How might white-collar offenders’ greater resources (e.g., money, connections) influence the criminal justice system’s response to their law breaking

Impunity and white-collar crime is our final discussion topic. How might impunity relate to why some people commit white-collar crimes? “Impunity” involves insulation from punishment. The International Justice Research Center website might give you some interesting specific cases where impunity and state crimes seem intertwined.

Consider the perhaps special relationship between impunity and crimes against humanity and other state crimes (e.g., Nazis’ final solution, My Lai, Love Canal). More specifically, (A) How might white-collar offenders’ greater resources (e.g., money, connections) influence the criminal justice system’s response to their law breaking, and (B) how might knowledge of (A) influence someone’s decision whether or not to commit a white-collar crime?

Also, respond to the following discussions posts :

1- The greater financial resources of the rich white-collar offender can cause them to evade arrest from time to time as they can afford to hire prime lawyers who are able to use every technique or influence that they have to get their clients off the hook for a crime. This, in turn, can cause District Attorneys or other possible plaintiffs to be deterred from charging an individual with a white-collar crime as they may get away with it because of the thereat of their impressive legal team as well as the difficulty to prosecute these crimes based on the nature of explaining these crimes to a jury. This causes many of these cases to be settled out of court. Because of this relatively lenient punishment for many white-collar cases, these crimes can occur more often. When a punishment is a lighter penalty than the benefit of the successful crime, that crime often occurs more as the risk is low and the chance of return is high. Its simply an efficient, albeit illegal, investment at that point. This is why efforts to prosecute white collar criminals must be increased.

2- If one can get away with it, then they will most likely commit a crime. Impunity, or immunity, from a crime can cause dramatic change when it comes to a trial. White collar crime and money go hand and hand, so if a white collar criminal knew they could get away with it then they would commit the crime. Situations like these can really be used when someone is really rich. It is said that really rich people are really difficult to prosecute in white collar crimes, as they have very good lawyers and corporations working for them. Also, when it comes to being rich, money is their greatest resource and asset. Corporations specifically do not want the bad publicity, so if a white collar crime were to occur then they will avoid the press. In some cases as well, white collar criminals are doing their illegal activities to protect the company, so there is that to factor in as well. The government cannot always capture white collar criminals, especially rich ones, so mostly poor white collar criminals are the people being captured. A topic like this one is really difficult for the government to go along with, as there are many factors to go through in this situation.

3- The financial resources that the rich white-collar offenders have are more helpful and more available compared to those that are not considered rich. Those offenders that are considered to be rich have the opportunities to help themselves get out of trouble and can hire the highly named professional lawyers to help their case. Those individuals that are not considered to be rich, they are unable to get those types of resources, which leaves them dealing with the consequences to their actions—which in a sense, is acceptable but rich or poor offenders should both be responsible for their actions and del with the consequences. In a case where this could happen, I feel that attorneys have a hard time charging these individuals because they feel like they already know that these individuals are just going to get off with no consequences. Therefore, I believe that in a sense, these types of crimes and punishment are breaking the system since those that can actually afford the best lawyers that can help them get off free.

APA Style in text and resource citation.

Describe how you could use what you have learned about paradigms to improve your own life or your business.

In 500 words or less describe how you could use what you have learned about paradigms to improve your own life or your business. Include if you consider yourself a paradigm shifter or a paradigm pioneer. Also, describe how you would employ at least three of the basic concepts of paradigms e.g. paradigm shifting, paradigm paralysis, the impossibility question, any of the 4 principles of paradigms (e.g.the paradigm effect) or other paradigm concept you learned.

