Organization Logistic Value

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This week you will select an organization that you find interesting as an organization, such as Walmart, Amazon, etc., and describe the logistics value proposition.

Length and format: 800 words

Topic

In this week’s materials we’ve looked at Logistics as a whole, and Logistical value proposition specifically. The definition you can find online is simple enough: Logistical value proposition is a cost framework that aims to match of operating competency and commitment to meet the individual of selected groups of customers’ expectations and requirements. A well-designed logistical network must have high customer response with low operational variance and minimum inventory commitment. However, the combinations will be different for different groups. Well designed and operated logistical system can help firms to achieve competitive advantage.

Write your paper to answer the following questions:

  1. How important is Logistical value proposition to the organization?
  2. Describe an event or issue that you were part of where logistical value proposition
    was not evident, and what would you do to improve it, based on this week’s
    material?
  3. Why are we placing such a focus on this topic, this first week?
  4. Is Logistical value proposition really such and important concept to the success of a
    business? Why or why not?

NURS-6050 assignment wk8

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Assignment: Advocating for the Nursing Role in Program Design and Implementation

 

As their names imply, the honeyguide bird and the honey badger both share an affinity for honey. Honeyguide birds specialize in finding beehives but struggle to access the honey within. Honey badgers are well-equipped to raid beehives but cannot always find them. However, these two honey-loving species have learned to collaborate on an effective means to meet their objectives. The honeyguide bird guides honey badgers to newly discovered hives. Once the honey badger has ransacked the hive, the honey guide bird safely enters to enjoy the leftover honey.

Much like honeyguide birds and honey badgers, nurses and health professionals from other specialty areas can—and should—collaborate to design effective programs. Nurses bring specialties to the table that make them natural partners to professionals with different specialties. When nurses take the requisite leadership in becoming involved throughout the healthcare system, these partnerships can better design and deliver highly effective programs that meet objectives.

In this Assignment, you will practice this type of leadership by advocating for a healthcare program. Equally as important, you will advocate for a collaborative role of the nurse in the design and implementation of this program. To do this, assume you are preparing to be interviewed by a professional organization/publication regarding your thoughts on the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on your thinking regarding the role of the nurse in the design and implementation of new healthcare programs.
  • Select a healthcare program within your practice and consider the design and implementation of this program.
  • Reflect on advocacy efforts and the role of the nurse in relation to healthcare program design and implementation.

The Assignment: (2–4 pages)

In a 2- to 4 pages create an interview transcript of your responses to the following interview questions:

  • Tell us about a healthcare program, within your practice. What are the costs and projected outcomes of this program?
  • Who is your target population?
  • What is the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of this healthcare program? Can you provide examples?
  • What is your role as an advocate for your target population for this healthcare program? Do you have input into design decisions? How else do you impact design?
  • What is the role of the nurse in healthcare program implementation? How does this role vary between design and implementation of healthcare programs? Can you provide examples?
  • Who are the members of a healthcare team that you believe are most needed to implement a program? Can you explain why?

WK 10 6220 Assignment

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 Descriptive (non-clinical) personality assessments are often used to better understand your personality traits and individual strengths and then apply that information to better understand yourself and/or guide your development. This week you will complete three of the following online personality tests similar in kind to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), as well as Grit Scale, Mindset Assessment, or Type A Personality Test, and analyze the role culture may have played in the results, as well as how the results might be used to help you achieve your personal goals. 

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm 

https://www.success.com/rohn-4-tips-for-setting-powerful-goals/

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

Grit Scale

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/type-personality-test

https://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/

  • Complete three of the following online personality tests, accessible through your Learning Resources, and save the results to use to complete this Assignment: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), Grit Scale, Mindset Assessment, and Type A Personality Test.
  • Review the results of the three descriptive personality tests you completed.
  • Consider the role you believe culture played in the personality assessment you completed. 

 Applying Personality Assessment Results to Personal and Professional Goals  

  • Review the personal and professional goals that you described for this week’s discussion question.
  • Explain how the information you learned from the results of each of the three (3) descriptive personality assessments you completed this week might be used to help you achieve your stated goals.  

 The Role of Culture in Personality Assessments 

 Explain the role you believe culture played in the results of the three descriptive personality assessments you completed. 

 In addition to the Learning Resources,  search the internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources 

450 SOC

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Assignment 1.)

