Month: November 2019

CASE A Yoonnie and the tea in the Mall     Darnestown Malls, Inc. (DMI) owns and operates a mall in the state of Maryland in the U.S.  During the holiday season, as is customary for malls nationwide, DMI allows independent vendors to rent space in its common areas so that they can sell their wares to mall shoppers. Each independent vendor pays DMI rent in exchange for space. DMI provides no insurance coverage or any guarantees for services to these independent vendors. Vendors provide their own carts, displays, products, services, signs and all related business materials. Vendors agree to keep their areas clean and to place all trash in large bins DMI provides. In turn, DMI provides cleaning services for the common areas. DMI also employs on-site staff who provide maintenance, customer support, emergency health, and security services.   Over the past six months, DMI, like many businesses, suffered major financial losses. Retail sales had been down, and projections for the holiday season were significantly...

Guidelines for completing the case study Read the case carefully and determine the specific relevant legal issue before starting to write your analysis of the case.  The facts are critical to analyzing the questions asked Map out answer to the case or how you plan to approach your case.  Often there will be multiple parties or factors involved in the case. You are required to address when you analysze the case. Having a sense of how many different points you need to address will help you to develop and carefully plan your response. Also, remember that some cases may have multiple parties involved. Exam each party carefully and discuss whether and how the specific area of law applies to the party. Here is how you should approach your case study Thesis: A brief summary of the case and what area(s) of law is (are) pertinent to the case. What is the case all about-what area of law (e.g. the case relates to the area of...

Project 3:  Internal Environment Analysis Purpose: This project is the third of four projects.  Students will perform an internal environmental analysis using the tools and concepts learned in the course to date.  You will also draw from previous business courses to develop an understanding of how organizations develop and manage strategies to establish, safeguard and sustain its position in a competitive market. Students also have the opportunity to review an organization's objectives and goals and the key functional areas within the organization.  Performing an internal environment analysis helps assess a firm's internal resources and capabilities and plays a critical role in formulating strategy by identifying a firm's strengths to capitalize on so that it can effectively overcome weaknesses.   Skill Building: In this project, you are building many different skills including research, critical thinking, writing and developing analytical skills related to various financial analysis tools and strategy tools used in business. Outcomes Met with This Project: utilize a set of useful analytical skills, tools, and techniques...

BLACK FRIDAY: AN ILLUSION OR REALITY? Hispanics, who make up about 16 percent of the U.S. population, are the fastest growing minority group, and they are more likely to be uninsured than any other minority group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is estimated that only 10.2 million of the 53 million uninsured Hispanics in the United States will qualify for coverage under the new healthcare laws. (Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Information Trust for additional information.) The Community Health Care Center, which has facilities in central North Carolina, has created innovations to address preventive care, chronic disease management, and other initiatives to help the population in their area. Unfortunately, the hospital is not equipped to deal with the emotions and productivity of its employees. All employees received the following e-mail from Douglas O’Rourke, the CEO of Community Health Care Center. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely...

Objectives This assignment addresses the following course objectives: Describe roles and responsibilities of a behavior analyst. Describe responsible conduct of a behavior analyst. Identify sections of the Code associated with specific ethical challenges encountered by behavior analysts and discuss ways to resolve the issues in accordance with the BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts. Discuss the dangers of using practices that are not research-based. Discuss the importance of the protection of human subjects in research. Use electronic resources to locate research articles and other scholarly works related to ethics in ABA. Purpose The purpose of this assignment is for you to expand your knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA). As future behavior analysts, ethical considerations will serve as the foundation for all of your interactions. Although the course readings about ethics are an excellent way to establish your knowledge-base, interviewing and discussing this topic area with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst provides a real-life, applied perspective. Deliverable A paper that addresses...

Multidisciplinary Analysis of Human Sexuality and Diversity Learning Objectives Critically analyze information from academic/professional sources. Use electronic databases to find articles. Practice reading professional writing and recognize valid research and understand the results. Practice using good writing techniques to support a thesis. Use multiple perspectives to look at a single issue of culture and gender. Practice reflection and self-assessment on how research on a topic influences personal opinion. General Instructions Select one of the topics listed below and develop a paper that analyzes issues of human sexuality from multidisciplinary perspectives. Apply concepts from three distinctly different disciplines of human study to analyze the particular phenomenon, see listing below one from each column. Incorporate theoretical frameworks, theoretical constructs and other “explanations” that have been used by these disciplines to create a perspective that will provide a possible “explanation” for the issue. This should be the way the discipline approaches the topic, it should not be a listing of findings. For example do not give a historic account of the topic...

Because there are two sides to the topics below, all topics need to argue both sides of the topic – the ‘for’ and ‘against.’ The information used to build your paper must be backed by scholarly data and research. While guidelines are provided below for your paper, getting an A will really be about not only responding to every question but coming up with more discussion points than the ones indicated below. Temporary Protection Status Clearly define the what the term ‘Temporary Protection Status’ means. ➢ What is Temporary Protection Status? ➢ Who and what countries does this does this currently apply to? ➢ What challenges have been brought against this status in recent years (last 3 years)? ➢ Why have the challenges been brought? ➢ What impact would removing ‘temporary protection status’ have or has had on the people who either currently benefit from this or have had it removed? Or their countries that would have to receive them back? ➢ Using one country that has this status,...