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Animal Law Research Essay

 

Task: The students will undertake a research essay that pursues in-depth, an aspect of the subject through sustained research, reflection and writing 2,750 words.

The students will have a choice of four essay topics, mostly Australian focused (see below). The 2,750 word count includes all discursive text, such as any textual discussion in footnotes, but not citation information in the bibliography or footnotes. Students may exceed the word limit by ten per cent without penalty.
Questions: You are required to choose one of the following questions for the essay. Please be aware that, since these essays are Australian-focused, you are strongly encouraged to use and work around Australian sources including books, academic journals and reliable scholarly websites:

Question 1 (Australia-focused)
Discuss the status of animals under Australian law or some aspect of Australian law. What is this status and how does it affect their treatment? In your essay consider the arguments for and against changing the status of animals and the implications that such changes would have for the treatment of animals.

Question 2 (Australia-focused)
In his work, Regulating Animal Welfare to Promote and Protect Improved Animal Welfare Outcomes under the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, (delivered at the International Animal Welfare Conference, Gold Coast, 1 September 2008) Geoff Bloom argues at pages 30-40 that animal cruelty and animal welfare should be treated as separate issues. Explain Bloom’s approach and critically evaluate it using the treatment of farm animals in Australia as a case study.

Question 3 (Australia and US-focused)
What is the attitude of the law in Australia to claims in tort for emotional distress and loss of companionship with respect to companion animals? How does this compare with the approach taken by the courts in the USA? Has the USA jurisdiction developed a pattern or consistent doctrine in this area of the law?

Question 4 (Australia and US-focused)
This essay represents an area of research helpful to the Humane Society International. HSI’s Washington office is currently taking action in the US courts to stop the use of antibiotics being fed to farm animals due to public health and environmental (including endangered species) reasons. What is the potential for such a case in Australia? What may be the role of consumer law in achieving environmental outcomes?
Some personal guidelines for the preparation of research essays:

The purpose of a research essay: A research essay gives you the opportunity to show your research skills on your selected topic. You should display your ability to find, read, consider and analyse the researched materials, and express your reasoned views. A research essay is more than a mere narrative of the materials. Marks are awarded on the process of legal reasoning rather than the conclusion reached, although obvious errors in reasoning to that conclusion will lose marks. In other words, your arguments/views/analysis are important provided they are properly argued and supported. Fundamental to success is a properly organised and structured essay. A cogent structure can take several forms, but a suggested structure is set out below.
Organisation and Structure – A research essay has five broad parts:

1. Introduction: An introduction should be a succinct summary of the essay. Introductions should be 300-600 words in length. The marker should, after reading the introduction, have a clear understanding of the topic and a broad overview of the problems/issues and the student’s methodology used to address those problems/ issues.

2. Background: Depending on the topic, setting out relevant background may be necessary, for example, defining key terms or concepts, identifying and briefly discussing relevant law or industry practice or government policy, identifying and summarizing published materials in the area, etc.
Discuss what is significant, necessary and relevant to your analysis. Avoid irrelevancies.

3. Identify the problems/issues: Clearly set out and discuss the problems and issues identified. The use of subheadings for each distinct problem is useful.

4. Resolving the problems/issues; methodology: Having identified the problems/issues you should identify the methodology used to analyse/discuss/consider/resolve the problems/issues. In Parts 3 and 4 (the key components of any essay) an examiner will look for various features including: your arguments; identifying and critically discussing other published works in the area; identifying the significant and important problems/issues; consistency and logical development of argument; consideration of the concepts applicable to solving the problem; original research/ideas; how you use existing knowledge and relate that to new knowledge; the application of theoretical ideas to industry practice; critical evaluation of existing case law (where relevant); etc.

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Report

 

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Your task

Write a formal report to an organisation about the implications of a major sustainability issues for them and their stakeholders. This report is somewhat inspired by the adage “think globally, act locally”. The fact is that everyone will be affected by major sustainability issues in the coming decades. Every business, council and community group will need to consider the implications for their organisation and how they should respond. But unfortunately many organisations have limited knowledge of these issues and so the first purpose of the report is to inform the organisation about the issue – globally, nationally and locally. The second purpose is to identify implications for the organisation and possible responses.

