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We want to:
Get you focused on reading and researching, as well as turning up to lectures and tutorials;
Get you thinking critically about the material you read;
Make you aware that the issues we focus on are all contested and debated: there are no ‘right’ answers;
Encourage you to evaluate as well as to summarise, and to evaluate by use of analytical skills, not simply opinions;
Get you to write succinctly. When you have few words, you have to get straight to the point, and that means you have to know exactly what the point is!
Here are two book chapters by leading international scholars reflecting on conditions of uneven development in the global political economy, what causes them, and how conditions of poverty might be overcome. Both are detailed arguments from alternativeperspectives, one liberal and mainstream and the other critical and heterodox.

Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Penguin, 2005): Chapter 2: ‘The Spread of Economic Prosperity’; and

 

Ray Kiely, The New Political Economy of Development (Palgrave, 2007): Chapter 7: ‘Globalization, Poverty and the Contemporary World Economy’.

In this assignment you are asked to compare the perspectives of these two authors.

 

1.Identify some points of similarity and difference between their approaches. In particular, focus on 2 or 3 differences.
(Total of 300 words, of which about 200 should be spent on differences. The focus here is on identifying key points difference. Marks will be awarded for your ability to identify points of similarity and difference with precision)

2. Jeffrey Sachs is generally understood to be a ‘liberal’; Ray Kiely a ‘Marxist’. Identify what these terms mean in the context of global politics and identify how Sachs and Kieley (or perhaps do not express) these traditions. To do this, address the points of difference you identified in question 1, and consider how their differences are explicable in terms of their different traditions.
(Total of 300 words, of which no more than 100 should be spent on identifying the terms – so it is just a definition, not a detailed exposition – and 200 on the using these theories for explaining points of difference. Marks will be awarded for your ability to show succinctly the connections between theoretical traditions and analytical statements).

As word totals are restricted and the assignment takes the form of 2 x 300 sections, there is no need for an introduction or conclusion to the overall assignment. For formal essays, by contrast, introductions and conclusions are vital. For this short assignment only, the style of writing associated with academic blogs might be worth consulting.

 

 

 

 

Jackson County Judges
Jackson County judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed, the verdict stands as rendered. However, some

cases are appealed, and of those appealed, some of the cases are reversed. Jackie Chan of The Star Tribune conducted a study of cases handled by Jackson

County judges over a three-year period. In the Excel file, Judges, linked at the bottom of the page, are the results for the 182,908 cases handled

(disposed) by 40 judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court.

The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. The newspaper wanted to know which judges were doing a good job and

which ones were making too many mistakes. You are to assist in the data analysis by using your knowledge of probability and conditional probability to help

with the ranking of each of the judges, as well as each court.

Managerial Report
Prepare a report (see below) with your ranking of the judges based on the probabilities and conditional probabilities, as well as the analysis of each

court. Include the following seven (7) items in table format to support your ranking. Be sure to use five (5) decimal places for your probabilities in the

table, as some of them will be quite small.

The probability of cases being appealed in each of the three different courts.
The probability of cases being reversed in each of the three different courts.
The probability of cases being reversed given an appeal in each of the three different courts.
The probability of a case being appealed for each judge.
The probability of a case being reversed for each judge.
The probability of reversal, given an appeal for each judge.
Rank the judges within each court for each of the probabilities in 4 – 6. In other words, only rank the judges in the Common Pleas court against the other

judges in the Common Pleas court. perfrom the same analysis for the other two courts. Then, within each court, find the sum of the ranks and get an overall

ranking for each judge. Evaluate and discuss the meaning of your results. Use tables, charts, graphs, or visual dashboards to support your findings.

As with all written assignments at CSU-Global, you should have in-text citations and a reference page.
Your report must contain the following:

A title page in APA style.
An introduction that summarizes the problem.
The body of the paper should answer the questions posed in the problem by communicating the results of your analysis. Include results of calculations, as

well as charts and graphs, where appropriate.
A conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings and what you have determined from the data and your analysis.

