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Select one individual who was exonerated by DNA evidence that you would like to research. Do you believe this individual was convicted based on systematic discrimination or was in contextual in nature?

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Select one individual who was exonerated by DNA evidence that you would like to research. Relate to how the criminal justice system failed this individual. Do you believe this individual was convicted based on systematic discrimination or was in contextual in nature? Argue your case and try to explain what went wrong. In arguing your case, you need to explain the details of the person you chose- you may want to look at where in the CJ system failed the individual (ex: bad police practice, bias, jury selection, eye witness ID, etc.) Explain if you feel the failure in the CJ system is systematic, institutionalized, contextual, an individual act of discrimination or that there was no racial or ethic discrimination, also known as pure justice. Some of the questions you may want to ask yourself are: Have reforms been enacted as a result of this injustice? How has this injustice impacted the CJ system? What could have been done to better ensure that an innocent person would not be wrongfully accused:
● how much time in jail or awaiting trial? ● age at time of conviction? ● race of defendant, race of victim? ● how long spent in prison? ● were they serving on death row? ● what was the crime they were convicted for? ● how many times were they denied parole? ● how were they convicted? ex: eyewitness ID, etc ● what was the race of the victim and do you believe it played a role? ● were there witnesses to the crime? ● was forensic science used? ● was there a confession, admission or a guilty plea?
● is there any type of disability/ mental illness involved? ● was the defendant indigent- was their lawyer private or public? ● was there a use of informants? ● after release- was there some type of compensatory award? ● did the accused receive a monetary award and was it appropriate for time spent in prison? ● was the true perpetrator of the crime ever identified?

Consider the key classes of drugs used to treat the disorder you chose and explain their action at the neurotransmitter system involved in the disease process.

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This assignment will be a continuation of the written assignment from Week One. Research a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles in addition to information from your text on the disorder you chose in Week One. Consider the key classes of drugs used to treat the disorder you chose in Week One and explain their action at the neurotransmitter system involved in the disease process. Analyze and describe the agonist-antagonist activity of the drugs and the receptor types and sub-types involved in the disorder. Elaborate on the receptor agonist-antagonist actions of the drugs and describe the most common side effects seen with these drugs. Evaluate the risk-benefits of drug use for this disorder.

The paper: Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length, excluding title page and references page, and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Must include a title page with the following: Title of paper Your name Course name and number Your instructor’s name Date submitted Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources in addition to the text. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Different countries’ cultures have different values and beliefs and therefore will have different ethics. Whose ethical perception should be followed in situations in which the values in one country conflict with those in another?

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According to the EEOC,

All employees who work in the U.S. or its territories . . . are protected by EEO laws, regardless of their citizenship or work authorization status. Employees who work in the U.S. or its territories are protected whether they work for a U.S. or foreign employer.

So if you are in the United States or a US territory, you are covered by US EEO laws.

But what about Americans working outside the United States? According to the EEOC, “U.S. citizens who are employed outside the U.S. by a U.S. employer—or a foreign company controlled by a U.S. employer—are protected by Title VII, the ADEA, and the ADA.” However, “U.S. employers are not required to comply with the requirements of Title VII, the ADEA, or the ADA if adherence to that requirement would violate a law of the country where the workplace is located.”37 Finally, if you are employed by a foreign company in a country other than the United States, the laws of that country would apply, so you would not have the protection of US EEO laws in such a case.

The United States also has a law specifically addressing corruption and bribery by US national companies while operating in other countries. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) bars US–based or US–listed companies from bribing foreign officials in exchange for business. The FCPA also requires companies to keep accurate books and records concerning their foreign operations. However, it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between a legitimate business expense and a bribe.38 So global companies need to clarify the difference in their code of ethics, top managers must set a good example, and penalties for unethical and illegal behavior must be enforced.

Remember that different countries have different employment laws that must be obeyed. So think about the complexity facing the HR executive working for a multinational company doing business in more than 100 countries! Thus, multinationals need HR legal specialists in each country.

