Unit V Scholarly Activity

Fire code violations have increased in your area over the past 2 years. Local business owners are complaining to city officials about the fines and costs to mitigate the code violations. The chief has asked you to conduct a cost–benefit analysis of fire code compliance. This analysis should provide an overview of non-enforcement versus enforcement of the fire code.

Try to research the number of commercial fires that occur within your jurisdiction, and determine if the fires could have been prevented if fire codes were enforced.

Your analysis should be two to three pages in length and follow APA guidelines. Make sure to use the textbook and at least one scholarly reference to support your statements. The title and reference pages are not included in the page-count requirement.

The goal of this assignment is to analyze a contemporary movie using the various communication and leadership theories and approaches presented so far in the course. You may select any movie that is of interest to you as long as it contains a prominent leadership aspect or theme and you are able to currently access and view (or re-view) the film for this assignment. Please be specific in your written analysis of the movie as I may have not seen the movie.

Questions to consider in your analysis include, but are not limited to, the following:

What is the title of the movie?

What is the general plot and setting of the movie?

Who are the key characters in the film?

What character(s), in particular, demonstrate leadership role(s) or traits in the film?

How is leadership enacted in particular scenes?

Which character was most effective in a leadership role and why?

Did any character who displayed leadership make any mistakes in his/her leadership style/approach that contributed to a crisis or issue? If yes, how did he/she grow as the movie unfolded? In what way could he/she have done a better job of leading?

How do specific moments in the film connect with the course content?

Overall, what important leadership lessons can you take away from this film?

Important! The paper will be no less than 3 pages in length (double-spaced) but no more than 4 pages.Be sure to support your analysis with specific examples and quotes from the film and references to leadership concepts and theories from the course readings and class discussions using in-text citations (in the body of the paper) and a Reference List (i.e., bibliography, at the end of the paper) following APA style/format (6th edition).

Chapter 7

1.  If a computer app beats you every time you play chess, is the computer  smarter than you? Does your computer think? Explain why or why not in  detail.

2.  Is free will possible if there is such a thing as God’s plan? Explain  how humans can be free if a higher power knows what you are going to do  before you do it.

3. Explain and evaluate the paradox of Buridan’s donkey and what Spinoza’s view and use of this paradox.

4. Explain in detail in what sense does Alyosha Karamazov realize that he is free in Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.

5. Explain in detail why many existentialists such as Dostoyevsky and Sartre feel that human beings are outside determinism? 

Chapter 8

6. Explain the idea of analytic philosophy and contrast with other schools of philosophy.

7. Compare and contrast the logical positivist to the natural language theorist.

8. Explain the role of the “Vienna Circle” in the history of analytic philosophy.

Chapter 9

9. Explain and evaluate the main themes found in existentialism. Does our being truly precede our essence?

10. Explain why Kierkegaard and Dostoyevsky are considered predecessors of existentialism.

11. Critically analyze Husserl’s phenomenology and how it informed existentialism?

12. Explain the meaning of being and nothingness according to Sartre.

Identify what you feel are the three most vulnerable populations based on:

Statistical data/trends. How did you use data to determine the three most vulnerable populations? Explain your thought process.

The World Health Organization’s formal definition of “health”. How are the physical, mental, and social aspects of health compromised in these three vulnerable populations in comparison to the others?

 Your initial contribution should be 250 to 300 words in length. Your research and claims must be supported by a minimum of two scholarly sources beyond your course text.  Use proper APA formatting for  in-text citations and references

For this assignment, read Mark Twain’s essay The Late Benjamin Franklin.

Article can be found at: http://www.crummy.com/writing/hosted/The%20Late%20Benjamin%20Franklin.html

Next, in a 1-page essay, provide an analysis that identifies fallacious reasoning in the story and explain why.

Resource: Twain, M. (1983). THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Saturday Evening Post, 255(2), 18-93. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

Be sure to proofread your paper to eliminate spelling and grammar errors

SCS 100 Theme 2: Marriage Graphic Organizer

Using the three different representations of marriage presented in the learning block (polyandry, arranged marriages, and walking marriages), fill in the graphic organizer below. In Part A, you will have to first identify the biases you have regarding marriage and their influence on your perspective of marriage. In Part B, you will then take an objective stance and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these types of marriage. In Part C, you will create a question a social scientist might ask to further the investigation of marriage.

In the first column, list three cultures you are a part of or that you identify strongly with, and rank them from most to least significant in your life. These can be national, ethnic, religious, regional, or local, and they can include subcultures or groups related to your personal interests.

In the second column, identify one representative object for each of the cultures you identify with on your list.

In a few words, explain how the cultural object reflects the culture in which it exists. Consider which aspects of culture have relevance for each artifact: politics, history, religion, social perceptions, technology, media, education, and so on.

To complete the second table, select three reasons for creating an artifact from the resources provided, or provide your own reasons.

In the first column, state the reason for creating an artifact.

In the second column, provide an example of an artifact that could have been created for the reason presented.

In the third column, state whether the artifact was created by an individual or a group, and provide the name(s) of the creator(s).

Select one of the artifacts listed and answer one of the questions following the worksheet:

Do you believe the creator was successful in achieving their purpose? OR

How do you think the artifact and the culture in which it was created could have influenced each other?

 PART ONE

The resources in this learning block are examples of artifacts that have helped create new attitudes toward women and the LGBT community while at the same time being influenced by society’s changing views. Use these examples and the information presented in the overview to complete the first table on this week’s worksheet:

In the first column, provide an example of a contemporary artifact that either helps create change in the way women or LGBT people are perceived, or has been influenced by society’s changing views of women and LGBT members. In the second column, state in two to three sentences the reason you selected this artifact.

An example of an artifact that may have changed the perception of women is the novel The Hunger Games and its film adaptation, featuring the strong lead female character Katniss. An example of an artifact that may help shape society’s views of LGBT individuals is the TV show Modern Family, featuring Mitch and Cam.

Use Army language, regular English.

Compare and contrast Essay

Comparing and contrasting followership and servant leadership