Give a short response to the following statement: Covid-19 will change the way we work and travel permanently

In providing your response, draw upon arguments made within the following paper written by key researchers in Australia, Give a short (maximum of 500 words) response to the following statement:
Covid-19 will change the way we work and travel permanently
New Zealand and the UK* – which gives a detailed review of the Human Factors issues associated with future workplaces influenced by the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic. Your 500-word response should provide a critical appraisal of this paper, providing evidence for and/or against the key points they make. The focus of your response should be on physical and environmental ergonomics issues relevant to the statement, rather than cognitive and systems ergonomics perspectives. It is expected that your evidence used will also come from 3 to 5 papers published by other authors. Paper – Tim
Bentley, Nicola Green, David Tappin & Roger Haslam (2021) State of science: the future of work – ergonomics and human factors contributions to the field, Ergonomics, 64:4, 427-  439, DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2020.1841308

Identify four parties who are involved in a real estate transaction. Provide a brief definition of each one and include any alternative titles or terms that are used to refer to the parties.

(About 100~150 words for each question if not specified)
1) Complete the table below to explain each of the services which may be offered by real estate agents. Include at least two sentences or dot points for each service in your answer.
Service Your explanation
Residential sales
Residential property management
Property management business development
Commercial/ industrial/ retail property management
Commercial/ industrial/ retail sales
Auctioneering
Buyer’s agent
Stock and station agent
Business broker

2) Identify four parties who are involved in a real estate transaction. Provide a brief definition of each one and include any alternative titles or terms that are used to refer to the parties.
3) What is the agency/principal relationship and why is it important in a real estate agency? Explain how the relationship applies to real estate work and why conflict of interest issues can arise. Provide an example to support your answer.
4) Analyse the following Commonwealth legislation and explain how it could relate to your work role in a real estate context:
A. Biosecurity Act (2015)
B. Fair Work Act (2009)
C. Privacy Act (1988)
D. Competition and Consumenr Act (2010)
E. Building Act (1993)
F. Explain how it could relate to your work in a real estate context: Victoria – Estate Agents Act (1980)
5) Complete this table to explain the following equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws, by providing an explanation of the law, a description of the principles which guide each law and an example of how the law might relate to real estate activities in your own state or territory.
Law The principles which govern this law Your explanation of the law An example of how this law might relate in my state or territory
Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act (1992)
Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act (1975)
Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act (1984)
Victorian Equal Opportunity Act (2010)
6) Analyse and explain the relevant codes of practice which relates to your real estate practice. To do this, you should identify a relevant source of information, provide at least four points of information about the code and explain how it is relevant to your own work duties in real estate.
A. The Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2018 (Victoria)
B. Real Estate Institute of Australia Code of Practice
C. REIA National Principles of Conduct
7) Analyse the National Employment Standards by providing information in either a paragraph or dot point format. Include details about what the standards are, who they apply to, where to find information about the standards and what they mean for both employers and employees. Next, complete the table showing at least two rights and responsibilities for employers and employees which relate to conditions of employment under the National Employment Standards.
Employers Employees
Rights
Responsibilities
8) Identify and explain at least three different communication strategies you could use to address a complaint from a customer. You can provide your information in a variety of ways agreed to by your assessor, such as a paragraph or dot point list.
9) Compare licensing lending and unlicensed trading and provide a fictional example of each to demonstrate your knowledge.
10) Record the details of the role and at least two functions of each of these professional bodies:
A. Real Estate Institute of Australia
B. Real Estate Institute of Victoria
11) Explain the differences between the business structures of a sole trader and a company.

Identify and explain a suitable business structure for a real estate agency.

Task Summary
To complete this assessment, you will research information about various aspects of the real estate sector and prepare a report based on what you find out. The instructions below will explain the specific information that must be included in your report. You can discuss your report with your trainer and you can seek advice and guidance from them about what to include and the format and presentation of your report. You may be able to prepare a report using one of a number of different formats depending on your learning situation and personal requirements.
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE BELOW TASK INSTRUCTIONS AND UPLOAD YOUR REPORT WITH ALL 5 POINTS MENTIONED BELOW
Task Instructions
Your report must include the following and should be prepared as a print or digital file, depending on the requirements of your trainer. You can write your report as a print document or as a digital file. Ensure your trainer can access and read the report, and that you retain a backup copy for your records.
Your report must include the following sections, but you can talk to your trainer about variations that might work best for you. For example, you could present your research project as a poster or give a brief talk as part of the project.
 
