How would you define sexual harassment? What is the legal definition?

Scenario: You are the HR manager of a healthcare organization. One of the newly appointed nurses has complained about a senior doctor. She claims that the doctor sends her obscene messages on her cell phone and also makes obscene gestures at her.

Tasks:

Write a paper addressing the following:

• How would you define sexual harassment? What is the legal definition?
• Does the complaint in the scenario fall under the definition of sexual harassment? Why or why not?
• What would be the implications of this complaint, if it is found true, for the senior doctor and the healthcare organization?
• How would you, as an HR manager, address this complaint? What does the law require of HRM in such cases?
• What steps would you take to prevent this kind of situation from recurring?

How does hospital readmission article relate to the article managing alarms in acute care across the lifespan.

How does hospital readmission article relate to the article managing alarms in acute care across the lifespan.

Watch the video (Democracy) then write down a philosophical question about it

Watch the video (Democracy Links to an external site.) then write down a philosophical question about it

Describe which cloud-based solution Falcon Security should consider. Explain why Falcon Security should choose that cloud-based company?

Read the three categories of cloud-based services offerings and the “Falcon Security” case study in Chapter 6 in the textbook. Identify the advantages and disadvantages associated with cloud computing, and the definitions of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as service (SaaS), as described throughout the case.  

Write a 750 word paper about which cloud computing service and cloud vendor would best meet Falcon Security’s needs. Include the following in your paper:

1. Describe which cloud-based solution Falcon Security should consider. Explain why Falcon Security should choose that cloud-based company?
2. List the advantages and disadvantages of the different categories in relation to Falcon Security and support your decision.
3. A brief description of the types of service that cloud-based companies provide and justification as to why you would choose that particular vendor? Research different companies (e.g., Research Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft Azure, or iCloud).
4. What must Falcon Security examine prior to engaging with a cloud-base vendor? List the advantages and disadvantages of your decision?

Do you think folks are working too hard? How does technology impact the work?

APA format

175 – 265 words

Cite at least one (1) peer-reviewed reference

Respond to the following:

Dr. Debbie Laughon

Budgets can be challenging and there are many options to consider. Unfortunately, nursing / labor are the major cost for organizations. I find that the impact of technology is a significant factor. The industry reports that the various types of technology should have made the nurse more efficient. In my experience, the number of “clicks” to document and the number of times that the wi-fi disconnects are overlooked. It is also hard to capture the acuity of the patients and just what work requires a nurse. Most labor is built around a workload standard, which is a formula of how many hours of care, or surgical minutes, or number of cases managed/ per hour of nursing care. There are new systems that calculate the workload by DRG and extracting information from the EHR and can calculate how many hours of care are required. Apparently, another gap is that lack of complete documentation. Remember if it isn’t documented it doesn’t count. We will soon be using a system like this to drive staffing. We have some concerns, so time will tell. Your point about retention is also important. The evidence does support that it can be effective, but it can’t keep up with the number needed (demand). Variables such as aging of our workforce, and career changes overcome what can be saved. As you think about your project; if you focus on labor, be careful. It is easy to think more people is the answer. It is hard to find data to support the numbers of staff. What types of labor concerns do you hear in your organization? Do you think folks are working too hard? How does technology impact the work?

What implicit norm(s) did you violate?

Assignment #2 – Break-a-Social-Norm

For this assignment, I want everyone to break a social norm. Then you will discuss how breaking the norm made you feel, and how it might have made other people feel.

Step 1:

First you need to identify a social norm. Some examples are:

• Appearance (you can wear pink slippers to school or around town instead of shoes; put a blue dot on the tip of your nose; wear your shirt backward / inside-out; overdo your makeup)

• Interpersonal Behavior (stand too close or too far away from someone you are talking too; avoid eye contact; scoff at a person’s every comment)

• Social Etiquette (violate elevator norms – that is, instead of turning around to face the elevator doors when they close, face the other people in the elevator and stare them in the eye!; eat with your mouth open; talk loudly in a library; fly a kite inside the mall, something one of my former students actually did!)

• THESE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES. PLEASE TRY TO BE CREATIVE & COME UP WITH SOME ORIGINAL IDEAS ON YOUR OWN. Another one of my former students stood behind people at water fountains chanting “Chug! Chug! Chug!” loudly.

Note: You may want to do the behavior several times in different places to note any interesting patterns. Do people’s reactions may differ as a function of sex, age, location?

Step 2:

Incorporate the following points in a short paper (400 words minimum, 700 words maximum):

1). What implicit norm(s) did you violate? (5 points)

2). Describe how you violated it (them). (9 points)

3). Analyze your thoughts and feelings while you violated the norm(s). (9 points)

4). Analyze what other people were probably thinking about your violation (9 points)

5). Did you gain any insight into your own or others’ behavior? What about the power of the situation? (9 points)

6). Include AT LEAST ONE key social psychological principle in your paper. You may want to include something about role-playing, conformity / nonconformity, normative social influence, cognitive dissonance, self-monitoring, etc. Your choice, but have AT LEAST ONE! (9 points)

How do highly developed countries, moderately developed countries, and less developed countries differ regarding population growth and per-person incomes?

1. How do highly developed countries, moderately developed countries, and less developed countries differ regarding population growth and per-person incomes?
2. How is human population growth related to natural resource depletion and environmental degradation?

Each answer must be 50 words per question.

Based on your ethical decision-making preferences and the ethical-decision making approaches, how would you respond in this situation?

In Unit 2, we further explored the ethical decision-making model that we were introduced to at the end of Unit 1. If you would like to review ethical decision-making models, read this article. Please note that this article is optional.

Consider the following scenario:

You are the manager of a local department store when you see a customer with her baby stealing baby formula. You are walking the aisles, checking inventory when you come around the corner and see this situation. The customer puts the baby formula in a bag under the baby seat in the basket. The customer does not see you and continues to shop.

Using the ethical decision making approaches we have been discussing, respond to the following questions:

• Based on your ethical decision-making preferences and the ethical-decision making approaches, how would you respond in this situation?
• Identify and explain which of the ethical decision-making approaches you used to arrive at your decision.
• If you saw your neighbor stealing clothes for herself, would you respond differently to the situation? Why or why not?

What are some changes in old horror films versus new horror films in terms of graphics?

What are some changes in old horror films versus new horror films in terms of graphics?

What are some non-monetary statistics—besides labor hours and patient volume—that have a direct effect on the financial management of a health care organization? Are there statistics that do not translate into a monetary effect?

APA format

175 – 265 words

Cite at least one (1) peer-reviewed reference

Respond to the following:

What are some non-monetary statistics—besides labor hours and patient volume—that have a direct effect on the financial management of a health care organization? Are there statistics that do not translate into a monetary effect?