...Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Unethical Business Practices and their Influence on Veteran Unemployment Chase Jeffrey Engel Georgetown University Abstract Military veterans have consistently experienced high unemployment rates. Challenging veterans’ efforts in finding and maintaining employment is the issue of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Exacerbating this problem, is civilian employers’ utilization of deficient hiring and employment practices. In particular, employers have developed a sense of fear and uncertainty about PTSD. These perceptions often prove to be a reason why employers choose not to select veteran candidates for employment. Additionally, organizations fail to successfully acclimate and socialize new veteran employees (who do or may suffer from PTSD) into the organization’s culture. Such failures can lead veteran employees to quit their job. Together, the deficient hiring and employment practices displayed towards former service members have significant ethical implications that serve as the catalyst for high unemployment rates for the veteran population. To minimize these implications and to improve veteran employment opportunities, organizations’ human resources (HR) departments must develop and incorporate new approaches to hiring and employing veterans who do or may suffer from PTSD. Keywords: PTSD, invisible disability, human resources, implicit bias Post-Traumatic...
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...expanding to a veteran hotel in Honolulu will bring them more customer support/better reputation. Maybe they already currently have hotels in Hawaii, San Diego, and Los Angeles; and they have a couple of apartment complexes that cater to college campuses. By spreading to a hotel for veterans they are showing their support for the troops. Mission Statement: The central purpose and role of Sky High Construction is defined as: Honor American’s Veterans by providing exceptional lodging that improves their living accommodations and well-being. Vision: The promoters vision of Sky High Construction in 3-4 year’s To be the standard of excellence and value in constructing hotels and lodging facilities by providing ideal services that are both patients and family members. This service will be delivered by engaged, collaborative teams in an integrated environment that supports learning, innovation and continuous improvement on living accommodations for veteran patients and family members. Analyze and formulate strategies: In honoring and supporting our veterans, we’re seeking fantastic living accommodations for veterans’ patients that are outpatient rehabilitating and for their immediate family. Our veterans’ patients search for housing, where they can have a convenient place for living during their rehabilitations. In by doing so, we want veterans’ patients to have enjoyable living without having a hospital environment. We strive to develop a place, where our veterans can have the...
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...VETERANS BENEFITS TIMETABLE Information for Veterans Recently Separated from Active Military Service BENEFITS AND SERVICES Disability Compensation: VA pays monthly compensation to veterans for disabilities incurred or aggravated during military service. This benefit is not subject to Federal or State income tax. Entitlement is established from the date of separation if the claim is filed within one year from separation. Generally, military retirement pay is reduced by any VA compensation received. Income from Special Separation Benefits (SSB) and Voluntary Separation Incentives (VSI) affects the amount of VA compensation paid. Disability Pension: This income-based benefit is paid to veterans with honorable war-time service who are permanently and totally disabled due to nonservice-connected disabilities or who are 65 or older. Medical: VA provides a wide range of health care services to veterans including treatment for military sexual trauma, and for conditions possibly related to exposure to Agent Orange, ionizing radiation, and other environmental hazards in the Persian Gulf. Generally, veterans must be enrolled in VA’s Health Care System to receive care. If discharged from active duty on or after January 28, 2003 If discharged from active duty before January 28, 2003, and were not enrolled as of January 28, 2008 TIME LIMIT WHERE TO APPLY None Any VA office or call 1-800-827-1000 or file at www.va.gov None None Combat Veterans: VA provides free health care for...
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...INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION OR EMPLOYMENT (FORM CT-HR-12) PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION GENERAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS This application form is the official State of Connecticut Application Form for Examination or Employment effective October 1, 2010. PLD-1 application forms should not be used on or after October 1, 2010. Check the State Employment Pages on the DAS website (http://das.ct.gov/employment )for more detailed information about completing the State Application Form and about state examinations, job opportunities and to sign up for e-mail notification of current exams and job openings. 1. The CT-HR-12 is a PDF document that can be completed on-line or it can be printed and completed manually. If you complete the form on-line, you can save it in your documents for future reference. 2. This application form can be used to apply for currently posted State of Connecticut examinations or currently posted 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. job opportunities (positions/job postings). If you are applying for a currently posted examination, make certain you include the examination title and examination number. If you are applying for a currently posted job/position, make certain you include the position title and position number. Type or print (in ink) all information requested on the application form. It is critical that you complete all sections of the application form...
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...Paper I. Introduction As a combat veteran with almost 15 years of active duty under his belt and more than his fair share of tours to Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Oman, I have made many long lasting friends, some of which are still active, some separated and some retired. We all still keep in touch and those of us that have put the military life behind have many questions about what types of benefits we are entitled to, either in our specific state or federally mandated by the government. These benefits are extremely difficult to interpret, follow and sometimes even find, there are many pamphlets and government ran websites with a plethora of redundant information; I aim to take full advantage of what we all shed blood, sweat, and tears over and my goal is to search out those states that have incredible benefits...
