to be more mindful and compassionate when we interact online.”—Arianna Huffington NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PARADE Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, el Kaliouby was raised by a strict father who valued tradition—yet also had high expectations for his daughters—and a mother who was one of the first female computer programmers in the Middle East. Even before el Kaliouby broke ground as a scientist, she broke the rules of what it meant to be an obedient daughter and, later, an obedient wife to pursue her own daring dream. After earning her PhD at Cambridge, el Kaliouby, now the divorced mother of two, moved to America to pursue her mission to humanize technology before it dehumanizes us. The majority of our communication is conveyed through nonverbal cues: facial expressions, tone of voice, body language. But that communication is lost when we interact with others through our smartphones and devices. The result is an emotion-blind digital universe that impairs the very intelligence and capabilities—including empathy—that distinguish human beings from our machines. To combat our fundamental loss of emotional intelligence online, she cofounded Affectiva, the pioneer in the new field of Emotion AI, allowing our technology to understand humans the way we understand one another. Girl Decoded chronicles el Kaliouby’s journey from being a “nice Egyptian girl” to becoming a woman, carving her own path as she revolutionizes technology. But decoding herself—learning to express and act on her own emotions—would prove to be the biggest challenge of all.

Analysing Professional Genres

Analysing Professional Genres
Author: Anna Trosborg
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027250898

An understanding of genres in communication (written and spoken) is essential to professional success. This volume studies situationally appropriate responses in professional communication in face-to-face interaction and distance communication, from a socio-cognitive point of view. A traditional rhetorical approach does not give much insight in the ways in which genres are embedded in communicative activity or how actors draw upon genre knowledge to perform effectively. However, if genres are considered as embedded in social interaction “as typified forms of typified circumstances”, the rich dynamic aspects of genre knowledge can be disclosed. The chapters deal with genre knowledge in various settings, illustrating the impact of time, place, medium, skills and purpose, and some chapters deal with genre analysis in a broader sense giving ideas for applied genre analysis. The book is of interest to professionals and scholars in communication studies, discourse analysis, and social and cognitive science.

Native Voices

Native Voices
Author: Richard A. Grounds
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

Native peoples of North America still face an uncertain future due to their unstable political, legal, and economic positions. Views of their predicament continue to be dominated by non-Indian writers. In response, a dozen Native American writers here reclaim their rightful role as influential "voices" in debates about Native communities. These scholars examine crucial issues of politics, law, and religion in the context of ongoing Native American resistance to the dominant culture. They particularly show how the writings of Vine Deloria, Jr., have shaped and challenged American Indian scholarship in these areas since 1960s. They provide key insights into Deloria's thought, while introducing some critical issues confronting Native nations. Collectively, these essays take up four important themes: indigenous societies as the embodiment of cultures of resistance, legal resistance to western oppression against indigenous nations, contemporary Native religious practices, and Native intellectual challenges to academia. Essays address indigenous perspectives on topics usually treated by non-Indians, such as role of women in Indian society, the importance of sacred sites to American Indian religious identity, and relationship of native language to indigenous autonomy. A closing essay by Deloria, in vintage form, reminds Native Americans of their responsibilities and obligations to one another and to past and future generations. This book argues for renewed cultivation of a Native American Studies that is more Indian-centered.