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The owner of the vehicle may lose his or her property. Do you consider this fair? Why or why not? Explain and support your position with evidence.

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Drug seizure laws have come into prominence in the United States. When a drug arrest is completed, the law enforcement community may seize property such as a home, a car, or any monies from the criminal enterprise.
What if the house was rented?
What if the car belongs to a relative?
What if the passenger in your car has drugs and does not claim them? The owner of the vehicle is charged. The owner of the vehicle may lose his or her property.
Do you consider this fair? Why or why not? Explain and support your position with evidence.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style. For more information on APA, please visit the APASTYLE Lab.

Describe the data breach incident and the primary causes of the data breach.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides an extensive amount of information, resources, and guidance on IT and information security topics. The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) provides standards and guidelines for establishing information security within federal systems. However, there have been, and continues to be, numerous security incidents including data breaches within federal systems. Review the information about FISMA at the NIST Website, located at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/fisma/index.html. Additionally, review the information, located at http://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/Dark-Clouds-Over-Technology-042212.html, about the data breaches within government systems.<br>Select one (1) of the data breaches mentioned to conduct a case analysis, or select another based on your research, and research more details about that incident to complete the following assignment requirements.<br><br>Describe the data breach incident and the primary causes of the data breach.<br>Analyze how the data breach could have been prevented with better adherence to and compliance with regulatory requirements and guidelines, including management controls; include an explanation of the regulatory requirement (such as from FISMA, HIPAA, or others).<br>Assess if there are deficiencies in the regulatory requirements and whether they need to be changed, and how they need to be changed, to mitigate further data breach incidents.

Compare and contrast the positive and negative aspects of employing a MAC, DAC, and RBAC.

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Imagine that you are the Information Systems Security Specialist for a medium-sized federal government contractor. The Chief Security Officer (CSO) is worried that the organization’s current methods of access control are no longer sufficient. In order to evaluate the different methods of access control, the CSO requested that you research: mandatory access control (MAC), discretionary access control (DAC), and role-based access control (RBAC). Then, prepare a report addressing positive and negative aspects of each access control method. This information will be presented to the Board of Directors at their next meeting. Further, the CSO would like your help in determining the best access control method for the organization.

Explain in your own words the elements of the following methods of access control:
Mandatory access control (MAC)
Discretionary access control (DAC)
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Compare and contrast the positive and negative aspects of employing a MAC, DAC, and RBAC.
Suggest methods to mitigate the negative aspects for MAC, DAC, and RBAC.
Evaluate the use of MAC, DAC, and RBAC methods in the organization and recommend the best method for the organization. Provide a rationale for your response.
Speculate on the foreseen challenge(s) when the organization applies the method you chose. Suggest a strategy to address such challenge(s).
Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Did your parents or family discuss your race and/or ethnicity with you while you were growing up? What can you recall about these conversations?

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Our racial and ethnic identities significantly contribute to shaping our identities as individuals in society more broadly. Generally, people are born into a race and ethnicity and these identities can integrally shape our social interactions and experiences of the world. However, how extensively our racial and ethnic identities affect our daily lives varies significantly.
For this journal assignment you will trace your own racial and ethnic biography and explore how these identities have shaped you and your experiences. Please reflect on the following questions in two to three pages:
What is your race and your ethnicity? Are your parents the same racial and the same ethnic group? If applicable, are your brothers and sisters the same racial and ethnic group too?
Did your parents or family discuss your race and/or ethnicity with you while you were growing up? What can you recall about these conversations? If these conversations did not occur, why do you think that is?
Are you aware of your race and/or ethnicity daily?
If yes, how does race and/or ethnicity affect your daily life? If no, for what reasons do you believe this?
How was this impact (or lack of it) different for your parents or grandparents? What changes do you envision for the next generation?
Have you ever experienced being stereotyped because of your race or ethnicity? If yes, how? If no, why?
Background on me
My race is African American
Ethnicity – AA, Cherokee Indian, Caucasian, with a sprinkle of Eastern Europe
Parents are the same
no siblings
race was discussed when younger

How would you characterize this leader’s style—is the leader autocratic or laissez-faire, a technician, or a coach?

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Think of a leader you admire and respect. Address the following questions (do not retype the questions):
How would you characterize this leader’s style—is the leader autocratic or laissez-faire, a technician, or a coach?
How did this individual become a leader—for example, by appointment, democratic selection, or emergence?
If you include information that is not common knowledge, you must cite the source.
To learn and to practice composing a document used in business communications, answer the question in a memo to me. Attached is the memo format, basic memo.