Assessment submission instructions
1.  Cover Page
A cover page which has your full name, unit name and code, and the name of your assessor (if required).
2.  Section 1: About the Real estate Agency
• What is the structure of a real estate agency and its people?
Title
Role description
Responsibilities
Licence requirements
Regulated role?
Yes or No
Real estate agency licence in charge/person in effective control 
Real estate agent 
Office receptionist/administration worker 
• Create a table to explain the structure and staffing of a real estate agency and the roles of the people within it. Set your table up like this:
 
• Interview a person who works as an agency principal/licensee in charge/agent in effective control and ask them to describe their responsibilities and activities in their daily work practices. Based on the interview, write a tip sheet of best practice ideas for succeeding in the agency principal role.
• Identify and explain a suitable business structure for a real estate agency. Conduct a phone interview, online chat or use online resources to research and give an example of this structure from your state or territory. Then, write a brief summary about something you have learnt from your research.
• What are three things that a real estate agency business structure must include?
• What are the functions of the real estate agency? Identify and explain the functions of a real estate agency.
 
3.  Section 2: Real Estate Framework
• Who is the regulator for real estate in your state or territory? Describe what the regulator does in one paragraph or a dot point list and provide a link or reference to the most up to date information about the scope and function of the regulator in relation to real estate practice in your state or territory.
• Who is eligible to hold a real estate licence in your state or territory? Provide a screenshot or link to the source of your information.
4.  Section 3: Working in Real Estate
• Go online. Locate information about the licence requirements for each of these real estate tasks. Identify the person who is able to perform these tasks in your state or territory.
¬ New South Wales:
• Negotiation with a person to enter into a residential sales transaction or contract:
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Class 2 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Assistant Agent in Real Estate – Certificate holder
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Business Agent
• Withdrawing money from a trust account:
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Class 2 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Assistant Agent in Real Estate – Certificate holder
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Business Agent
• Selling a business or professional practice:
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – On-site Residential Property Management
• Assistant Agent in Real Estate – Certificate holder
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Business Agent
• Giving possession of residential premises under a lease:
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – On-site Residential Property Management
• Class 2 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Assistant Agent in Real Estate – Certificate holder
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Business Agent
• Inspecting a residential property:
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – On-site Residential Property Management
• Class 2 Agent in Real Estate – Sales and Leasing
• Assistant Agent in Real Estate – Certificate holder
• Class 1 Agent in Real Estate – Business Agent
¬ Victoria
λ Negotiation and finalising a contract of sale for a residential property:
υ Real estate agent
υ Agent’s representative
υ Officer in effective control
λ Managing the principal office of a real estate agency which is part of a corporation:
υ Agent’s assistant
υ Principal agent
υ Officer in effective control
λ Managing the principal office of a real estate agency which is part of a partnership:
υ Real estate agent
υ Principal agent
υ Officer in effective control
λ Verify statements from trust account:
υ Any signatory to the account
υ Principal agent
υ Agent’s representative
λ Find three real estate jobs which are currently advertised in print or online. Show the details of each advertisement to your assessor.
λ For each advertised position, write a checklist which describes at least three of the terms and conditions (such as permanent, casual, retainer payment, etc) which apply.
λ Imagine you are working in one of these positions. Find details of at least two different and relevant professional development opportunities which could be useful to continue to build your skills and knowledge. Include information about how these opportunities would help you continue to learn over time.
¬ Use table like the ones below to complete two flow charts of possible professional development pathways for a person who wants to build their skills and qualifications in the industry. Choose two different areas of interest for you which are relevant to your state or territory.
State or territory:
Career goal
Qualifications
What will I be able to do?
Early career goal:
 
Mid career goal: 
 
