...Imagine driving to work, running late for an important meeting. You are driving the posted speed limit, obeying all traffic laws, and you car is in perfect working order. All of a sudden, flashing red and blue lights are behind you and you’re being pulled over. The officer treats you as a suspect right off the bat, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never really telling you why you’ve been pulled over. Without any warranted reason the officer wants to search your car. After much hassle you are finally free to go, yet still have no explanation as to why you were pulled over to begin with. Now imagine you are black and the officer is white. You have probably just experienced racial profiling. Racial profiling is a problem which is gaining widespread notoriety in the United States. It may be the most important homeland issue we face today. Racial profiling is a clear violation of the civil rights of United States citizens. Not only does racial profiling affect civilians, but it actually makes law enforcement ineffective. Most efforts to investigate and eradicate racial profiling have failed due to unclear findings and a lack of accountability on the part of law enforcement. New measures must be taken in conjunction with current measures to curb racial profiling. A stringent federal program to monitor and survey our nation’s police officers is needed. The public also needs to become more involved in efforts to stop racial profiling...
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...one the most breathtaking courses that I have taking Kaplan University. I have had the chance to voluntary at Kent County Juvenile Community Service Department. I am going to share with you in this paper what I have learned about the program, describe how it is ran, tell the roles I played, and also give a piece of my mind on the experience that I encounter during my voluntary work. Explanation of the agency’s function After the passing of the passing of the 1996 Public Act 388 the Family Division of the Circuit Court was created. According to the Kent County site under Family Division the legislation required that by July 1, 1997 the probate courts and the circuit courts come to an agreement on how they were going to run the Family Division Courts. The probate courts, circuit court judges, and many more people came up with a great plan because the Supreme Court approved the plan. Michigan has Family Court in each circuit court that hears the cases dealing with every aspect of family law. Judges in the Family Court Division hear case about divorce, which parent get custody of the child(ren), who going to support the child or alimony, and even children who want to get emancipated from their guardian. The Family Court Division also hears cases about children being abused, neglected, and so many more. Michigan Family Courts do not just deal with the things I mention above. This court deals with matters of kids breaking the law. The Family Court gets...
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...Dilemma #1 The first thing to consider when making the tough decision to turn the trolley or stay straight is to remember that as humans we don’t have the power to decide which lives are worth more than others. By making the voluntary decision to turn the trolley and endanger the lone man’s life the driver is choosing to kill an innocent man. If the trolley were turned onto the side spur the man walking will be caught off guard and have less time to react to the situation by the time he sees the trolley come around the curve. If the trolley driver were to stay straight he would kill five men that are working on the track. If he chooses not to turn the trolley then he is actively deciding to put the five men in danger by leaving the situation...
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...HRPYC81 PROJECT 4809 Assignment 2 What motivates people to do volunteer work? MJ SCRIVEN TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERATURE REVIEW There are almost as many reasons for getting involved in volunteer work as there are volunteers. Once people get started, they find that their deepest rewards are ones they didn't expect when they first came looking for a volunteer assignment. Participants entered the volunteer world through ads in the paper, articles in the media and invitations by friends. They wanted to get involved in a new community, they overheard someone talking about a need or they just wanted to be active. Some wanted to repay a perceived debt to society and others took up volunteer work as part of a major reassessment of their lives and priorities. They came looking for a better balance in their lives, a learning experience, something to do with their time after retirement or something to add to their skills and their resumes. A good number had a stake in the organization where they were helping. This might be a friend or relative with a disability or a disease or the expectation that they themselves might someday need the service. “The idea that an individual would make significant personal sacrifices for another person, particularly when that person is a stranger, has long fascinated students of social behaviour” (Clary et al. 1998: 1516). “Volunteerism may be defined as contributing one's time or talents for charitable, educational, social, political...
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...To the extent of this class so far, we have had the opportunity to read the book titled, The Bosnia List. This book is much more than just an autobiography of Kenan Trebinčević, but an educational book on what life was like in Bosnia during 1991-1992. Kenan did an excellent job of constructing this book by not only sharing his experience in Bosnia during the tragedy, but also during his revisit to Bosnia in 2011. With nearly two decades passing by, Kenan knew all that would change in Bosnia including: physical structures, religious tolerance, technology, moral, the economy and especially personalities. During their time in Bosnia, A Serbian family moved in downstairs from Kenan. His new neighbors were named Miloš and Zorica, and their son Dejan,...