Court Judge Disposed Appealed Reversed P(Appeal) Rank by P(A) P(Reversal) Rank by P(R) P(R|A) Rank by P(R|A) Sum

of Ranks Overall Rank
Common Pleas Peter Tom 2715 123 12
Angela M. Mazzarelli 2570 132 12
Richard T. Andrias 1467 53 1
David Friedman 1982 33 2
John W. Sweeny Jr. 3124 154 5
Rolando T. Acosta 2714 132 14
David B. Saxe 3326 53 8
Karla Moskowitz 3353 163 1
Dianne T. Renwick 2695 121 12
Leland G. DeGrasse 2706 86 5
Helen E. Freedman 3001 152 7
Rosalyn H. Richter 2556 56 12
Sallie Manzanet-Daniels 3265 174 14
Paul G. Feinman 2402 76 43
Judith J. Gische 2947 145 27
Darcel D. Clark 3122 109 24
Total

Domestic Relations John A. Lahtinen 4532 21 2
Leslie E. Stein 12032 12 5
William E. McCarthy 4321 31 7
Edward O. Spain 9614 42 3
Total

Municipal Elizabeth A. Garry 4512 32 6
John C. Egan Jr. 5895 35 3
Peter Tom 4947 75 1
Angela M. Mazzarelli 11443 2 1
Richard T. Andrias 8054 43 23
David Friedman 7645 6 5
John W. Sweeny Jr. 2643 33 12
Rolando T. Acosta 8964 63 5
David B. Saxe 2672 75 2
Karla Moskowitz 2321 12 8
Dianne T. Renwick 4675 1 0
Leland G. DeGrasse 6567 5 4
Helen E. Freedman 6543 34 8
Rosalyn H. Richter 2910 21 3
Sallie Manzanet-Daniels 4567 4 4
Paul G. Feinman 1903 6 3
Judith J. Gische 7823 4 1
Darcel D. Clark 3455 15 3
Luis A. Gonzalez 8905 25 4
Leslie E. Stein 2020 9 8
Total

Interview a classroom teacher (or other approved school personnel), preferably face-to-face, using the questions below. The questions and responses to these questions must be typed (Question/Response format). Identify the grade level taught by the teacher, number of years taught, and any relevant school-related information. Include a reflection on the experience. Relate responses to what you have learned about teaching reading and assessment to date. This includes relevant course work at College and any personal connections. Include appropriate Reading Endorsement Competencies and ESOL Standard 4.1 must be identified.

1. What type of informal assessments do you use to monitor students and plan for instruction?
Probes- What daily or weekly assessment do you utilize in the classroom? How do you modify these
assessments for ELLs? How do you modify these assessments for ESE students?
2. What type of formal assessments or standardized tests do you use?
Probe- Are these school-wide or state-wide assessments?
3. How are these assessments used to guide instruction?
Probe- Can you give me an example of how an assessment is used to group children?
4. How do you organize your reading block?
Probes- Do you have kids working in centers or doing some independent work? How do you launch your reading block? How do you support ELLs?
5. What are you doing during the reading block?
6. What are students doing during the reading block?
7. What materials/program(s) do you use to teach reading?
Probes- Does the entire school use the same materials/program? Do you have flexibility to choose
materials based on students’ needs and interests? How do you modify materials to meet the needs of
ELLs?
8. What types of accommodations are made for ESE students related to assessment and instruction? Are your
ESE students serviced within your classroom or outside of the classroom? If they are serviced in the
classroom, what does this look like? How do you collaborate with the ESE teacher?
9. What are some programs you (or your school) offer to promote family involvement?
Probe- Are these done at the school site or at home?
10. What do you (or your school) do to enhance student motivation to read?
11. What do you believe is the most challenging aspect of teaching reading? Why?

 

Read The Images before Us by Geoffrey S. Proehl and do an analytical summary of what are the key ideas in the reading. There is no need for any outside

sources, just focus and reflect on what Proehl is trying to say.

