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Gun Violence Prevention?: The Politics Behind Policy Responses To School Shootings In The United States
by Selina E. M. KerrThis book examines the gun-related policy responses to three school shooting incidents in the United States. Gun violence prevention activists and others involved in policy making were interviewed for the book, and news media articles and policy documents were critically assessed. As a result, interpretations of the Second Amendment are shown to affect the acceptability of certain gun restrictions. News media content and policy documents, coupled with the thoughts of activists, also give an indication of why certain policy measures passed and others failed at the time of each of the case studies. This book should be of interest to social policy, politics, criminology and sociology students and academics, as well as those with a general interest in the topic.
Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules And Rights
by Robert SpitzerIn vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed when the British were coming. They have had great success in conflating unfettered gun ownership with the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and all things American, even in an era of repeated mass shootings. Yet the all-too-familiar narrative of America's gun past, echoed in the Supreme Court's Heller gun rights decision, is not only mythologized, but historically wrong. <p><p> As Robert J. Spitzer demonstrates in Guns across America, gun ownership is as old as the nation, but so is gun regulation. Drawing on a vast new dataset of early gun laws reflecting every imaginable type of regulation, Spitzer reveals that firearms were actually more strictly regulated in the country's first three centuries than in recent years. The first "gun grabbers" were not 1960's Chablis-drinking liberals, but seventeenth century rum-guzzling pioneers, and their legacy continued through strict gun regulations in the 1920s and beyond. Spitzer examines interpretations of the Second Amendment, the assault weapons controversy, modern "stand your ground" laws, and the so-called "right of rebellion" to show that they play out in America's contemporary political landscape in ways that bear little resemblance to our imagined past. And as gun rights proponents seek to roll back gun laws and press as many guns into as many hands as possible, warning that gun rights are endangered, they sidestep the central question: are stricter gun laws incompatible with robust gun rights? Spitzer answers this question by examining New York State's tough gun laws, where his political analysis is complemented by his own quest for a concealed carry handgun permit and construction of a legal AR-15 assault weapon. <p> Not only can gun rights and rules coexist, but they have throughout American history. Guns across America reveals the long-hidden truth: that gun regulations are in fact as American as apple pie
Guns Across the Border: How and Why the U.S. Government Smuggled Guns into Mexico: The Inside Story
by Mike DettyConducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of “gun walking” sting operations, including Operations Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious. The government allowed licensed gun dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers so that they could continue to track the firearms as they were transferred to higher-level traffickers and key figures in Mexican cartels.Motivated by a sense of patriotic duty, Tucson gun dealer and author Mike Detty alerted the local ATF office when he was first approached by suspected cartel associates. Detty made the commitment and assumed the risks involved to help the feds make their case, often selling guns to these thugs from his home in the dead of night. Originally informed that the investigation would last just weeks, Detty’s undercover involvement in Operation Wide Receiver, the precursor to Operation Fast & Furious, which was by far the largest “gun walking” probe, stretched on for an astonishing and dangerous three years.Though the case took several twists and turns, perhaps the cruelest turn was his betrayal by the very agency he risked everything to help.
Guns In America: A Historical Reader
by Jan E. Dizard Robert Muth Stephen P. AndrewsFirearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. From the Puritans' embrace of guns to beat back the "devilish Indian" to our guilty delight in the extralegal exploits of Dirty Harry, Americans have relied on the gun to right wrongs, both real and imagined. <p><p> The extent to which guns have been woven into our nation's mythology suggests that the current debate is only partly about guns themselves and equally about conflicting cultural values and competing national identities. Belying the gun debate are a host of related issues: contesting conceptions of community, the proper relationship between the individual and the state, and the locus of responsibility for maintaining order. <p> Guns in America documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use—and more importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. <p> Eschewing single-minded partisanship and emphasizing nuance and compromise, Jan E. Dizard and Robert Merrill Muth have assembled a diverse array of writings from all points on the ideological spectrum. The documents span the whole of American history, from Puritan sermons to contemporary NRA documents. The result is an indispensable panorama of the never-ending controversies over gun control, crime, hunting, and militias.
