TASK
What three SDGs do you consider are the most relevant to the sector (in terms of positiveand negative impact on the society and the environment)?
What strategies could be implemented in order to meaningfully contribute toward these the three SDGs?
What would be appropriate targets and/or indicators to evaluate these strategies?
Organisational Behavior – Diversity And Inclusive Engagement Assignment
TASK
1. Determine the areas of diversity at your place of work and how well diversity and inclusion has been made. You should also identify the opportunities and barriers to inclusive engagement.
2. Develop your work plans to include improvements to diversity and inclusive engagement.
a. Create a plan that can lead your team/workforce into better practices and include the following: a. How gender, race, age, abilities, sexual orientation or other diverse groups can be included
b. Relevant legislation, regulations, policy and procedures that impact upon diversity and inclusion
c. The management and communication methods that can assist your work plans and encourage inclusion
d. How and when feedback and review processes should be handled.
3. What strategies and tools would you use at your place of work to ensure inclusive engagement is made?
Law Essay – Gary Seeks – Elton – Eastpac Banking Corporation Ltd Assignment
TASK
On 12 November 2017 Elton executed a will that was witnessed by Alvin and Mark. The will included the following provisions.
Gary was appointed executor and trustee.
Clause 5 stipulated that Elton’s bank account with Eastpac Banking Corporation Ltd (Eastpac) was to be held by Gary ‘to provide financial assistance to refugees, who have arrived in Australia, during the period of time in which their applications for permanent residence in Australia are being processed’.
Clause 6 left the residue of Elton’s estate to Ringo.
On 1 September 2018, Alvin died. In his will he left his entire estate to Elton. The executor of the will is Mark.
On 18 October 2018, Elton wrote a letter to Ringo which stated:
As you know, you are the residuary beneficiary in my will. However, as you also know Tina lives in the flat that I own in Coogee. I forgot to make provisions for her in my will, and I would like for her to be able to live there until she dies. This is important for me as Tina has been a great friend to me and she has no other place to live.
On 1 November 2018, Freddie and Elton executed a voluntary deed in which Freddie agreed to assign to Elton his equitable interest in shares Acme Ltd. Joseph is the bare trustee of those shares for Freddie.
On 3 November 2018, Elton was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident and rushed to hospital. On the following morning, Gary came to visit Elton at the hospital and Elton said the following to Gary:
Mate, we have been great friends for a long time now. I have got to have major surgery this afternoon and I don’t know if I am going to make it through. Here are the keys to my safe at home. You will find there the title deeds to my Torrens title house in Manly. A couple of days ago I wrote to Stan, my solicitor and authorized him to prepare and sign a transfer document transferring it to you. He has a power of attorney from me.
After Elton gave Gary the keys to his safe, Gary said to Elton:
Don’t worry about any of this. You are going to be fine. After the surgery we can deal with all this.
Later that day Elton died during surgery.
Following Elton’s death, Gary made various enquiries and discovered the following information:
Elton’s bank account with Eastpac had, as at the date of Elton’s death, a balance of $2,000,000.
Ringo received Elton’s letter on 22 November 2018, but had not said anything about it to Elton. Ringo also claimed that he was entitled to the funds in the Eastpac bank account.
Stan, who had received Elton’s letter to him on 5 December 2018, had stated that Elton’s death meant that he was unable to carry out Elton’s instructions in relation to the Manly house.
Alvin’s estate consists of a Torrens title house in Mona Vale and a bank account with the Australian National Bank Ltd that had a balance of $10,000 at the date of Alvin’s death. At the date of his death, Alvin had various debts and liabilities totaling $5,000. Mark has done nothing in relation to his duties as executor of Alvin’s will.
Gary seeks your advice as to the following:
(a) Whether Ringo is entitled to the funds in the Eastpac bank account?
(b) Who is entitled to Elton’s equitable interest in the Acme Ltd shares?
(c) Whether Tina is entitled to any proprietary interest in the Coogee flat?
(d) Who is entitled to the Manly house?
(e) Who is entitled to Alvin’s estate?
Solar Project – Building – Abu-Dhabi City – Project Writing Assignment
TASK
Define objective. ( goal of the project ) , heat system , show the amount of hot water need.
Estimate various loads( hot water , lighting) . do by excel.
Estimate solar radiation. this part is done by excel (already done and already attached).chapter2.. I did this part.
Conceptual design.
Passive and activeheating (active cooling because Abu Dhabi has hot climate) and hot water system.