International Ethics

Recall our discussion of ethics in Chapter 15 in which we noted that ethics are based on societal values, principles, and beliefs. This creates some issues for businesses operating in multiple countries. Different countries’ cultures have different values and beliefs and therefore will have different ethics—at least to some extent—as what is considered ethical in one country may not be considered ethical in another country. Whose ethical perception should be followed in situations in which the values in one country conflict with those in another? How do employees know how they are expected to act?

Construct a picturesque freehand sketch about the bodies located on the pages 3-8, according to the exercise assignment. Identify the characteristic vertices with letters.

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Construct a picturesque freehand sketch about the bodies located on the pages 3-8, according to the exercise assignment. Identify the characteristic vertices with letters.
Place onto the drawing sheet two arranged views of the selected body! Let the view-view and the view-border distance is 10 mm. One of the views should be
the Front view,
the Top view or
the Side view
according to the exercise assignment.
Define a vector (r) pointing to the origin point signed by O. Consider the direction of r so, that from that viewing direction expectedly will not arise covering point pairs.
Construct new views about the body, so that one of the new views should show r in real size, the other one should show r as a point! Start from the view mentioned by the exercise assignment.

Examine your figure or character from the perspective of Jung’s theoretical approach to personality and describe your chosen figure or character based on the dichotomous facets of personality as defined by Jung.

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the Cohen, et al. (2013) and Wu, et al. (2007) articles and review the Evaluating Mental Health Patients and HumanMetrics Jung Typology Test websites.
For this discussion, you will be taking on the role of the intake counselor at a mental health facility. In this role, you will facilitate the evaluation of a client based on clinical personality assessments, mental status exam, and observations of the client to make recommendations to the treatment team consisting of the clinical psychologist, counselors, and case manager for the client. Carefully review the PSY615: Week Two Counseling-Based Personality
Assessment Scenario
In your initial post, examine the personality assessment instrument used in the scenario and research a peer-reviewed article in the University Library on this personality assessment. Using the required articles and websites as well as your researched article to support your statements, describe the standard use of this personality assessment. Based on the scenario, evaluate the reliability, validity, and cultural considerations inherent to the personality assessment used and comment on the relevance of these elements within the scenario. Analyze and describe some of the potential ethical issues which might arise from the use of this personality assessment in the given scenario. Provide information from your research regarding the use of the personality measure, and assess the value of other possible instruments that could be added to create a more complete assessment of the client in the scenario.

(2) Personality Analysis Essay: three to five double-spaced pages in length, APA style:
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 3 in your textbook and the HumanMetrics Jung Typology Test website, and read the Choca (1999), Bracken-Minor & McDevitt-Murphy (2014), and Westen (1998) articles.

For this assignment, choose a historically important figure or a character from a movie, novel, or TV show, then address the following in your paper:
Examine your figure or character from the perspective of Jung’s theoretical approach to personality and describe your chosen figure or character based on the dichotomous facets of personality as defined by Jung.
Evaluate the current Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality instrument, which is based on Jung’s theories, and provide your impression of your chosen figure or character through the major facets of the MBTI.
Analyze how ethical issues might affect the implementation of MBTI personality assessment in the setting native to your chosen figure or character.
Assess the MBTI and its use to provide results on your chosen figure or character and describe the efficacy and reliability of this assessment as it relates to your chosen person.
Summarize and present your opinion about how well this theory describes the person in question. Provide research to support your claims.

Analyze US case law as well as its legislation related to trade mark parody works, then talk about how it should be improved and also redefine what kinds of parody works should be protected.

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The general idea about this topic would be:

1.Hong Kong has very few case law about trade mark parody.

  1. The current legislation(Hong Kong Trade Marks Ordinance) do not provide enough protection to certain parody works. So we could take the US law for reference.
  2. Analyze US case law as well as its legislation related to trade mark parody works, then talk about how it should be improved and also redefine what kinds of parody works should be protected. (Is it already enough to protect parody work?)
  3. Suggest how the Hong Kong legislation can learn from the US(In full or in part?) how it should expand to protect certain parody work?