Guns and Crime: The Data Don't Lie
by Mark GiusGuns and Crime: The Data Don’t Lie investigates the ways in which the current data on guns and crime are inadequate and inaccurate. Although the majority of murders in the United States are committed with guns, research on gun ownership, the supply of guns, and the relationship between guns and crime is less thorough than studies done for many other aspects of public safety policy. This book explores the weaknesses in current findings, and extrapolates the implications of policymaking based on these faulty foundations. As the gun debate continues to rage in North America, this text offers a cautionary voice to the discourse—before practitioners and policy makers can create a solution to gun violence, they must first improve the quality of the facts they use to make their case. Intended for criminology, statistics, sociology, and economics students, Guns and Crime is also suitable for interested laypersons and practitioners hoping to better understand the mythos surrounding guns in America.
Guns, Crime, and Freedom
by Wayne LapierreLaPierre, CEO at the National Rifle Association, argues against the banning of firearms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea
by Joshua Horwitz Casey AndersonThe NRA steadfastly maintains that the 30,000 gun-related deaths and 300,000 assaults with firearms in the United States every year are a small price to pay to guarantee freedom. As former NRA President Charlton Heston put it, "freedom isn't free." And when gun enthusiasts talk about Constitutional liberties guaranteed by the Second Amendment, they are referring to freedom in a general sense, but they also have something more specific in mind---freedom from government oppression. They argue that the only way to keep federal authority in check is to arm individual citizens who can, if necessary, defend themselves from an aggressive government. In the past decade, this view of the proper relationship between government and individual rights and the insistence on a role for private violence in a democracy has been co-opted by the conservative movement. As a result, it has spread beyond extreme "militia" groups to influence state and national policy. In Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea, Josh Horwitz and Casey Anderson reveal that the proponents of this view base their argument on a deliberate misreading of history. The Insurrectionist myth has been forged by twisting the facts of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, the denial of civil rights to African-Americans after the Civil War, and the rise of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. Here, Horwitz and Anderson set the record straight. Then, challenging the proposition that more guns equal more freedom, they expose Insurrectionism---not government oppression---as the true threat to freedom in the U. S. today. Joshua Horwitz received a law degree from George Washington University and is currently a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. He has spent nearly two decades working on gun violence prevention issues. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. Casey Anderson holds a law degree from Georgetown University and is currently a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D. C. He has served in senior staff positions with the U. S. Congress, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Americans for Gun Safety. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition (Practical Aspects Of Criminal And Forensic Investigations Ser.)
by Vincent J.M. DiMaioWritten by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques and procedures and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence. A much-needed update after nearly 20 years, the third edition of Gunshot Wounds provides the latest and most thorough information on firearms and best practices for examining firearm-related wounds.
Gute Begutachtung?: Ethische Perspektiven der Evaluation von Ethikkommissionen zur medizinischen Forschung am Menschen
by Monika Bobbert Gregor ScherzingerDie Unverzichtbarkeit der Beratung bzw. Prüfung einer medizinischen Studie durch eine Ethikkommission ist weithin anerkannt. Dennoch sind Forschungsethikkommissionen immer wieder der Kritik, z.B. nach mehr Effizienz, Transparenz oder Konsistenz ausgesetzt. Evaluationsinstrumente für Ethikkommissionen beinhalten oft implizite Vorstellungen „guter“ Qualität. Aus ethischer Sicht sind vor allem der Schutz der Versuchsperson und eine vertretbare Schaden-Nutzen-Bewertung wichtig. Der interdisziplinäre Sammelband geht der Frage auf den Grund, wie sich eine Qualitätsverbesserung aus ethischer Sicht gewährleisten und umsetzen lässt. Der Inhalt· Ethikkommissionen im rechtlichen und ethischen Diskurs· Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen von Ethikkommissionen in der Schweiz und organisatorische und prozedurale Qualitätskriterien· Forschungs-Ethikkommissionen in der Schweiz: Qualitätsbewertung aus ethischer Sicht· Ethikkommissionen als Patientenschutzkommissionen· Die ethische Aufgabe von Ethikkommissionen angesichts normativer Divergenz von Therapie und Forschung· Ethische Theorien und die Bewertung von Forschungsvorhaben· Kriterien für die ethische Qualität des Begutachtungsprozesses· Schutz der Versuchsperson: Forderungen aus ethischer Sicht zur Struktur-, Prozess- und ErgebnisqualitätDie HerausgeberProf. Dr. Monika Bobbert lehrt und forscht zur Moraltheologie und Medizinethik an der Universität Münster.Dr. Gregor Scherzinger ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Sozialethik der Universität Luzern.
