When is it ethically justifiable to mandate directly observed therapy (DOT)?

DQ1

 When is it ethically justifiable to mandate directly observed therapy (DOT)? What conditions need to be met? If health officials do mandate DOT, what can they do to reduce any imposed burdens? 

What are the ethical duties that the union owes to its members?

The Peterson v. Kennedy case: 

In the document you will focus specifically on the areas highlighted in yellow on pages 4 through 6.

Once you have a thorough understanding of the case, respond to the following questions:

1. What are the ethical duties that the union owes to its members?
2. What actions should the union take on Peterson’s behalf?

Responses to these questions should demonstrate critical thinking on the subject matter and include resources to support your conclusions

Discuss a Christian worldview as an ethical framework for supporting human rights in a manner that leads to respect and social justice for others.

 Assessment Description

There may be times when making decisions as a public health professional runs contrary to the decisions you would make for yourself. It is important to understand that decisions made in accordance with public health ethics do not affect one’s freedom in making a personal choice, but that these decisions do affect stakeholders, communities, or populations with whom you are working.

An important attribute of a public health professional is the awareness of one’s personal values and ethics and an ability reconcile these with professional ethics. In order to develop this skill, it is important to reflect on personal values and ethics and examine how these can be at odds with public health ethics.

For this assignment, reflect on your personal values and ethics and evaluate where personal ethics or values may conflict with, or be challenged by, public health ethics. Discuss the implications of decision making in this situation and examine strategies to enhance your ability to make unbiased and ethically sound decisions for the diverse stakeholders or communities served. In 750-1,000 words, discuss the following:

1. Discuss how your personal cultural competence and personal bias affects your ability to make ethically aligned public health decisions for stakeholders, communities, or populations. In what situations are your biases or values challenged?
2. Consider the implications of personal behavior in social media or in a social forum by a public health professional. What are the implications of personal behavior (what was said, posted, or claimed) when it contradicts public health ethics or public health information? What is the consequence if the content disparages a group or population?
3. Explain why unbiased and ethical decision making is significant to underserved and racial/ethnic minorities. Discuss strategies that you can employee as a public health professional to serve diverse populations and promote health equity with empathy and humility.
4. Discuss a Christian worldview as an ethical framework for supporting human rights in a manner that leads to respect and social justice for others. Discuss the implications of a Christian worldview that conflict with professional expectations. What are the consequences for social justice?
5. Consider what challenges you may face as a public health professional. Discuss the strategies that you can use to enhance your ability to make unbiased and ethically sound decisions for the diverse stakeholders or communities.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

BS Public Health

5.6:  Examine methods for serving diverse populations and promoting health equity with empathy and humility.

Identify ethical, security, and privacy considerations in conducting data and information analysis and selecting and using information technology.

