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  • This house prefers hiring external professionals (such as business executives and politicians) to work as Senior Administrators at universities rather than the promotion of faculty members to those posts

    Infoslide

    Most universities have a governance structure with a Board of Directors or Trustees overseeing a team of Senior Administrators led by a CEO, often referred to as a President or a Principal. The Senior Administrators formulate and implement strategies for the development of the university and are responsible for the management of key units. Faculty members are predominantly responsible for teaching and research and sometimes seek promotion to Senior Administrative posts.

    US Universities Debate Championship Tournament 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-10-20

  • This house prefers a world where Malaysia adopted the Norway system.

    Infoslide

    Norway has a significantly small number of civil servants working in government agencies. Every year, civil servants who do not meet the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that are set earlier in the year, could be laid off.

    Seri Iskandar Debate Open 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-10-14

  • This house would actively incentivise men to take traditionally feminine jobs (e.g. childcare, teaching, or nursing) as opposed to actively incentivising women to take traditionally masculine jobs (e.g. doctor, engineering, soldier).

    Peter Maguire Intervarsity 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-14

  • This house believes that the practice of ‘reference checking’ by companies does more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    Reference checking is a common practice in the job recruitment process. It involves employers asking the acquaintance of the job applicant (e.g. former co-workers, colleagues, etc.) about their personality, work competence, and reputation. Such references oftentimes can be critical in the decision-making process of employers.

    2023 KUDC x KIDA Fall Rookie Tournament · Round 4 · 2023-10-07

  • This house believes that the election of Javier Milei is in the best interests of Argentina

    Infoslide

    Argentina is facing a major economic crisis: annual inflation is over 100% and the country is on the edge of sovereign debt default. Javier Milei, the frontrunner in Argentina's upcoming presidential election, supports ending the crisis through radical free market policies. His policies include, but are not limited to: ending currency controls and seeking the dollarization of the Argentinian economy, significant reductions in government spending, and the flexibilization of labor markets.

    Western Inter-varsity 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-10-07

  • This house prefers UK foundation training allocations to be random rather than performance-based.

    Infoslide

    In the UK, recent medical graduates undergo 2 years of 'foundation training' during which they rotate around 6 specialties for 4 months each across 20 locations. All UK graduates are asked to rank their preferred allocations. Until recently, graduates were ranked from first to last based on performance (e.g. results of a multiple-choice situational judgement test, medical school class rankings, existence of publications). Those at the top would be allocated their first choice before moving down the list. Last year, the system was changed so that graduates are now ranked randomly.

    Edinburgh Cup 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-09-30

  • This house supports job security legislation

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, “job security legislation” refers to laws intended to make businesses fire employees less often. Its goal is to disincentivise the termination of existing employees, whether the business employs an alternative individual to replace them or not. Examples of this legislation include, but are not limited to, increased severance pay and detailed cause requirements for terminating employment. Protections against discriminatory termination or similar laws do not fall under this term.

    UNSW Pro-Am 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-25

  • This house prefers to live in a future with FALC.

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    Fully Automated Luxury Communism (FALC) is a political and economic concept that envisions a future society where advanced automation and technology significantly eliminate the need for human labor in meeting basic needs, potentially leading to a society where individuals have less dependence on traditional employment. In this vision, automated systems would efficiently produce goods, provide essential services, and manage resource allocation

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-09-22

  • This house regrets the trend of prominent businesswomen giving advice on succeeding in corporate culture, rather than fighting to radically reform it.

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-09-22

  • This house would require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation

    UCLA Intervarsity Debating Champsionships 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-09-16

  • This House, as independent screen actors in the United States, would not partake in the strikes and instead embrace the industry use of AI.

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    The Screen Actors Guild of America and Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is an American labor union that represents over a hundred thousand media professionals worldwide. Since July, actors have been striking against production studios after being underpaid and having their personal image used for profit without their consent through generative AI.

    Oragon Debate Cup 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-15

  • That we should ban transfer fees

    Infoslide

    In sports, a ‘transfer fee’ refers to a fee paid by the purchasing club to the selling club for a player under contract (either in the same or different leagues). Typically, the player receives no share of this fee, the size of which depends on several factors including current abilities, future potential, and the remaining duration of the existing contract. For example, in football, the highest transfer fee was £106.8m, paid by Chelsea Football Club to S.L. Benfica for the transfer of Enzo Fernández in 2023.

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-10

  • That we should ban ultra-fast fashion

    Infoslide

    Ultra-fast fashion companies sell clothing at very cheap prices and produce up to thousands of new designs per day. Examples include Shein, Fashion Nova, Cider, Prettylittlething and Asos.

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-10

  • That we support the use of solidarity action

    Infoslide

    'Solidarity action' is industrial action (e.g. strikes) taken by a workforce in support of another, separate workforce. They could be in the same industry or different industries.

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-09-10

  • This House prefers occupation unionism to sector unionism

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "occupation unionism" refers to labour unions that represent specific jobs (e.g. teachers' union, writers' union). "Sector unionism" refers to labour unions that represent industrial sectors (e.g. construction workers, media workers).

    Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championships 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-09-08

  • This house would suspend trade union powers and significantly relax labour protection laws in times of economic crisis

    Shri Ram Pre-Asian British Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-09-08