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Conduct an analysis of a recent article and provide your evaluation and outcome expectations in an articulate and informative paper that discusses:

• A minimum of three general economic principles related to the article
• Identification of three to five macroeconomic indices
• Definition and explanation of the indices, e.g., GDP, CPI, and other economic calculations
• Discussion about what the specific indices mean in relationship to the overall article and how they impact each other
• Appropriate evaluation, decisions, and forecasts that could be made from the information.

Adhere to the following standards:

• Your paper should be six to ten pages in length, not including the title or references pages
• APA Format

(you must write at least 700 words.)

1)     Identify the major components of critical thinking.(one of them must be self-awareness)

2)     Write a brief statement that describes how each component helps us to develop an evidence-based argument. In short, you should explain how the component helps one to evaluate whether or not you should accept the conclusion or assertion of what is being argued.

3)     Provide a brief example of how you would might use the component two evaluate an argument that you or someone else is making.

 

Imagine you are the head administrator at Well Being Hospital, a hypothetical local health care facility. Your task is to communicate with Get Well Drugs, a major U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer, in order to determine if the drugs supplied by this manufacturer are within benchmark standards set forth by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are thus suitable for use at your hospital. Specifically, you have to report your findings to the health care professionals who use these medications.

 

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

 

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Recommend a strategy for communication with Get Well Drugs in order to determine if the drugs supplied by this manufacturer are within benchmark standards set forth by the FDA.
2. Outline a plan for asking questions directed toward Get Well Drugs about any FDA regulations which may be applicable to your local hospital.
3. Outline a plan for communicating these findings to a local consortium of nurses and physicians at your hospital. This plan must include, at a minimum, the cost of the drugs, as well as the types of drugs for use in mental, behavioral, and general services.
4. Conclude your findings, in which you suggest the pros and cons of using Get Well Drugs.
5. Use at least four (4) recent (i.e., last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other 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:

• Explain the major components of the U.S. health care system, their functions, and the relationships among these components.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization.

• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization using proper writing mechanics.

Prepare an 11- to 15-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) that assesses a legal/ethical issue or situation relating to a current, previous, or potential future work environment. Use at least 10 scholarly sources that are suitable for research in a graduate-level course.

Your paper must include the following:

 

1. A description of a business situation that presents a legal and ethical issue. The business situation must be from prior, current, or anticipated future employment experiences or from a current event. The description of the business situation must not exceed two pages.
2. An analysis of the ethical concerns raised by the situation.
   1. Apply at least two different ethical theories to the situation to support at least two different outcomes.
   2. The paper must determine which ethical outlook as applied to this particular situation will result in the best legal outcome for the business.
3. An explanation of at least three of the relevant areas of law that have been addressed in this course (e.g., constitutional law, contracts, anti-trust law, securities regulations, employment law, environmental law, crimes, or torts) and an assessment of the each area of law as it applies to the business situation identified.
4. A recommendation to reduce liability exposure and improve the ethical climate or the overall ethics of the situation. Your recommendation must be supported by specific legal, ethical, and business principles.

Analysis of an Offender (15 pages

 

As a criminal justice professional, you will likely deal with offenders on a daily basis. Understanding the causes of criminal behavior is essential to learning how to handle offenders, how offenders are most effectively rehabilitated, and how to protect society from criminals. All too often, however, theoretical explanations for criminal behavior are never applied to criminal behavior in real-life situations. The Final Project in this class is designed for you to apply what you have learned about in this class about the causes of criminal behavior to a real-life criminal.

You are responsible for selecting one specific criminal. You must be able to research and track down detailed information about this specific criminal. Be sure that there is enough information surrounding his or her:

• Upbringing
• Behavior over the course of a lifetime
• Social relationships
• Specific details pertaining to criminal offending patterns

Once you locate an offender who you wish to research, you will need to create an analysis of the offender that takes into consideration the following:

Detailed Overview (2–3 pages)

• Provide a detailed overview of the offender, and his or her life and crimes.
• Discuss the nature of the offender’s crimes.
• Explain how his or her criminal offending is consistent or inconsistent with what is known about the nature of criminal behavior.

Causes of Crime (8–10 pages)

• This section of the paper is the most important and should contain a sufficient amount of detail pertaining to all of the potential causes of crime based on what is known about the offender.
• Discuss the potential social and environmental causes of the offender’s behavior.
• Discuss the potential psychological causes of the offender’s behavior.
• Discuss the potential biological and genetic causes of the offender’s behavior.

Type of Offender (2–3 pages)

• Identify the type of offender.
• Based on the type of offender that you are researching, explain some of the unique issues presented by this type of offender.
• Discuss the obstacles to rehabilitation for this specific type of offender.

