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READ: Northouse, P. (2016) or whatever version is available. Leadership: Theory and Practice (5th ed.). • Ch. 5 – 7 Bennis, W. (2009) or whatever version is available. On Becoming a Leader • Chapter 1 Mastering the Context and CH 3 Knowing Yourself.

ASSIGNMENT:
Compare and contrast the approaches to leadership presented in this week’s reading and discuss the implications each has for leader development.

Write a 3 page essay. This essay should thoroughly develop a clear and appropriately detailed thesis and integrate citations from at least

THREE reliable sources that support your argument. Do not use more than five sources without my approval.

Remember: a thesis consists of both an argumentative statement, which takes a position on a debatable topic, and a brief but detailed reason

for taking this position.

At least ONE of your sources should be a scholarly article, book, or other source from the library. You can access many articles online through

library databases.

Thoroughly evaluate web sources. Many of them are not reliable. Be sure you know what organization is responsible for the content, what their

purpose is, what their biases may be, and where they get their info.

Use MLA 8 for all citations and include an appropriately formatted Works Cited page.

 

Although literature is often distinguished from other types of writing such as journalism, history, or other nonfiction genres, literary texts can and

do take up significant historical or real-life events as their subject; our Unit 1 readings, which concern 9/11, the Nigerian civil war, the Vietnam

War, and the ongoing war in the Middle East illustrate this. For this first unit essay, explore the question of how literary works depict significant

historical events. Think especially about the angle or focus from which the event is shown and how that angle or focus shaped aspects of the text such

as message, choices in characters, theme, emphasis, etc. Consider what, if anything, readers might learn about history or real-life events from these

literary texts, and how. What methods or strategies can literary texts use to convey information about these events? Build your claim by referring to

and drawing on one or two of our Unit 1 readings as your main illustration and support. (Tip: Rather than trying to make an argument applicable to all

literature [which is impossible] concentrate on making an argument relative to your chosen one or two texts.)

 

You are a new associate at the law firm of Dewey, Chetum, and Howe. John, a former researcher at PharmaCARE, comes to your office. He has concerns about PharmaCARE’s use of AD23, one of the company’s top-selling diabetes drugs. Two (2) years ago, after PharmaCARE’s research indicated that AD23 might also slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, John and his team of pharmacists began reformulating the drug to maximize that effect. In order to avoid the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) scrutiny, PharmaCARE established a wholly-owned subsidiary, CompCARE, to operate as a compounding pharmacy to sell the new formulation to individuals on a prescription basis. CompCARE established itself in a suburban office park near its parent’s headquarters. To conserve money and time, CompCARE did a quick, low-cost renovation.

CompCARE benefited from PharmaCARE’s reputation, databases, networks, and sales and marketing expertise, and within six (6) months had the medical community buzzing about AD23. Demand soared, particularly among Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs patients. Seeing the opportunity to realize even more profit, CompCARE began advertising AD23 directly to consumers and marketing the drug directly to hospitals, clinics, and physician offices, even though compounding pharmacies are not permitted to sell drugs in bulk for general use. To circumvent this technicality, CompCARE encouraged doctors to fax lists of fictitious patient names to CompCARE. PharmaCARE sold CompCARE to WellCo, a large drugstore chain, just weeks before AD23 was publicly linked to over 200 cardiac deaths.

As CompCARE and its new parent company enjoyed record profits and PharmaCARE’s stock price approached $300 per share, reports started surfacing that people who received AD23 seemed to be suffering heart attacks at an alarming rate. The company ignored this data and continued filling large orders and paying huge bonuses to all the executives and managers, including John, whose wife recently died from a heart attack after using AD23.

John has come to you with an internal company memo describing the potential problems with AD23, and information describing the company’s willingness “roll the dice” and continue to market the drug.

Your senior partner has asked you to write a memo outlining the following issues for review by the senior partners.

In preparation for this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research examples of intellectual property theft that occurred within the past two (2) years.

Write a paper in which you:

1.Research three to five (3-5) ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety and examine whether PharmaCARE violated any of the issues in question..

2.Argue for or against Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) marketing by drug companies. Provide support for your response..

3.Determine the parties responsible for regulating compounding pharmacies under the current regulatory scheme, the actions that either these parties or the FDA could / should have taken in this scenario, and whether PharmaCARE could face legal exposure surrounding its practices. Support your response..

4.Analyze the manner in which PharmaCARE used U.S. law to protect its own intellectual property and if John has any claim to being the true “inventor” of AD23. Suggest at least three (3) ways the company could compensate John for the use of his intellectual property..