 Briefly summarise the science context of urban ecosystem regeneration.

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For this question you should imagine you have been commissioned to write a report on the potential options for urban forest regeneration within the (imaginary) city of Castleport. This has been commissioned by Castleport Parks Trust, an independent environmental charity that manages the green space within the city for the city council. Castleport covers an area of  and has a population of 250 000. There is a range of sites of varying size and characteristics, scattered across the city, that the Trust believes could be used for urban forest regeneration. A budget of $1.5m has been allocated to spend on the regeneration of 30 hectares of urban ecosystems, with the primary objectives of:

  • i.improving the carbon budget of the city by sequestering carbon,
  • ii.boosting biodiversity, notably the local bird and butterfly populations, and
  • iii.generating associated health benefits.

You have been asked to provide two things in particular:

  1. Information on the likely benefits that might be expected from this investment, including the value of monetary benefits, and the likely extent of non-monetary benefits and any collateral benefits not amongst the Trust’s stated priority aims.
  2. A discussion of the relative merits of three different options for the number and size of locations targeted for regeneration, namely:
  3. (a) spending the entire budget reforesting a single large area of 30 ha close to the city centre,
  4. (b) targeting 30 smaller locations with an average area of 1 ha,
  5. (c) creating a narrow ‘corridor’ covering 30 ha along the river that runs through the city.

You should consider the audience for the report to be environmentalists and land managers with good science backgrounds, but who are not specialists in this topic area. You should base your report on the information and additional references provided in Session 3.5.4 of the S397 module materials, and on the following paper:

Elmqvist, T., Setälä, H., Handel, S. N., van der Ploeg, S., Aronson, J., Blignaut, J. N., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Nowak, D. J., Kronenberg, J. and de Groot, R. (2015) ‘Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas’, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 14, pp. 101–8. DOI:10.1016/j.cosust.2015.05.001

The Elmqvist et al. (2015) paper has online supplementary information, which you may also find useful for part of your report. This can be found via a link at the end of the main paper. You may also find it helpful to consult and appropriately cite other reliable sources (e.g. academic papers or websites). You will not receive credit for including more than two further references external to the module material beyond Elmqvist et al. (2015).

Your answer should not exceed 1500 words in length, excluding the reference list. You will lose marks for exceeding this limit (see the Word limits section above for more details).

Your report should consist of the following sections:

  • Executive summary Summarise, concisely, the background and main findings and recommendations of your report.

Word limit: 175 words, including an appropriate title

(6 marks)

  • Context Briefly summarise the science context of urban ecosystem regeneration.

Word limit: 175 words

(6 marks)

  • Potential benefits Summarise and quantify the potential benefits, both monetary and non-monetary, that might be anticipated from the regeneration programme, and explain the timescales over which they are likely to be realised.

Word limit: 300 words

(10 marks)

  • Evidence Summarise the scientific evidence on which your estimates of potential benefits are based, briefly describing relevant studies. Note: in your answer you should consider the scientific evidence behind the figures, that is, details of how the quantitative estimates were made.

Word limit: 300 words

(10 marks)

  • Risks and unknowns Discuss the risks and unknown factors that could adversely impact the expected gains from any potential regeneration actions. Note: in your answer you should focus on risks and unknowns relating to the science of urban ecosystem regeneration, rather than general risks that might be associated with any urban management project.

Word limit: 300 words

(10 marks)

  • Regeneration options Discuss the three suggested options relating to the choice of number, size and location of target regeneration sites and the relative merits and drawbacks of the different options in relation to aims of the programme and expected benefits on ecosystem services, citizens and species. Recommend a strategy and justify your choice.

Word limit: 250 words

(8 marks)

  • References including citations in the report.

(4 marks)

  • The remaining 6 marks will be awarded for the clarity, conciseness and relevance of your report.

(6 marks)

You should appropriately cite and reference the material used for writing the report. The guide for citation and referencing both module material and external literature is provided in the Harvard Guide to citing references.

Explain in detail how your organization measures operational quality and whether these metrics accurately reflect the culture of the organization.

