Analyst the determinants of culture in the country chose (Singapore and China). 

Apply the cultural theories to the chosen culture. Look ar the hofstede dimension and world values survey to find the back ground info. Need you to use Maslow for religion with 500 words. 

Write a 1,200-1,500 word analysis of "Case Study: Healing and Autonomy." In light of the readings, be sure to address the following questions:

Under the Christian narrative and Christian vision, what sorts of issues are most pressing in this case study?
Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James?
According to the Christian narrative and the discussion of the issues of treatment refusal, patient autonomy, and organ donation in the topic readings, how might one analyze this case?
According to the topic readings and lecture, how ought the Christian think about sickness and health? What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Follow the directions in each section and answer the questions as comprehensively as possible. Make sure to provide correct citations for the terms and definitions used from the textbook. A high level of analysis should guide your answers, which should be typed underneath each question.

I. Compulsory questions: You must answer all the questions in this section:

1. What are the three types of beliefs? Briefly explain each and offer an example. (6 points)

2. Three elements are necessary for the construction of a rational argument. What are they and offer an example of your use of each in making an argument for or against a public issue. (6 points)

3. What is the TARES Test? Explain what each letter of this acronym means. (10 points)

4. Balance Theory and Dissonance Theory share some common understandings about humans and how they deal with persuasion. Describe both theories and comment on what they have in common using examples. (13 points)

II. Answer the following two in this section: 

5. What are values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors? Explain how they are connected. Take a single issue (the textbook uses smoking) and show how it relates to your own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. (15 points)

6. What characteristics of the source of a persuasive attempt, the nature of that attempt itself, and of the target of the persuasive effort will influence the likely success of that persuasive effort? List all the characteristics and provide an example of each where applicable. (15 points)

This week it is time to put all the pieces together and add the “executive summary”. The executive summary is a brief overview of your plan, usually 1 – 2 pages long, and is placed at the beginning section of the Marketing Plan.

You will use your assignments from the previous weeks to complete your Marketing Plan. Additional information may also be used/required. Be sure to incorporate any feedback you may have received from your instructor when submitting your final Marketing Plan.

Your Marketing Plan should include (but is not limited to):

· Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

· Include cover page and reference page.

· At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

· No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

· Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

· Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.  

You are a counterintelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Cyber Division. You are also a member of the National Counterintelligence Working Group (NCIWG). The NCIWG was created to establish strategic interagency partnerships at the senior executive level among the USIC, academia, industry, and defense contractors. 

During a recent working group meeting, the subject of technology and the implications and effects it has on the U.S. counterintelligence mission was discussed. As the subject matter expert for these issues on the working group, you were asked to prepare a written report on the subject to present to the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) on the working group's behalf.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in report of 750 words: 
How has the advancement of modern technology affected U.S. counterintelligence activities and operations? Explain.
How has modern technology benefited the U.S. counterintelligence mission? Explain.
How has modern technology been a detriment to the U.S. counterintelligence mission? Explain.
What legal issues must be taken into consideration with regard to technological advancements and U.S. counterintelligence? Explain.
You must specifically address counterintelligence and not the USIC as a whole.
What specific ethical issues must be taken into consideration with regard to technological advancements and U.S. counterintelligence? Explain.
Remember, this is not an opinion paper and will require additional research. 
Your paper must be supported by at least 2 scholarly references.
Compile your responses in your final report, and submit the file to your instructor.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

BUS 13H

Citizen Four Homework Assignment

Answer the questions in the attached document in In order to receive full credit of UP TO 200 points you must:

1. Re-type the question in the attached questions for

reflection and then provide your answer in just a few succinct and informative sentences below the question posed. You do not need to write a novel, just a brief and well stated response is fine. Quality over quantity is the rule here.

2. Spelling, grammar, punctuation and content count. Please, if you're not sure, have someone proofread your work!

3. Handwritten, sloppy, brief, messy and lazy responses will receive little or no credit. It's time to bring your "A" game.

Submit your paper in the Turnitin Portal by Wednesday, December 20 @ 11:59 p.m. to receive credit for this assignment.

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FILM SUMMARY

Citizenf our Discussion Guide

Director: Loura Poitras

Year: 2015

Time:114 min

You might know this director trom:

The Oath (2010)

My Country,My Country (2006)

Flog Wars (2003)

Director Lauro Poitras was in the middle of her third documentary on post-9111 America when she received on

email from "Citizenfour," on individual claiming to possess insider information on the wide-scale surveillance

schemes of the U.S.government. Rother than brushing the message off as bogus, she pursued this mysterious

mailer,embroiling herself inone of the greatest global shockwaves of this millenniumthus far.

