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  • This House would replace agricultural companies with farmers’ cooperatives

    World Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-18

  • THS workplaces regularly hosting Fuckup Nights

    Infoslide

    Fuckup Nights is an event series that shares stories of professional failure. Each month, three to four people are selected to get up in front of a room full of strangers and share their own professional fuckup (stories of the business that crashed and burned, the partnership deal that went sour, the product that was recalled, etc.)

    Glasgow Summer Cup 2023 · No Round · 2023-07-15

  • This parliament will make labor unions mandatory in commercial institutions.

    11th BUETDC Nationals 2023 (Bangla) · High School Final · 2023-07-14

  • THW mandate corporations with over 100 employees to allocate a majority of the corporation's shares to their employees

    The Earlsfort Open 2023 · No Round · 2023-07-08

  • This house believes that we should allow businesses to fire employees on the basis of personal (legal) online behavior (e.g. personal Facebook posts).

    Infoslide

    Online behavior refers to the actions, conduct, and interactions that individuals engage in while using the internet or participating in online platforms and ocmmunities. It encompasses how individuals communicate, express themselves, and engage with tohers in the digital realms. Online behavior can include activities such as positng and sharing content, commenting on posts, sending messages, participating in online discussions, and engaging in online gaming or virtual environments.

    Asia Pacific Junior Debate Championships 2023 · U12 Semifinals · 2023-07-01

  • This house believes that we should allow businesses to fire employees on the basis of personal (legal) online behavior (e.g. personal Facebook posts).

    Infoslide

    Online behavior refers to the actions, conduct, and interactions that individuals engage in while using the internet or participating in online platforms and ocmmunities. It encompasses how individuals communicate, express themselves, and engage with tohers in the digital realms. Online behavior can include activities such as positng and sharing content, commenting on posts, sending messages, participating in online discussions, and engaging in online gaming or virtual environments.

    Asia Pacific Junior Debate Championships 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-07-01

  • That workers should be compensated based on output rather than the amount of hours worked. [output]

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-07-01

  • That governments should artificially inflate the wages of jobs that they believe will become significantly more socially utile in the event of future crises. [future crises]

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-07-01

  • That we regret (DGA)'s deal with the AMPTP

    Infoslide

    "In May 2023, the Writers Guild of America launched a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association that represents over 350 American television and film production companies. The ongoing strike is the largest interruption to the American film and TV production since the COVID-19 pandemic. The guild, representing 11,500+ screenwriters, demands for the increase of wage and residuals (i.e. bonus/royalty) which have been decreasing due to the rise of streaming platforms and for the strict (and potentially regulated) boundaries of the use of AI technologies in the screenwriting process (i.e. as a complementary tool as opposed to a replacement tool). Following suit, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) launched an independent strike (i.e. not involving the WGA) focusing primarily on increase of wages and residuals, in which they managed to strike a deal with the AMPTP. This deal awarded higher compensation and more residuals for directors."

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-07-01

  • That, as the management of a professional sports club, we would heavily prioritise issuing incentive-based contracts rather than heavily prioritising issuing fixed-price contracts

    Infoslide

    A fixed-price contract pays an athlete a set salary regardless of their performance. In comparison, an incentive-based contract contains a guaranteed minimum salary that is less than its fixed-price counterpart,. However, if an athlete performs well, an incentive-based contract will pay them more than its fixed-price counterpart as reward.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-25

  • This house, as the feminist, W choose the first option (business) over the second option (activism), assuming a tradeoff. (Feminism)

    Infoslide

    You are a feminist woman with a middle-level manager position at a major company. You have two life paths before you. You can either spend the vast majority of your time trying to make it to the top of the business world or you can spend a large percentage of your time engaging in feminist activism.

    Pharsalus 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-06-24

  • This House Regrets Artificial Intelligence Art

    Infoslide

    Artificial intelligence art is any artwork, particularly images and musical compositions, created through the use of artificial intelligence programs, such as text-to-image models and musical generators.

    Canada Cup 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-24

  • This house would reject doing the BLS in favour of doing an apprenticeship

    Infoslide

    You are an all-rounded high school graduate who performed well in your university entrance exams and extracurriculars. However, you’re unsure of what you wish to study in university and are only considering doing a Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) or an apprenticeship. The purpose of the BLS degree is to provide students with a solid multidisciplinary preparation in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and the Arts. An apprenticeship is where you learn how to do a specific job or trade in a real workplace while studying at a training provider. You can start one at any stage in your career or life. Completing an apprenticeship gives you a nationally recognised qualification. You can use your qualification to start your career or to do more training.

    Uhuru Worlds Debating Championships 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-06-23

  • This house would provide financial incentives (e.g. subsidies/tax breaks) to gaming companies that hire a significant amount of women

    27th Lithuanian Schools Debating Academy · Non-Established Semifinals · 2023-06-21

  • Assuming it was possible, this house believes that companies should prohibit the use of garments, accessories, and religious, political, and philosophical symbols by their employees in workplaces and workspaces.

    Round Robin Hispanohablante 2023 · Ronda 3 · 2023-06-17

  • In countries with emerging economies, This house, as the labour movement, W oppose efforts towards transitioning from an industrial structure centred on the manufacturing sector to one centred on the service sector.

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-06-16

  • This house, as the Jordanian government, W actively attempt to incorporate refugees into its regular workforce.

    Infoslide

    After the early 2010s, when multiple Arab nations experienced political conflict, Jordan saw a massive influx of refugees from nearby countries, such as Syria, Iraq, and Palestine. Some refugees are hosted in UNHCR refugee camps, but many reside in urban and rural areas. These refugees mainly depend on financial support from the international community or informal economy (e.g. daily construction works, small-scale home-based business, etc.) unless the Ministry of Labor issues them a work permit, which refugees hardly obtain.

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · EFL Semifinals · 2023-06-16

  • This house believes that Southeast Asian economies with a heavy reliance on low-value manufacturing (Vietnam, Indonesia etc.) should prioritize moving up the manufacturing value chain (for example, producing complex product parts as opposed to performing manual product assembly).

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-06-16

  • This house believes that that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) should pursue a strategy of monetary policy tightening.

    Infoslide

    The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has traditionally pursued a range of 'loose monetary policy measures' such as maintaining negative interest rates, aggressive bond buying to control government bond yields etc. in order to control deflation in the Japanese economy. As of Jan 2023, Japan's inflation rate hit a 42-year high of 4.2%.

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-06-16