Gute Führung: Ethische Herausforderungen im Nonprofit-Management
by Michael HerzkaIm Spannungsfeld von Ökonomie und Ethik müssen Führungskräfte vielfältigen Erwartungen gerecht werden. Organisationen im Sozial- Bildungs- und Gesundheitswesen erfüllen einen gemeinwohlorientierten und gemeinschaftsbildenden Auftrag, sie begleiten, unterstützen und fördern Menschen in schwierigen Lebenssituationen. Gleichzeitig sollen sie nach betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundsätzen geführt werden. Daraus ergeben sich ethische Fragen, die sich im Management und in der Führung von Mitarbeitenden manifestieren. Fairness, Transparenz und Vertrauen sind unabdingbar. Es wird zunehmend erforderlich, im doppelten Sinne ökonomisch und moralisch ‚gutes‘ Führungshandeln zu reflektieren und neu zu bestimmen. Der Autor zeigt praxisnah, wie das vorhandene professionsethische Instrumentarium im Sinne einer angewandten Führungsethik weiterentwickelt werden kann.
Gute Kinderschutzverfahren: Tatsachenwissenschaftliche Grundlagen, rechtlicher Rahmen und Kooperation im familiengerichtlichen Verfahren
by Heinz Kindler Jörg M. Fegert Ulrike Hoffmann Thomas Meysen Katrin Chauviré-Geib Eva SchumannIn Kinderschutzfällen ist es Aufgabe der Jugendämter und Familiengerichte, im Raum stehende Kindeswohlgefährdungen einzuschätzen und gegebenenfalls durch geeignete Hilfen und Maßnahmen abzuwenden. Diese Einschätzungen und Entscheidungen können den weiteren Lebensweg von Kindern und ihren Eltern stark beeinträchtigen. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass die an familiengerichtlichen Kinderschutzverfahren beteiligten professionellen Akteure sich über ihre eigenen Aufgaben und die der anderen im Klaren sind, damit sie gut zusammenarbeiten können.Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt Grundlagenwissen aus verschiedenen Disziplinen und bietet damit das Fundament für eine gute interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. Es enthält tatsachenwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Kindeswohlgefährdungen und deren Abwendung Grundlagenwissen zur kindlichen EntwicklungOrientierung zu den beteiligten Akteuren, Vernetzung und Interdisziplinarität Kenntnisse über die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen Grundzüge zum Ablauf von KinderschutzverfahrenDie Publikation orientiert sich am interdisziplinären Online-Kurs „Gute Kinderschutzverfahren“ (https://guteverfahren.elearning-kinderschutz.de/) und bietet allen juristischen, sozialpädagogischen, psychologischen und medizinischen Fachkräften die für qualifizierte Kinderschutzverfahren benötigten vertieften Grundlagenkenntnisse. Es handelt sich um eine Open-Access-Publikation mit freiem und uneingeschränktem Zugang zur elektronischen Ausgabe.