Technology pose

technology has the potential to both solve global social problems and make them worse. For example, technological devices that can interact with the environment have the potential to reduce world hunger by helping to increase food production in developing countries. However, some technological advancements—such as weapons of war and automated assembly lines—can threaten life through armed conflict, pollution of the environment, and increased poverty through eliminated jobs.

  • Do advancements in      technology pose any direct and/or indirect threats to the global      environment? Choose one advancement and provide two examples of direct or      indirect threats in your explanation.

160 words

Assignement 2.)

Covid Discussion 

  • What is Covid-19 and why      is the effectiveness of “herd immunity” so hotly debated within      the scientific community? Explain your response.

160 Words

Assignement 3.)

Global Environment 

· Critical Threats to the Global Environment

Overview

The United Nations has continued to retain you as a consultant for a project that deals with climate and the environment. Most developed countries see the dangers of releasing too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and are committed to climate policies that attain a carbon-free future in the next 30 years. They already see the damaging effects that this gas alone is having on the living conditions of crops, wildlife, and humans. As a result, many member states are dissatisfied with the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals for international development that they established in 2000. The member states see a substantial disconnect between several issues that developed and developing countries believe are priorities. For example, Burundi wants one of the goals to focus on food security, while Austria is adamant that a major global issue should be the negotiation of ceasefires in countries in the midst of civil wars. The UN wants you to work from the list below and prioritize two of the global community’s threats that it deems the most serious to environmental stability.

Instructions

Step 1

Select two threats. Listed below are eight issues that the UN feels pose the most significant threats to global security. Some of these apply to the Earth’s 7.7 billion people, while others are limited primarily to developing countries. Regardless of where these threats are concentrated, your job as a consultant is to identify two of them that you consider the most critical to the globe’s population.

Issue Options

1. The use of fossil fuels as an energy source.

2. Globalization.

3. Insufficient educational opportunities in developing countries.

4. A lack of access to technology.

5. Civil war (NOT the U.S. Civil War).

6. The rise in oceans’ levels.

7. Covid-19 and the global pandemic.

8. The dangers of poor countries remaining poor.

Step 2

Write a minimum of an 8 page persuasive paper about your two threats.

Write an introduction paragraph of at least one-half page in length identifying the two threats you have selected and the purpose of the paper. Then, for the two threats you chose:

9. Identify the factors that make it such a serious risk to the global environment that you would choose to present it to the UN.

10. Analyze the role that humans have played in aggravating this threat to the Earth’s environment.

11. Suggest initiatives that the global community can take to mitigate the worst effects of this environmental threat.

12. Write a conclusion paragraph of at least one-half page in length that summarizes your impressions of these risks for global stability.

Guidelines

13. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the SWS link in the left-hand menu of your course and check with your professor for any additional instructions.

14. In order to earn full credit, the answers to each of the three questions must be at least two full pages long, making six pages. You must also include the one-half page introduction and one-half page conclusion at the beginning and end of the paper, adding up to one page of content. Finally, you must include a graph or table (see 5, below) that will be at least one page in length. The entire paper will be a minimum of eight pages long.

15. You must use at least seven credible sources (excluding Wikipedia, dictionaries and encyclopedias) that are appropriate for the subjects under discussion.

16. You must use only double-spacing and not place extra spacing between paragraphs or section headings.

17. As part of your answer to any one of the questions, you must include a graph, table or chart using quantifiable data that supports your argument. You need only one graph for the entire assignment, and although you may download this item from the Internet, it may be no longer than one page in length. You must comprehensively explain beneath the graph what the data means. Otherwise, it will be of no use to the reader.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:

· Propose suggestions for mitigation initiatives that address the threats to the stability of the global environment.

Cybersecurity Strategy, Law, and Policy

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The chief technology officer (CTO) has indicated that your  organization has been requested by the National Security Council (NSC)  to comment on the upcoming National Cybersecurity Strategy. The NSC has  asked for specific recommendations as it relates to the next  cybersecurity strategy, private/public partnerships, and comments on how  specific technologies should be incorporated into the assessment.

The CTO has asked you to collaborate with your team to provide the organizational input.

You will be collaborating with your previously assigned team on this  assignment. It is up to the team members to decide how they will plan,  meet, discuss, and complete the six sections of the paper. Remember, if a  member fails to complete his or her part of the work, the team is still  responsible for all sections. You will also complete a peer review for  yourself and for each member of the team. The peer feedback will be  incorporated into each team member’s assignment grade.