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Unit 5 Discussion
Prompt:

Read article: “Five Must-Have Quality Management Metrics for the Executive Dashboard” (website: https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-column/five-must-have-quality-management-metrics-executive-dashboard.html)

Assignment:

Companies have traditionally struggled to establish metrics that can easily represent the effectiveness of quality in the organization.
Most often these metrics are measures of education, training/skills, certification(s), or tenure/experience.
Please compare/contrast the above metrics. Is it effective to have a manager with education, but without the industry experience? How can this person assess training needs without experience?
Explain in detail how your organization measures operational quality and whether these metrics accurately reflect the culture of the organization or propose new measures you feel would support the organization.
Please use your readings to substantiate your thoughts.
Participation Requirements:
Original discussion forum posts:
• Create a thread for your original post identified with your name.
• Prepare a quality, substantive post that addresses the objectives of the discussion forum and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric
• Include supportive evidence; such as direct applicable experience and expert sources.

Provide and outline of where she should start-what are her responsibilities in quashing this conflict?

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Unit 5 Action Assignment
Compose an APA-style paper in response to the prompt below that addresses each of the components. Collect and analyze data from reputable scholarly sources from the Internet to support your original ideas
For this assignment-you will approach this scenario using a Root-Cause Analysis(RCA)

A Toxic Work Environment

When Maggie Lance took over Air-Tech’s packaging and shipping (P & S) department, it was notorious within the company as a dead-end, high-stress, uncomfortable place to work. Internal politics, territoriality, negativity, and conflict were the rule rather than the exception in the P & S department. Other employees joked, “P & S” stands for “push and shove.” The best word Maggie could find to describe the work environment in her new department was toxic. Turnover is high, morale is low, productivity is sub-standard, and quality is a joke. Clearly, Maggie has her work cut out for her.
• Put yourself in her place, as a manager in a new area that is clearly toxic. Provide and outline of where she should start-what are her responsibilities in quashing this conflict?

• Should it include training for her department? If so-ongoing training with assessments?
• Outline how she should proceed in order to overcome the negativity? Does it seem as if this conflict is just in her area, i.e. the “silo” affect?
• What should be the key elements in her turn-around plan? Could this be implemented company wide?

• Discuss a plan that would help the company in developing leadership skills in Maggie that will be needed to propose and implement quality skills into her new department within the organization. Should this be internal or external training?
• In this case–what seems to be the motivations for the internal conflict and can it be viewed as all negative in regards to outcomes?

Remember– For this assignment-you will approach this scenario using a Root-Cause Analysis(RCA)

Criteria:
• Compose an APA-style paper in response to the prompt below that addresses each of the questions.
• Your paper will be a reflection on your selection and will consist of a well-written 750 to 1000-word essay.
• Collect and analyze data from the library and/or the Internet to support your original ideas.
• Use at least 3 different sources, not including your textbook that are current, i.e. within the last 5 years.

Explain the importance of the assessment process including how internal and external auditing processes help the organization.

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Mastery Assignment/Final Exam
Below are the questions for which you will provide a response in essay form-Please identify quality improvement principles for each case study:
Successful responses should be a synthesis of your learning from this course and should be no less than 500 words each. Be sure to format your paper properly in APA and cite qualified scholarly sources that you use (see the Academic Resources link). Make sure that you include the numbered topic in each of your writings.

AS9100:

1. Cessna teams with Shenyang Aircraft Corporation.
• In regard to this partnership, review why you feel AS9100 is important to the light aircraft owner/operator. Research the link below and others you find relative to this partnership for more information
• Cessna Chooses China’s Shenyang Aircraft Corporation as Manufacturing Partner for Model 162 SkyCatcher
2. Select one Baldrige Case Study (below). Discuss what is your impression of the organization in your case study. Do you think they achieved greater status from their achievement? Why or why not?
• http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/upload/BamaPDFfinal.pdf
• http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/publications/upload/Park_Place_Lexus_Profile.pdf
• http://www.baldrige.nist.gov/PDF_files/Jenks_Public_Schools_Profile.pdf
3. Explain the importance of the assessment process including how internal and external auditing processes help the organization. How can audits detect process deficiencies? How can audits positively or negatively affect organizations? Provide examples.

4. In your opinion, what is the responsibility of an organization to provide negative assessment reports, data analysis, and / or development of findings of a product or service to a customer? What if the negative quality impact is from a supplier? How does root cause corrective action benefit the organization? Please substantiate your opinion with sufficient documentation.

Prepare a community profile of group of young people.

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1HSW2211 –Youth Work Practice Assignment 1Community ProfileEssayWeighting:50%Word Count: 1500 words(minimum)Summary: Prepare a community profile of group of young people. Include relevant background information such as demographics, key community issues pertaining to young people as well as any youth work or programs that may have been previously undertaken.