In this step, you will conduct independent research on key management issues in existing corporations. These will be used to help identify

gaps in key management, in each of the key management areas within Superior Health Care.
First, conduct independent research to identify the gaps in key management that are in existing corporations. Any factual information

should be cited using APA format. If data is lacking, use fictitious information.
Then, identify the posed risks to the cryptographic systems as a result of these gaps, including but not limited to crypto attacks. Read

these resources to brush up on your understanding of crypto attacks.
Next, propose solutions that the companies could have used to address these gaps. Be sure to identify what is needed to implement these

solutions.
Finally, identify challenges other companies have faced in implementing a key management system. Include any proposed remedies to these

challenges.
Include this information in your enterprise key management plan. Also create a summary table of the information into a table to be

included in the plan.
You will use and submit this information in your implementation plan.
In the next step, you will provide additional ideas for the CISO to consider.
Consider these additional objectives of an enterprise key management system.

1. Explain the uses of encryption and the benefits of securing communications by hash functions and other types of encryption. when

discussing encryption, be sure to evaluate and assess whether or not to incorporate technologies. To complete these tasks, review the

resources provided to you. You’ll need to understand the following topics:
a. uses of encryption
b. hash functions
c. types of encryptions
d. DES
e. triple DES
2. Describe the use and purpose of hashes and digital signatures in providing message authentication and integrity. Focus on

resources pertaining to message authentication.

3. Review the resources related to cryptanalysis, then explain the use of cryptography and cryptanalysis in data confidentiality.

Cryptanalysts are a very technical and specialized workforce. Your organization already has a workforce of SEs. Conduct research on the

need, cost and benefits to adding cryptanalysts to the corporation’s workforce. This is to support part of the operation and maintenance

function of the enterprise key management system. You are determining if it’s more effective to develop the SEs to perform these tasks. If

the corporation does not develop this new skilled community, what are other means for obtaining results of cryptanalysis?

4. Research and explain the concepts, in practice, that are commonly used for data confidentiality: the private and public key protocol

for authentication, public key infrastructure (PKI), the x.509 cryptography standard, and PKI security.

Use this information in your implementation plan.
In the next step, you will provide information on different cryptographic systems from the CISO.

In this step, you will provide the CISO with information on different cryptographic systems either in use by other companies or systems

that the company should consider procuring. You will need to independently research what key system products are available. You may

research a company you have worked for or know about regarding the use of an enterprise key management system.

Describe the cryptographic system, its effectiveness and efficiencies.

Provide analysis of the trade-offs of different cryptographic systems. Review and include information learned from conducting independent

research on the following:
securing index rating
level of complexity
availability or utilization of system resources

Also include information on expenses as pertains to various cryptographic ciphers.

Use this information in your implementation plan.

In this enterprise key management plan, you will identify the key components, the possible solutions, the risk and benefits comparisons of

each solution, and proposed mitigations to the risks. These, too, should be considered as a separate section or could be integrated within

the implementation, operation and maintenance sections.

A possible outline could be:
introduction
purpose
key components
implementation
operation
maintenance
benefits and risks
summary/conclusion

The length of this report should be a 8-10 pages double spaced Word document with citations in APA format. Include a minimum of 3

references.

You will be writing a 1,000 word Reaction Paper in this course using the instructions and links found below. You will be completing the

following tasks and gathering the following information for your paper:

Watch the epigenetics video from PBS. Begin your paper by defining epigenetics in your own words and discussing your reaction to the video.
Interview your family members and complete the Family History-Dr. Oz.pdf. Find out which disease(s) you are most at risk for.
Research and locate one article on epigenetics and whatever disease you are most at risk for (select a study on research conducted on

humans) from a reputable academic source:
Reputable Sources:

journal articles
government publications based on research
Do not use:

magazines of any sort, whether they are on paper or online
Websites of any type, including epigenetics websites
Wikipedia
How to Perform Your Research

Use the College Library in person or online (log in with your new MDC ID number (the one that is all numbers). Your password is the last

four digits of that same MDC ID unless you have changed it.
Read the epigenetics article you find. Continue your paper with a discussion of the epigenetics article. Be sure to paraphrase (put things

in your own words) and be sure to cite the author(s) of the article you find using APA style (see the section below on using APA style).