As a group, use the Cybersecurity Strategy, Law, and Policy Team Assignment Template to write your paper, which should cover the following topics:

Part 1: National Security Strategy and Cybersecurity

  • After reading the National Security Strategy (2017), comment on the following.
     

    • Should the United States create a separate cybersecurity strategy to  be published alongside the National Security Strategy (NSS), or do you  feel the NSS is sufficient? Why or why not?
       
    • Consider your answer in the context of the original National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003). What is not adequately addressed in the National Security Strategy (2017) as it relates to cybersecurity?
       

Part 2: Public/Private Partnerships

  • After reading the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, address  the private/public partnership with the DHS National Cybersecurity and  Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), arguably the most important  aspect of the act. The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 allows for private and  public sharing of cybersecurity threat information.
     

    • What should the DHS NCCIC (public) share with private sector  organizations? What type of threat information would enable private  organizations to better secure their networks?
       
    • On the flip side, what should private organizations share with the  NCCIC? As it is written, private organization sharing is completely  voluntary. Should this be mandatory? If so, what are the implications to  the customers’ private data?
       
    • The government is not allowed to collect data on citizens. How  should the act be updated to make it better and more value-added for the  public-private partnership in regards to cybersecurity?
       

Part 3: Private Sector Organizations

  • Review the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of  the European Commission (EU). It includes many provisions and arguably  strengthens data protection for individuals within the EU. It even  includes the right to be forgotten. The United States does not have a  similar regulation. There have only been a few regulations implemented  related to US citizens’ private data, which include medical and  financial industries. Some argue implementing regulation such as GDPR in  the United States would hinder innovation. They contend that the End  User License Agreements (EULA) provide sufficient protections and allow  the citizens to make the choice of what is and is not shared.
     

    • As a private sector organization, do you believe that an equivalent to GDPR should be implemented in the United States?
       

Part 4: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and the Homeland

  • The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Strategy 2018 discusses the protection of critical infrastructure and the homeland.
     

    • What does that mean to private organizations such as yours?
       
    • If most critical infrastructure in the United States is owned by the  private sector, what responsibility does the DoD have in this regard?
       
    • Some would argue US laws are outdated and thus the DoD has little  authority to assist. Others would argue US laws were purposely  established such that the private sector would defend itself and not  need assistance from the military. Obviously, for the DoD to assist, it  would need the private organizations’ data. Said another way, the DoD  would need your data as a private citizen/customer of that organization.  Those that believe our laws need to be updated argue giving up privacy  for protection is legitimate.
       
    • Others will argue that we should not give private information of  citizens to the government for any reason. As a citizen, would you feel  comfortable with this? As a private organization, would you feel  comfortable giving information that may contain your customers’ private  data to the DoD?
       
    • Is there a third solution (middle ground) you would propose that enables privacy but also enables cybersecurity?
       

Part 5: Cybersecurity Technologies

  • The authors of the National Security Strategy (NSS) are  looking to address particular technologies that have the opportunity to  revolutionize cybersecurity. They believe that blockchain technology is  a revolutionary technology that has the ability to significantly  improve cybersecurity.
     

    • What would be your recommendation for how the NSS should incorporate this technology to the public?
       
    • Propose exactly what you believe should be written in the NSS.  Specifically, explain the blockchain technology in layman’s terms to  nontechnical people that may be reading the NSS, give examples of how it  could be used to provide revolutionary cybersecurity, include examples  of how it is being used to provide cybersecurity solutions, and discuss  what, if any policies or laws should be established to mandate its use  in specific industries.
       

Part 6: Ethics in Cybersecurity.

  • Ethical issues are at the core of what we do as cybersecurity  professionals. Think of the example of a cyber defender working in a  hospital. They are charged with securing the network, medical devices,  and protecting sensitive personal health information from unauthorized  disclosure. They are not only protecting patient privacy but their  health and perhaps even their lives. Confidentiality, Integrity,  Availability – the C-I-A triad – and many other cybersecurity practices  are increasingly at play in protecting citizens in all walks of life and  in all sectors. Thus, acting in an ethical manner, is one of the  hallmarks of a cybersecurity professional. 
    • What are the ethically significant harms that may result from mass surveillance (including by government and corporations)? 
    • What are the ethically significant harms that may result from  emerging technologies such as blockchain technology, artificial  intelligence, and machine learning. 