Late career goal: 
 
• Interview two people who are currently working in an area of real estate practice that interests you. Develop questions about the professional pathways that they have used in their career, and then record or make interview notes based on their answers.
5.  Section 4: Communication Strategies
• Imagine you are working with a client, such as a vendor or potential buyer. Complete a table like the one below to explain these three communication strategies that you could use with parties to a real estate transaction or interaction. Give an example of a situation where you could use each strategy effectively.
Communication strategy
Your explanation
An example where you could use this strategy
Online/remote communication 
 
Nonverbal communication
 
Active listening 
 
• For each of these situations, identify the communication strategy being used and explain how effective you think it will be:
A. Jonti ignores a customer who is waiting, clearly annoyed, at the reception counter of the real estate office with a complaints form in their hand. Jonti does not look at the customer and turns her body away from them. She continues with her current phone call, taking her time in wrapping up the call before finally acknowledging that the customer is waiting to make a complaint.
B. Paul paraphrases a complaint made by a customer, using similar words to their own. He asks them to repeat some parts of the complaint and he takes notes as they are speaking.
C. Maxine gives a complaints policy document to a customer and reads it out to them. She gives them her card and highlights her mobile number. She writes a date on the back of the card and tells the customer she will respond to them by this date.
λ Interview two people who are currently working in an area of real estate practice that interests you. Develop questions about the communication strategies they find most effective in their area of work, and then record or make interview notes based on their answers.
 

Why is operations strategy important in all types of organisations?

All the below tasks should be based on Shionogi (A Japanese Pharmaceutical Company) and the Functional Group is Clinical Operations – Please perform high level research
Please include company logo and relevant images
Tasks
1. Introduction of the company – Shionogi (A Japanese Pharmaceutical Company) and the Global Clinical Operations Functional Group – 300 words Max

2. Create a transformation diagram for a process that is regularly carried out in the Clinical Operations Group in Shionogi. (Leave it to writer to decide what process that can be use as the best example, but Clinical Operations are usually managing clinical trials studies from planning, initiation to close out) – 300 words Max

3. Create a polar diagram comparing two operations, one of which must be the company of your choice used in previous activities. (Compare Shionogi with Eisai, another Japanese Pharmaceutical that I was previously work for) – 300 words Max

4. Why is operations strategy important in all types of organisations? – 300 words Max

All the below tasks should be based on Shionogi (A Japanese Pharmaceutical Company) and the Functional Group is Clinical Operations – Please perform high level research Please include company logo and relevant images Tasks 1. Introduction of the company – Shionogi (A Japanese Pharmaceutical Company) and the Global Clinical Operations Functional Group – 300 words Max 2. Create a transformation diagram for a process that is regularly carried out in the Clinical Operations Group in Shionogi. (Leave it to writer to decide what process that can be use as the best example, but Clinical Operations are usually managing clinical trials studies from planning, initiation to close out) – 300 words Max 3. Create a polar diagram comparing two operations, one of which must be the company of your choice used in previous activities. (Compare Shionogi with Eisai, another Japanese Pharmaceutical that I was previously work for) – 300 words Max 4. Why is operations strategy important in all types of organisations? – 300 words Max Instruction 1. The Diagram need to be interactive and reflective to the company I have chosen and to the Pharmaceutical industry 2. Please reference it using HAVARDS Style. 3. Please include applicable and most recent research papers
Instruction
1. The Diagram need to be interactive and reflective to the company I have chosen and to the Pharmaceutical industry
2. Please reference it using HAVARDS Style.
3. Please include applicable and most recent research papers

How would developing a WBS help to alleviate Brandon’s problems during the initial meeting? How can the WBS be used to organize and plan the project?