Apprehension (2–3 pages)

• Discuss whether criminal profiling could have been used to apprehend this criminal sooner.
• Explain how the details of this specific offender could be used in the apprehension of future criminals.

Policy Implications (1–2 pages)

• Briefly discuss some of the policy implications that might flow directly from what is now known about this offender.
• Discuss how policy could be revamped in terms of prevention and rehabilitation.

Scenario

Congratulations on your recent promotion to engagement manager for a consulting company. Your new role will leverage your skills in supply chain management consulting, logistics, and procurement for various industries, which will offer many challenging opportunities.

The company is a 100-person consulting with a core group of four procurement specialists and a client base of one automobile parts supply chain. Its mission is to reduce delivery time, inventory cycle times, and costs associated with supply chain management for its customers.

Assignment

The company has been approached by a local hospital inquiring about the company’s ability to improve its logistics and supply chain while maintaining its customer value. It currently has a rudimentary, localized operation in place without an overall governance or strategy process in place. The company has requested an initial briefing on modern supply chain management techniques. Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for the hospital management consisting of the following sections:

• Define supply chain management.
• Describe the essential components of a typical supply chain management process, and define the components using examples.
• Define push, pull, and hybrid high-level; recommend one for the hospital, and rationalize your recommendation.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
• Abstract: A summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 2–3 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbrev

Please use the following description below. The ouline is attached. Please ensure you are taking into consideration the feedback that was given on the outline before writing the paper.

Your Abstract should contain the following parts that are listed below.

Topic Sentence: your abstract must contain one sentence that clearly and concisely introduces the topic of the profile paper.
Content Sentences: your abstract must mention the following five main topics of the profile: background information about the species, life cycle of the organism, structure and function of one organ system of the organism, evolutionary topic, and an additional interest. This is challenging to write! These sentences should not be too specific, but reflect broad strokes summaries of each of these main topics.
Conclusion Sentence: Abstract contains one sentence that mentions key conclusions and/or findings.

Here is a link that may help: Advice on writing abstracts: (Please note that you do not have a methods section in this paper. Despite that difference, this is a great resource with great tips).

I. The Introduction: this section must contain

A. The scientific name of your organism. Please see this link (How to Write Latin Names) for help if needed.

B. The common name of your organism. What do most people know it as?

C. The area of residence in which you and your organism are (country/state/city).

D. The specific biome of where your organism lives. Please see this link on biomes for help if needed.

II. The Body: this section should contain

A. Background: include a general physical description of your organism

B. Life Cycle: describe the life cycle of your organism. The life cycle refers to the series of changes that happens from the beginning of life as your organism develops and grows into a mature organism. Please see here for some hints on life cycle.

C. Structure and Function: please select one organ system of your organism that you find to be particularly interesting and describe both the anatomy and physiology of that system.

a. If your organism is an animal, here are a list of the general animal organ systems.

b. If your organism is a plant, here are a list of the general plant organ systems.

c. If you have selected a bacteria or a fungus the concept can be more complex. Please contact me directly for more directions if needed.

D. Evolution: Evolution is best understood as heritable change over time, or descent with modification. Please be sure to discuss the evolution of your organism using the following guidance:

a. Conduct a review of scientific literature to understand what is known about the evolution of your chosen organism. Search key words like evolution, fossil, ancestor. Also, refer back to your results from Assignment 1.

b. Conduct a review of scientific literature to understand the family tree or phylogeny of your organism. Phylogeny is defined as the history of organismal lineage as they change through time. Search key words like phylogeny, phylogenetic and genetic analysis.

c. Use the Tree of Life Project to help you identify the lineage and related species.

E. Additional Interests: The diversity of biological organisms is vast and interesting! Identify at least one unique fact or behavior not covered in the life cycle, structure/function or evolution and discuss it. For example, does your organism have an interesting parental care strategy or mating system? What about an adaptation or co-dependence with another species?

III. Conclusion section: this section should contain four to six bullet points that sum up the main points from the outline.

IV. Reference section: this is not just a separate section; rather referencing should occur throughout the outline as it will in your paper. Please be sure to cite any language within the outline that should be cited. Proper citation and referencing were reviewed in Assignment 1; please look back at those resources and/or ask me if you have any additional questions. Your paper should also have a final reference page listing the sources used throughout the outline.

Please make note of the following tips and tricks:

Please note that less than 10% of your paper should contain direct quotes.
Avoid bulleted lists within the body of your paper.
Do not write in first or second person.
One last reminder: be sure to properly cite your work, both internal to the paper as well as within the reference page.

 

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:   Topic:  Social Program for Foster Children

 

The fundamental principle of American democracy is that the government not only represents its people but it also listens to them and addresses the concerns of its people. In this Final Research paper, you are to identify a concern/issue of your interest and evaluate whether our political system (including the government) is listening/has listened and is addressing the issue.