Notes

  • While quality is valued over quantity, it is expected that a quality paper will result in a minimum length of 10–15 pages.
     
  • Use additional sources as needed and be sure to critically analyze the questions, addressing the pros and cons in your proposal.
     
  • Use visuals where appropriate.
     
  • Each team will submit one assignment.
     
  • You will receive an individual grade for this assignment based on your contribution to the overall project.  

Team Management

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Part 1: Virtual and Face To Face Team Dynamics

Based on the three assigned articles, please prepare a power point presentation that compares the team dynamics of face to face and virtual teams. Apply what is learned in one article to the results from the other two articles. Remember, this is a presentation about team dynamics, not a review of articles. 

Here are some ideas you may or may not want to include:

Identify and explain some differences between virtual teams and face to face teams (identify the author who listed the difference. 

Identify tools that a leader can use to assist a virtual team with a conflict. 

How would a virtual or a face-to-face team each with a superior performer be impacted with a task conflict? With a relationship conflict 

Identify the elements in designing a physical workspace that facilitates communication. Apply those to a virtual team. 

Part 2: Discuss your learning outcomes:

As a group, present a discussion of your learning outcomes from the article review. 

Specific Instructions:

1. As a group, discuss requirements Develop power points. You power points should contain a minimum of 10 slides (excluding the title page, agenda, introduction, learning outcome, summary and reference list pages.

2. Use APA format throughout.

Select a Topic for Your Critical Review

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This assignment is an analysis of a selected neuropsychological disorder. The disorder you select this week will be used to complete the Week 1 assignment (topic selection). You will continue to use the same disorder to complete the Week 2 assignment (elaboration on pharmacological management of the same disorder), and the Week 6 assignment (comprehensive Critical Review of the same disorder and its management).

Your completed Week 1 and Week 2 assignments will be used as a foundation to help you complete your Week 6 assignment (Critical Review) on the same disorder. Thus, your work in Week 1 and in Week 2 will be used to support your work in Week 6.

Select a neuropsychological disorder  from the following list. Your selection of topic should be based on your personal or professional experience, or your own academic or personal interest in the topic. Be sure to use current terminology from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) if this disorder is discussed in that resource. Please note that Substance Use Disorder (SUD) (drug abuse, substance abuse) is not the emphasis of the course. Critical Reviews focusing on SUD or drugs of addiction will not be accepted.

Please select your topic from the following list:

  • Schizophrenia
  • Major depressive disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety disorder
    • Choose and focus on one of the anxiety disorders (g., generalized anxiety disorder or social anxiety disorder).
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Neurodevelopmental disorder
    • Choose and focus on one of the neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
  • Personality disorder
    • Choose and focus on one of the personality disorders (e.g., borderline personality disorder).
  • Neurocognitive disorder
    • Choose and focus on one of the neurocognitive disorders (e.g., one of the dementias).
  • Neurological disorder
    • Choose and focus on one neurological disorder (e.g., multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, seizure disorder, Parkinson’s disease or any other movement disorder, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury or other acute brain injury, stroke, infectious brain pathology such as meningitis or encephalitis, migraine headache).
  • Other neuropsychological disorder found in the DSM-5 but not on the list above
    • This option must be approved in advance by the instructor before your assignment is submitted.

In keeping with the focus of this class, the emphasis of your paper should be on the neurobiology of the disorder and the related drug treatment that is used in clinical management. Other modes of treatment are not the focus of our class.  For instance, papers that discuss psychotherapy, other than in passing, will not be given credit.  This week, please focus on the neurobiology of the disorder (in Week 2, you will continue to elaborate on the disorder from the perspective of drug treatment). In your paper, please be sure that the following aspects of your topic are discussed:

  • Explain the theories of etiology (causes) with a focus on the neurobiology of the disorder (the pathology of the disorder with an emphasis on the abnormalities of nervous system structures and function, including those neurotransmitter systems involved).
  • Describe the symptomatology of the disorder and its relationship with the neurotransmitters involved.
  • Discuss any anatomical changes seen with this disorder, and explain the relationship between such changes and the symptoms seen in the disorder.
  • Close your paper with a summary how the dysregulation of neurotransmitter(s) and any anatomical changes would explain the physical signs and behavioral symptoms displayed by the individual diagnosed with this disorder

Please research your topic and obtain a minimum three scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources published within the last five to ten years. These sources should provide evidence-based information to help support your analysis, focusing on the aspects described above. Be sure to cite your sources in your paper and include them on your References page. You may utilize required or recommended course materials in your work, but these will not count towards the reference requirements; however, you may cite and reference the DSM-5 as one of your sources used for the grading credit.