5.Summarize at least one (1) current example (within the past two [2] years) of intellectual property theft, and examine the effect on that company’s brand..

6.Analyze the potential issue surrounding the death of John’s wife and other potential litigants against PharmaCARE as a result of AD23..

7.Specify both the major arguments that John can make to claim that he is a whistleblower and the type of protections that he should be afforded. Justify your response..

8.Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.

 

Adolescence and Addictions

Photo Credit: Frontline.com
To address this question, along with the readings, you will need to view Frontlines’s video episode, “Inside the Teenage Brain” under Module 1 Content Guides area.

In your Main Post:

Consider and identify the key elements and challenges of normal adolescent development. (You may use developmental stage theorists to identify the tasks during adolescent development.) What are the normal adolescent developmental issues that young people need to effectively navigate to become successful adults? Each main post needs to be at least 150 words or more.

Note – It is helpful to refer to specific points raised in the video during your discussion. Post a main response, and remember to respond to at least two other people’s postings. All posts should be thoughtful and relevant. Be sure to refer to your assigned readings as well as the videos in both your main post and your responses to others.

 

Some Best Practices for effective online discussion:

Do not simply state “I agree” or share a personal story about yourself or others.
Make your reply relevant and connect to the specific course readings or peer-reviewed research studies you have read
Focus on specific details from your reading, a case study, an additional article you read, etc. that can enrich your discussion post and generate new questions
A well-written discussion post should provide fellow students with the opportunity to reflect deeply, to reflect on their experience, to research and analyze your ideas, and expand upon your initial ideas or questions.

 

 

 

Identify the intracellular and plasma buffer systems and discuss how they function.

Requirements:

• Your comments should be substantiated and substantive. Postings require two citations from 1 scholarly journals and/or 1 outside textbooks. Textbooks assigned to this course may be used for an additional citation only.
• Each of the two references must be from a different reference source.
• To gain full credit for the assignment, the response must be a full page discussion, but no more than two pages in length, which includes the reference list.
• Students are required to use APA format, proper citations, and references. Students using direct quotes from referenced sources in the body of the paper must include quotations.
Texbooks:
Huether, S., & McCance, K. (2012) Understanding Pathophysiology (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
Lilley, L., Rainforth Collins, S., & Snyder, J. (2014). Pharmacology and the Nursing Process (8th ed). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
American Psychological Association (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (6th Ed). Washington DC: Author ISBN 9781433805615

Using examples from your readings, explain the risks associated with the nursing role in palliative care. At what point does a patient need

palliative care? What are some appropriate and inappropriate practices during palliative care? Answer the following:
• What is the BSN nurse’s role in palliative care and how does that role differ from the role of the AND or diploma-prepared nurse?
• What ethical concerns might a nurse face when a patient chooses palliative care over treatment?
Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Conduct a person-oriented job analysis that discusses at least one attribute for each of the following categories: (1) knowledge, (2) skills, and (3) abilities. The job analysis can be conducted on any job of your choice. Please mention the job title and one attribute for each of the three aforementioned categories.

 

Postings will be evaluated based on I/O content knowledge, thoroughness, creativity, and mechanics

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
What do you find about detective fiction and Sherlock Holmes from Mark Haddons novel , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night? What message(s) or

theme(s) does the author ask you to think about in his novel? And finally why did he choose this first person narrator, a boy with a form of autism?

 

What could a security professional do to prevent this situation
Situation:

Madonna Goes Dark

Although this blog posting title may sound like an upcoming album from the best-selling female recording artist, it is actually a drastic step that

Madonna is taking due to a recent security breach. But it may take more for her defenses to be effective.

In December 2014, the icon entertainer was forced to quickly move up the release of six tracks from her latest album for immediate purchase (it was not

scheduled to appear until March 10, 2015). The emergency release was due to the fact that 13 prelease recordings, which is thought to be the entire

album, were stolen and leaked onto the Internet. In addition, previously unpublished photos were also taken and posted without permission. It is not

known if this is the work of an insider or attackers like those who have targeted Sony.

Madonna has now stated that in order to combat future leaks her content will no longer be placed on connected servers. She said, “Everything we work on,

if we work on computers, we’re not on WiFi, we’re not on the Internet, we don’t work in a way where anybody can access the information. Hard drives of

music are hand-carried to people. We don’t leave music laying around.” Madonna went on to say that at any future photo or video recordings everyone

involved will be required to leave their cell phones checked at the door