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Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...out things like rights, goods, and well-being amongst people. Corrective justice, on the other hand, is about ensuring people receive their just desserts, whether that's punishment for crimes committed or reparation for harm suffered. Later, in ancient Rome, the philosopher Cicero and others took a different approach to justice. They argued that basic legal principles and...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...out of bed and into the shower. Jill managed to leave the house on time, bundling her toddler into the car seat to take her to nursery. Just as she was leaving, the post arrived. Jill ignored the pile of envelopes; probably just more bills and tax demands. She drove the short distance to the nursery, taking care to avoid the potholes and the speed cameras, and left her...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Ich sehe gern …: Introduction - [Described image] This week you will learn how to talk about television programmes...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...out what was fact and what was opinion in Text 3? This may be because the author makes several sweeping generalisations and presents opinions as fact. As you saw in Activity 2, authors of academic texts usually express their opinions with caution. This is called ‘hedging’. In the next section you will see how hedging works...How to be a critical reader: 1.5 Hedging -...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...out an investigation and producing a project. Might there be some adverse effects for some people? Do the benefits to the organisation justify all ill effects that might reasonably be expected to ensue? Those are some of the ethical questions that you must consider before you decide how to explore the change you wish to make...Using data to aid organisational change: 2...
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: show an awareness of the main similarities and differences between the modern Olympics and the Ancient Greek Games assess the ethical, philosophical and cultural...
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...out by non-profit organisations. Of course, just as a child growing into adulthood requires more elaborate sources of finance to sustain increasingly complex objectives, organisations, too, must evaluate ways in which they can finance their goals. Raising finance performs three main roles: It provides the money necessary to start up a business (e.g. to secure premises...
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...out the stages of physical and psychological development, thus unwittingly creating the first generation of mothers worried that their babies walked and talked ‘late’ (Unwin and Sharland, 1992). Generally, the wealthier classes enjoyed the sort of varied diet thought to promote good health. They could afford meat, fish, fresh fruit and vegetables (Burnett, 1979, pp....