Define white collar crime and provide two examples that you’ll write about in your two content paragraphs Identify one white collar crime that you want to research and write about

Assignment:
 
There are two parts to this week’s Essay Prep assignment.  First, you’ll practice citing and referencing.  Second, after reviewing the textbook information in chapter 7 on White Collar crimes and reviewing the FBI web site, you’ll create an outline for your final essay assignment on White Collar crimes.  Third, you’ll include Part 1 and Part 2 in a Word document that you’ll save and upload to the appropriate portal.
 
Part 1.  Practicing APA
 

Quote from the textbook and cite per APA
Paraphrase and cite from any the page of interest at the FBI web site.
Practice a reference list for the textbook and the website you cited above

 
Part 2. Complete your Outline
 
Below is the outline for your Class Essay.   Go to the FBI White Collar Crime web site and review a few of the Major Threats and Programs.  After reading through a few pages of interest to you, fill in the blue sections of the outline with information that YOU want to write about for your paper.  Re-write the outline so that it reflects what you’ll be writing your paper about.
 

Introduction (summary of main points, thesis statement)
Define white collar crime and provide two examples that you’ll write about in your two content paragraphs
Identify one white collar crime that you want to research and write about
Identify a second type of white collar crime to research and write about
Conclusion (summary of main points)

 
my class book is called SOCIOLOGY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD T. SCHAEFER 11TH EDITION.
 
I AM INTERESTED IN EMBEZZELMENT AND INCOME TAX EVASION.

Describe an imagined human services agency in which you supervise employees whose performance is lower than the expected level.Tasks: Part 1In a minimum of 2 pages, respond to the following:•    Discuss the details for this imagined service agency to depict a real situation.

Describe an imagined human services agency in which you supervise employees whose performance is lower than the expected level.Tasks: Part 1In a minimum of 2 pages, respond to the following:•    Discuss the details for this imagined service agency to depict a real situation.•    Utilizing the core concepts highlighted in this module’s reading, discuss how you would understand the expected performance better.•    Identify and describe the specific interventions you might apply to increase the performance of the employees.
Part 2Revisit your imagined human services agency. 2 pages    Add to the collaborative details of your agency.•    Analyze and describe the current stage of your organization in the interorganizational process.•    Discuss specific methods to be utilized currently and in the near future to ensure organizational success.Your discussion should rely upon at least three sources one being Patti, Rino J.. The Handbook of Human Services Management, 2nd Edition. SAGE Publications, Inc, 2008. other from additional professional literature.
Part 3  2 pagesRevisit your imaginary human services agency. Respond to the following:•    Discuss how the following aspects will impact the future of your agency:o    Changes in governanceo    Increase in work flexibilityo    Advancement in technologyo    Any other item you consider relevant to your agency
Your discussion should rely upon at least two sources

After reading the above debate on whether or not racial identity is fluid,  type an approximately 2 – 3 page essay double-spaced that discusses some of the important value assumptions and reality assumptions of any 3 of the people participating in this debate (out of the 6 participants).  Although you do not need to discuss all of the assumptions of the three people whom you select, you should make sure you include some of the most important assumptions; that you include both reality and value assumptions and label which is which; that you include any important implicit (unstated, implied or hidden) assumptions that each of these people holds; and that you label which of these implicit assumptions are value assumptions and which are reality assumptions.  You are required to include both value and reality assumptions from each of the 3 people you select, although, in some cases, many of the assumptions may be implicit. You should also discuss which reality and/or value assumptions the 3 participants you have selected share (if any), and which of their reality and value assumptions are the most different from one another.  

This graded assignment is based primarily on the following debate from the “New York Times” for which a link is provided below:  (I have also copied and pasted most of this debate into another document for which I provide a link in Blackboard Learn.  This second link should be easier to print, if you should want to print out the debate.)
 