Professional Memo
Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the Small Merchant Guide to Safe
Payments documentation from the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)
organization. PCI Data Security Standards are established to protect payment account data
throughout the payment lifecycle, and to protect individuals and entities from the criminals who
attempt to steal sensitive data. The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) applies to all entities
that store, process, and/or transmit cardholder data, including merchants, service providers, and
financial institutions.
Purpose of this Assignment
You work as an Information Technology Consultant for the Greater Washington Risk Associates
(GWRA) and have been asked to write a professional memo to one of your clients as a follow-up
to their recent risk assessment (RA). GWRA specializes in enterprise risk management for state
agencies and municipalities. The county of Anne Arundel, Maryland (the client) hired GWRA to
conduct a risk assessment of Odenton, Maryland (a community within the Anne Arundel
County), with a focus on business operations within the municipality.
This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcome to enable you to:
• Identify ethical, security, and privacy considerations in conducting data and information
analysis and selecting and using information technology.
Assignment
Your supervisor has asked that the memo focus on Odenton’s information systems, and
specifically, securing the processes for payments of services. Currently, the Odenton Township
offices accept cash or credit card payment for the services of sanitation (sewer and refuse),
water, and property taxes. Residents can pay either in-person at township offices or over the
phone with a major credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa). Over the
phone payment involves with speaking to an employee and giving the credit card information.
Once payment is received, the Accounting Department is responsible for manually entering it
into the township database system and making daily deposits to the bank.
The purpose of the professional memo is to identify a minimum of three current controls
(e.g., tools, practices, policies) in Odenton Township (either a control specific to Odenton
Township or a control provided by Anne Arundel county) that can be considered best
practices in safe payment/data protection. Furthermore, beyond what measures are
currently in place, you should highlight the need to focus on insider threats and provide a
minimum of three additional recommendations. Below are the findings from the Risk
Assessment:
• The IT department for Anne Arundel County requires strong passwords for users to
access and use information systems.
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• The IT department for Anne Arundel County is meticulous about keeping payment
terminal software, operating systems and other software (including anti-virus software)
updated.
• Assessment of protection from remote access and breaches to the Anne Arundel network:
Odenton Township accesses the database system for the County when updating resident’s
accounts for services. It is not clear whether a secure remote connection (VPN) is
standard policy.
• Assessment of physical security at the Odenton Township hall: the only current form of
physical security are locks on the two outer doors; however, the facility is unlocked
Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm (EST), excluding federal holidays.
• Employee awareness training on data security and secure practices for handling sensitive
data (e.g., credit card information) are not in place.
• The overarching conclusion of the risk assessment was that Odenton Township is not
fully compliant with the PCI Data Security Standards (v3.2).
Note: The Chief Executive for Anne Arundel County has asked for specific attention be paid
to insider threats, citing a recent article about an administrator from San Francisco (see
Resources). Anne Arundel County wants to understand insider threats and ways to mitigate
so that they protect their resident’s personal data as well as the County’s sensitive
information. These are threats to information systems, including malware and insider threats
(negligent or inadvertent users, criminal or malicious insiders, and user credential theft).
Expectations and Format
Using the resources listed below, you are to write a 2-page Professional Informational Memo to
the Chief Executive for Anne Arundel County that addresses the following:
• Risk Assessment Summary: Provide an overview of your concerns from the risk
assessment report. Include broad ‘goal’ of the memo, as a result of the risk assessment,
the broad recommendations. Specific Action Steps will come later. The summary should
be no more than one paragraph.
• Background: Provide a background for your concerns. Briefly highlight why the
concerns are critical to the County of Anne Arundel and Odenton Township. Clearly
state the importance of data security and insider threats when dealing with personal credit
cards. Be sure to establish the magnitude of the problem of insider threats.
• Concerns, Standards, Best Practices: The body of the memo needs to justify your
concerns and clarify standards, based on the resources listed below, at minimum. The
PCI DSS standards are well respected and used globally to protect entities and
individual’s sensitive data. The body of the memo should also highlight three current
controls that are considered best practice; that is, you should highlight the positive,
what is currently in place, based on the risk assessment.
• Action Steps: Provide a conclusion establishing why it is important for Anne Arundel
County to take steps to protect residents and county infrastructure from insider threats
based on your concerns. Recommend a minimum of three (3) practical action steps,
including new security controls, best practices and/or user policies that will mitigate the
concerns in this memo. Be sure to include cost considerations so that the County is
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getting the biggest bang for the buck. The expectations are not for you to research and
quote actual costs, but to generalize potential costs. For instance, under the category of
physical security, door locks are typically less expensive than CCTV cameras.
• Be sure to review the PowerPoint presentation (in pdf format) Effective Professional
Memo Writing that accompanies these instructions.
• Use the Professional Memo template that accompanies these instructions.
o Use four section subtitles, in bold.
▪ Risk Assessment Summary
▪ Background
▪ Concerns, Standards, Best Practices
▪ Action Steps

What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Cyber Security?

Write a 3 page paper APA Style on the next generation of Cyber Security. The essay should
answer the questions listed below. Include two references.
Subcategory Next Generation
Supporting Idea 1: What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Cyber Security?
Supporting Idea 2: Cyber security Software, what is it and do I need it?
Supporting Idea 3: What is Machine leaning in Cyber Security?

Discuss  the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.

Discuss  the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.

450 words. APA 7th edition. 2 references within 5 years.

WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT TWO (2) DIFFERENT DISCUSSION POST REPLIES ARE ALSO REQUESTED. 200 WORDS WITH 1-2 DIFFERENT REFERENCES EACH.

What skills (assessment techniques) were utilized during the assessment?

conduct an assessment on each the following body systems:

• Peripheral Vascular
•  Musculoskeletal 
• Neurological

You may conduct the assessment on a fellow student, friend, or family member. Remember to secure their permission. Write a summary of the assessment process for each body system and the techniques utilized. Answer the following 3 questions in the a detailed, thorough summary. Utilize your text book as a reference. Do not disclose any patient identifiers. 

1. What skills (assessment techniques) were utilized during the assessment?
2. What subjective data did you collect? (list your findings)
3. What objective data did you collect? (list your findings

Discuss the moral claims relevant to the stakeholders and discuss why they are ethically justifiable.

Assessment Description

The goal of public health is to improve health for all populations. Ethics play a significant role and professionals must consider ethics in the workplace, research, decision making, and policy. Professionals must also consider moral standards of stakeholders and be able to reconcile moral claims and public health ethics when working with populations.

Public Health Topics

For this assignment, choose a public health topic below and examine a community affected by this public health issue.