Aim for about a page for this part of your paper.

Discuss the concept of epigenesis in light of your family history and the article you read. Aim for one page for this section of your

paper.
Complete the Living to 100 Questionnaires. https://livingto100.com/ Integrate your findings on the questionnaire into your discussion. Aim

for another page.
Discuss how you can improve your health and longevity in light of your findings in this questionnaire, your understanding of epigenetics,

and your knowledge of your family history. This should be your final page.
You can go over or under a page for any of the sections of the paper as long as your total paper is 1,000 words not counting the

references.

General Rules for an “A” Paper (check your paper against this list)

◻ 1,000 words

◻ Original work; plagiarism score of less than 10% (90% original work)

◻ Double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins

◻ Covers all 6 tasks

◻ Spellchecked

◻ College-level grammar

◻ Cite your article APA style (author & year within body of paper; full reference at end)

◻ No abstract, no cover

◻ Place your name and reference number on the first page. Use page numbers.

Question 1
1. Which of the following is an accurate statement?
If business fails to be sufficiently social responsible it is thereby acting immorally too.
A corporation is recognized legal “person” but it is not a moral “person” for the purposes of ethical evaluation of corporate activities.
According to the Friedman view of the corporation, it has no moral or social responsibility, and its only obligation is to make money legally.
The corporation only is obligated morally to its shareholders, and thus owes no moral responsibilities to any other stakeholder groups.
0.5 points
Question 2
1. Advocate Antonio believes that corporations should not only be held accountable for their financial states, but also for some level of charitable and community and civic involvement. Antonio’s beliefs would most likely be defined as:
A code of ethics
A social responsibility view
A corporate moral audit
A distributive justice legal theory.
0.5 points
Question 3
1. The following statements pertain to the use of the law as a device to control corporate misbehavior. Which statement is most accurate?
A factor operating as a limit on the law’s effectiveness is that rational corporate actors may at times consciously decide it makes more sense to violate a legal rule to advance their self-interest if they think they can “get away with it.”
Because business entities seldom have a significant voice in determining the law’s content, the law has generally proved to be an ineffective control device.
A basic assumption underlying the use of the law as a control device is that corporations frequently behave irrationally.
The law as a control device is irrelevant since market forces eventually will curb all illegal and immoral conduct.
0.5 points
Question 4
1. What is true about advertising?
a. A deceptive ad will generally be deemed to be illegal pursuant to FTC legal standards as well as immoral pursuant to Kantian ethics.
b. A “half-truth” ad will always be legal and moral since something is only missing, and no intentional affirmative misrepresentation is made.
c. Suggestive ads are always illegal and immoral since they are clearly deceitful, coercive, and manipulative.
d. Companies and advertisers today need not worry at all about any socially responsible aspects to advertising, since, so long as the ads are not outright falsehoods and lies, they will not be called into account.
0.5 points
Question 5
1. Maria owns her own business and has just attended a cash flow management seminar where it was suggested the businesses should delay paying their suppliers as long as absolutely possible even if doing so violates the stated payment terms. Maria decides to continue paying her supplies on time in accordance with their payment terms because Maria would like her customers to pay her on time. Maria has reached her decision primarily in accordance with:
Ethical relativism
Utilitarianism
Corporate social responsibility
Kantian ethics.
0.5 points
Question 6
1. International Manufacturing Corporation’s “side payments” to government officials in exchange for favorable business contracts in foreign countries over more deserving competitors are likely to be considered in the United States as
Illegal only
Unethical only
Illegal and unethical
None of the above.
0.5 points
Question 7
1. Which of the following corporate governance reform strategies, if adopted, would be LEAST LIKELY to decrease the amount of immoral and “irresponsible” corporate behavior?
Requiring the study of business ethics and applied business ethics in business schools and corporate training
Increasing the amount of legal regulation of business and imposing stronger penalties for violations
Increasing shareholder power to approve executives’ compensation packages
Reducing the amount of government regulation of business since market forces invariably will operate to deter corporate misconduct.
0.5 points
Question 8
1. Delta Equity Corporation provides other firms with capital to expand operations. If Delta strictly complies with existing laws, the firm likely will
Fulfill all business ethics obligations
Fulfill no business ethics obligations
Fulfill some business ethics obligations.
Fulfill all social responsibility obligations
0.5 points
Question 9
1. What did Kant mean by the “Categorical” part to his Categorical Imperative?
You must act legally, period, because the “law is the law.”
You and your company must act in a socially responsible manner if you and your company want to be placed in the “good corporate citizen” category.
You must act morally if the consequences are definitely good for you and your firm.
You must act morally based on what your reason informs you is the supreme ethical principle and the correct moral course of action regardless of consequences.
0.5 points
Question 10
1. Zapco is a small company of 14 employees that makes fireworks. The company contributes to local charities and sponsors a youth sports team. Federal safety regulations require that large firecrackers have two dividing walls inside, so that all their gunpowder does not explode at once. Zapco is unaware of the regulations, and includes only one dividing wall in each of its large firecrackers. Little Timmy lights a Zapco firecracker, and before he can throw it, it explodes and seriously injures him. At the trial, it is established that a second dividing wall would have prevented the harm. Zapco is best described as
Not morally responsible since they are good corporate citizens in the local community
Not morally responsible since they were unaware of the regulations and they were just a small company
Not legally responsible because their company employs under 15 people and they were unaware of the regulations
None of the above.