H2SO4 Ek Prem Kahani: H2SO4 एक प्रेम कहानी
by Usman Khanएक प्रेम कहानी के मध्य दर्द की घुसपैठ कुछ इस तरह से होती है, कि कई जिंदगानियां अपनी रवानगी खो देती हैं .'एक प्रेम कहानी जिसमे कुछ अलग नहीं था. लेकिन एक दिन सब कुछ किसी टूटे आईने जैसे बिखर जाता है. कहानी के साथ साथ किरदारों के विचारों में जो तूफानी बदलाव आता है, शायद उसको शब्दों में बांधना संभव नहीं है. 'H2SO4 एक प्रेम कहानी' नामक यह कहानी है एक 'एसिड अटैक की, जो कई जिंदगियों को बदल कर रख देती है. एक हादसा जो एक कहानी का अंत है तो दूसरी कहानी की शुरुआत. यह उपन्यास एक ऐसी लड़की की जिंदगी पर आधारित है .जो कि अपने पिता के सपनों को पूरा करने के लिए घर से बाहर निकली है. लेकिन शादी से कुछ दिन पहले हुए एसिड अटैक से उसकी जिंदगी में जैसे पल भर में सब कुछ बिखर सा जाता है. मानवीय संवेदनाओं से परिपूर्ण उपन्यास मध्यमवर्गीय समाज का बेहद सटीक ख़ाका बुनता है.
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 4th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13333)
by Abbas MoallemThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, HCI-CPT 2022, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2022, which was held virtually in June/July 2022. The total of 1271 papers and 275 posters included in the HCII 2022 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5487 submissions. The HCI-CPT 2022 proceedings focuses on to user privacy and data protection, trustworthiness and User Experience in cybersecurity, multi-faceted authentication methods and tools, HCI in cyber defense and protection, studies on usable security in Intelligent Environments, as well as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cybersecurity
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 5th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14045)
by Abbas MoallemThis proceedings, HCI-CPT 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 7472 submissions. The HCI-CPT 2023 proceedings focuses on to user privacy and data protection, trustworthiness and user experience in cybersecurity, multifaceted authentication methods and tools, HCI in cyber defense and protection, studies on usable security in Intelligent Environments. The conference focused on HCI principles, methods and tools in order to address the numerous and complex threats which put at risk computer-mediated human-activities in today’s society, which is progressively becoming more intertwined with and dependent on interactive technologies.
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 6th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14728)
by Abbas MoallemThis proceedings, HCI-CPT 2024, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place from June 29 - July 4, 2024 in Washington DC, USA. Two volumes of the HCII 2024 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT Conference. The first focuses on topics related to Cyber Hygiene, User Behavior and Security Awareness, and User Privacy and Security Acceptance. The second focuses on topics related to Cybersecurity Education and Training, and Threat Assessment and Protection.
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 6th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14729)
by Abbas MoallemThis proceedings, HCI-CPT 2024, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place from June 29 - July 4, 2024 in Washington DC, USA. Two volumes of the HCII 2024 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT Conference. The first focuses on topics related to Cyber Hygiene, User Behavior and Security Awareness, and User Privacy and Security Acceptance. The second focuses on topics related to Cybersecurity Education and Training, and Threat Assessment and Protection.
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 7th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15814)
by Abbas MoallemThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025. Two volumes of the HCII 2025 proceedings are dedicated to this year&’s edition of the HCI-CPT conference. The first volume focuses on topics related to Human-Centered Cybersecurity and Risk Management, as well as Cybersecurity Awareness, and Training. The second volume focuses on topics related to Privacy, Trust, and Legal Compliance in Digital Systems, as well as Usability, Privacy, and Emerging Threats.
