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Social pressure project : You will attempt to understand the effects of group pressure. Alone or as part of a pair (no more than two of you) you will engage in a mild form of non-conformist behavior in a public setting. Please do not put yourself in harms way and don’t break any laws or rules…

• You are to write a reaction paper detailing what you did, how you felt doing it, and how others reacted to your non-conformity.
• Compare your experience with material that we have reviewed and discuss how social/group pressure plays a part in persuasion and propaganda appeals.

 

It’s 3-5 pages double spaced. More detail after handshake. I need it by 9/29/15 9:30am New York time.

Write a 5-7 page paper using APA standards for citation of sources that focuses on the following:

Interview two different individuals regarding their positions in society.  Analyze their responses regarding:

1. Identify each person’s class, race, and gender.
2. What role has class, race, and gender played in their lives?  How do you see these stratifiers as playing a role, even if the interviewee is unaware of it?
3. Apply one of the sociological perspectives (structural-functional, social-conflict, or symbolic-interaction) to the individuals’ lives.  Why did you choose this particular perspective?  How does it explain each person’s life and life choices?
4. What are some the benefits and limitations to using interview as a research methodology?
5. Analyze each person’s components of culture (language, symbols, material objects, and behaviors) and relate them to his/her stratified position in society.

Week #7 Discussion-Conference–Psychological Disorders and Treatment
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Critical Thinking:—Defining and Treating Psychological Disorders
There are 2 parts—Part I and Part II.
Part I: Abnormality
1. In your own words, define “abnormal” and provide ONE example from your personal observations and/or professional experiences that illustrates “normal” and “abnormal” behavior. The abnormal behavior you discussed meet criteria for a diagnosis? Why or why not?
2. Given the APA’s definition of a psychological disorder, why is it possible for a behavior to be classified as a psychological disorder in one country and not in another?
a. Review Table 12.3 Categories of Psychological Disorders Based on the DSMp. 14-16.(OR JUST FIND AN ONLINE CHART)
b. Conduct brief research on “culture bound disorders” and provide a link to your source . Briefly describe/list some of the features of the disorder.
c. Is the disorder you chose similar or different from a disorder included in the assigned chapter reading? Please explain. (For instance is your disorder a type of mood, anxiety, dissociative disorder etc.)
Part II: Choose ONE:
A. Schizophrenia
1. SKIP TO TWO
2. Watch the following videos:
Beautiful Minds

and

3. What is your reaction to the videos? (What did you find most interesting? What did you learn or confirm?
4. Provide examples of “positive and negative” symptoms from each of the videos.
5. Schizophrenic patients tend to be among the most marginalized of psychological patients. Explain why you think this might be true. Reference the readings in your response.

6. Watch the following videos about Body Dysmorphic Disorder:

and
If You Could See What I See
Watch the first 10 minutes…

1. What is your reaction to the information presented in the videos? Discuss 3 symptoms of either disorders. List and discuss a few similarities and differences between the cases in the video and Robert’s in the opening vignette.

2. Briefly discuss “comorbid” disorders that were described in the 2nd video.
3. Do you think that group therapy would be an effective treatment? Why or why not? What would be your main concern(s) about group therapy?

You are the Senior Database Administrator of one of the following organizations (Choose one):
Private Prep School
Upper management has decided they want to upgrade their old database software to the latest and greatest Oracle 12c Database! You are delighted, until you find out; it’s all on your shoulders. Your task for this course project is to develop an upgrade document that will provide the following information to your team:

A brief description of the organization.
A brief description of the server environment (how many servers, disk sizes, networks, OS types)
A description of the current database software being utilized by the organization
A brief (very high-level) Entity Relationship Diagram of the database being used.
New Server requirements if any. (memory, disks, numbers of, etc.)
Describe the Oracle Software file structure you wish to use. You may use OFA, or not. But identify where all the files (dbf, ctl, ora, etc.) will go on the servers. If you don’t use OFA, then support your decisions.
Define the tablespaces and provide create tablespace statements for the new system.
Ensure you provide backup and recovery schedules for the upgrade
Provide general steps to perform the upgrade. Include a high level flowchart. Do not get too detailed or you will be writing a 100 page document!