 

Researching

It is important that you do a thorough research on the issue and provide specific detailed information.

• Topic background
• How did the topic come to the attention of the public/government?
• Who are the major contributors to the topic? How are they involved? Why? Who are on the opposition side? Why?
• Are there any data to include?
• What actions have been taken by the interest groups, government, media?
• What solutions have be proposed or made?

 

Where to find information:

• DBU library –http://www3.dbu.edu/library/online_databases.asp
  • You’ll find: Peer reviews/academic journals
• DBU Writing Center: http://www3.dbu.edu/uwc/default.asp

 

• Government websites:
  • www.house.gov
  • www.senate.gov
  • http://www.loc.gov/rr/ Library of Congress Research
  • https://www.congress.gov/
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/executive-branch
  • http://www.supremecourt.gov/
• Other helpful sites:
  • www.gallup.com,
  • http://pewresearch.org/
  • http://www.people-press.org/topics/
  • http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/
    • Interest group websites
  • http://www.findpolicy.org/

Service Learning/Social Responsibility Project Each student is to do a Service Learning/Social Responsibility Project (SL/SRP). The SL/SRP has two components: (1) social responsibilities audit (SRA); and (2) a community service experience (CSE). During the course of the SRA and CSE, students are required to maintain a journal. A 12-15 page written report will follow completion of the project. The SRA and CSE CANNOT be completed with the same organization. Social Responsibility Audit (SRA): According to Investopedia.com: Definition of ‘Social Audit’ A formal review of a company’s endeavors in social responsibility. A social audit looks at factors such as a company’s record of charitable giving, volunteer activity, energy use, transparency, work environment and worker pay and benefits to evaluate what kind of social and environmental impact a company is having in the locations where it operates. Social audits are optional–companies can choose whether to perform them and whether to release the results publicly or only use them internally. Investopedia explains ‘Social Audit’ In the era of corporate social responsibility, where corporations are often expected not just to deliver value to consumers and shareholders but also to meet environmental and social standards deemed desirable by some vocal members of the general public, social audits can help companies create, improve and maintain a positive public relations image. Good public relations is key because the way a company is perceived will usually have an impact on its bottom line. Source: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/social-audit.asp I would include in the audit, looking at the company’s overall operations and its impact on the community and environment. Those impacts may be positive or negative. Ideally the SRA will be done with regard to the for-profit business for which you are currently working or your family owns. If that is not feasible, you may choose to audit any other local forprofit business that will allow you access or a department/division of the university. (If you want to use a national company, then the SRA would have to concern its local establishment, not the entire company.) Only one student will be approved to perform this SRA for any particular business. Approval will be first-come-first served. Therefore, students should email the professor as soon as possible with their requested organization for the SRA. Instructor approval of the company/firm should be sought by email and must be obtained before the end of the fourth week of the semester. Failure to timely receive approval will result in the student’s grade being reduced by 10 points per week, or part thereof, that approval is late. A student who has not gained approval by the end of the eighth week of the semester will fail the class. 2 You are minimally required to personally interact with senior staff/owners of the firm as part of the SRA; although you are also free to interact with others in the business (with management approval). Therefore, it MUST be a locally-based company/firm. If you want to use a national company, then the SRA would concern its local establishment, not the entire company. This IS NOT an assignment that can be accomplished simply by researching over the Internet. Begin by informing yourself of what the firm does to make the world a better place, other than to sell its goods and services. For example, what social policies does it follow regarding employee issues, community development, environmental waste, giving back to the community, etc.? Does the firm have any defined mission, goals, objectives or policies regarding social responsibility? During the audit, you should think about ways that the firm might more effectively meet social goals. If you find the firm does not have any social responsibility goals, develop appropriate suggested goals/objectives/policies for the firm. Once you have identified the various social responsibility policies and practices of the company/firm, then you should develop recommendations for the company’s/firm’s future regarding social responsibility. You need to present and discuss your findings and recommendations with senior management/owners of the company/firm. Community Service Experience (CSE): Volunteer at least eight hours of your time working for a nonprofit organization or governmental agency that provides social services to the community of your choice. The agency/organization should be one for which you have not previously volunteered. This agency or organization preferably is one with which the SRA firm already has or potentially could have meaningful relationship. You cannot use a community service project that you have already completed, one which you regularly perform, one which is being done to meet some disciplinary penalty (i.e. crime or violation of school policy) or one which you are doing in association with another class or a group of which you are a member (i.e. fraternity, sorority, athletic team, etc.). While working for the agency or organization, think about ways you personally and the SRA firm could help the CSE organization achieve its goals more effectively. Journal: Each student is required to maintain a journal documenting the SRA and CSE experiences. The journal is to be kept contemporaneously