Teaming up with journalist Glenn Greenwald of "The Guardian."Poitras began her journey.The two travel to

Hong Kong.where they meet "Citizenfour ·an infrastructure analyst named Edward Snowden working inside

the Notional Security Agency.Joined by fellow Guardian colleague Ewen MacAskill,the four set up comp in

Snowden·s hotel room.where over the course of the following eight days he reveals o shocking protocol in effect

that will uproot the way citizens across the world view their leaders in the days to come.

Snowden does not wish to remain anonymous.and yet he insists "I'm not the story." In his mind the issues of

liberty.justice.freedom. and democracy are at stoke,and who he is has very little bearing on the intense

implications of the moss surveillance ineffect worldwide.Snowden reminds us. "It's not science fiction.This

is happening right now." and at times the extent of information is just too massive to grasp.especially for the

journalists involved.

A courageous and damning human tole. CITIZENFOUR drives to our core and unearths what the powers that be

so extensively work to bury.Whether we investigate the man or the matter is up to us. Poitras·lens brings us the

unfiltered development of Snowden's world-altering decision.and leaves the rest to us.

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FILM THEMES

By throwing the blanket excuse of "terrorism" over every infringement of

privacy,the U.S. government is actively corroding democracy.Snowden

presents a fierce challenge.

BROAD-SCALE SURVEILLANCE

The world drastically changed following September 11. 2001. In order to

tackle the apparent threats of terrorism. the U.S. government allocated

themselves for-reaching access to endless amounts of information in

the form of The Patriot Act. Every action was written off as o means of

tackling terrorism. When Snowden leaked the tsunami of damning proof

against multiple governments' mass surveillance programs of all citizens

– regardless of criminal records or terrorism links – the fullextent of the

surveillance become clear,with damning implications. Suddenly the lives

of each one of us wasn't as much our own as we envisioned.

DEMOCRACY?

Do democratic governments hove to defend their actions to their

citizens? According to most definitions of democracy. yes. The rules,

however.have changed in light of Snowden's revelations. If the NSA

is granted permission to do whatever it pleases in whichever manner.

with no limitations or accountability. liberty becomes corroded. An

unrestricted secret police replaces the previous system of checks and

balances. No longer con the home of the free declare itself to be o

country of on electorate and elected. but rather a ruling class and the

ruled. Moss surveillance has no time tor fair. transparent democracy.

PRIVACY

By collecting personal information on millions of Americans, people's

civilliberties ore severely infringed upon. But what is privacy worth? How

essential is it to a free and open society? If every action and decision is

monitored.there is suddenly no space for protest or room for intellectual

questioning. If individuals begin self-monitoring the words they type into

search engines or the information they divulge online or over the phone.

intellectual advancement is curtailed. Privacy is at the core of freedom

and justice. Without the possibility of personally deciding what is public

and what is private, individuals relinquish the self and the state becomes

the sole deciding force.

MEDIA PERSONALITY

Snowden repeated, "Iam not the issue." Well aware that the media was

blood-thirsty for personalities. o face onto which to attach stories, he

tread as carefully as he could.He hodno intention of hiding and believed

that by exposing himself. the information would be further validated. Yet

would it be possible to keep the spotlight on the issue and not on him

personally? It was a challenge. as the moss media proved how much it

adores a personality, often placing the issue in the backseat.

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FURTHER DISCUSSIONS:

1. How much did you know of the Edward Snowden case before

watching CITIZENFOUR? How did the film change/inform your

opinion of the case?

2. Do you think Snowden hod more of a moral responsibility to uphold

the oath he'd taken when accepting his role at the NSA. or to the

American people in revealing what he perceives as wrongdoings

against them? Would you label him a traitor or patriot? Discuss.

3. Are you concerned with "beingwatched" when you ore online.

speaking on a telephone. or conductingany sort of publicly visible

business? Do you self-police yourself online. remaining cautious of

which words you type into a search engine. etc.?

4. What ore the societalimplications when personal privacy is

forfeited? ls privacy essential for o functioning democracy?

S. What. if any,charges should be brought against Snowden? Should he

be punished? In your opinion.did he do anything wrong?

6. If you were in Snowden's shoes. would you have decided to remain

anonymous or revealed your identity? If Snowden had remained

anonymous. would the case have mode such an impact?

7. As Snowden stated.the media loves personalities. Why do you

believe this is and what hos brought this about? Discuss.

8. If you live in a democracy.do you think your right to free speech is

infringed upon at all? If you do not live in o democracy, how free ore

you to express your political opinions?

9. How is privacy equated with liberty and freedom? How important is

your personal privacy to you?