Select one of the following topics to formulate a research paper:

• Nationalism – Discuss the role of nationalism in 20th century Europe.
• Race & Ethnicity – Discuss the role of race and ethnicity in 20th century Europe.
• Genocide – Discuss the emergence and frequency of genocide in Europe during the 20th century.
• Terrorism – Discuss the utilization of terrorism in 20th century Europe.
• Role of Women – Discuss the role of women in 20th century Europe.

For this paper, you need to conduct research in peer-reviewed journals or other sources that are considered to have reliable information. In addition to your required course text, you will need at least six professional scholarly sources, three of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. Please visit the Academic Research section on your course homepage (accessible through the Student Responsibilities and Policies tab on the left navigation toolbar) to review what types of materials are, and are not, acceptable for academic, university level research.

The paper must be eight to ten pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must use at least six scholarly sources, at least three of which can be found in the Ashford University Library, to support your claims and subclaims. To further help you in your research for this assignment and for the Final Paper, it is recommended that you view the Resources for Potential Research. Cite your sources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
• Must use at least six scholarly resources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Visit the Choose Your Business Structure section of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s website.

If you were to start your own business, which business entity structure would you choose? Justify why your chosen structure is the best organizational form.

Explain the following business structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and a corporation. In your analysis address the following for each business structure:

1. Steps to form
2. Personal liability for owners
3. Taxation
4. Advantages and disadvantages

Your paper must be three to five pages (excluding title and reference pages), and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook..

 

 

WEEK 5 DISCUSSION ONE

Internet domain names are linked to trademark issues. Technology makes it easy to copy and distribute music and movies without paying royalties.  Business conducted on the internet raise security and privacy issues.  What legal concerns are raised by these issues? Predict which of these issues will be of major concern in the future in regard to the law and business practices.

 

DISCUSSION TWO

How do governments attempt to control foreign businesses operating within their borders? When U.S. companies do business in other countries, what issues do they face? Describe the responsibilities and ethical concerns that you feel are important for U.S. companies to consider when doing business in other countries

 

FINAL PAPER

THIS PAPER IS HALF WAY DONE I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO DO THE FINISH

Final Paper

Focus of the Final Paper

You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has received inquiries from several large businesses wondering if the company could create several fireworks displays on a regular basis. The owner told the inquirers that the company could fill such display orders, and a price per display was agreed upon. It was discussed that most of the cost for a fireworks display is for skilled labor, insurance, and the actual service of setting off the fireworks. No other details were discussed. The owner is anticipating that new employees will need to be hired, but he is worried that if the large orders for fireworks displays do not continue, the company will not have the funds to pay the new employees. The owner is now considering changing the business entity, but he does not know what entity to form or how to form it.

The owner has asked you to do the following:

• Determine if the contracts with the businesses will be governed by common law or the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and explain why.
• Analyze whether the owner formed a contract with the businesses, and apply the five essential elements of an enforceable contract.
• Explain the potential personal liability to Acme Fireworks if a spectator is injured by a stray firework from a fireworks display.
• Discuss the different employment types and relationships relevant to agency law, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each type specific to Acme Fireworks.
• Explain why Acme Fireworks should not operate as a sole proprietorship. Recommend a new business entity, and provide rationale to support your recommendation.

For each task, be sure to analyze the relevant law, apply the facts to the law, and make a conclusion.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

1. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
2. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
3. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. That is, describe what your response is to the content, either positive or negative, and defend your position. If multiple options, alternatives, and/or positions are present and are being rejected, you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option.
4. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
5. Must include at least five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library, in addition to the course textbook.
6. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
7. Must include a separate references page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

In the Final Research Paper, you will use your critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate a current events topic that has constitutional and political implications.