• Food Justice Movement/Food Apartheid
• Confidentiality
• Access to Health Services
• Transportation

Assignment Directions

In 1,000-1,250 words, discuss the ethical dimensions of public health decision making, including the scope and consequence of making decisions. Include the following:

1. Describe the topic you chose. Explain how this topic affects the community you selected.
2. Discuss what factors contribute to how the public issue is addressed, or not addressed, in the community.
3. Describe the role of bias and cultural competence and how they affect or contributes to this situation.
4. Discuss the moral claims relevant to the stakeholders and discuss why they are ethically justifiable.
5. Discuss at least one ethical dilemma presented in this situation. Review the Public Health Code of Ethics and the “12 Ethical Principles.” Discuss potential solutions to resolving the dilemma as a public health professional.
6. Based on 12 Ethical Principles, explain what authority and scope public health has regarding decision making in the chosen situation. What are the potential consequences of decision making in this situation?
7. In the context of decision making, discuss how a public health professional reconciles the moral claims and public health ethics in this situation.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.

General Requirements

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Prepare a report for your boss in which you analyze the advantages and disadvantages of FSAs so that she can decide whether to offer FSAs to your employees.

Scenarios:

Option 1) The graphic design shop where you work as the account manager is doing well. Just last year the owner hired three new designers and a receptionist, bringing the total number of employees to 14. But with growth comes certain headaches, and one of them is figuring out how to regulate employees’ Internet use. Currently, employees can download anything they want from the Internet and view any website they wish.
The owner’s IT person has alerted him to several problems. One is that the designers are downloading any and all software that they think sounds “cool” – even software in beta versions that still have a lot of kinks. As a result, their computers lock up or malfunction and the IT person has to spend hours troubleshooting the problem to get it resolved.
Two, there is concern over what Internet sites employees are viewing, specifically those that are inappropriate for the workplace. Overall, the IT person is worried about security breaches resulting from these downloads, inappropriate website visits, and other Internet activities.
It’s time for a policy to be developed governing Internet-use and your boss thinks you’re just the person to help write it. Your assignment is to study the current wisdom on the workplace Internet policies and send your findings to your boss and the IT person as a short report, including a proposed Internet-use policy that might be implemented.

Option 2) As a Senior Buyer as Darcy’s, a national department store, Sasha Warner manages the buyers in the eastern U.S. region. You’re currently working under her as a sales co-op student. She drops by your office to chat one day and brings up a subject she’s been wondering about. “Do you know anything about Skype?” she asks. You nod, having used this online international phone service yourself. “I heard it’s totally free and really easy to use, she continues, “so I’m thinking about recommending that all my buyers subscribe to it. Then maybe they could talk to each other and to international designers and merchandisers more easily. Is there any downside? Maybe security issues?” You’re not sure–but you offer to look into the matter for her.
Do the necessary research and, if you haven’t done so, try this service yourself. Then, write Sasha a report that gives her the information she needs to decide whether or not to pursue this idea further. She may want to share your report with other managers in the company so be sure you give it your best effort.

Option 3) You work for the owner of three local coffee and tea shops, one of which opened a few months ago. The newest one has already developed quite a nice, regular clientele, mostly those in or near the neighborhood who want an alternative to the big-coffee-chain experience, but your boss things its sales need a bump. She is considering holding an in-store promotion at the coffee shop – her first-ever. Since she knows you’re an Internet whiz, she turns to you for help. “How do you run one of these events?” she wants to know. “How much do they cost? Are they worth the effort and expense? What are the options? Do such promotions have lasting effects? How can I maximize the results?”
You turn to the internet and find a lot of great stuff about in-store promotions, so much, in fact, that you decide to present your findings to your boss in writing. Tell her what she needs and wants to know in a clear, well-organized report. Having the information in writing will also be helpful if she wants to share it with other employees. Be sure she can go to your sources and read more if she wants to.

Option 4) Many managers today are realizing that there really is something distinctive about “Gen Y,” or “Millennial,” employees (the children of “baby boomers” – who were themselves children of the World War II generation). Find a real client or invent a realistic company to use as your client. Then review the literature on Gen Y employees and write your client a report in which you describe the distinctive traits of this segment of the workforce and recommend ways to recruit, manage, and retain them.

Option 5) Your company does not offer flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for its employees. Your boss wonders if your company (you pick the name) should. Are FSAs a good idea for businesses and employees? Prepare a report for your boss in which you analyze the advantages and disadvantages of FSAs so that she can decide whether to offer FSAs to your employees.

Write a 175- to 350-word memo to a new incoming group of legislators to describe the budget process.

Budget Process Memo 

Financial analysts guide governments and security entities in decisions about the budgeting process. Imagine you are a financial analyst for your home state or your local (municipal or county) budget office.

STEP 1: Write a 175- to 350-word memo to a new incoming group of legislators to describe the budget process.

STEP 2: Include the following in your memo:

• -A description of the steps of the budget process, including when the fiscal year begins and ends
• -The timeline and key milestones of the budget process, from budget submission by agencies/departments to the final budget

For those unfamiliar with the styling of business memorandums, you may visit this resource for a sample Memorandum.