PART I:  Frame of Reference and some reality and value assumptions of Rachel Dolezal:  4 points
Since the debate in the “New York Times” on “How Fluid is Racial Identity?” was sparked, in part, by a controversy revolving around Rachel Dolezal, you should research who Rachel Dolezal is, and what the controversy involved.  In doing this, you should use at least 2 sources, in order to type several paragraphs on the background information on her that comprises her “frame of reference”.  You must include citations for all your sources, and your citations must include the web addresses (URL’s).  If you do not include citations, you will receive no credit for this question.
In addition to her “frame of reference”, you should discuss several of her own reality and value assumptions that seem to be partly informed or influenced by her frame of reference.  You need not include many of her assumptions.
PART II:   Reality and Value Assumptions:  16 points Total (question #1:  12 points; question #2: 4 points)
1)       After reading the above debate on whether or not racial identity is fluid,  type an approximately 2 – 3 page essay double-spaced that discusses some of the important value assumptions and reality assumptions of any 3 of the people participating in this debate (out of the 6 participants).  Although you do not need to discuss all of the assumptions of the three people whom you select, you should make sure you include some of the most important assumptions; that you include both reality and value assumptions and label which is which; that you include any important implicit (unstated, implied or hidden) assumptions that each of these people holds; and that you label which of these implicit assumptions are value assumptions and which are reality assumptions.  You are required to include both value and reality assumptions from each of the 3 people you select, although, in some cases, many of the assumptions may be implicit.
You should also discuss which reality and/or value assumptions the 3 participants you have selected share (if any), and which of their reality and value assumptions are the most different from one another.  
Your essay may be longer than 3 pages double-spaced, but should not be excessively long.   I will not accept essays that are shorter than 1 full page double-spaced of at least 22 lines.
 
In your essay, you should make clear which assumptions are value assumptions and why; which are reality assumptions and why; and how you made your decisions.  Although you are permitted to start with direct quotes from the debate, you should not rely only on direct quotes.  Instead, extract the assumptions from the quotes, and from the context in which they were found, in order to also include implied (that is, unstated) assumptions. After all, the most controversial assumptions are sometimes hidden and not explicit. If necessary, rephrase the assumptions in your own words in order to highlight how they are either value or reality assumptions.  Remember that we are not so much analyzing quotations, as trying to find the underlying assumptions each participant holds.
 
2)      (4 points):  Then in a separate essay type several paragraphs (double-spaced) on your own response to the above NY Times debate, taking into consideration the situation and controversy revolving around Rachel Dolezal.  In discussing your own response, you are required to include some of your own reality and value assumptions in respect to racial identity.  Your essay should be approximately 1- 1.5  double-spaced pages but may be longer.  Include any assumptions you might have held about race or racial identity before reading the debate and before reading about Rachel Dolezal, and then after reading the debate and after researching the frame of reference of Rachel Dolezal.   In other words, have any of your assumptions changed, and, if so, how or why?  (If there are other reasons that your assumptions may have changed, feel free to include these in your essay.)   Make sure you label which of your own assumptions are value assumptions and which of them are reality assumptions.  In doing so, consider “what do I think should be the case when it comes to racial identity?  What do I think Rachel Dolezal should or should not have done?”  These are your value assumptions.  Then consider, “how do I think the world or this society really works when it comes to race and racial identity?”  “What do I think “race” and “racial identity” are?  These are your reality assumptions.  Remember that I am asking you about your personal assumptions.  If you do not label which are your value assumptions and which are your reality assumptions, you will not receive credit for your answer.
 
 
 
 

What was your general emotional state during the day? What helped to create this emotional state? Was there anything that minimized or countered your positive emotional affect?

 
According to Martin Seligman (2005), there are three basic positive psychology pillars. These are the following:

The pleasant life
The good life
The meaningful life

Seligman purports that experiencing these three pillars creates what is called “the full-life.” This assignment focuses on the first pillar: the pleasant life.
The pleasant life encompasses subjective well-being and happiness along with encouraging encounters with positive affect and experiences. The good life includes identifying signature strengths to facilitate flow. The meaningful life includes participating in activities for the good of society.
For this assignment, you will focus on the pleasant life. Do the following:

Design an ideal day for yourself. Include positive emotions and experiences that facilitate positive emotions.
Live your ideal day.
Summarize your experiences in a paper.

Address the following points in your paper:

What was your general emotional state during the day?
What helped to create this emotional state?
Was there anything that minimized or countered your positive emotional affect? If yes, then what could have been done differently to change this experience?
According to the positive psychology model, why is this activity important?

Include and discuss two scholarly references that support the idea of experiencing positive emotions to facilitate happiness.
Write a 3-page reflection paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.
By Wednesday, June 24, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.
Duckworth, A. L., Steen, T. A., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical practice. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 629–651. (ProQuest Document ID: 213100604) http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/213100604?accountid=34899

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Described the general emotional state experienced throughout the ideal day.