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...Abstract This paper is a detailed explanation of a Planetree project that I developed and carried out in the course of my work at the Department of Veterans Affairs. I explain how I was able to complete the project without the benefit of funds from the department. There are four references that I consulted to develop ideas for the project. I have clear memories of visiting the doctor’s office as a child. The frosted glass partition between the receptionist and the waiting area created a boundary that clearly stated “keep out.” When I asked my mother why it was there, she said because the people working in the office wanted peace and quiet. I don’t think I fully understood that explanation at the time, but I did understand that it meant they didn’t want to be bothered. The breaking down of these boundaries is the heart of the Planetree Patient-Centered Care Philosophy. The Planetree website states “Planetree is a non- profit organization that provides education and information in a collaborative community of healthcare organizations, facilitating efforts to create patient-centered care in healing environments.” (Planetree, 2012) In the course of my employment as an imaging technologist at the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, two coworkers and I were picked by management to create a Planetree Project for the radiology department. We were told that we should keep in mind that it was the...
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...1944: Law And Legislation Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year. 1944: Law And Legislation The presidential elections of 1944 were an impressive demonstration of the meaning of democracy. Despite the necessity of concentrating all energies upon the prosecution of the war, there was no interruption in the normal democratic voting process. Many millions of Americans cast their ballots on Nov. 7. Soldiers' Vote Act. The voting facilities to be afforded to one group of citizens, however, gave rise to considerable controversy. Hundreds of thousands of men and women in the Armed Forces could not be home to vote on Nov. 7. The election might possibly turn on their vote. If democracy had any meaning, it was vital that service men and women should be afforded every opportunity to cast their ballots. Congress attempted to meet this problem by the Soldiers' Vote Act (Pub. Law 277), which urged the states to enact immediate legislation to facilitate the exercise of the right to vote by men and women in the Armed Services. Congress recommended that state legislation waive applications for absentee ballots, or limit such applications to post card requests. The statute also...
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...In today’s businesses information systems are a very important part of almost every company. The company I am choosing to write about is the Department of Veteran Affairs for which I work for. Information systems within the Department of Veteran Affairs make the job a lot easier. It simplifies the way we write letters to veterans because we have a program that once you put in the veterans file number it puts in all of his information into the letter such as his address and then it comes up with prompts to choose what to input in the letter. It requires little modification once you choose all the prompts. Information systems also stores most of the veterans information making it quicker to process claims because we don’t have to look into the veteran’s paper file all of the time. They also reduce the amount of mistakes that we make because if you input wrong information most of the time the system won’t process the claim, if it won’t process you know something isn’t matching up and you did something wrong. Our information systems also act as a tracking system. We have a program that can look up a veteran’s file anywhere in the country and can tell who has the file and when they scanned it in. Of course the accuracy of this program still relies on the human input but it is a VA policy that you must scan all the files into your desk as soon as they get to you and you are supposed to scan them to the next location when you send the file away. All the information systems at the...
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...Another important step is to prepare your affairs. When you join, you will be treated as a recruit and will spend a period of time in basic training. You will not normally have contact with the outside world on a regular basis during this period and ensuring that your bills are handled, your friends and family know you will only be able to reach them when permitted will prevent much heartache. Some will also find it valuable to learn to live without their normal vices. Learning how to live without a music system, computer, telephone, books or whatever else will happen in basic, if not before. You will be expected to learn a great deal. While some of this will be job specific, and some will be difficult to research if you can’t talk to a veteran, there is much else which you will be expected to know which you can find beforehand, and knowing such information will be of potential value as it will allow you to study on other information when time...
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...Positioning and Differentiation Strategies The VA (Veteran Affair) and HUD (Housing and Urban Development) offer benefits and services to veterans but not all veterans have equal benefits. Veterans who have served in the military for a longer duration receive better benefits than those who served for a shorter duration. The difference between United Way and other organizations is the services offered to most homeless and near homelessness veterans no matter the duration served in the military. Military veterans should not be on the streets of the country they protected. The organizations services are “important” and “distinctive” (Armstrong & Kotler, 2011, p. 197) because it caters to the needs of all homeless veterans, including those who served shorter terms and fewer benefits from the government. Pre-existing services such as continuing education for adults, educational assistance for children, and more is an expansion to what is already offered. The new services, such as housing and health assistance, especially separate accommodation for female veterans, are a competitive advantage over other organizations who do not offer these services to many veterans. The focus of the organization is providing communities with resources to “achieve their human potential through education, income stability, and healthy lives” (About United Way Worldwide, 2012). United Way established and functioned for 125 years and continues to provide “quality service.” Communication, importance...