Projects of all sizes may seem daunting at first. Breaking the project down into smaller, more manageable pieces allows you to develop an achievable plan for completing the project. The work breakdown structure (WBS) is one of the tools that you can use to outline your project into smaller, more manageable pieces called work packages.
Refer to Case 4.1 of your text. In this case, Brandon has been chosen to chair the 5K charity run for his fraternity, and you are presented with the details of this project. In a 5-page report, you should address the following:
How would developing a WBS help to alleviate Brandon’s problems during the initial meeting? How can the WBS be used to organize and plan the project?
Describe the process for creating the WBS.
Create a list of the major deliverables for this project, and use them to develop a draft WBS with at least 3 levels of detail.
Are there any interdependencies that need to be considered and, if so, which ones?
Assign cost and activity durations to the work packages (these may be made up).
Use either a top-down or a bottom-up approach to determine the overall cost of the project and discuss the approach used.
Be sure to cite your sources using APA; include your references and in-text citations.
Use this template to complete this assignment.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
Title page: The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt.
Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember,
the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used

Does Critical Theory still have a use and value today for the study of media, communication and culture?

ANSWER ONE QUESTION ONLY

1. Does Critical Theory still have a use and value today for the study of media, communication and culture?

2. Critically examine how changes in the way we work in the ‘post-Fordist’ period have impacted on our society, culture and subjectivity. You can refer to, for example, the blurring of production and consumption, the shift to ‘immaterial labour’, the importance assigned to ‘creativity’ or the automation and/or digitalisation of the workplace. Feel free to focus on one particular area as described, or one of your own choosing.

3. Drawing on theories of ideology and/or hegemony and/or interpellation, discuss how economic, social and cultural inequalities are reproduced. Use examples of cultural products and practices where necessary to support your answer.

4. Analyse the significance to the critical study of media, communication and culture of Raymond Williams’s claim that ‘culture is ordinary’ (Williams, 1989).

5. Critically consider the relationship between television output and television viewing with reference to at least one of the following: consumerism; security; domestic life; identity; self-expression.

6. “We use Empire to name the new form of sovereignty, a new form of political rule” (Hardt, M & Negri, A, 2002, para 2). Are the concepts of ‘Empire’ and ‘Multitude’, as defined by Hardt and Negri, still helpful in understanding and critically engaging the world of 2020?

7. Have social media and/or digital communication technology challenged, reproduced or intensified dominant structures of power? Use specific examples where helpful.

8. Critically explore at least one way that software is shaping contemporary society and/or subjectivity and/or interpersonal relationships. Use examples of specific software packages or platforms to illustrate your answer.

9. What is meant by the ‘posthuman’, and is this a useful concept to capture life in the 21st Century?

10. Negotiated Question – email your seminar leader with an idea for your own question. This MUST be agreed in advance before the Christmas break; if you choose this option but do not agree this question with your seminar leader by this deadline, you will be penalised 5 marks. Note that selecting this option makes it likely that your essay will effectively be marked non-anonymously.

References
Hardt, M & Negri, A (2002) ‘Marx’s Mole is Dead’. Eurozine. https://www.eurozine.com/marxs-mole-is-dead-2/

Williams, R (1989) ‘Culture is Ordinary’. Resources of Hope. London: Verso, pp. 3-14.

If you were advising the President of the United States (POTUS), what recommendations would you make to POTUS in order to better integrate the different intelligence and homeland security agencies with the goal of creating more useful “actionable” information?

Your final Assignment in this course is a 15–17-page term paper addressing the restructuring of the
Department of Homeland Security.
If you were advising the President of the United States (POTUS), what recommendations would you make to POTUS in order to better integrate the different intelligence and homeland security agencies with the goal of creating more useful “actionable” information? Use the following critical functional
areas as a basis to start your recommendations:
Fusion of actionable intelligence information (connecting the dots)
Prevention and deterrence of attacks 
Protection and hardening of targets
Response and recovery attacks/disasters
Improved cost efficiencies within DHS
Be sure to show how you would apply those recommendations and support that application with an analysis and critical evaluation of both the current and future versions of the DHS. Provide examples when applicable.
This 15–17-page paper (the page count does not include citations and exhibits), should be written using APA format and include at least 20 sources beyond the textbook. You should try to incorporate major portions of the “mile-stone” Assignments that you drafted in earlier units.
Key sections of your Term Paper should include:
Abstract
Introduction and historical overview of the creation of DHS
A literature review of critical organizational structure issues of DHS
Your proposals
Conclusion
Please underline your thesis statement. Your thesis statement should be one, and only one, sentence that is embedded within your abstract section.

Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems Theory to study politics and international relations.

Researching Politics and International Relations
Theory Essay
Word Count: 1500 plus or minus 10%. Word count does NOT include the reference list.
Question:
‘Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems Theory to study politics and international relations.’

In this essay you need to:

1. Address metatheory

2. Engage with key thinkers who have developed the approach.

3. Describe the broad ideas and key concepts of the approach.

4. Give examples of the application of the approach by established academics.

5. Contrast the World Systems Theory with one other theoretical approach (I would contrast with neo-realism by Kenneth Waltz)

6. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems theory to study politics and international relations.

Note: All 6 of these points need to be addressed within the essay. Although the order does not have to be laid out in this way. The structure is down to you.
I would suggest looking at two advantages and two disadvantages of using the World systems theory in IR. Exploring these in great detail. To be more explanatory rather than just descriptive.
The theoretical approach to analyse?
World Systems Theory in International Relations created by Immanuel Wallerstein developed in 1974 (note that though this approach is based in classical Marxism, any answer that looks only at classical Marxism will not be passed)

1- (Metatheory) Where does that theoretical approach situate in terms of ontology and epistemology? Why? (See figures below for support.)
Positivist Epistemology – This view is shared by neorealism, neoliberalism, behaviouralism, rational choice, rational choice institutionalism, and liberal feminism.
Critical Realism – This position is taken by Marxism, Critical Theory, radical feminism, CRT, Historical Institutionalism, constructivism in IR, forms of post-colonialism.
Interpretivism – This position is taken by interpretivism, poststructuralism, forms of post-colonialism, and post-structural feminism.
2 -Engage with key thinkers who have developed the approach.
It will be important for you engage with their contribution to the approach you’re addressing in the essay.
3 – Give examples of the application of the theoretical approach by established academics
Mention one (maximum two) example(s) of how the approach has been used by academics before.
It will most likely be the application of a particular theory that comes out of the theoretical approach (for example, if looking at Neoliberalism there is the theory of balance of power or the theory of complex interdependence).
This is where you can add most secondary sources. I will attach some that you could use. One good one I have looked at is Christopher Chase-Dunn and Peter Grimes I will add this to attached files
4- Contrast the theoretical approach with another approach
what theoretical approach would you want to contrast your approach of choice with? For example, there are groups of theoretical approaches that are quite straightforward to compare like neoliberalism and neorealism, or Behaviouralism and rational choice.
For the World Systems theory (Neo-Marxism) I would suggest contrasting this with Kenneth Walz Neo-Realist theory. Use a paragraph to do this. Remember the main focus of the essay is World Systems. – it would be good to perhaps use a reference for neo-realist theory to compare.

5 – Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems theory to study politics and/or international relations – mentioning a couple of advantages and a couple of disadvantages is fine but make sure you explain why those are advantages and disadvantages of your theoretical approach of choice. – Explore 2 advantages and disadvantages in detail
Some disadvantages for World-Systems theory are:
• Its level of determinism – the theory suggests that the position of actors within the structure determine the way they behave
• Able to outline the evils of international capitalism but has no scheme which will change it
• It is reductionist – it reduces all phenomena – war, economic crises, inequality, aspects of identity and so forth – to the dynamic of capitalism and to social class and class struggle. In practice, structuralists have failed to ask questions about gender, ethnicity, and other sorts of identities (everything is explained by class)
• Are all interests determined by social class?
It suggests an end point to history – socialism