...There are debates that sealed adoption records should be made unsealed and to allow interaction between the three parties involved (Baldassi & Cindy 212). Initially, adoption records and data were accessible to individuals affiliated with adoption triangle; however, the revised amendment mandated that adoption records and data be placed off limits (Baldassi & Cindy 212). Professionals and policy makers advocated for confidentiality on grounds of stigma associated with illegitimacy of the child conceived out of wedlock. Current Psychological research establishes that opening sealed records would invigorate the effects of the post surrender stage that range from depression to anxiety in birth mothers (March 409). Also, it would cause post-placement...
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...Adoption: Open Or Closed There are two different routes to do adoption. There is open adoption and closed adoption. Open adoption is when the biological parents can still have contact with their child either through mail, or face to face visits. In open adoption the adoptive parents and biological parents can know varying degrees of each other’s personal information. Closed adoption, also called confidential adoption, only works if the child is an infant. The biological parents, most of the time only the biological mother is involved, information is sealed and the adoptive parents know nothing about them. The biological parents also know nothing about the adoptive parents or the child. The information stays sealed forever, unless, the child...
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...Have you ever thought about adopting a child? What it would be like to bring a new child in as a member of your family and be able to call the child your own? Before a person or couple decides to adopt a child, they should decide whether the adoption should be a closed adoption or an open adoption. Each type of adoption is done a different way, but closed adoption is more beneficial than an open adoption. Closed adoption which is also called a secret adoption has been a great way of taking children in and giving them a family. This type of adoption is one in which there is no communication, before or after, that takes place between the family that is adopting and the parents that gave birth to the child (Roth 24). To learn more about this adoption, it is a good idea to know how the adopting process works, what the history behind it is, and why it is a more beneficial way of adopting children. To begin with, the way closed adoption is set up is by a legal process that is used by any kind of adoption. This legal process is used to help build a kinship between the parents and the child that are not blood related. The couple who wants to adopt are to go to an adoption agency where they will be assigned a case worker to talk to about adopting a child (Samuels 66). The case worker will then sit down with the couple and get all the information he or she needs about them such as their health backround and test how much they are emotionally mature (Roth 23). The case worker also has...
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...vs Closed Adoptions When one decides to adopt, they would have to decide if they want their adoption to be confidential, semi-open, or open. There are many benefits to all three types of adoptions but which one is more beneficial is the question. First we need a better understanding of the three types of adoptions. Closed adoption is when neither the birth parents nor the adoptive parents know each other. Generally open adoption is when the birth parents and adoptive parents know identifiable information about each other as well as a contract shared between both parties. Semi-open adoptions include unidentifiable information and contact mediated by the agency. By the end of this research one will have formed their own opinion which...
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...Juno: Film Essay An important idea in the film Juno directed by Jason Reitman, is the idea that all of our choices will have consequences. This idea is shown in many ways throughout the film. For example, Juno’s choice to have un-protected sex, her choice not to abort her baby, and the choice to carry out an adoption even though her plans didn’t turn out the way they had expected, all had following consequences. The protagonist of the film is 16-year-old, Juno MacGuff. Juno has to face the dilemmas of an unexpected pregnancy. She finds what seems to be the perfect adoption couple, but when her adoption plans take a turn for disaster, Juno must dig herself out of her sticky situation and do what’s best for her baby. At the start of the film, Juno decides to have unprotected sex with her close friend, Paulie Bleeker. Her choice to have un-protected sex is a choice she hasn’t taken into a whole lot of consideration, consequently leading Juno to becoming pregnant. The mise-en-scene at the start of the film shows us how Juno now feels about her pregnancy. Juno stands across from the armchair Bleeker and she had sex on, while a voice over says, ‘It started with a chair.’ The armchair seems much larger than Juno even though they are about the same size. The chair represents Juno’s sudden pregnancy, something dominant, something overwhelming her. Juno looks small in comparison to the chair, showing us that she feels small, insignificant and weak. Juno plans to quickly...