Is there a significant difference in one’s development growing up in a household with only one parent compared to two parents?

This assignment requires you to read and evaluate research-based articles about children. Please select articles that specifically include descriptions of research on the provided topic. You are looking for articles, not websites, and the best place to find them is in a database of scholarly material, not necessarily on the internet. The key is that your articles must have TITLEs, AUTHOR or AUTHORS, a DATE, and it must indicate the goal and the outcomes of the research. You will be reading scholarly articles about research on your topic and summarizing it.
PLEASE SUMMARIZE 3 ARTICLES.
Please write the summary. All assignments are subject to scanning by an anti-plagiarism website, which will identify passages that are merely copied from the original work. If you do wish to include some of the words of the original author, please include them inside quotation marks, and use APA parenthetical style for citing the author, the date, and the page number.
The final copy of your summary should be typed (double-spaced) in Word or Rich Text format with a title and a heading that includes your name.
Be sure to include an example of a correct in-text citation for a paraphrase, and one for a quotation, then a complete Reference section at the end.

 

Every staffing agency in the country has dealt with a situation where a candidate did not show up to an interview. Quite often, these people do not respond after missing the appointment date and time. This letter will outline the different reasons that a person may cancel or simply not show up for an interview. In addition to increasing the amount of people showing up to interviews, I will focus on ways to increase communication between a candidate and their recruiter.

Problem

The staffing agency I work for recruits several positions in many industries. Getting candidates to show up for an interview when they have the skills to get the job is not usually an issue for most positions. In the recent months, I have noticed many of the lower paying positions, $10-$15 per hour, had an increasing number of candidates not show. In my experience, it is more common to have candidates not show for interviews lower paying positions; however, the issue here is the rate this is occurring is reaching an unacceptable level. Keep in mind these candidates are applying for a job, spending 20-30 minutes on the phone going over what they need to see to move to a new position. The issue is not that a person isn’t following through on a commitment to interview, but that they would rather not show up or call in to simply notify the agency or company that their situation has changed.