Select one topic from the following list of three constitutional issues. The topic you select should also be used as the topic for your Week Two and Three written assignments:

• Religious freedom
• Free speech
• Privacy rights

The thesis of the paper will be a statement identifying how the concepts of federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights are implicated in and affected by this topic.

Utilize the feedback from your Week Two and Three Assignments to create a more thorough outline to form your Final Research Paper. The paper must include five main sections:

• Introductory paragraph that provides a brief background regarding the topic and introduces the main thesis.
• In-depth discussion of the implications for federalism related to the topic.
  • Explain how and why federalism has a positive and negative impact on the selected topic.
    • Provide one real-world positive example.
    • Provide one real-world negative example.
    • Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• In-depth discussion of the implications for civil rights related to the topic.
  • Explain how and why civil rights are positively and negatively affected by the selected topic.
    • Provide one real-world positive example.
    • Provide one real-world negative example.
    • Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• In-depth discussion of the implications for civil liberties related to the topic.
  • Explain how and why civil liberties are positively and negatively affected by the selected topic.
    • Provide one real-world positive example.
    • Provide one real-world negative example.
    • Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• Concluding paragraph that summarizes the main findings and restates the thesis.

The paper must be 10 to 12 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least six scholarly resources (at least five of which can be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center.

The Final Research Paper:

• Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
• Must use at least six scholarly resources, including a minimum of five from the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Read background “Federal Reserve Brief”.

2) Review possible cities and decide on your city choice.

3) Find your references.

4) Plan your paper.

Assignment: Submit answers to the following questions at the Pre-assignment submission link.

Questions:

1) The Federal Reserve Brief identifies several factors that influence business location decisions. Choose one of these factors and briefly summarize it here. Include an in-text citation identifying the Federal Reserve Brief and add a reference at the end in APA format. It does not need to be on a separate page, but it should be in the format you will use at the end of your Final Paper.

2) Which Michigan City will you report on?

3) List one secondary source you will use in your paper that is specific to your city.

You are a new associate at the law firm of Dewey, Chetum, and Howe. John, a former researcher at PharmaCARE, comes to your office. He has concerns about PharmaCARE’s use of AD23, one of the company’s top-selling diabetes drugs. Two (2) years ago, after PharmaCARE’s research indicated that AD23 might also slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, John and his team of pharmacists began reformulating the drug to maximize that effect. In order to avoid the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) scrutiny, PharmaCARE established a wholly-owned subsidiary, CompCARE, to operate as a compounding pharmacy to sell the new formulation to individuals on a prescription basis. CompCARE established itself in a suburban office park near its parent’s headquarters. To conserve money and time, CompCARE did a quick, low-cost renovation.

CompCARE benefited from PharmaCARE’s reputation, databases, networks, and sales and marketing expertise, and within six (6) months had the medical community buzzing about AD23. Demand soared, particularly among Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs patients. Seeing the opportunity to realize even more profit, CompCARE began advertising AD23 directly to consumers and marketing the drug directly to hospitals, clinics, and physician offices, even though compounding pharmacies are not permitted to sell drugs in bulk for general use. To circumvent this technicality, CompCARE encouraged doctors to fax lists of fictitious patient names to CompCARE. PharmaCARE sold CompCARE to WellCo, a large drugstore chain, just weeks before AD23 was publicly linked to over 200 cardiac deaths.

As CompCARE and its new parent company enjoyed record profits and PharmaCARE’s stock price approached $300 per share, reports started surfacing that people who received AD23 seemed to be suffering heart attacks at an alarming rate. The company ignored this data and continued filling large orders and paying huge bonuses to all the executives and managers, including John, whose wife recently died from a heart attack after using AD23.

John has come to you with an internal company memo describing the potential problems with AD23, and information describing the company’s willingness “roll the dice” and continue to market the drug.