10. What level of surveillance should governments be allowed over their

citizens? When is the "protecting against terrorism and security" line

crossed and personal privacy infringed upon?

NOTES:

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FILM FACTS:

• After its U.S. premiere at the New York Film • Snowden become the eighth person charged by Festival in October 2014, CITIZENFOUR went on the Obama administration with breaking the 1917 to swoop up on incredible amount of prestigious Espionage Act. This is more charges than handed awards and nominations. Awards include on out by all other administrations combined.

Oscar.a BAFTA. on International Documentary

Association award,as well as director Poitras • Director Lauro Poitras was born and raised winning an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Boston,and was originally interested in

in Documentary from the Director's Guild of becoming a chef. However.ofter studying at the

America. Nominations include a CPH:DOX Award. Son Francisco Art Institute. she moved to New

a Chicago Film Critics Association Award, and York City to pursue filmmoking. CITIZENFOUR is

Documentary of the Year from the Gay and the third film in her post-9/11 trilogy.

Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.

• In December 2014, CITIZENFOUR filmmakers • Poitras and Greenwald cofounded The Intercept. were sued by Horace Edwards, o former

a website reporting on the NSA documents secretary of the Kansas Department of

leaked by Snowden,as well as providing a Transportation, who sought to have the film's

platform to publish "fearless. adversarial proceeds reallocated to the U.S.Treasury.

journalism across a wide range of issues."

• Glenn Greenwald graduated with a BA in

• Originally established to decipher codes during Philosophy from George Washington University WWII,the Notional Security Agency (NSA) and a Juris Doctor from the New York University was officially founded by President Truman in School of Law. Before working as a journalist,

19S2. Today it is one of the largest intelligence he was a litigation lawyer dealing in U.S.

organizations in the United States, with on constitutional law and civilrights. He became a

estimated 2013 budget of $10.8 billion. contributing writer at Solon.com in 2007, and then joined "The Guardian" in August 2012,

• Following an interview with Edward Snowden in which he left in late 2013 to pursue his work with Moy 2014, NBC News ran a Twitter survey asking First Look Media. on independent media platform

listeners whether they considered Snowden a seeking "to improve society through journalism traitor or a patriot. 59% called him a patriot. and technology ·

while the remaining 41% branded him a traitor.

• "The Guardian" and "The Washington Post"

• In late 2014 Russia extended Snowden's asylum shored a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service,for with a three-year residency permit. articles published on the Snowden leaks.

WAYS TO INFLUENCE

1. Read Glenn Greenwold's account of the 11days he spent in Hong Kong with Snowden in his book. "No Place to

Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA. and the U.S. Surveillance State."

2. The Free Snowden website (edwardsnowden. com) offers many ways to help Snowden on a personal level.

including donating to his legal fees. as well as how to petition against moss surveillance.

3. In order to protect yourself against surveillance.make sure to reset your passwords often and to use long.

hard-to-crock passwords. Hord to remember them all? Use the password manager.

4. The Whistleblower Support Center and Archive provides unbiased assistance to whistleblowers and

maintains on online archive of their stories. Learn more. and consider donating to their cause.

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In a world of sound-bites, documentaries provide on opportunity

I think, understand, shore. and connects with the world.

They are controversial. divisive, fascinating, unexpected. and

surprising. They with be thrillers. dramas comedies. romance.

tear-jerkers. and horror tilms.

Documentaries provide the perfect topic for meaningful

conversations. If you want to talk about the things that matter

with people that matter then pick a film. invite your friends. and

watch & discuss together. It's as easy as that.

Influence Film Club – We are the conversation after the film.

Influence Film Club is a not-tor-profit dedicated to expanding audiences

tor documentary films.

Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography
Prepare: To help with the preparation of your annotated bibliography, review the following tutorials and resources from the Ashford Writing Center:

Introduction Paragraph Guide
Thesis Statement tutorial
Annotated Bibliography tutorial
Sample Annotated Bibliography
Evaluating Sources
Reflect: Reflect back on the Week Two Discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.

Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines and address the following prompts:

Introductory Paragraph to Topic: Refer to the Final Argumentative Essay guidelines for your topic selection. Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words, which clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
Thesis statement: Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week Five Final Argumentative Essay. A thesis statement should be a declarative statement that makes one point in 25 words or less. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.
Annotated Bibliography: Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read. For each annotation, you need to summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue. Your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long (150 words or more) and fully address the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic. The annotated bibliography must include no less than five scholarly sources that will be used to support the major points of the Final Argumentative Essay. Critical thinking skills need to be demonstrated by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.
The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Must be 1,000 – 1,250 words in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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 five scholarly sources.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 
I chose to consider researching on adult literacy as well as funding for general and STEM programs for my essay.

