BMATQuestions
- Despite a decades-old law requiring equal pay for equal work, pay discrimination against women remains widespread in the UK. The disparity is especially pronounced at senior levels, where male executives in sectors from business to academia to the media often earn significantly more than their female colleagues…BMAT 2022 · Question 11 · Principle · Save
- ‘End-to-end encryption’ of online messaging services is here to stay, and should be welcomed with enthusiasm, not resisted. Its adoption by services such as WhatsApp has admittedly caused some alarm in government circles because of the protection it gives to criminals and terrorist groups, and the restrictions it…BMAT 2021 · Question 4 · Principle · Save
- The ‘gig’ economy is now widespread, replacing many full-time jobs with hour-by-hour contracts without guaranteed paychecks or the benefits often associated with permanent employment (e.g. sickness pay). Interestingly, when unions lobby governments about this downgrading of conditions, some ‘gig’ workers protest.…BMAT 2021 · Question 11 · Principle · Save
- We all know that publicly funded services in the UK such as health care and education are overstretched. A growing population, and growing expectations of such services, help to explain the crisis some of them are facing. At the present time, we all have the legal right to choose to use a publicly funded service or to…BMAT 2021 · Question 22 · Principle · Save
- Many people knowingly buy fake brands because they are substantially cheaper than the genuine article would be. They may try to justify their behaviour, on the grounds that the manufacturers and retail outlets are already rich enough from ripping off the public with their exorbitant prices and paying rock-bottom wages…BMAT 2020 · Question 5 · Principle · Save
- US health authorities have linked at least 18 deaths and more than 1000 cases of a mysterious lung illness with vaping (an alternative to smoking in which users inhale an aerosol, or vapour). The symptoms include chest pain, fatigue and shortness of breath, and while doctors have not been able to establish what is…BMAT 2020 · Question 27 · Principle · Save