Your senior partner has asked you to write a memo outlining the following issues for review by the senior partners.

In preparation for this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research examples of intellectual property theft that occurred within the past two (2) years.

Write an eight  (8) page paper in which you:

1. Research three to five (3-5) ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety and examine whether PharmaCARE violated any of the issues in question.
2. Argue for or against Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) marketing by drug companies. Provide support for your response.
3. Determine the parties responsible for regulating compounding pharmacies under the current regulatory scheme, the actions that either these parties or the FDA could / should have taken in this scenario, and whether PharmaCARE could face legal exposure surrounding its practices. Support your response.
4. Analyze the manner in which PharmaCARE used U.S. law to protect its own intellectual property and if John has any claim to being the true “inventor” of AD23. Suggest at least three (3) ways the company could compensate John for the use of his intellectual property.
5. Summarize at least one (1) current example (within the past two [2] years) of intellectual property theft, and examine the effect on that company’s brand.
6. Analyze the potential issue surrounding the death of John’s wife and other potential litigants against PharmaCARE as a result of AD23.
7. Specify both the major arguments that John can make to claim that he is a whistleblower and the type of protections that he should be afforded. Justify your response.
8. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze and assess legal and ethical restraints on marketing and advertising, relative to both consumers and organizations.
• Analyze and evaluate laws and regulations relative to product safety and liability.
• Explore copyright laws and intellectual property rights and assess how well they balance competing interests.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.
• Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance

You have been learning about how developmental assets can be built into your instructional models, and how to use that knowledge to support community-wide efforts to strengthen and support the adults and youth in your community, including identified classifications of Latino, African-American, and youth with disabilities.

We have identified and evaluated the existing programs in your community based on the 40 Developmental Assets model and brainstormed ways that you can use that model to create or support the existing programs within your local school and/or community.

Using reflection and analysis, you identified a specific initiative that meets an identified need in your community and has the potential to be immediately incorporated into your instructional setting or community.

Your Final Project is composed of three different categories that will be submitted as a complete unit. These categories include:

Designing a multimedia presentation or slideshow created in a program of your choice (PowerPoint, Google Presentation, Prezi, etc.). The presentation will illustrate the initiative for students, parents, and/or community.
Designing visual resources and handouts that illustrate your initiative and contribute to the presentation.
Writing an eight- to twelve- page paper that outlines your processes and that can be used to introduce and support your initiative.

Your multimedia presentation or slideshow can be created in a format of your choice (Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Presentation, Prezi, etc.) and should last between 5 and 15 minutes when presented orally.

Your presentation should include, but not be limited to:

A definition of the purpose of your initiative, vision, and mission.
A brief overview that illustrates the 40 Developmental Assets.
A graphic that diagrams your community based on researched data.
An illustration of how your initiative will support or create a positive environment and/or enhance an existing program or practice using proven methods with and for young people.
A reference slide citing all sources using APA format.

Your created resources and handouts should include the final copies of the Student Handout created in Week Three, the Resource Table finalized in Week Four, and the Communication Guide created in Week Five.

Your written paper should be eight to twelve pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Your paper should include the following topics/headings:

Describe, through a brief narrative, your initiative, vision, and mission.
Summarize your community’s demographics, including those that are related specifically to the 40 Developmental Assets as outlined in your text.
Outline the steps that you have taken, or will take, to achieve your vision through a graphics or written narrative.
Summarize how you arrived at your initiative based on your community needs as outlined in the demographics. Examine your thought process for developing your mission/vision statement.
Examine the internal and external assets you are focused on and explain why.
Specify how your initiative addresses at least four of the Five Action Strategies as identified in your text.
Illustrate, through a short written explanation, how you evaluated the process.
Defend your plan for growing and sustaining your initiative.

You may use any or all of the instructional materials you have created during our course. Your completed Final Project should include references and citations for a minimum of five scholarly sources in addition to your text book.