You should first choose an organisation for which you are writing the report. This must be a real organisation, even though the request for the report is hypothetical. Possible types of organisations include community based organisations, local councils, government departments, businesses, corporations and industry lobby groups. You may choose an organisation with which you are currently associated, perhaps your employer. To some extent the choice of organisation is not critical since every organisation will be impacted in some way, but you should choose an organisation with which you either have some familiarity or for which there is adequate information available regarding their activities. You do not need to contact or visit the organisation provided that you have sufficient information about their activities.

You must then choose one major sustainability issue from the following list:

Population, carrying capacity and food
Climate change
Peak oil (or peak fossil fuels)
Limits to growth (focusing on economic disruption)
If you wish to consider a different sustainability issue or a variation from those listed above, please contact the course leader.

You must provide a description and discussion of the chosen issue including the underlying driving factors. You should discuss the likely impacts and societal responses, with a minimum time horizon of 20 years. Your discussions should provide perspectives from the global, national and local levels. Remember that your target audience is the chosen organisation and so this section must be written in appropriate (largely non-technical) language but supported by credible references.

You must then focus on the local implications of this issue, in order to identify risks and opportunities for the chosen organisation over a similar time-frame. For example, a business may not be able to continue some activities or products, but on the other hand, there may be opportunities for different approaches. Similarly, a community organisation may need to adapt its programs to meet different kinds of local needs in the future.

Your report must make at least seven clear recommendations for action by the organisation, with at least two in each of three time frames (short term – 1 to 5 years, medium term – 5 to 10 years, and long term – beyond 10 years). Recommendations might concern changes to the organisation’s activities, including particular projects or campaigns that it should undertake, changes to operations etc. Short term recommendations are likely to be fairly specific whereas long term recommendations are likely to be quite general.

Aims

The aims of this report include testing your knowledge and skills in the following areas:

Collecting information by independent observation and research
Using evidence to support your descriptions and analysis
Understanding and identifying the relationships between theory, reading and practice
Relating individual circumstances to themes and objectives of the course as a whole
Organising diverse data and analysis into a coherent report.
Prerequisite study

All modules should be studied prior to completing this assessment. In particular, modules 3 and 4 provide important theoretical material, modules 8 and 11 provide material regarding potential responses, and module 12 provides some perspectives on the future. Note also the following regarding specific topics:

Population, carrying capacity and food begins in module 2, with Australian perspectives covered in module 5 and global issues in module 7
Climate change is primarily covered in module 6
Peak oil (or peak fossil fuels) is primarily covered in module 7, with some relevant material in module 9
Limits to growth begins in module 2, has some coverage in modules 7 and 9 and more in module 10.
In each case you should carefully examine the Recommended and Additional Resources sections of the relevant modules in order to identify potentially useful sources for your report. Remember that you must not reference the module eBooks but you may find the references very useful.

Format

Take note of the general format requirements here. This is a formal report which must follow a very specific format as follows (in order):

