Should we be drilling for oil in the Arctic offshore?
Case Study: Environmental Ethics
Introduction
Read the following case study and respond to the question below.
In April 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing four million barrels of light crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the largest oil spill in U.S. history and ranked among the top 10 world’s worst human-caused environmental disasters. Approximately 47,000 square miles, or one-fifth of the total area of the Gulf, was affected, as well as beaches and coastal marshes. Before it was finally contained three months later, the spill killed hundreds of sea turtles, sea birds, and marine mammals, in addition to countless fish. BP worked with the U.S. Coast Guard and other government agencies to contain the damage. BP ended active clean-up operation in November 2011 and is now focusing on restoring areas damaged by the spill.
Effects of the spill on the ecosphere and animal life will not be known for years, although recovery has been faster than expected. Hundreds of people, including fishers, shrimpers, and workers in the tourism industry, were out of work as a result of the spill. BP set up a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the spill. Disputes overcompensation are still ongoing (1).
The explosion causing the spill occurred on April 20, 2010. On April 30, the U.S. Justice Department banned new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. President Barack Obama used the authority granted to the president by the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Land Act, to withdraw all the Chukchi Sea and the majority of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic from future oil and gas drilling. (2)
The Trump administration has opened up the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic U.S. coastal areas to oil and gas drilling. Environmentalists argue that it would be difficult or almost impossible to contain an oil spill in the Arctic because of the area’s remoteness, the ice cover, and the lack of daylight during the winter months.
Question: Should we be drilling for oil in the Arctic offshore?
Sources
1. Judith Boss. 2020. Analyzing Moral Issues. p. 452. McGraw-Hill Higher Education 7th edition textbook available at https://www.strayerbookstore.com.
2. The Guardian. 2010. Deepwater Horizon: US Bans New Drilling in Gulf of Mexico. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/apr/30/oil-spill-reaches-us-coastline
Instructions
Use the Case Study Assignment Template to do the following:
- Describe the relevant facts of the case.
- Clarify concepts relevant to the case.
- Apply a moral standard to the case.
- Articulate a conclusion to the stated question.
- Include at least two references, such as the textbook and other readings, to support your arguments.
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is: - Practice the application of ethics to everyday life.
Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with this issue.
In a 700-1,000 words, choose one issue (besides teen pregnancy) and discuss its effect on adolescent behavior and overall well-being. Include the following in your submission:
Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with this issue.
Outline assessment strategies to screen for this issue and external stressors during an assessment for an adolescent patient. Describe what additional assessment questions you would need to ask and define the ethical parameters regarding what you can and cannot share with the parent or guardian.
Discuss support options for adolescents encountering external stressors. Include specific support options for the contemporary issue you presented.
Cite a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years in APA 2007 format, including incitation to complete this assignment.
Are there modifiable factors, such as health behaviors that lend themselves to better prevention efforts?
Identify a current health issue of interest to you e.g diabetes, HIV/AIDS, heart disease etc. On the basis of current epidemiologic evidence, explain the factors that have contributed to the following: the observed trend in mortality rates for this disease, the changes in survival; the changes in incidence. A key concept in epidemiology is that of the levels of prevention. As a community health nurse, describe primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions related to this health issue. Are there modifiable factors, such as health behaviors that lend themselves to better prevention efforts?
SHOULD NURSES BE PAID HIGH?
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
-TOPIC: SHOULD NURSES BE PAID HIGH?
-MLA FORMAT
-2 PAGES EXCLUDING WORK CITED PAGE
What stood out to you most about this exercise? Do you agree with the findings?
You will be using your CliftonStrengths results throughout your degree program, so save them someplace you can access easily. Be sure to upload your CliftonStrengths results into your Folio account and share the link to your Folio in your post.
After you have completed the exercise, discuss your findings in your discussion post. Your discussion post should be 250 words. Items to address include:
- What stood out to you most about this exercise? Do you agree with the findings? (Yes with most)
- How would your results apply in leadership situations in an organization that you currently work for or an organization that you have previously worked for? (Organization that I work for is a school district)
My Clifton strengths are
·Futuristic
·Discipline
·Self-Assurance
·Competition
·Focus
Do you feel that you have to be in a leadership role to lead?
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read The Key to Employee-Empowering Leadership, (Links to an external site.) and watch the video above with Steve Forbes.
Share an example of a leader you feel empowers others. What are some traits that stand out in terms of leadership and empowerment? Be sure to include how they empower and what others could learn from their example. Do you feel that you have to be in a leadership role to lead? Your discussion post should be 250 words.
Choose three areas where data can be stored and describe the storage location and describe the positive and negative issues of data being stored in those locations.