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...shelter for male veterans the center is in need of a new product launch that will increase awareness about the homeless veterans in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Team E has created a plan outlining the services that Raven’s Outreach Center currently offers along with the new services that can be implemented within the business. The plan below also discusses the challenges that Ravens currently faces and the ways to mitigate challenges into opportunities of growth for the organization. Raven’s Outreach Center is a large nonprofit homeless shelter for homeless male veterans in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Raven’s Outreach Center has provided over 10 years of compassionate and empowering support to homeless male veterans in the capital area through outreach and advocacy services. Ravens serve veterans from areas across the world. Each race, including white, black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic men. There is a major correlation between homeless and personal economic instability. Drugs have been identified as a primary cause of homeless veterans. Economic dependence often keeps men trapped in environments not meant for habitation. There is a high-demand on the market for the services Ravens Outreach Center provides because of high homeless rate within the male veterans. Ravens are a homeless shelter center certified to present a safe and sound environment with a maximum of 52 beds. According to Dorothy White, CEO of the organization Ravens receives calls from veterans in search for shelter...
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...Discussion 1: Case 5.1: “Military Veteran:” Students will respond to the following: o Based on the characteristics described in the case study, speculate the other lines of business you think vets would excel in and provide a rationale. I think veterans can excel in lot of different business’ based on their military experience. Veterans have acquire different skills as well as work ethics. Other lines of business could be owning their own, especially in services. For instance a business in mechanics, auto or equipment repair. Construction, truck driving, animal trainers, personal trainers, security, electrical equipment, refrigeration equipment, restaurants and computer based business, to mention a few. Veterans are a source of highly qualified individuals, they posses a wide range of skills and experience that can make them a great fir for a business. Going into the military requires discipline, loyalty and commitment. Which allows them to be proficient in their own business. They posses leadership and responsibility. Like being on time, finish the job, being able to handle stress, pride on what they do and teamwork. They are also capable of working long hours, which is important to start a new business, since they are time consuming. o Besides those discussed in the case, discuss other characteristics that are essential to the success of franchisees and provide a rationale. Other characteristics that are important...
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...Personal Financial Plan A personal financial plan needs to look at all aspects of spending, as well as income. Looking over my spending in comparison to my income leaves me with a surplus at the end of each month to save or invest. My personal financial goals are mainly to pay off my debts quicker and not paying as much in interest to the debtors. My initial financial plan is to pay more each month to my unsecured creditors and get them paid off quicker and save on interest. Getting these credit card paid off will help with cash flow because I will not be paying as much out and able to save more. I have cash flow coming from both my full time job and from the Montgomery GI Bill through the Veterans Affairs. With both of these incoming cash flows it makes my monthly income look to be greater than it is going to be when I graduate from school. This is because the GI Bill will no longer pay me a monthly stipend after I have graduated from school. Without this stipend, my monthly income will drop by $1700. A $1700 monthly decrease will put a serious hurt on my ability to pay more on my unsecured credit. My plan is to pay as much of that unsecured credit off while still receiving the GI Bill payments of $1700 a month. Like most people in school, I am hoping that my college degree will assist me in making a greater income. Looking to the future if I pay off as much of the unsecured credit as I can with my extra monthly money I will be left with only my secure credit, one...
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...Background The following is a Questionnaire to be administered to farmers in regard to brucellosis disease. The objectives of the essay will include: investigation the degree of knowledge among farmers towards certain aspects that are related to the disease such as knowledge on vaccination, usage and storage; the second objective is to determine the level of awareness among the farmers and thirdly to investigate the degree at which farmers have embraced preventive measures towards preventing this disease. Questionnaire Section one How many animals have you ever seen that are suffering from the brucellosis disease? What are some of the common signs and symptoms that are related with brucellosis disease? How many animals have you witnessed dying from this disease? Do you think that there ways upon which farmers can use to prevent animals from getting this disease? (If yes, what ways do you think can prevent animals from suffering from this disease? if not, then why do you think that there are no ways of protecting animals from this disease? Have you ever carried out ant vaccination process to your animals? (If yes, answer the following question)What safety measures did you take when carrying out the process of vaccination? Did you involve a professional such as a vet officer? Did you use protective gear such as gloves and masks? Where did you store your vaccination medicine? (In open place, away from children, cool temperatures or anywhere) After the vaccination process...
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...about war veterans we often talk about the battles they fought or the training that they went through. However, this is a very small aspect of veterans military life and experience. There are so much more interesting and fascinating topics to talk about when discussing war veterans. The war veteran I’m researching is John Aguilar. He is a native minnesotan who was a war medic or corpsman during the vietnam war. In this interview and essay, many fascinating aspects of his past military life are talked about including what he did as a medic and his own astonishing war experiences. There are many fascinating things to consider when remembering or discussing military veterans. When remembering vietnam veterans, it is important to consider the effect boot camp has on soldiers, injuries that soldiers have during war, and how veterans are treated by civilians when they come back home. When discussing military related experiences, the effect boot camp has on soldiers is hardly considered or talked about. The following quote from an article on...
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