HEAVY!
by Richard B. MckenzieAmerica's emerging "fat war" threatens to pit a shrinking population of trim Americans against an expanding population of heavy Americans in raging policy debates over "fat taxes" and "fat bans." These "fat policies" would be designed to constrain what people eat and drink - and theoretically crimp the growth in Americans' waistlines and in the country's healthcare costs. Richard McKenzie's HEAVY! The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the Free--And the Home of the Fat offers new insight into the economic causes and consequences of America's dramatic weight gain over the past half century. It also uncovers the follies of seeking to remedy the country's weight problems with government intrusions into people's excess eating, arguing that controlling people's eating habits is fundamentally different from controlling people's smoking habits. McKenzie controversially links America's weight gain to a variety of causes: the growth in world trade freedom, the downfall of communism, the spread of free-market economics, the rise of women's liberation, the long-term fall in real minimum wage,and the rise of competitive markets on a global scale. In no small way - no, in a very BIG way - America is the "home of the fat" because it has been for so long the "land of the free." Americans' economic, if not political, freedoms, however, will come under siege as well-meaning groups of "anti-fat warriors" seek to impose their dietary, health, and healthcare values on everyone else. HEAVY! details the unheralded consequences of the country's weight gain, which include greater fuel consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases, reduced fuel efficiency of cars and planes, growth in health insurance costs and fewer insured Americans, reductions in the wages of heavy people, and required reinforcement of rescue equipment and hospital operating tables. McKenzie advocates a strong free-market solution to how America's weight problems should and should not be solved. For Americans to retain their cherished economic freedoms of choice, heavy people must be held fully responsible for their weight-related costs and not be allowed to shift blame for their weight to their genes or environment. Allowing heavy Americans to shift responsibility for their weight gain can only exacerbate the country's weight problems.
HOAI 2013-Textausgabe/HOAI 2013-Text Edition: Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure vom 10. Juli 2013/Official Scale of Fees for Services by Architects and Engineers dated July 10, 2013
by Springer Fachmedien WiesbadenSeit der Öffnung des EU-Binnenmarktes sind ausländische Investoren und ausführende Firmen verstärkt auf dem deutschen Markt tätig. Umgekehrt möchten ausländische Auftraggeber wissen, nach welchen Bestimmungen ihr deutscher Architekt sein Honorar festlegt. Die 6. Auflage der zweisprachigen HOAI-Textausgabe wurde grundlegend überarbeitet. Im 1. Teil finden Sie den Wortlaut der HOAI 2013 in deutscher Fassung, im 2. Teil die englische Übersetzung.
HOAI 2013: Praxisleitfaden für Ingenieure und Architekten
by Heinz SimmendingerMit der 7. Novelle der HOAI sind erneut umfangreiche Änderungen in der Honorarermittlung der Ingenieure und Architekten umgesetzt worden. Die Leistungsbilder wurden überarbeitet, den aktuellen Anforderungen angepasst und neue Grundleistungen aufgenommen. In diesem Zuge wurde auch die Bewertung der einzelnen Leistungsphasen angepasst. Darüber hinaus ist die Berücksichtigung der vorhandenen Bausubstanz wieder eingeführt und die Regelungen zum Umbauzuschlag erneut umgestellt worden. Das vorliegende Werk hilft bei der schnellstmöglichen Einarbeitung in die HOAI 2013. Neben einer praxisorientierten Einführung bietet es bewährte Arbeitshilfen sowie den kompletten aktuellen Verordnungstext.
HOAI 2021-Textausgabe/HOAI 2021-Text Edition: Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure in der Fassung von 2021/Official Scale of Fees for Services by Architects and Engineers in the version of 2021
by Springer Fachmedien WiesbadenSeit der Öffnung des EU-Binnenmarktes sind ausländische Investoren und ausführende Firmen verstärkt auf dem deutschen Markt tätig. Umgekehrt möchten ausländische Auftraggeber wissen, nach welchen Bestimmungen ihr deutscher Architekt sein Honorar festlegt. Die 6. Auflage der zweisprachigen HOAI-Textausgabe wurde grundlegend überarbeitet. Im 1. Teil finden Sie den Wortlaut der HOAI 2021 in deutscher Fassung, im 2. Teil die englische Übersetzung.
HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare
by Produced By The Program on Humanitarian Policy Conflict Research at Harvard UniversityThe HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare provides the most up-to-date restatement of existing international law applicable to the conduct of air and missile warfare. The HPCR Manual and its associated rule-by-rule Commentary are the results of a six-year endeavor led by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, during which it convened an international group of renowned legal experts and practitioners to reflect on the current legal framework regulating air and missile warfare from various sources of international law. Through the publication of the HPCR Manual and its associated Commentary, HPCR hopes that legal advisors and military officers will benefit from an in-depth presentation - and interpretation - of international law applicable to military operations involving air and missile warfare. As a result, it is expected that a greater clarity of the law will enhance the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
HPCR Practitioner's Handbook on Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-Finding: Investigating International Law Violations
by Claude Bruderlein Rob GraceThis book offers a portrait of the practice of monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding in the domain of human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. By analyzing the experiences of fifteen missions implemented over the course of the past decade, the book illuminates the key issues that these missions face and offers a roadmap for practitioners working on future missions. This book is the result of a five-year research study led by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, Massachusetts. Based on extensive interviews conducted with fact-finding practitioners, this book consists of two parts. Part I offers a handbook that details methodological considerations for the design and implementation of fact-finding missions and commissions of inquiry. Part II - which consists of chapters written by scholars and practitioners - presents a more in-depth, scholarly examination of past fact-finding practices.
HR Governance: A Theoretical Introduction (SpringerBriefs in Business)
by Boris Kaehler Jens GrundeiHuman resource (HR) governance is a relatively new construct that has recently begun attracting more and more attention in both research and practice. As a part of corporate governance, it represents the internal and external normative framework of human resource management and its supervision in organizations. This book theoretically integrates HR governance with the related domains of corporate governance, general management, HR management, and leadership. By doing so, it provides scholars and practitioners in the field with a precisely delineated system of theoretical concepts for their work and helps to translate these concepts into concrete research questions and practical guidelines. By interpreting the new ISO 30408 norm on human governance and taking into account recent developments, the book helps to comply with and anticipate current and future HR regulations.
HR for Small Business: An Essential Guide for Managers, Human Resources Professionals, and Small Business Owners
by Charles H. FleischerOne of the few [references] geared to the bulk of American business. -- Booklist. HR For Small Business explains in simple, clear language what business owners and managers need to know about their relationship with their employees in order to comply with the law and protect themselves and their business from being sued. The new edition of this book includes everything from recruiting and hiring to discipline and termination and everything in between. Updated legal information has been added on the new minimum wage law that employers must be aware of, the right to privacy for employees, especially in terms of their email, Internet usage, and phone calls, and what employers need to do to comply with disability laws and FMLA. The appendices in this book include required postings in the workplace, legal holidays, online resources for employers and human resource professionals, a sample employee handbook outline, an employer tax calendar, and a complete glossary of terms. Absolutely indispensable for anyone in business. - Edie Fraser, President, Public Affairs Group, Inc. , an iVillage Company Featuring: Interview questions Reference checks Benefits and taxes Leave policies Unemployment insurance Privacy and confidentiality Employment discrimination Sexual harassment Workers' compensation Telecommuting and job-sharing Employees are your greatest asset. However, the days when employee matters were simple are gone. To keep your business running successfully, you need a guide through the many issues facing employers today. Charles Fleischer, successful attorney, lecturer, and author, makes this complex area of the law easy to understand. His practical advice answers the questions you have, such as: What steps do I take in the hiring process? How can I use performance evaluations as a productive tool? How can I cut overtime expenses? How can I control costs and still offer attractive retirement and health insurance benefits? How do I make a clean termination? How do I protect myself against discrimination claims? What types of insurance must I carry? How long must I hold a position for someone on maternity, military, or other leave? Start building a stronger workforce today.