The paper:

  • Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. (Links to an external site.)
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources or scholarly sources published within the last five to ten years. You may utilize required or recommended course materials in your work, but these will not count towards the reference requirements; however, you may cite and reference the DSM-5 as one of your sources used for the grading credit.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Final Reflection

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This final reflection is in place of a final exam for the course. As such it should be a measure and evidence of what you learned as a result of the course. Keep this in mind as you respond to the guidelines below so that your final product is a true reflection of your learning.

We have covered a lot of bases throughout this class in exploring issues of basic psychology. Our broad course covered 9 modules such as Contemporary Psychology, Biological Foundations of Behavior, Sensation and Perception, Learning and Memory, States of Consciousness, Motivation and Emotion, Lifespan Development, Personality, and Psychological Disorders. 

There are 9 modules. Select 3 modules to focus on writing about what you learned in the course. Please note if you learning something new, and what you gained from the course. You will have to make sure that your final reflection includes your name, PSYC 1010, and South Georgia Technical College. You will have a total of 5 paragraphs. An introduction, three paragraphs focusing on each module that is selected, and a conclusion. Please do not copy and paste information from the modules or your discussion board forum post or textbook. Please write your paper in your own words. There will be a plagiarism tool to detect plagiarism, and you will receive a “0” on the project. Failure to complete the assignment will result in failing the course. 

Write about what you learned, in particular connecting your analysis of your learning to these objectives. I want to read not merely a factual synthesis and description, but more importantly about your opinions, and how they evolved through the course (either changing or becoming stronger). When/if what we talked about and what you were assigned wasn’t new to you, then write to me about how you made good use of your time in this class, how you pushed yourself to go beyond the requirements. Talk too about how you took responsibility for learning and for challenging yourself throughout this course.

Module 4: Learning and Memory

Module 6: Motivation and Emotion

Module 8: Personality

Depressive Disorder

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In this Assignment, you will become the “captain of the ship” as you provide treatment recommendations and identify medical management, community support resources, and follow-up plans for a client with a depression disorder.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments based on   therapeutic endpoints for clients with depression disorders
  • Recommend psychotherapy based on therapeutic endpoints      for clients with depression disorders
  • Identify medical management needs for clients with      depression disorders
  • Identify community support resources for clients with      depression disorders
  • Recommend follow-up plans for clients with depression      disorders

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Select an adult or older adult client with a depressive      disorder you have seen in your      practicum.

In 3–4 pages, write a treatment plan for your client in which you do the following:

  • Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the      client.
  • Recommend psychopharmacologic treatments and describe      specific and therapeutic endpoints for your psychopharmacologic agent.      (This should relate to HPI and clinical impression.)
  • Recommend psychotherapy choices (individual, family,      and group) and specific therapeutic endpoints for your choices.
  • Identify medical management needs, including primary      care needs, specific to this client.
  • Identify community support resources (housing,      socioeconomic needs, etc.) and community agencies that are available to      assist the client.
  • Recommend a plan for follow-up intensity and frequency      and collaboration with other providers.

Required Readings

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

· Chapter 8, “Mood Disorders” (pp. 347–386)

Gabbard, G. O. (2014). Gabbard’s treatment of psychiatric disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publications.

