Discussion 1: Social, Economic and Environmental Justice

The Center for Economic and Social Justice defines “social justice” as “giving to each what he or she is due.” “Economic justice” is concerned with determining what an individual’s “due” actually encompasses.

For this Discussion, select a case study in this week’s Readings. Review the case study, focusing on the social or economic justice issues at play in the situation described.

Reference: Center for Economic and Social Justice. (n.d.). Defining economic justice and social justice. Retrieved from June 11, 2013, from http://www.cesj.org/thirdway/economicjustice-defined.htm

By Day 3

Post a description of a social or economic justice issue that is evident in the case. Suggest two strategies the social worker might employ to address the issue.

Discussion 2: Poverty in Your Area

Statistics on rates of poverty in an area can tell us a great deal about the context in which people live. As you consider the region where you live, think about the rate of poverty, wealth disparities between the richest and poorest citizens, and opportunities for social mobility available to citizens.

For this Discussion, locate information regarding poverty statistics in your city, town, or state. Determine efforts that are currently in place to address poverty in your area.

By Day 4

Post a description of efforts currently in place to address poverty in the area where you live. Suggest two strategies for enhancing the current antipoverty efforts in your community and explain the rationale behind your suggestions.

Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state whereas socialism is a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. (Shaw, William H. (2014). Business ethics (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning). In this assignment, you will define the roles capitalism and socialism play along with the pros and cons of each. 

In two to three (2-3) paragraphs:

• Briefly define, in your own words, the concepts of capitalism and socialism. Then list three pros and cons of each.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities, and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Read this article:  Austin, S. (2011). Stay out of court with proper documentation. Nursing, 41(4), 24-30. Of the four elements that must be proven to determine negligence, do you think that any of them is harder to prove than others?

If you have ever come close to committing nursing negligence, what would your advice be for others? If not, have you ever seen someone commit negligence, and if so, what is the lesson in it? If no for each, make up a scenario to share your professional advice.

Choose scenario 1, 2, or 3 in the article. Summarize the lesson to be learned, and what you would have done to avoid the error.

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook.

For this benchmark assignment, based on data gathered from your class profile, and in working with your mentor teacher, select a strand, cluster, and set of standards appropriate for the grade level and content area of your practicum placement.  From this information, you will create an original, comprehensive assessment plan. 

Part 1: Assessment Plan Summary

In creating the assessment plan, include an introduction that provides a 250-500 word summary of a 3-5 day unit of study to contextualize your assessments. Your summary should include:

1. Learning targets/objectives that are aligned with your standards and consistent with the unit of study that you have summarized.
2. Instructional strategies that are appropriate and effective in promoting student achievement of the learning objective.
3. Targeted reasoning skills to be measured that are aligned with your standards and consistent with the unit of study that you have summarized.
4. The different ways a student can demonstrate knowledge and skill attainment.
5. The needed tools and resources to develop these skills in the content area.
6. Academic language for the unit of study, including key vocabulary, form, and function.
7. Potential use of technology to support assessment, in the form of engagement and addressing student needs.

Part 2: Assessments

Consistent and aligned with these items, create one pre-assessment you would use for this unit. Your pre-assessment should assess:

1. Prior student knowledge.
2. Student interest.

Create three formative assessments that would appear in this unit. Your formative assessments must be:

1. Aligned to the standards and objectives listed in the unit.
2. Minimize bias and document learning.
3. Differentiated for the populations described in your class profile.

Create one summative assessment that consists of:

1. Specific directions for the student.
2. Three short-answer response items that require the use of varied targeted thinking skills.
3. At least 15 multiple-choice questions assessing reasoning by focusing on a variety of particular reasoning skills or reasoning tasks.
4. One restricted response essay item that clearly identifies the tasks to be performed.
5. Modified short answer response and multiple choice items for students on IEPs.
6. An analytic scoring guide for the restricted response essay item that describes the criteria and features to be scored.
7. An answer key that includes answers for the short responses, multiple choice items with explanations for each option, and a sample answer for the extended response essay.

Part 3: Conclusion

In finalizing your assessment plan, include a conclusion that provides a 250-500 word rationale for the original assessments you created. Discuss how the pre-assessment data would help you to plan for instruction.

Discuss the feedback you received from your mentor teacher on your assessment plan. Explain how you used the information from the class profile you created and describe how the assessments are aligned to the objectives and differentiated for the population of students represented in the class profile. Discuss how you could provide feedback to your students based on the assessment data you would get if you executed this plan.

Indicate the professional collaboration needed to ensure the delivery of an effective learning experience, based on the unit plan.

Submit your class profile, introduction, three formative assessments, one summative assessment, and conclusion to your instructor as one deliverable.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guid

Many have strong views on self-managed teams (SMTs) – they are either perceived as great resources or viewed as a complete waste of time and detrimental to an organization. Based on what your learned from Yazid (2015) and your own research, create a presentation that can be used in a professional development scenario with other leaders in IHRM. The presentation needs to both inform about SMTs as well as present your perspective regarding their potential effectiveness in IHRM. Be sure to include your assessment of: 

1. how SMTs impact the workplace
2. components that are necessary for the teams to be successful
3. advantages and disadvantages SMTs offer employees in international settings 
4. the role, if any, that international human resources plays in SMT processes. 

Your presentation should:

1. Be 10 slides in length (not including cover and reference slides).
2. Include presenter’s notes for each slide to further detail the key text that is included on each slide.
3. Integrate a minimum of three scholarly articles in addition to course resources.

In today’s world, both government and the private sector are struggling to provide a secure, efficient, timely, and separate means of delivering essential services internationally. As a result, these critical national infrastructure systems remain at risk from potential attacks via the Internet.

It is the policy of the United States to prevent or minimize disruptions to the critical national information infrastructure in order to protect the public, the economy, government services, and the national security of the United States.The Federal Government is continually increasing capabilities to address cyber risk associated with critical networks and information systems.

Please explain how you would reduce potential vulnerabilities, protect against intrusion attempts, and better anticipate future threats.

You must do the following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, please explain how you would reduce potential vulnerabilities, protect against intrusion attempts, and better anticipate future threats.

2) Select AT LEAST 3 other threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread. 

ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. (I’m looking for about a paragraph – not just “I agree.”)

 Research an organization or brand that you feel is a monopoly. Discuss the organization or brand giving your classmates a view details about why you feel it is a monopoly and determine if the monopoly is a regulated natural monopoly and why? The response should be in 300 words with in-text citations and follow APA format.