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Organizations are being forced to contend with an increasingly
diverse range of influential factors which have implications for their
efficiency and effectiveness. Such factors are likely to create a
cumulative spiral of pressures for organization members and render them
susceptible to the adverse effects of stress. Increased prevalence of
work stress among employees, coupled with its harmful effects for the
operation of companies, prompted an investigation of managerial
attitudes to stress at work in the clothing industry. Structured
interviews were carried out with managers from 44 companies. Of the
respondents 70.5 per cent believed that employees in their company
experienced stress at work. Many identified a range of causes and
effects, and 81.4 per cent acknowledged that stress is a problem for
individuals and organizations. However, few companies had any mechanisms
for identifying and helping stressed employees. Highlights a need for
companies to take cognizance of the costs of stress within organizations
and to take corrective action.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEGAL TERMS "PERSON" AND "HUMAN BEING" REPRESENTS MORE THAN A QUESTION OF STANDING OR MERE SEMANTICS. WITHIN LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES, SUCH AS CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, SUCH DISTINCTIONS MAY INDICATE SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCES REGARDING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, SUCH AS CITIZENSHIP, MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETY, AND THE SCOPE AND ESSENTIAL NATURE OF RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. IN PARTICULAR, JUDICIAL DECISIONS REGARDING ABORTION HAVE RELIED UPON SUCH DISTINCTIONS IN ORDER TO ARTICULATE SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES UPON WHICH SUCH CONTROVERSIES ARE BASED.

Almost all studies of industrial unrest in Britain before the First World War neglect the Belfast dock strike of 1907. Yet throughout the summer of 1907 that city was convulsed by a bitter and protracted strike involving dock labourers, carters and coal carters. At its height the dispute was estimated to have involved 10,000 on strike or locked out as a consequence of the strike, and threatened to involve a further 50,000 workers employed in the flax-spinning industry. In addition the strains which it imposed on the Belfast Royal Irish Constabulary precipitated a mutiny within that force, which induced the Liberal Government to sanction the despatch of some 6,000 regular soldiers to Belfast to maintain order.

"The Senate of Canada is the upper house of its parliamentary system. It is an appointed legislative chamber that has been frequently derided for its apparent lack of effective activity, its failure to represent Canada{u2019}s federal system, and the perceived lack of accountability among its members. Reform of the Senate persists as one of the most contentious issues in the country. Typical reform proposals begin with the assumption that it must become an elected body that primarily represents Canada{u2019}s provinces and can serve as an effective check on the federal government and the House of Commons. This book challenges those assumptions through a thorough analysis that places the Senate within the context of other parliamentary upper houses. It presents a hypothetical constitutional amendment and a proposal for non-constitutional reform that are based upon alternative models derived from that broader context. The book ultimately recommends a Senate that remains unelected but with a more expansive appointment process that more appropriately reflects the optimal role of a parliamentary upper house as well as the diversity, regional aspirations, and political principles of Canadian democracy"--Provided by publisher

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: knowing (in) this place -- The career woman's disease : endometriosis and experimental inquiry -- Grounding knowledge through the Mothers Committee of Bayview Hunters Point -- Transactionally situated frameworks, gold standards and silent epidemics -- The needs of living : agent orange in the central highlands of Viet Nam -- Rooted in a community -- Where we should begin and end -- Notes -- References -- Index

Introduction -- Marine fishery research -- Fisheries of the United States -- The oyster industry -- The blue crab fishery -- Industrial fisheries -- Pacific sardine and Atlantic menhaden -- Marine sport fisheries -- North Pacific Fur Seal Convention -- International Pacific Halibut Convention -- International Whaling Convention -- International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Convention -- International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean -- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention -- International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries -- International Convention On Great Lakes Fisheries -- Fishery oceanography -- Fishery economics -- Summary -- Species index -- Subject index