A title page that includes an appropriate title, the name of the author, the name of the person and/or organisation for whom the report is prepared, and the date of the report.
An Executive Summary, which should appear on a page of its own, be no longer than 500 words and which briefly summarises the key findings of the report, including the key recommendations (it is recommended that you write the Executive Summary last). The Executive Summary is normally written in the past tense, e.g. “This report has examined …”.
A Table of Contents that will include the Executive Summary (even though it appears before the table) and all other sections and sub-sections, including the List of References and any Appendices (it is strongly recommended that you use the automatic Table of Contents facility of your word processor).
The Executive Summary and Table of Contents appear on pages numbered using small Roman numeral, i.e. i, ii. The main part of the report begins on a new page with numbering starting from page 1 and comprises numbered sections and sub-sections.
Section 1 is an Introduction section comprising at least three subsections: Authorisation, Limitations, Scope.
Authorisation (normally numbered sub-section 1.1) indicates who has commissioned the report and why (this could be a person or a group, such as a board or committee of management).
Limitations (normally numbered sub-section 1.2) identifies any limitations or hindrances that have affected the production of the report, such as limited access to information that may be private and confidential, or that may be out of date etc.
Scope (normally numbered sub-section 1.3) indicates the breadth of the report’s considerations and may state certain aspects that the report does not cover.
You may include an additional sub-section in the Introduction that discusses your methodology.
The body of the report will include various numbered sections and sub-sections that present your research findings and analysis (it is suggested that you break this into at least two major sections, the first providing details of the chosen issue and the second examining the implications for the organisation).
A Conclusion section (also numbered) will briefly summarise the report’s findings and conclusion(s) leading into the recommendations.
A Recommendations section (also numbered) will present the recommendations in detail, normally numbered for easy reference.
The List of References (section not numbered) follows, beginning on a new page.
Appendices (numbered 1, 2 or A, B etc.) may be included, each starting on a new page, for example to present certain detailed information or analysis that underpins the analysis but was too bulky to include in the main part of the report. Diagrams and graphs can normally be included within the body of the report but if extensive, could be placed in appendices.
You may care to provide a Glossary of terms as one of the appendices. This can save words in your main report.
For more details on the format of a Report you may refer to the ‘Communication Skills Handbook’ (Summers & Smith, 2010, ch. 3). Refer to the chapter on how to use your word processor effectively, which describes how to use Microsoft Word to format the report.

Word limit

The word count must be between 1500 and 2500 (there is no +/- 10%). The word count includes everything from the Introduction to the Recommendations inclusive, including in-text references and any direct quotes used in those section. It excludes the Executive Summary (which has its own word limit of 500 words), Table of Contents, List of References and any appendices. The word count range is deliberately very broad, allowing ample scope for students to cover the chosen issue in an appropriate level of detail. As noted above, additional material can always be moved into an appendix if necessary, while diagrams and graphs are a useful way of presenting detailed information with little word count. Note that while the penalties for going over the word limit are somewhat limited, assignments that are excessively long will not be read beyond 20% over the word limit (i.e. over 3000 words).

Special requirements

You must not reference the course study eBooks. You are required to reference credible sources for the details of the sustainability issue that you analyse, and where appropriate, for aspects of your recommended actions. Many such references are provided in the study materials, particularly in the reference lists at the end of the relevant module eBooks, which you should read thoroughly. In some cases there are cerain references that are considered almost essential on a particular topic, e.g. if covering climate change, the IPCC Synthesis Report is a key reference. A minimum of ten credible sources must be referenced (credible references include the readings, other reputable books, refereed journal articles and material from credible bodies such as government and research organisations). You must write in your own words with a maximum of 5% of words being direct quotations. All in-text references should contain page numbers where available, especially for books.

Marking criteria

Three quarters of the marks (75%) will relate to the specific requiremenst for this assignment:

A clear and concise Executive Summary including a summary of all your recommendations (10%)
An appropriate introduction including authorisation, limitations and scope (5%)
A detailed discussion and analysis of a major sustainability issue, including as appropriate, global, national and local impacts and responses, with a minimum time horizon of 20 years (25%)
A discussion of the implications (including risks) for the organisation (and their stakeholders) arising from this sustainability issue, and identification of opportunities for action (20%)
A clear conclusion leading into at least seven recommendations for action by the organisation, with at least two in each of short, medium and long time frames (15%)
A quarter of the marks (25%) will be more general:

Your approach in developing a well argued case (5%)
Evidence of rigour in your research (5%)
Literary form (5%)
Adherence to submission format requirements and word count (5%)
Referencing (5%)
The marking criteria sheet is provided here (you do not need to submit this).
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Mental health