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...Pro Choice Abortion Essay Pro-Choice Abortion Essay In 1973, the Supreme Court’s decision made it possible for women to get safe, legal abortions from well-trained medical surgeons, and therefore led to dramatic decreases in pregnancy-related injury and death (“abortion”). Now there is a new proposal to close abortion clinics. This proposal takes away the privacy rights of American women that are guaranteed by our Constitution. By closing abortion clinics the government is not only taking away women’s rights, but is also punishing those whom want to exercise their right of a pro-choice woman. Abortion clinics allow thousands of women every year to have abortions. Having the abortion should be woman’s personal choice. By closing these clinics, there will be no providers to perform the operation, so the choice has already been made for them. Closing the clinics will increase the barriers of having an abortion. When there are too many obstacles, the right to make their own choice is taken away from them. In 1973 the American Supreme Court ruled that Americans’ right to privacy included: “the right of a woman to decide whether to have children, and the right of a woman and her doctor to make that decision without state interference” (“abortion”). The Constitution says we have a right to privacy, so taking away a woman’s chance to make decisions about her own body violates that right. The American Civil Liberties Union defends the Constitution and peoples’ rights. ACLU...
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...Introduction The main idea of this report is to explain on the concepts of environmental management and how are these concepts to be considered and classified as eco-efficiency or eco-effectiveness to the environment. There are various types of concepts of environmental management in relating to the solution of environmental issues in business. One of these concepts will be further discussed in the entire essay is industrial ecology concept. Also, this report will outline the elements of this concept which will be classified into eco-efficiency or eco-effectiveness and their impacts to the environment. Industrial ecology concepts and its elements will be explaining in details with some examples and personal recommendations in this report. Industrial Ecology Industrial ecology refers as an emerging industrial concept to popularize environmentally. The main purpose is to identify and implement strategies which are used to minimize the environmental impacts. Industrial ecology makes an interaction with natural ecosystem. They are natural resource from earth such as sustainable use of energy, materials and capacity of environment. (Hond 2000, 60-69)Also, they act as inputs to extract and transform them into products or services. Industrial ecology is not only aiming to reduce the environmental stress caused by industries but also encourage and support in creativity, resource efficiency and effectiveness and sustainability growth. (Cote, Raymond...
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...Key: D Question 2 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Examine this original passage from the APUS Plagiarism Policy: The most frequently observed form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism is the adoption or incorporation of another's ideas without proper attribution of the source. It is more simply defined as taking the writings of another person or people and representing them to be one's own. Consider this passage from a student's essay: Plagiarism is the greatest example of academic dishonesty because it involves using someone else’s material as if it were yours. Plagiarism also occurs when you fail to properly credit the sources of the materials you use when writing. The student’s sentence above is considered: Correct A.A paraphrase because it expresses only the idea of the passage and does not use key phrases or groups of words from the original B.A rearrangement of the author's words, therefore not a paraphrase C.Neither D.Both Answer Key: A Question 3 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Here is the original sentence from Bingham and Conner (2010), page 8: Social tools are powerful building blocks that can transform the way we enable learning and development in organizations. Consider this passage from a student’s essay: According to Barrett-Koehler (2010), “social tools are powerful building blocks that can transform the way we enable learning and...
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...|1a. Module Title: |1b. Module Code: | |Crisis, Change and Creativity in Contemporary Business |BP1BS313 | |2a. Module Scheme: |2b. Name of Programme(s): | |Undergraduate |BSc(Hons) in Business and Management | |3a. Module Leader: |3b. Location: | |Ioannis Doukas (Ph.D Candidate) |Business School | |4a. Module Status: |4b. Module Credit Rating: |4c. Module Type: | |Dedicated |20 |Core Module (Compulsory Module) | |5. Programme Stage in which module is offered: | |Year 3, Semester A | |6. Total learning hours: ...
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...BLC Essay 2 Isidro Morales describes US trade policies towards Latin America as a ‘neo-liberal corporate-led agenda’. Discuss the validity of his claim, as well as the desirability of extending the model of regional integration preferred by Washington to all of the Americas. “Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.” Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, 1919 Madalina Daniela Costache Robert Ibsen British and American Studies – 2XBF November 8th 2013 Number of words: 938 With the emergence of the Washington consensus, the US foreign policy shifted towards a neoliberal model in order to deal with the pressures incited by globalization. Neoliberal theory argues for the development of a free market economy where there is a high degree of free individual choice, and which achieves efficient economic performance by reducing the state’s intervention solely to “defining property rights, enforcing contracts, and regulating the money supply” (Kotz 2000). This essay argues that, as Morales claims, the US does pursue a...