      I chose the two topics because they are concerned with the same thing, Education. As an individual who enjoys learning, I would like to reduce the level of illiteracy in the country. Students should be encouraged to learn things that they have a passion for, and this can be promoted through the STEM programs. I narrowed down to the STEM program because it can be used in our public school systems as well as in adult education. 

     To analyze sources to determine if they are credible and scholarly, I first look at the year a publication was done and if it has been reviewed by anybody. Google scholar is also a reliable site where all the peer-reviewed scholarly articles, publications, and books can be found. Web pages that end with "org" or "net" usually provide credible information as opposed to those that end with "com" as they may be biased. I would also use the C.R.A.A.P method or just read through the entire information and determine if it is credible. If you chose to use Ashford Library, it can help you determine if it was a peer-review by making that selection when choosing a topic or subject in the library of Ashford University as well.

     From the Ashford Library, the first article I came about is Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of America’s Least Literate Adults written by White, Sabatini, and Kutner. This article is credible as it uses literacy tests to people who are sixteen years and older and explains its findings in detail (Baer et al., 2009). Also the article, How Minority becomes Majority: exploring discursive and rationalized shifts in the adult literacy conversation explains how lives can change if people decided to go back to school (Ntiri, 2013).

      Scholarly articles should be used as support material because they provide information that is based on facts and researchers and case studies mostly back them. This ensures that the information provided can be trusted as the authors are named.

Unit VI Case Study

For this assignment, read the case study, The 1920’s Farrow Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris. This case is located in the ABI/Inform Complete Database found in the CSU Online Library (see reference below).

Hollow, M. (2014). The 1920 farrow's bank failure: A case of managerial hubris? Journal of Management History, 20(2), 164-178.

Thomas Farrow had been evaluated as having been inflicted by managerial hubris at the time of the bank’s collapse in 1920. With this in mind, address the following questions, with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

1. How did corporate culture, leadership, power and motivation affect Thomas’ level of managerial hubris?

2. Relate managerial hubris to ethical decision making and the overall impact on the business environment.

3. Explain the pressures associated with ethical decision making at Farrows Bank.

4. Evaluate whether the level of managerial hubris would have been decreased if Farrow Bank had a truly ethical business culture. Could this have affected the final outcome of Farrow Bank? Explain your position.

Your response should be a minimum of three double- spaced pages. References should include your required reading, case study reference plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines. 

In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the supply chain. You will provide your assessment of a supply chain in the form of an evaluation. This assignment is the second of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of evaluating supply chains. Select at least three(3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will evaluate a supply chain.

Scenario: LASA selected organization was APPle Inc.

You are consulting for the same organization that you worked for in LASA 1. The organization has asked you to design a supply chain and implement a program to monitor its performance with respect to sustainability. They have also asked you to give recommendations for improving upon your plan as the organization grows. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you to present your design and recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation at a meeting with the executive management team.

Instructions:

Your presentation should include the following information:

1. Evaluate the organization’s facilities with regard to capacity and location. Determine whether the organization has enough capacity and whether or not the facilities are strategically located.

2. Conduct an inventory analysis of the firm.

· Evaluate the firm’s ERP system.

· Evaluate the firm’s inventory management systems.

· Identify the firm’s inventory costs.

· Determine the firm’s optimum order quantities.

· Identify the firm’s seasonality adjustments and reorder points.

3. Describe the systems used to monitor the performance of the suppliers.

· Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs).

· Describe the firm’s risk management strategies.

4. Identify the firm’s conflict management strategies.

5. Recommend strategies, tools, etc. the organization can use to improve or expand upon the supply chain in the future.

6. Identify any potential ethical issues that could have a negative impact on the organization and make recommendations to address them.

In addition to the slides in the presentation, include a detailed outline in the speaker notes section explaining the content on each slide. Use at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your presentation. Be sure to cite the sources for your information.

Make sure your presentation adheres to the following Presentation Guidelines:

· Create a presentation that is professional and visually appealing.

· Include a combination of text and graphics.

· Do not write out your entire presentation on the slides. Use bullet points of keywords and short phrases instead of long sentences and paragraphs.

· Create your presentation (slides and Speaker Notes) using language that can be easily understood by the intended audience.

· Use APA formatting for your slides and Speaker Notes (outline).

Develop a 10–15-slide presentation (including the title slide and reference slide) in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.

Compare A Major American City (Political Wise) To Santa Cruz. Use The Book Leftmost City Of Santa Cruz As A Reference.