Photovoltaic system. (estimate light loads and how many panel needs) do by
The excel should show early estimation of loads.(example 9.4 and 9.5 page 545,, example 9.6 page546)
Schematic diagrams.(to show estimation) example(figure 9.22 page 549, figure 9.33 page552)
Costs(of project)
Economic analysis.
Dissertation – Corporate Tax Avoidance By MNCs – Assignment
TASK
An introduction should include the motive of the research (why this research has been done)
Mustuse Agency theory or capitalism theory to explain why MNCs avoid tax.
Literature review .
Methodology (research method, research question and the reasons for choosing the method) around .
Data collection, analysis, discussion and findings
Conclusion (how the contribution of research to others).
Social Work- Askin family – Case Study Assignment
TASK
Read the ‘Askin family’ case study and consider the presenting issue ‘Justin’s behavior’.
Drawing from literature on life course and ecological systems theories, discuss:
Factors that may be negatively impacting on Justin’s well-being
Strengths, resources and protective factors of the Askin family
Possible approaches to facilitating greater wellbeing and person: environment fit for Justin.
Business Research Methods – Questionnaire – Assignment
TASK
What is the task of the assignment? – see assignment brief
What is a questionnaire? (with reference to theory, e.g. Saunders et al, 2016, section 11.1)
When are questionnaires a good method to collect primary data? (link to methodological choice and research strategy and approach to theory development such as deductive or inductive approach) – see lecture materials so far and e.g. section 11.2 of Saunders et al (2016)
Introduce your research topic and objectives
Justify your choice of topic ( link to theory – what makes a good research topic e.g. in Saunders et al (2016) p. 419 ‘When to use questionnaires’ or excerpt of reading on Canvas with the title ‘What makes a good research topic’
State your own methodological choice and research strategy
What is your target population?
State your choice of questionnaire and justify it by linking it to your objectives and your target population (also link to theory, e.g. Saunders et al (2016) , pp. 419-422)
Write a sentence or two that links to the second part of the assignment (you might want to mention what follows and what not, i.e. limitations)
Humanities And Community Arts – Galileo’s – Newton – Essay Writing Assignment
TASK
Why was Galileo’s book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systemscondemned by the Catholic Church?
Explain Galileo’s role in the development of modern astronomy.
Describe how Kepler’s discovery of an orbit for Mars that didn’t quite match Tycho Brahe’s data led to a reformation in astronomy.
Describe Tycho’s famous observation of a “nova” in 1572.
Explain how Newton changed our view of the universe.
Issue Management Plan – Management Assignment
TASK
Step 1–Monitoring
Analyze the business environment.
Scan and monitor what is being said, written and done by public, media, interest groups, government and other opinion leaders.
What is being said on social media?
Are social trends emerging that can impact on the organization? (privacy, GMO, whistleblowers, environment, hacking, anti-vaccination, etc)
Consider what may impact on the organisation or its divisions.
Step 2–Identification
Assess from the business environment those elements that are important
Look for new patterns emerging from what most people take for granted.
Identify the issues that impact on the organisation and are gaining widespread support or interest.
What is the type of issue and where is it in its lifecycle?
Step 3–Prioritization
How far-reaching will an issue’s impact be (product sector, company, industry)?
Assess what is at stake—Profit? Reputation? Freedom of action – regulation?
What is the probability of occurrence?
How immediate is the issue?
Step 4–Analysis
Analyze the most important issues in some detail.
Determine their probable impact on the company or its divisions as precisely as possible.
Establish issue support teams if appropriate.
Identify/rank stakeholders.
Work Health and Safety NSW – Corporate Law Assignment Help
Work Health and Safety Law NSW – Problem Question
Attached below is the decision of the Coroner’s Court regarding the death of Darren Laing, a technician employed by LongReach Telecommunications Limited (LongReach). The State Coroner found Mr Laing died when he fell from the Southern Cross Tower building in the Sydney CBD. The circumstances surrounding the fall are outlined in the decision.
At the time of his death, Mr Laing was installing a telecommunications base station. The installation of the base station was funded by a scheme established by the Federal Government through the Federal Communications Corporation (FedComm).
The incident has been the subject of an investigation by State Inspector Joan Spender who is attached to SafeWork NSW.
You are a barrister who has been briefed by SafeWork NSW to act as the prosecutor in this matter.
QUESTION – 800 – 900 Words (excluding footnotes)
You are a barrister who has been briefed by SafeWork NSW to act as the prosecutor in this matter.
LongReach has been prosecuted although, SafeWork NSW is contemplating on also prosecuting FedComm in relation to the incident. Advise it whether or not FedComm is liable under work health and safety legislation.