16

Examined and analyzed reasons for the general emotional state experienced throughout the day. If the positive emotional effect was minimized or countered, then identified and analyzed what could have been done differently so that the positive emotional effect could be experienced.

28

Correctly applied the positive psychology model to explain the importance of this activity.

20

Reviewed and discussed two scholarly references that support the idea of experiencing positive emotions to facilitate happiness.

16

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

20

Total:

100

Write a word report describing the strategic management tool you chose and why you selected it. Explain how the tool works and why it will be of value.

Prologue

Why does a business need to define its mission and engage in planning?
Dan Smith is a management consultant with the firm Business Advisors. He’s sitting in his office one day when the telephone rings. He picks it up and hears the voice of Tom Wilson, an old high school friend. “Hi Dan. This is Tom Wilson from Southside High. Remember me?” They discuss old times for a few minutes, and then Tom gets down to business.
“Dan, I need your help. I started a business several years ago, and we’re in trouble.”
Dan quickly searches his memory and recalls that Tom started a business called Sun City Boards several years ago selling high-end surfboards on the West Coast. Last Dan had heard, the business was doing well. “Yeah Tom. I remember when you started your shop, but I thought the business was growing successfully.”
Tom replies, “We did well the first couple of years, but things haven’t been good for a while now. We’re losing money, and I’m not sure how much longer I can keep the doors open.”
Dan assures Tom that he is happy to help and asks him to send a few items over to prepare for a trip to visit his operations. “Just send me a copy of your current business plan, financial forecasts, and annual operating budget.”
There’s a pause on the other end of the line, and then Tom says, “Well, I can send you our bank statements and invoices. We don’t have any of the other documents you’re asking about.”
Based on that response, Dan already has a good idea of the organization’s problem: an obvious lack of planning that never bodes well for a business.
In this module, you learned the importance of an organization establishing a clear vision and mission and how they guide the business planning cycle. The business plan is the roadmap that guides the organization to success.

Epilogue

Dan traveled to Tom’s operations on the West Coast and confirmed his suspicions that the problems the organization is facing are due to a lack of planning. Dan is meeting with Tom to report on his findings and to submit his recommendations.
“OK Tom, I’ve spent the last several days going through your operations and records, and I’m confident that there are actions you can take that will help turn around the business.”
Tom lets out a long sigh and says, “Dan, you have no idea how glad I am to hear that. So at a high level, what’s the problem?”
“In a nutshell, the problem with Sun City Boards is that you have lost your focus and there is no clear plan for moving forward.” Tom looks confused, so Dan explains. “When you started the business, what was your vision?”
Tom answers, “ To set people free from the earth … free to ride the waves .” [Vision statement]
“Perfect!” Dan responds. “And how were you going to do that?”
Tom thinks for a moment and then emphatically declares, “ We will strive to provide the absolute best in high-end surfboard design and production! ” [Mission statement]
Dan tells Tom that he has just created the vision and mission statements for Sun City Boards. He further explains:
“You have to start creating a focused plan that will help the organization deliver on its vision and mission. The reason your company is struggling is that there is no clear roadmap to success.”
Tom asks, “What do you mean?”
Dan continues, “When you started the company you were very successful because you focused on one key thing—making the best surfboards anyone had seen. As a result, everything your business did revolved around that core idea.”
Tom interrupts, “OK Dan, I think I see where you’re headed. When we started making money in the early days, I began to start expanding into other areas without a lot of thought. I listened to salespeople who came in and told me that I should branch out into low-end surf gear, then swimwear, then camping gear. Customers don’t know what we’re all about any more. And neither do my managers and employees.”
Dan can see Tom is getting his arms around the concept of vision and mission, so he moves on.
Next, he presents his recommendation that Tom and his key leaders should come together regularly to create, review and update Sun City’s business plan. This is new to the team, so he gives them a quick example:
Define Objectives: Sun City Boards should look to reduce noncore product lines and associated inventory. Minimum margin target is 35 percent across all remaining product lines.
Develop Premises: Monitor competitor’s plans to implement a new polymer board and determine potential impact to Sun City’s sales.
Evaluate Alternatives: Evaluate opportunity of opening new retail outlets along the West Coast. Also, explore international sales options for high-end surf boards.
Identify Resources: Analyze the level of capital necessary to achieve expansion goals and incorporate plan to close financial gaps in the annual budget.
Plan and Implement Tasks: Create a Gantt chart or other project planning tool that outlines the actions necessary to reach the goals outlined earlier.
Determine Tracking and Evaluation Methods: Create SMART goals for both managers and employees that align with direction the overall business plan provides.
Finally, Dan reminds Tom that the planning process is only a tool and that the plan should be regularly reviewed and updated. Dan warns him that planning is no substitute for taking action, but it is a guide for him and his team as to what actions should be taken.
This consulting project has reminded Dan how important it is for an organization to have a clear vision and mission to know where it’s headed. Likewise, the planning process is critical to know how it’s going to get there. The alternative is like trying to take a cross-country trip without a map—you don’t know where you might end up!
Preparation
Carefully read the background story of Sun City Boards presented above and review Module 4 Learning Unit: Introduction to Planning before beginning this assignment.
In this assignment, you’ll apply what you learned about planning to Sun City Boards and the management challenges its owner, Tom Wilson, faces. You’ll advise Tom on strategic management steps he and Sun City Boards should take to develop and implement their new strategy.
Module 4 Learning Unit: Introduction to Planning introduced several strategic planning tools to use at different stages of the strategic management process. As an advisor for Sun City Boards, your assignment is to select one of the following strategic management tools (SWOT analysis; PESTEL analysis, or Porter’s Five Forces) described in the module, explain how it works, and explain why it will be of value to Sun City Boards.