· Chapter 12, “Psychotherapy of Mood Disorders”

· Chapter 14, “Pharmacological and Somatic Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder”

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

· “Depressive Disorders”

· Major Depressive Disorder

· Persistent Depressive Disorder (dysthymia)

· Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

· Substance/Medication-Induced Depressive Disorder

· Depressive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition

· Other Specified Depressive Disorder

· Unspecified Depressive Disorder

Stahl, S. M. (2017). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (6th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

 

Grieve, S. M., Korgaonkar, M. S., Koslow, S. H., Gordon, E., Williams, L. M. (2013). Widespread reductions in gray matter volume in depression. NeuroImage: Clinical, 3, 332-339. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2013.08.016

Lach, H. W., Chang, Y-P., & Edwards, D. (2010). Can older adults with dementia accurately report depression using brief forms? Reliability and validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(5), 30–37. doi:10.3928/00989134-20100303-01

Steffens, D. C., McQuoid, D. R., & Potter, G. G. (2014). Amnestic mild cognitive impairment and incident dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in geriatric depression. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(12), 2029–2036. doi:10.1017/S1041610214001446

Drug Enforcement Administration. (n.d.). Drug schedules. Retrieved June 14, 2016, from https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml 

Required Media

Classroom Productions (Producer). (2015). Depressive Disorders [Video file]. San Luis Obispo, CA: Microtraining Associates.

Business homework…….please read…..due tomorrow….BUSINESS LAW

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please do the following…….this must be done by tomorrow 8pm California time……

no late work!! 

This video has information that will help:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=levdy6-Mfa4

Do the following: 

For this assignment analyze each of the scenarios below using the IRAC format and  submit your assignment as a Word document by the due date of Sunday, April 15.  To be eligible for full points you must label the different parts of your answers as Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion.  And you must do this for each of the three scenarios below. 

I suggest that you frame the Issue as a question that can be answered ‘yes’ or ‘no’.    For example, suppose the scenario described an incident that seemed like it might involve embezzlement.  The Issue is:    Did John’s actions constitute embezzlement under the law?  The Rule step would require you to list the various laws that have to do with embezzlement.  The third step of IRAC is Application and that is where you have to apply the various rules and laws to your specific scenario.  This analysis could include the mention of other cases considered to be good precedent for your scenario.  Finally, your Conclusion simply answers the question that you set up in step one, and it can be stated as ‘yes’ or ‘no’.  If your analysis leads you to determine that John’s actions did constitute embezzlement based on your analysis of the Rules of law and how they relate to your situation, then your Conclusion is ‘Yes.’

Label your answers A, B, and C.  Remember, you must cite specific laws or legal precedent to support your decision in each scenario.  You may reference any chapter from our text to support your reasoning. (providing page # in the text would be helpful).  You may also do your own legal research on the internet.  The more legal details that you provide, the higher your score will be.  Good luck.

A.   Freedom of Speech

Mark Wooden sent an email to an alderwoman for the City of St. Louis.  Attached was a nineteen-minute audio file that compared her to the biblical character Jezebel.  The audio said she was a “bitch in the Sixth Ward,” spending too much time with the rich and powerful and too little time with the poor.  In a menacing, maniacal tone, Wooden said that he was “dusting off a sawed-off shot gun,” called himself a “domestic terrorist,” and referred to the assassination of President John Kennedy, the murder of federal judge John Roll, and the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords.  Feeling threatened, the alderwoman called the police. Wooden was convicted of harassment under a state criminal statute.  Was this conviction unconstitutional under the First Amendment? 

B. Arbitrary and Capricious Test

Michael Manin, an airline pilot, was twice convicted of disorderly conduct, a minor misdemeanor.  To renew his flight certification with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Manin filed an application that asked him about his criminal history.  He did not disclose his two convictions.  When these came to light more than ten years later, Manin argued that he had not known that he was required to report convictions for minor misdemeanors.  The NTSB’s policy was to consider an applicant’s understanding of what information a question sought before determining whether an answer was false.  But without explanation, the agency departed from this policy, refused to consider Manin’s argument, and revoked his certification.  Was this action arbitrary or capricious? 

C. Fourth Amendment

Three police officers, including Maria Trevizo, were on patrol in Tuscon, Arizona, near a neighborhood associated with the Crips gang, when they pulled over a car with suspended registration.  Each officer talked to one of the three occupants.  Trevizo spoke with Lemon Johnson, who was wearing clothing consistent with Crips membership.  Visible in his jacket pocket was a police scanner, and he said that he had served time in prison for burglary.  Trevizo asked him to get out of the car and patted him down “for officer safety.” She found a gun.  Johnson was charged in an Arizona state court with illegal possession of a weapon.  What standard should apply to an officer’s patdown of a passenger during a traffic stop?  Should a search warrant be required?  Could a search proceed solely on the basis of probable cause?  Would a reasonable suspicion short of probable cause be sufficient?