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...to us today, in order to explain the meaning of crime and the role it plays in society, we must first examine what crime is and what it means to us as individuals, groups, family units, and everything in between. When examining our social structure we must first consider what constitutes right from wrong. We must try and answer the question, is there really such a thing as an absolute right or wrong? If so, who decides what’s right vs. wrong, and can anything we do or say against another be held against us? In order to try and find the answers to these simple questions we must understand the essences of the term crime. According to the dictionary, crime is an act or action of a negligence nature that is deemed harmful or hurtful to the public, be it voluntary or involuntary, as in the case of a drunk driver hitting an innocent bystander could possible end in manslaughter charges being leveled against the drunk driver. Because the drivers actions could have caused serious or even deadly consequences for the victim who was hit while standing on a corner, crossing a street, or on his way home from a long hard day’s work, even if the driver does not leave the scene of the incident, because the action was negligence in nature and could have been detrimental to the victim, this could be considered a crime. Another example of wrongdoing or sinful actions would be that of a person, committing a seemly harmless act against mankind such as exposing himself in public. Although...
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...area of philosophy concerned with theories of ethics, with how we ought to live our lives. Deontology and utilitarianism are the two philosophies that I shall be evaluating and applying throughout this essay. These are two time-honoured philosophical positions that apply to a wide variety of topics. Deontology is an ethical system that is attributed to the philosophical tradition of Immanuel Kant. Deontology demands that the actions, or means themselves must be ethical. This philosophy is based upon principles of duty and obligation, we have the freedom to act morally (right) or otherwise (wrong) based on General Universal Laws. To respect life means that you must not kill, to respect others is not to steal these moral laws are black and white as you must do what is right and do not do what is wrong regardless of circumstance or outcome. Deontologists argue that there are transcendent ethical norms and truths that are universally applicable to all people. Deontology holds that some actions are immoral regardless of their consequence; these actions are wrong in and of themselves. We should not act out of feeling, inclination, love or compassion, but out of our moral duty according to the universal moral laws. Kant gives a ‘categorical imperative’ to act morally at all times. The categorical imperative has three main principles and helps us to know which actions are obligatory and which are forbidden. Moral statements are categorical in that they prescribe actions irrespective...
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...| Racial Profiling Basics Picture yourself traveling to your workplace on a regular day. You are following all of the traffic laws, most importantly the speed limit. Your car is in the best condition it could ever be in, essentially new. To your surprise you see red and blue lights coming up behind you. Next thing you know, you are being pulled over. The officer walks up to the car and simply by his tone of voice you can sense he suspects you of something. He starts giving you the basic questions, where you were going, what you were doing. However, he never really explains as to why he pulled you over. Without probable cause the officer wants to search your vehicle. After a significant amount of wasted time and hassle the officer allows you to leave freely. The officer never gave you a reason for the initial stop. Now picture yourself as an African-American while the officer is white. This questionably random, yet common, occurrence would be a case of racial profiling. Racial profiling has become a problem that is gaining an unsavory reputation in America. It is one of the most important issues that we face at home. It is a blatant desecration of the civil rights of American citizens. Not only is law enforcement is made unproductive by racial profiling, but the citizens are also affected by racial profiling. Work done to scrutinize and exterminate racial profiling has come to no avail. One of the most essential reasons for this failure is attributable to findings that are...
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...SHRM Foundation’S EFFEctivE PRacticE GuidElinES SERiES Retaining A Guide to AnAlyzinG And MAnAGinG eMployee turnover Talent SHRM Foundation’S EFFEctivE PRacticE GuidElinES SERiES REtaininG talent A GuiDe to AnAlyzinG AnD MAnAGinG eMPloyee tuRnoveR by David G. Allen, Ph.D., SPHR i REtaininG talent This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information regarding the subject matter covered. Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent, licensed professional should be sought. Any federal and state laws discussed in this book are subject to frequent revision and interpretation by amendments or judicial revisions that may significantly affect employer or employee rights and obligations. Readers are encouraged to seek legal counsel regarding specific policies and practices in their organizations. This book is published by the SHRM Foundation, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM©). The interpretations, conclusions and recommendations in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the SHRM Foundation. ©2008 SHRM Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical...
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...The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 THE ANUFACTURING INSTITUTE MANUFACTURING MAKES AMERICA STRONG The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 By Barchi Peleg-Gillai, Gauri Bhat and Lesley Sept Stanford University Table of Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Overview of Security Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Overview of Collateral Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...2016 PURPOSE OF EVALUATION 3 TIMING AND TYPES OF EVALUATION 5 LITERATURE REVIEW, HEURISTIC EVALUATION, AND COGNITIVE WALKTHROUGHS USABILITY TESTING COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION AND CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS IN-SERVICE EVALUATION 5 7 8 9 STEPS IN CONDUCTING A STUDY 10 STUDY DESIGN 11 ONE FACTOR WITH TWO LEVELS ONE FACTOR WITH MORE THAN TWO LEVELS MULTIPLE FACTORS BETWEEN-SUBJECTS DESIGN WITHIN-SUBJECT DESIGNS MIXED DESIGNS SAMPLING PEOPLE, TASKS, AND SITUATIONS 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 MEASUREMENT 15 DATA ANALYSIS 16 ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS ANALYSIS OF DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES 16 17 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND COMMUNICATING RESULTS 18 STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND TYPE I AND TYPE II ERRORS STATISTICAL AND PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE GENERALIZING AND PREDICTING 18 19 19 DRIVER DISTRACTION: EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FACTORIAL DESIGN 19 ETHICAL ISSUES 21 CONCLUSION 21 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 21 QUESTIONS 22 2 April 3, 2016 A government official was involved in a car crash when another driver ran a stop sign while texting on a mobile phone. The crash led the official to introduce legislation that banned all...