Your Task

Write a word report describing the strategic management tool you chose and why you selected it. Explain how the tool works and why it will be of value. Your essay must include three properly referenced and defined terms from the module reading. Additionally, address the following questions:

What is the purpose of the tool? What conclusions will it help Sun City Boards draw?

How does the tool work? How does it measure the relevant factors, or how does it derive importance from them?

Describe an organizational environment that would facilitate the ethical practice of nurses caring for chronically ill patients. As you read about patients’ rights, describe one patient right that is often not fully implemented in the patient care environment. Identify specific strategies to help ensure that this right is supported within the patient care environment. Explain how the registered nurse can assist in protecting patient rights.

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Week 7
Discussion 1
Discuss the elements of informed consent. Provide a clinical example about what can happen when some elements are not adhered to.
Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.
Discussion 2
Describe an organizational environment that would facilitate the ethical practice of nurses caring for chronically ill patients. As you read about patients’ rights, describe one patient right that is often not fully implemented in the patient care environment. Identify specific strategies to help ensure that this right is supported within the patient care environment. Explain how the registered nurse can assist in protecting patient rights.
Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.
Week 8
Discussion 1
Describe a clinical situation in which a registered nurse may encounter moral distress. Answer the AACN’s Four A’s and further explain the situation and the possible mitigation strategies.
Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.
Discussion 2
Describe different ways that social media use can violate ethical nursing practices. How can ethical social media use be beneficial to health care professionals and their patients?
Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

Dr. Daniela Yeung, a community psychologist, has been conducting a federally funded ethnographic study of men’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence following conviction and release from prison for spousal abuse. Over the course of a year, she has had individual monthly interviews with 25 participants while they were in jail and following their release. Aiden, a 35-year-old male parolee convicted of seriously injuring his wife, has been interviewed by Dr. Yeung on eight occasions. The interviews have covered a range of personal topics including Aiden’s problem drinking, which is marked by blackouts and threatening phone calls made to his parents and girlfriend when he becomes drunk, usually in the evening. To her knowledge, Aiden has never followed through on these threats. It is CLEAR that Aiden feels very comfortable discussing his life with Dr. Yeung. One evening Dr. Yeung checks her answering machine and finds a message from Aiden. His words are slurred and angry: “Now that you know the truth about what I am you know that there is nothing you can do to help the evil inside me. The bottle is my savior and I will end this with them tonight.” Each time she calls Aiden’s home phone she gets a busy signal.   Ethical Dilemma   Dr. Yeung has Aiden’s address, and after 2 hours, she is considering whether or not to contact emergency services to go to Aiden’s home or to the homes of his parents and girlfriend.         1.     Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?     2.     Does this situation meet the standards set by the duty to protect statue? How might whether or not Dr. Yeung’s state includes researchers under such a statute influence Dr. Yeung’s ethical decision making? How might the fact that Dr. Yeung is a research psychologist without training or licensure in clinical practice influence the ethical decision?