Actually, I need 2400 words
ment 3—Case study
Weighting: 40%
Length: 2500 words
For this assignment each student will choose one of the three (3) case studies provided in the Assignment resources folder found on the FLO topic site. Students must reflect and identify the knowledge and skills they would require to provide health care to that case. Each student will be required to include rationale for choices, connection between mental and physical health and why the chosen interventions are appropriate, considering implications for future practice.
1 Tom – altered perception
2 Mary – altered mood
3 Tania – eating disorder
Develop an essay focusing on the chosen case study.
Required discussion point for the essay
You are required to identify, explore and critically analyse the case study by addressing the following three (3) discussion points and link them to the chosen case study.
• A comprehensive understanding of mental health, mental illness and the principles of recovery relating to the chosen case study.
• The nexus between mental health with physical health within the case study.
• Recognising and responding to the mental health needs of the identified person, i.e. your essay must include implications for practice for you as a health professional.
Ensure all arguments and opinions are supported by relevant literature.Referencing and in-text referencing is expected from all students. It is required in the Harvard referencing format as described in the School of Nursing & Midwifery referencing guide.
How do I know if an article is peer-reviewed?
Within your written assessments the academic writing and arguments presented should draw on a range of literature sourced from a valid, credible and reliable evidence base.

This includes
. Peer reviewed journal articles,
. Contemporary and seminal textbooks
. Authoritative websites(this does not include Wikipedia, or the heath channel for example!)

Including a wide range of sources shows the breadth of your reading and your research on the topic, hence will benefit your assignment and improve your grade. This demonstrates that you are not only doing the required reading but are sourcing other material, and are reflecting on what you have read.
• Please make sure all references are new 5 or not older than 10 years
• Before your staring writing please follow the marking rubric to cover all the important information
• Please need in text references with page number and we must use Harvard style for the in-text and references list

Required discussion point for the essay
You are required to identify, explore and critically analyse the case study by addressing the following three (3) discussion points and link them to the chosen case study:
• A comprehensive understanding of mental health, mental illness and the principles of recovery relating to the chosen case study.

2 The nexus between mental health with physical health within the case study.

3 Recognising and responding to the mental health needs of the identified person, i.e. your essay must include implications for practice for you as a health professional.

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Decision Making

“The State of Delaware would like to raise gasoline taxes by 10 cents a gallon to fund capital improvements for the state’s transportation infrastructure projects.”
Use each of de bono “six thinking hats” to help the State of Delaware make a decision.

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Reimagining Formal Concerts to Make Performances more Accessible

A. Begin by thinking about a current problem in the music industry (within the past 10 years). Choose one to focus on. Types of challenges to consider:
• Audience size and demographics for classical / jazz / art music.
• Monetizing music in the age of file sharing (how musicians can be fairly paid).
• Reimagining formal concerts to make performances more accessible.( that’s the topic I choose)

B. Now, find a creative solution and approach to this problem you just identified. Search online to find a creative solution within the past ten years from a credible news outlet such as the following major news outlets and relevant professional music magazines.

We are looking for something that has made substantial impact. Your innovation should have:
• Information detailing how this innovation has changed either the music industry itself or a particular community.
• Details on who or what has been affected by the change and HOW they’ve been affected.
• Evidence of the innovation’s impact from a credible source: include a URL to an article from a trusted major news outlet detailing the innovation and its impact. Examples must come from major newspapers/blogs or professional music magazines—NOT Wikipedia or the company’s or innovator’s own promotional material.

NOTE: We are asking you to identify new innovations and surprise us with what you find! So do NOT use these well-known innovations: The Met Opera Simulcasts, Spotify, and YouTube—think broadly and do research to find other possibilities.

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Reflection on Achievement of Outcomes

 

Reflect back over the past eight weeks and describe how the achievement of the course outcomes in this course have prepared you to meet the MSN program outcome # 7 and the MSN Essential III.

Program Outcome # 7:

Design Patient Centered care models and delivery systems using the best available scientific evidence.

MSN Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety

Recognizes that a master’s-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles within an organization.

Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies

#4 Practice Inquiry Competencies

1. Provides leadership in the translation of new knowledge into practice.

2. Generates knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient outcomes.

3. Applies clinical investigative skills to improve health outcomes.

4. Leads practice inquiry, individually or in partnership with others

5. Disseminates evidence from inquiry to diverse audiences using multiple modalities.
6. Analyzes clinical guidelines for individualized application into practice

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Assignment

 
Assignment 1: The summative individual paper will be 3000 words in length not including references.
Student individual papers will demonstrate
1. a critical appreciation of the scope for the ethical leadership of business and management;
2. an understanding of how ethical leadership can be applied to business and management;
3. critical evaluation of the major ethical issues that arise in the management of organisations, including government;
4. critical analysis and the ability to propose solutions to a range of ethical problems in business and management.
Based on the films Arbitrage [2012] and Die Welle (The Wave) [2008] write a 3000 word essay that fulfils the above mentioned objectives by comparing and contrasting the ethical issues, the scope, the decision-making processes, and the outcomes portrayed in the stories. Take into particular consideration issues of ethical leadership and ethical followership. What are the major lessons for business leaders (and followers)?
You may consider the following questions for guidance (not necessarily in this order):
• What is the major ethical issue in the story? What other ethical issues are portrayed?
• What (if anything) was ethical/unethical about the way the main character handled the situation? And the supporting characters?
• What options for decision making were presented in the story?
• Which ethical and leadership viewpoints are represented?
• What other options might have been available to the characters?
• How do the leader’s or leaders’ behaviours and decisions impact
o The leader and his/her immediate circles
o The organization
o The community, society, the world?
• How does these stories compare to real world issues in business/management/government ethics? Use at least one real world example for analysis.
• What would be an acceptable solution for this and similar issues of ethics in business? Explain your reasoning.
• How did these stories affect you personally?

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In the News!

Assignment:
Post one news source as a response to this Assignment. Explain briefly (paragraph length) how the news story bears on the discussion topics or the required readings from above.
I’m looking for you to explicitly state what the connection is to this required reading. When you do that, please be very specific — which reading does it relate to? Or which section, chapter, case study, etc. in our DRS text does it relate to?
The choice of media is yours. News should be fairly current, not more than 2 months old.  – move the cursor around the world to find newspapers and the front pages of newspapers.We are looking for you to post articles that relate directly to global BUSINESS news —

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Balancing Profitability & CSR

Assignment Instructions:
Writer, please read all the required readings, Media, and videos first and then answer question topic 1. Please ENSURE TO Support your arguments with data and concepts from the readings, videos, and simulation

Assignment:
Directions:
1.Read DRS, “Anglo American PLC in South Africa: What Do You Do When Costs Reach Epidemic Proportions,” pp. 425- 428.
2. View the Michael Porter and World Economic Forum videos.
3. Select two multinational corporations where the MNCs aredifferentindustries (e.g., manufacturing/Ford and pharmaceutical/Merck). The choice of MNCs is yours. (DEAR WRITER: I CHOSE FINANCE: BANK OF AMERICA AND RETAIL: SAKS. BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE 2 DIFFERENT ONES IF YOU LIKE AS LONG AS YOU TELL ME SO THAT I CAN ENSURE MY CLASSMATES DON’T HAVE THE SAME CHOICE.
4. Go to the two MNCs’ websites and locate their most recent CSR reports, also often called corporate citizenship, sustainability, or corporate responsibility reports.
To locate the reports: Go to the Global Reporting Initiative’s superb database you can always use “Google” to locate company reports.
5. Compare and contrast the information provided by the two companies’ reports.
A. Are there differences between the two reports in terms of the range of issues dealt with and the depth of coverage on specific issues, risk areas (labor, environment, human rights, supplier relationships, bribery, corruption, health, animal testing, etc.)?
B. Do you think these differences can be explained by industry differences or the national origins of the MNCs or by the location of their foreign operations?
C. The Anglo American PLC and other examples in DRS and videos of corporate responsibility initiatives suggest that emerging markets present both opportunities (generate profits, create societal value) and risks (pose challenging operating environments) for MNCs.In the two reports you chose are there examples of the companies going beyond their legal responsibilities to creating shared value, of how they are achieving the perception of being socially responsible by the local communities in the foreign countries where they operate?Be sure to apply Porter’s framework in your analysis.

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Human ressources management

Write a report describing and analysing the HR practices and issues within a company of your choice (subject to approval by the seminar tutor).
You must identify two different HR topics within that company. The HR topics are to be chosen from the weekly session titles on this module, for example Performance Management, Culture, Equality and Diversity, change management etc.