Assignment #1
· No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.
· Resources should be summarized or paraphrased with appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.
Data can be stored in various places and there are significant reasons to understand it. Please answer the following:
1. Choose three areas where data can be stored and describe the storage location and describe the positive and negative issues of data being stored in those locations.
2. What does hashing data mean and how is it used in criminal justice?
3. How does a digital forensic analyst find data in files that may be lost, and do they need to consider any restrictions caused by cyber law or the 4th Amendment to the Constitution?
4. Describe three laws that concern digital/computer crimes, and provide some substance for why they were created.
Format Requirements
· Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.
· All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.
· You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.
Describe the role of Team Leader and how you will fulfill that role.
Over the last few weeks, you have learned how to start identifying the roles and skills needed to build an effective team. You have also discovered methods for selecting and evaluating potential candidates. Now it is time to put your team-building techniques into practice by participating in a case study with real employees from Joe Gibbs Racing! This assignment gives you an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of actual team building techniques and leadership qualities. In addition, this assignment prepares you to complete your final course assignment, A Report for Vice President’s Approval of your team, due in Week 10.
Scenario
Imagine that you work at JGR. The CEO has tasked you with being the Team Leader for a committee that will plan a one-day summer team-building retreat. All JGR employees will be attending the event. The purpose of the retreat is to foster unity, trust, and cohesion between the organization’s employees. The event will start with a welcome and introduction, and then everyone will break out into group team-building sessions. The whole team will reconvene for a company-wide lunch, followed by a keynote speech.
As the Team Leader for the event planning committee, your job is to choose four other JGR employees to be on your committee.
Instructions
Download the Week 7 JGR Roles and Employees [DOCX].
In the Week 7 document, read the four role descriptions, Logistics, Budgeting, Programming, and MC/Host. For this assignment, you will choose four team members to fill these team roles.
Watch the Week 7 Strayer Talk, Building Your Team: Finding the Right Balance, which describes the 10 JGR candidates you may choose from for your Fantasy Team. Brief information on the candidates is also provided in the Week 7 document.
Complete a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
1. Describe the role of Team Leader and how you will fulfill that role.
Explain your skills and personal strengths needed to be an effective team leader.
Think about your personal DiSC assessment results from JGR100. What is your DiSC work style, and how will you select team members to complement your skills?
What will you be responsible for as Team Leader? What will you handle personally, and what will you delegate to other members of your team?
2. Select a candidate for each of the four roles described above, and justify your selections.
Review the candidates by viewing the Week 7 Strayer talk and the document JGR Employee Profiles.
Consider how each choice’s particular skills and personality will help them perform their role successfully.
How do these team members’ strengths complement yours? What skills and/or personality traits do they have that will help your team in areas where you feel challenged?
Explain how chosen team members complement you in more than one case.
3. Create 10–12 Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) slides for the JGR CEO in which you present the team you have put together for the one-day summer team-building retreat.
Include a title slide and reference slide, in addition to the required slides (not included in the 10–12 slide count).
Include speaker notes or record audio for each slide content.
Use specific phrases, ideas, and quotes from the Strayer Videos, Coach’s Huddle, Weekly Readings, and/or Discussion to explain and support your thoughts.
Write in a professional manner using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and SWS.
Submission Requirements
Check your assignment for grammatical errors and clarity.
Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions.
Submit your presentation to the assignment in Week 7.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate candidates for team roles using team leadership skills.
Discuss how you would define your positionality as a researcher.
For this question:
(Read about action research and research ethics.)
(Discuss how you would define your positionality as a researcher.)
Based on your experiences reflect on your relationships (actual or planned) with key individuals who have been or might be involved with your applied research. Reflect on how you presented yourself (or how you plan to present yourself) and what considerations are critical, while also understanding that you might need to report results to your stakeholders.
- What outside resource (image, video, credible or scholarly article, research study, web resource) best reflects your experiences or feelings about important the role that position power or status has in conducting applied research? Share the link within your post. Why did you pick this item to share?
What are the benefits of implementing an HR Scorecard/Dashboard. Should it be balanced? Why or why not?
Post by Day 3 a cohesive and scholarly response, based on and supported by your required readings, media, and research this week, that addresses the following:
- What are the benefits of implementing an HR Scorecard/Dashboard. Should it be balanced? Why or why not?
- Identify at least two possible competitive advantages that might result from using an HR Scorecard/Dashboard.
- List two challenges of creating a Scorecard/Dashboard propose a strategy for overcoming these challenges.
Pease, G., Byerly, B. & Fitz-enz, J. (2012). Human capital analytics: How to handle the potential of your organization’s greatest asset. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