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...the members of a social system. Rogers' definition contains four elements that are present in the diffusion of innovation process. The four main elements are: 1. Innovation - an idea, practices, or objects that is perceived as knew by an individual or other unit of adoption. 2. Communication channels - the means by which messages get from one individual to another. 3. time - the three time factors are: • • innovation-decision process Relative time with which an innovation is adopted by an individual or group. • Innovation’s rate of adoption. 4. Social system - a set of interrelated units that are engaged in joint problem solving to accomplish a common goal. Make a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to our door. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Background on Diffusion of Innovation The original diffusion research was done as early as 1903 by the French sociologist Gabriel Tarde who plotted the original S-shaped diffusion curve. Tardes' 1903 S-shaped curve is of current importance because "most innovations have an S-shaped rate of adoption". (Rogers, 1983) The variance lies in the slope of the "S". Some new innovations diffuse rapidly creating a steep S-curve; other innovations have a slower rate of adoption, creating a more gradual slope of the...
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...ROE v. WADE 410 U.S. 113 (1973) STATEMENT OF THE CASE: The Procedural Road from State Courts to the Supreme Court Appeal: In 1970, Norma McCorvey, a pregnant single woman, sought to terminate her pregnancy however, she was unable to do so because in her home state of Dallas, Texas, abortion was illegal with the exception of extreme cases of medical necessity, not applicable to her. McCorvey, using the name “Jane Roe” as an alias, filed suit at the district level against Henry Wade, the District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas, challenging the constitutionality of the Texas state laws prohibiting abortions and seeking an injunction against its enforcement, (in other words, the Appellant asked the court to forbid the district attorney from prosecuting anyone else under the Texas abortion law in the future). The district court ruled in favor of McCorvey, but ultimately failed to resolve the matter in a practical sense by refusing to issue an injunction to prevent the existing legislation from being enforced. Due to the district court’s refusal to enjoin future prosecutions for abortion, Roe and her attorneys appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and the case was granted certiorari. By the time the case reached the Supreme Court, however, McCorvey had already given birth, but the Court entertained the case anyway, reasoning that if the traditional standards of mootness and the exclusion of advisory opinions were upheld, no pregnant Plaintiff could ever successfully litigate...
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...strongly disagree by arguing on every level possible and stating that it is the woman’s decision if she wishes to interrupt a pregnancy within her womb. So, while supporters of abortion claim it should continue to be legal in the United States, especially if the mothers life is endangered or the pregnancy was caused by rape, it actually should not be made legal because of the fact that it is the killing of an innocent human being, the methods used to do so are barbaric, and because there are other choices available as an alternative to abortion. First, let’s take into account the pro-choice advocates issue regarding the right to terminate a pregnancy if that pregnancy endangers the mother’s life. According to Morgentaler who wrote an essay for 123.HelpMe.com, he states that,” when women are older, they no longer...
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...Qn. Write an argumentative/ persuasive essay on; why abortion should be legalized or not? The most basic definition of abortion is termination of pregnancy. According to Wikipedia ‘abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of the fetus or embryo resulting in or cause of death.’ Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. The first recorded evidence of induced abortion was from the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus in 1550 BC. The history of abortion goes back as we can see but it is not until the 1800’s that laws forbade the act after 16 weeks of conception. By the early 1900’s the act was completely outlawed but even at that women were still having abortions. The discussion of whether abortion should or shouldn’t be legalized is a very sensitive. Currently, Kenya is going through the process of acquiring a new constitution, one of the contentious issues in the draft is the issue on whether the constitution is legalizing abortion or not. The issue of legalization of abortion is very controversial. Even though many people take the side of anti- abortion or pro-life i.e. they believe it should not be legalized, there are just as many who believe it should. The decision on whether to keep an unwanted pregnancy or not is one that strikes ethics, religion, morality, norms and most of all judgment from the society. A society that dictates what is right and wrong and sets the limits...
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...Francois Mignet, the Classic or Marxist interpretation, which considers the French upheaval as a 'bourgeois' revolution, and the Revisionism. The last-named has abolished the myth of the social interpretation and has brought a new conception of the Revolution as highly political. Probably the most influential revisionist work on the French Revolution is Francuas Furet's Penser la Revolution francaise (1978; English translation- Interpreting the French Revolution, 1981). It assumes the revolutionary events as remarkably anti-democratic and emphasises its connection with the totalitarian systems. The book has stated quite an innovative thesis, which has become an object of evaluation for both academics and the general public. Thus, this essay is to demonstrate the impact of the Revolution on the totalitarianism of the twentieth century and to indicate the major similarities as well as their common ideologies. The intention of this work is also to show philosophical inspirations for the events of 1789 and therefore for those from the first half of the twentieth century. In his famous dialogue with Stanislas Girardin, Napoleon was supposed to admit that"it was he [Rousseau] who laid the ground for the French Revolution" (Hicks, 2012, p.73). In fact, Rousseau's ideas of 'general...
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