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...noted by them is the lack of a clear problem 1 statement to define and guide the inquiry. The issue of how to write a problem statement becomes important. WHAT IS A RESEARCH PROBLEM? Generally speaking a research problem is a situation that needs a solution and for which there are possible solutions. If a situation has no possible solutions then it makes little or no sense expending resources researching it. Take this statement, “everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die”. Dying looks like a problem that needs a solution yet there is no possible solution to it. People must die. A research on how people can live forever makes little or no sense. A research problem may be described as an incongruence; a discrepancy between what is and what ought to be. It may be also described as the gap in knowledge that needs to be filled. WHAT IS A PROBLEM STATEMENT? A problem statement is the description of an issue currently existing which needs to be addressed. It provides the context for the research study and generates the questions which the research aims to answer. The statement of the problem is the focal point of any research. A good problem statement is just one sentence (with several paragraphs of elaboration). For example it could be: "The frequency of job layoffs is creating fear, anxiety, and a loss of productivity in middle management workers." While this problem statement is just one sentence, it should be accompanied by a few paragraphs that elaborate on the...
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...HR Research Methods – Final Exam, Winter 2015 STUDENT NAME: Peter Stojanov SummerPops SummerPops is a Popsicle manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, and has been operating since its founding in 1919. SummerPops moved into a large manufacturing facility in southeast Montreal in 1925, and has stayed in the building (with renovations and upgrades) ever since. The facility contains 4 major sections critical to the success of the business: * traditional loading docks to receive incoming raw materials, notably sugar; * mixing vats, water pipes, and heaters to create the liquid solution for the popsicles; * large freezers, to cool the liquid solution and form the popsicles; and * cold loading docks, to move the frozen popsicles to freezer trucks for transportation to stores. SummerPops is a unique company, in that 5 months of the year (November to March), the entire production facility is shut down. SummerPops quickly discovered trying to maintain operations through the winter months was pointless, as few people bought their products during frigid Quebec winters. As such, these shutdown provisions mean that employees cling even harder to their unions and their seniority, in order to ensure they maintain predictable employment with the company when they start their jobs again each March. March represents the "start up" month, where the entire facility is de-winterized, cleaned, sterilized, and tested to ensure full operational capacity. Starting in April...
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...In order to develop a product for young people and considering we know what it is to be young, we decided we had to develop a product that included most of youth likes and interests such as: music, dancing, social interaction, going partying, etc, Then “Club Ride” appeared as a great opportunity: a bus that gives an idea of pre-party, providing certain feeling of a small space of about thirty people where they can drink, laugh, dance, and make new friends. What we offer is therefore not only a transport service but an entire experience of fun and music. Why? Simple! Inside the bus they would not only benefit from listening to great music and enjoying complete modern design (including sofas, poles, neon lights, etc.) but they will have the opportunity to drink for free as well. They will only have to pay the bus ticket which actually includes a free pass to the discotheques included in the tour and the drinks they have inside. However this project is not able to satisfy every young man or woman in Madrid specially because we have to consider that there are at least 371.226 young people from 20 to 24 years old (not even taking into account the 102.532 immigrants that arrived this last year to Madrid). With this great amount of potential customers, it is impossible to take into account the whole market, it is necessary to direct all the attention to those man/ woman who would actually need this product. In order to obtain enough information about the costumer’s behaviour,...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 1 What is Leadership? 2 Leadership Behavior 2 Task-oriented leadership behaviors 3 Relations-oriented leadership behaviors 3 Organizational Climate 4 Core Leadership Theories 6 1. Trait Theories – What Type of Person Makes a Good Leader? 6 2. Behavioral Theories – What Does a Good Leader Do? 6 3. Contingency Theories – How Does the Situation Influence Good Leadership? 7 4. Power and Influence Theories – What is the Source of the Leader's Power? 7 Ingredients of Leadership 8 Different between Manager & Leader 9 Role conflicts between manager & leader 10 Introduction Organizations depend upon capable leadership to guide them through unprecedented changes. Yet, there is ample evidence in the news and in recent research reports that even some of the best and most venerable organizations are failing to adapt to change, implement their strategic plans successfully or prepare for a more uncertain future. We believe the turmoil we are currently observing has something to do with leadership, and that if we don’t change our current approach to leadership development, we will see even more of the same. As well-known companies disappear or are taken over (think of Lucent, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, Northern Rock, Merrill Lynch) and new forces like the economies of China and India rise, surveys of CEOs show that they believe the one factor that will determine their fate is the quality of their leadership talent. Yet...
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