with the activities. In the journal for each activity in the SRA and CSE, the student should note the date, start time and end time, people involved, description of activities/discussions/etc. (this should give the reader a clear indication of what happened). The typed journal is to be attached to the paper when submitted. Written Report: The written report should: (1) introduce the projects, including your expectations going into the project; (2) provide your understanding of the meaning/nature of corporate social responsibility and ethical responsibilities of business; (3) present your SRA in detail to include: (a) a brief introduction of the company (b) with whom did you meet, how often and long were the meetings and an overview of the content of the discussions (c) a detailed explanation of other actions you took in regard to conducting the SRA 3 (d) a detailed explanation of your findings (strengths and opportunities for improvement in social responsibility) (e) detailed explanation of the recommendations, costs associated and desired benefits; (4) explain who in the firm you presented the results of the SRA and summarize the discussion between you and the representative(s) of the firm; (5) describe your CSE, including: (a) a brief overview of what the CSE organization does (b) specifically (an in detail) what you did during the 8 hours of community service work (c) how your efforts furthered the mission of the CSE organization and benefited society (d) how your efforts benefited you (6) suggest a plan for how the firm might cooperate with and help your chosen organization or agency meet its goals (If you do not think this cooperation would be possible, explain why not); (7) specifically describe what you learned in the SRA and/or CSE that addressed course objectives/desired learning outcomes 1-8 (see pages 2-3 of syllabus); and (8) tell what you personally gained from the overall experience (SRA and CSE). (9) in an appendix include verification of CSE hours. It would seem that the first and second components combined should take about 8% of your written report; the third component about 45%; the fourth element about 5%; the fifth element about 20%; the sixth component 7%, the seventh component 10% and the eighth component 5% (although there may be good reasons as to why the space allocation would be otherwise). The report should be detailed, not simply a summary. It is to be in-depth and demonstrate the analysis that you undertook to complete the SLP. The report must follow requirements of the Style Guide posted on Blackboard. The written report is to be submitted through turnitin.com no later than 10:55 p.m. on April 12, 2015. Be sure to attach your journal and the CSE verification to the end of the paper. In the introductory section you should identify the project and state what goals/objectives you had for the project. You might want to share your initial thoughts (before you actually became engaged in the project) about the project. The SRA portion of the report should give a brief introduction to and an overview of what the company/firm does. Included in the introduction should be an explanation of your connection, if any, to the entity and why you chose this company/firm. This should be followed by a detailed description of what efforts you undertook in performing the SRA. Then discuss, in detail, your findings regarding the company’s/firm’s present social responsibility efforts. The next portion should be your recommendations as to the future social responsibility efforts of the company/firm. Finally explain the follow-up efforts with the business you did regarding the findings and recommendations of the SRA (with whom did you discuss your findings and recommendations; their reactions; etc.). In covering the CSE, again begin the section by identifying the agency/organization and briefly explaining what it does. Also include the details of any relationship between the agency/organization and the company/firm that you performed the SRA upon. Then explain why you chose this particular agency/organization for the CSE. This should be followed by a detailed explanation of what you did during the volunteer hours you performed. Finally, again in detail, explain how your efforts furthered the mission and goals of the agency/organization. 4 Share your recommendations for strengthening an existing relationship between the two entities, if such a relationship already exists. If no relationship has been established, then you want to make recommendations for how such a relationship could benefit both entities. In regarding to your learning, through the service learning project as reflected in the written report, the student should address each of the following: 1) the evolving meaning and nature of corporate social responsibility; 2) the ethical responsibilities of business; 3) the power of corporations and industries, past and present, to shape our world; 4) how forces in and outside of business firms are changing the management task, altering business operations, and modifying stakeholder expectations; 5) an understanding of how influential ideas in the business environment shape the businessgovernment-society relationship; 6) the importance of law and government regulation as a force guiding business behavior; 7) an ethical and philosophical basis for making business decisions; 8) incorporating the knowledge of many fields through an interdisciplinary approach; 9) Analyzing appropriate issues in the business-government-society relationship; and 10) Evaluating ethical and/or social responsibility aspects of a controversy in business. In the final section of the paper, you should reflect on the entire project (SRA and CSE). What did you personally gain, if anything, from both the SRA and CSE experience? How has or will this project change you? Again this should show in-depth reflection on your part. Verification of CSE: The CSE hours must be verified by the organization for which the service was rendered. This should be done on the organizations letterhead or by email to you using the organizations official email address. The verification must include the total number of hours volunteered. This verification must be included as an appendix to your service learning report. Failure to include it in your report will result in a ten point deduction in the overall

Effects that the OPIOD crisis/heroin addiction is having on child welfare workers, law enforcement and prosecutors.