Notes:
Read decision of court for facts
No bibliography. only use footnotes
800 to 900 words excluding footnotes
You do not need to consider any of controller’s duties, the duty of officers, and the regulations in this assignment.
Make reference to SafeWork NSW regulations
Make reference to Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Make Reference to Related cases such as Baiada Poultry Pty Limited v The Queen [2012] HCA and you must find and use other related cases of your own findings.
Ensure that the answer is in essay format and concludes by answering if FedComm is liable.
STATE CORONER’S COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Inquiry Inquest into the death of Darren LAING
Hearing Date 19 June 2018
Date of Findings 1 August 2018
Place of Findings State Coroner’s Court – Glebe
File Number: 2018/21908
Findings of: Magistrate Delaney, State Coroner
Catchwords: CORONIAL LAW – Cause and manner of death – workplace
death – fall from height – fall arrest device
Representation: Mr P Murray, Counsel Assisting, instructed by the Crown
Solicitor’s Office
Ms L Abboud representing SafeWork NSW
Mr N Brown QC representing LongReach Telecommunications Limited
Ms G Fraser representing Australian Communications Corporation
Findings: I find that Darren Laing died on 3 December 2017 in Sydney
as a result of a fall from height of over 50 metres.
IN THE STATE CORONER’S COURT
OF NEW SOUTH WALES
REASONS FOR DECISION
This inquest concerns the death of Darren Laing.
The role of a Coroner as set out in s 81 of the Coroner’s Act 2009 (NSW) is to make findings as to:
(a) the identity of the deceased;
(b) the date and place of the deceased’s death;
(c) the physical or medical cause of death; and
(d) the manner or circumstances surrounding the death.
It must be taken into account that inquests are not criminal investigations, nor are they proceedings to determine civil liability.
INTRODUCTION
Mr Laing was born on 12 January 1990 in Liverpool, New South Wales. At the time of his death, he was married with one young daughter.
After completing his secondary education, he undertook an electronics course at a TAFE College. He had a special interest in telecommunications. On 20 October 2017, he was employed by LongReach Telecommunications Limited (which I will refer to as ‘LongReach’) as a technician.
LONGREACH
LongReach is an ASX-listed Australian telecommunications company and a carriage service provider within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth). The company was established in 2007 and provides mobile telecommunication services to over 5 million Australians, primarily in the eastern states.
LongReach operates a large transmission network across Australia. It has over 10,000 base stations which it owns. It also has arrangements with other carriers allowing LongReach’s customers to utilise the base stations of those other carriers. A base station provides a wireless connection between mobile phones and the carriage service provider’s mobile telecommunications network. Put simply, it is the antenna to which customers’ mobile telephones connect to the mobile telecommunications network. Given the ubiquity of mobile telephones, it is no surprise that base stations can be found in a variety of locations including on transmission towers and on the top of buildings.
IMPROVED RECEPTION SCHEME
In 2016, the Commonwealth Government announced plans to provide $500 million to
upgrade Australia’s mobile telecommunications network and reduce the amount of ‘mobile black spots’. The project is called the “Improved Reception Scheme” (the ‘Scheme’). Telecommunications carriers, such as LongReach, are eligible for grants under the Scheme.
The grants are distributed by a body corporate established by the Commonwealth
Government called the Federal Communications Corporation (which I will refer to as ‘FedComm’). FedComm was constituted under the Telecommunications (Connecting Australia) Act 2017 (Cth) (‘the TCA Act’). Section 5 of the TCA Act lists the functions of FedComm to include:
(a) investing in technology to improve telecommunications coverage in
Australia; and
(b) providing grants to carriage service providers for the installation of
additional telecommunications base stations in Australia.
In September 2017, LongReach obtained a $100 million grant to build new base
stations. The grant was made available under a Base Station Facilities Agreement entered into between LongReach and FedComm. Clause 20 of the agreement provides:
Safety
LongReach must ensure that LongReach, and its employees and contractors:
(a) comply with all work and safety obligations under work health and
safety laws; and
(b) comply with all safety policies of FedComm.
One of the policies issued by FedComm was the Working from Heights Policy (the
‘Policy’). The Policy provides that all workers working from heights must wear a fall arrest device (commonly known as a safety harness).
12. The Scheme clearly had financial benefits for LongReach. Using the funds from its
grant from FedComm, it employed 25 new technicians, one of them being Mr Laing. Each technician was given a one-week training course with LongReach which included information about the company, its operations and how to carry out work safely.