Why it Matters

Job seekers in South Florida have an increasing number of options when it comes to their next employment. Many large companies have corporate headquarters, or manufacturing faculties in this area, and many use agencies to fill their job openings. Staffing agencies aim to match a person up with the best position that matches their skill set, to increase that persons chance to receive an offer. We speak with candidates about what they need and want in an employment opportunity. On paper, many of these candidates look like can do the job, yet some may not. Attending an interview will allow these individuals to get all the facts on a company and position exactly from the person that knows both best. Candidates may not get the job after an interview, but can increase their chances to get an opportunity down the road. If they gain experience somewhere else, they may become eligible a few months down the road, or the requirements may change to make them a better fit. When someone doesn’t show up to interview they could be “burning a bridge” with the company. These candidates could be costing themselves an opportunity down the road. Companies view them as unreliable simply from scheduling an interview and now showing up.
The Rhetorical Situation
For the purposes of this report, you should find a real situation in which you are writing the report to a primary reader who has the authority to reject or use your work. So the primary goal of your report is to convince this reader to adopt your recommended solution(s). The report may also have secondary audiences as well; for example, it may serve as a plan for the technical staff who will implement the solution and as an historical record of the decision-making process for future readers.
The problem situation should be real. A real situation is one that you have actually encountered: it might involve a current or former employer, a specific office or department within the University, or a service group to which you belong.
Audience and Style
Your report should be written directly to a person within your real situation who has the authority to decide whether to accept your recommendations. Your tone should be appropriate to the situation–in most cases it will be fairly formal.
Body of Report
All reports should introduce a problem, analyze criteria for a solution, evaluate several solutions against the criteria, and recommend the best solution(s).
Prefatory and Supplemental Elements
Your report should include the following:
• a letter or memo of transmittal
• a cover page
• a title page
• an executive summary
• a table of contents
• at least two visuals
• references
• appendices
Length
Your report should be as long as it needs to be, but will probably run about 8 pages (2,000 words), excluding the front and end matter. I would prefer that you keep it under 20 pages (5,000 words).
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Evaluation Criteria
Content. The report introduces a focused, significant problem, analyzes criteria for a solution, analyzes at least one solution and recommends the best course of action. The report contains all the research necessary for a persuasive argument. The analysis is logical and complete. The audience is clearly identified and appropriate.
Prefatory and Supplemental Parts. The report contains all the required prefatory and supplemental parts. Each part is well-written, appropriate to the rhetorical situation and follows the guidelines recommended in the textbook and in class.
Organization. The entire report is clearly, obviously and effectively organized according to the rhetorical situation.
Readability and Design. The report is highly readable, utilizing effective headings, subheadings, lists, previews, reviews and other transition elements. The report is attractively and professionally designed.
Style and Tone. The report is well written and more formal in tone. There are very few, if any, sentence-level or grammar errors. The report uses appropriate vocabulary. Each sentence is clear and effective. Paragraphs are short, unified and coherent.
Visuals. The report contains visuals. The visuals are appropriate in content, type and emphasis. The visuals are incorporated correctly into the text, according to the guidelines set forth in the textbook and in class.

formal analytical report on Candidates “No Showing” interviews and starting with companies for Staffing agencies.

define a problem,
analyze the criteria for a satisfactory solution,
propose one or more alternative solutions, and
argue for the solution that satisfies the criteria best.

The problem may involve an institutional, technical, or public policy issue that you are working on or have worked on in your other courses; or it may be something related to an organization to which you belong; or it may be related to a job that you’ve held or now hold; or it may be a new area that you are interested in.

The solution to the problem may involve coming up with an original design, choosing between available alternatives, or providing needed information. See this report as a kind of “final exam” for our course-a place to demonstrate everything that you’ve learned about writing in this course.
Details

 

Ethics

In this assignment, you have the opportunity to explore your own experience of friendship. In 300-500 words, please consider the ethical dimensions we

have explored in the class and describe your understanding of friendship. Discuss how you primarily relate to your friends and how factors such as the

Internet, environment, or upbringing may influence your experience of friendships. Please share some of your hopes and/or concerns regarding the state

of your current friendships. Please be sure that ethical considerations inform your response. Attached is some of my personal information to use.