Dr. Daniela Yeung, a community psychologist, has been conducting a federally funded ethnographic study of men’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence following conviction and release from prison for spousal abuse. Over the course of a year, she has had individual monthly interviews with 25 participants while they were in jail and following their release. Aiden, a 35-year-old male parolee convicted of seriously injuring his wife, has been interviewed by Dr. Yeung on eight occasions. The interviews have covered a range of personal topics including Aiden’s problem drinking, which is marked by blackouts and threatening phone calls made to his parents and girlfriend when he becomes drunk, usually in the evening. To her knowledge, Aiden has never followed through on these threats. It is CLEAR that Aiden feels very comfortable discussing his life with Dr. Yeung. One evening Dr. Yeung checks her answering machine and finds a message from Aiden. His words are slurred and angry: “Now that you know the truth about what I am you know that there is nothing you can do to help the evil inside me. The bottle is my savior and I will end this with them tonight.” Each time she calls Aiden’s home phone she gets a busy signal.
 
Ethical Dilemma
 
Dr. Yeung has Aiden’s address, and after 2 hours, she is considering whether or not to contact emergency services to go to Aiden’s home or to the homes of his parents and girlfriend.
 
 
 

 
1.     Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
 
 
2.     Does this situation meet the standards set by the duty to protect statue? How might whether or not Dr. Yeung’s state includes researchers under such a statute influence Dr. Yeung’s ethical decision making? How might the fact that Dr. Yeung is a research psychologist without training or licensure in clinical practice influence the ethical decision?
 
3.     How are APA Ethical Standards 2.01a b, and c; 2.04; 3.04; 3.06; 4.01; 4.02; and 10.10a relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?
 
 
4.     What are Dr. Yeung’s ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principle and enforceable standard, as well as legal standards and Dr. Yeung’s obligations to stakeholders
 
 
 
5.     What steps should Dr. Yeung take to ethically implement her decision and monitor its effects?

Discuss why the valuation of AccessLine is important to understand and what stakeholders are concerned with this value.

Read the following Harvard Business School case study:
 
 Lerner, J. (1995, October 27). Apex Investment Partners (A): April 1995.
 
Next, answer the following questions and provide your recommendation. Provide a rationale for your recommendation. There is a “help” spreadsheet that can be used to assist in completing the financial analysis and for organizing and summarizing the issues. Spreadsheet tables can be pasted into a Microsoft Word document to highlight and summarize the main issues, but you should also include text discussion within your document that expands on the summary tables.
 
Case study analysis questions:
 

Summarize the operations and past funding used by AccessLine. For a venture capitalist, does AccessLine appear to be an attractive investment opportunity? Identify the attractive and unattractive aspects along with the nature of the risks associated with the company.
Assess which of the two venture capital group appears to have the better capability and better fit for funding AccessLine. Discuss the advantages and disadvanatages of each.
Discuss why the valuation of AccessLine is important to understand and what stakeholders are concerned with this value. Complete the valuation model template presented within the help spreadsheet. Include the model in your report document and describe the steps and the results.

 
Format:

How to measure outcomes: Summative and formative    Develop your program and lesson outcomes. What should participants achieve by the end of the educational program?  How will you know they have learned and/or changed behavior? 

 
How to measure outcomes: Summative and formative  
 Develop your program and lesson outcomes. What should participants achieve by the end of the educational program?  How will you know they have learned and/or changed behavior?  You will need to decide on the overall purpose of the program and how many lessons you will have.  There should be a minimum of 5.  You do not need to detail the lesson activities yet but will need to identify what they will be in order to write the outcomes of each. 

Alzheimer is not a sociological problem ,so we have to add (prevalence).people with Alzheimer in USAWho are they? what they do?what are their socioeconomic statues

I want nice introduction that make my research interest the readers ( start with an interesting sentences).Alzheimer is not a sociological problem ,so we have to add (prevalence).people with Alzheimer in USAWho are they? what they do?what are their socioeconomic statues , what is the problem with them, what seems to be a pattern in there situation all this I want to be from sociological stand of point .. please end the introduction by a topic sentence stating “this paper will examine…”and discuss what you wrote as a topic sentence,,you have to explain what in the papers. get the pattern you discovered from the resources