INCIDENT ON 3 DECEMBER 2017
On 3 December 2017, Mr Laing and his supervisor, Bruce Coleman, attended the
Southern Cross Tower in the Sydney CBD. The pair had been assigned to install a base station on the roof of the Southern Cross Tower. The building is 50 meters in height.
Mr Laing and Mr Coleman were due to start work at 9am. However, they arrived
earlier, at 8.30am. In his oral evidence at this inquest, Mr Coleman said that the reason why he and Mr Laing arrived early was that the pair had a ‘busy day’ and that they had less than a week to finish installing the base station on top of Southern Cross Tower.
When Mr Laing arrived at Southern Cross Tower, he put on his harness. The harnesses
used by LongReach have a rope (called a lanyard) with a snap hook on the end which connects to an anchor or guardrail on the building. The harness is intended to prevent workers from falling. From the evidence, I am satisfied that Mr Laing connected the lanyard from his harness to the anchor on the building.
At about 8.45am, Mr Laing, while working on the edge of the roof, lost his footing and fell down the side of this building. His harness momentarily stopped him from falling. However, a few seconds later, the lanyard snapped and Mr Laing fell to ground. He sustained fatal injuries as a result of the fall.
HARNESS SAFETY
Joan Spender, a state inspector at SafeWork NSW attended the scene of the incident
and has been responsible for the investigation of the incident on behalf of SafeWork. Testing by SafeWork revealed that there was a failure in the lanyard which caused it to snap or, more precisely, tear.
Expert evidence was given by Dr Nicholas Royce, an engineer. His evidence was that
the failure of the lanyard was due to damaged webbing. That is, prior to the incident, Mr Laing’s lanyard had started to fray. A photograph of a lanyard with damaged webbing is reproduced below:
19. In the opinion of Dr Royce, with which I agree, when Mr Laing fell, the weight placed
on the lanyard caused it to break apart at the location of the damaged webbing. Dr Royce’s evidence was the frayed lanyard would not have been able to withstand the load placed by Mr Laing’s fall (which would have exceeded his weight).
At the inquest, a memorandum dated 10 November 2017 and addressed to the
Management Committee of LongReach was tendered. The notice stated that there were a few lanyards which appeared to have damaged webbing and could therefore fail in the event of a fall. The notice recommended replacing the lanyards. Director of Operations at LongReach, Michaela Reynolds gave evidence at the inquest and was examined as follows by counsel assisting:
Q: What did management do when they saw the notice?
A: Naturally we were concerned. I asked my team to obtain quotes to
replace the faulty lanyards.
Q: Until the new lanyards came, did you think to remove the faulty
lanyards from use by workers?
A: We didn’t think we needed to. The Working From Heights Policy
requires each worker to inspect the lanyard before using it. If they see any fray or damage to the lanyard, they are required to get another lanyard.
Q: So you were relying on workers to check the lanyard before using
them?
A: Correct. That’s the policy.
Q: Is the Working From Height Policy the policy issued by FedComm?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you ever share the information in the memorandum about the
potentially defective lanyards with AusComm?
A: No. We didn’t think it was necessary. It’s an internal issue.
I accept the evidence of Mr Coleman who said that workers rarely had time to inspect
lanyards. In his words: ‘unless the lanyard has a massive tear in it, we just carry on.’ He also said that: ‘We have seen a policy on working from heights but we don’t consult it. We don’t have time.’ He also said, ‘the policy is not enforced’.
It is probable that Mr Laing did not inspect his lanyard on the morning of the incident
as required by the Policy. Dr Royce suggests that if Mr Laing had checked his lanyard carefully, he would likely have noticed the damaged webbing. However, it may not have been immediately obvious. Mr Royce’s opinion is based on his close inspection of the lanyard which revealed which fibres were ‘freshly torn’ and those which were old.
Ms Reynold’s evidence was that the topics of lanyard inspections and safety regarding working from height were covered in the safety induction of each new employee.
Inspector Spender, in her evidence, said that in his inspection of the lanyards at
LongReach’s maintenance depot, there were about 15 defective lanyards that she came across.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
I accept the evidence presented at the inquest that at the time of the incident, there were
strong winds which may have caused Mr Laing to lose his footing, causing him to fall. When asked about whether LongReach considers weather conditions and wind as part of its risk assessment in working from heights, Ms Reynold’s response was that it was ‘not necessary because of the fall arrest devices.’
FINDINGS
I find that Darren Laing died on 3 December 2017 in Sydney as a result of fall from a height of over 50 metres. I also find that the cause of the fall was a failure in the lanyard attached to Mr Laing’s harness.
Magistrate B Delaney