Reflect on and analyze existing theories and concepts on ‘entrepreneurial traits, skills and processes’ in light of your own personal experience. Present your insights in the form of an essay backed by critical reflection

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Part 3: Present a reflective review of your journey as an intrapreneur/entrepreneur in this project/subject. The purpose of this review is to critically reflect on and analyze existing theories and concepts on ‘entrepreneurial traits, skills and processes’ in light of your own personal experience. Present your insights in the form of an essay backed by critical reflection and analysis that addresses aspects such as:
• How did engaging with real humans/users change the direction that your solution/prototype took?
• What was it like to approach users as part of conducting empathy field work, and then to show rough prototypes/unfinished work to them?
• How did working in a collaborative, human-centred, fast-paced iterative way feel?
• Which aspect of the design thinking/lean start-up process did you find most interesting, enjoyable and useful?
• How did following this entrepreneurial process differ from a traditional approach entrepreneurs adopt to come up with an innovative idea?
• What skills and traits make a successful entrepreneur?
• What resources and capabilities are most useful for an entrepreneurial team to draw on?
• What would you do next to take your entrepreneurial project forward?.
Your essay should contain in-depth reflective insights and logically analysed content presented in coherent language and style. You are also expected to draw upon a wide range of robust and relevant sources (both academic literature and other reports), with a minimum of 5 high-quality references, to benchmark your personal experience with existing literature. Images, photos, graphs, charts and other supporting materials can be used.

Assessment criteria: Assessment is based on:
• Business knowledge and concepts: Evidence of understanding of key theories and concepts in entrepreneurship.
• Critical thinking, creativity and analytical skills: Evidence of in-depth critical reflection on the entrepreneurial process, and logical analysis of engagement in design thinking/lean start-up (5 marks)
• Communication and Interpersonal skills (written) Quality of content, clarity of writing and presentation style.

What is the impact of this health issue on the community? Why does this health issue need to be addressed? Explain the proposed public health policy.

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For this presentation, HIV/AIDS has been selected as the public topic.
The presentation should provide enough information about the topic and the proposed policy that a reasonably educated legislator should be able to make an informed decision.
Be sure to consider the various questions that a legislator might have about the issue and proposed policy, such as long-term costs and benefits, potential effects on business and industry (especially those that support politicians’ campaigns), and how the policy will support the health and productivity of state residents.

The presentation should address each of the following points:

Discuss HIV/AIDS as a public health issue Questions to consider:
Who does this health issue affect?
What is the impact of this health issue on the community?
Why does this health issue need to be addressed?
Explain the proposed public health policy. Questions to consider:
Who will be affected by this policy?
How will this policy address the health issue?
What will change by enacting this policy?
Evaluate the impacts of the proposed policy. Questions to consider:
What are the costs and benefits of the policy?
What are the risks of enacting or not enacting the policy?
How will the lives of people who are affected by the health issue change if this policy is enacted?
Create an influential presentation that affects voting behaviors of legislators. Questions to consider:
What information about this policy would potentially affect the voting behavior of legislators from across the political spectrum (e.g. conservative, moderate, liberal, progressive; particularly those who might not support the policy based on political orientation)?
What are the most important messages that legislators need to hear about this policy?
How would the constituents of the legislators voting for this policy feel about this policy and a legislator who votes for it?
What information would a legislator need to “sell” the policy to constituents who were perhaps not in favor of adopting the policy?
The Advocating for Public Health Policy assignment

Who are Muslims? Where in the world do you find the largest population of Muslims? How many Muslims are in the United States? Choose one aspect of Islamic culture and find out more (food, art, architecture, holidays, rituals, beliefs, etc.)

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Requirements: Write an essay to answer the following questions. Note the length and format requirements in your syllabus.

  1. Search on the internet.
  2. Who are Muslims? Where in the world do you find the largest population of Muslims? How many Muslims are in the United States?
  3. Choose one aspect of Islamic culture and find out more (food, art, architecture, holidays, rituals, beliefs, etc.)
  4. What is a hijab? How is it different from niqab? What does the Qur’an say about hijab? What are the reasons and history of veiling in Islam?
  5. Watch the TED talk: The Muslim on the airplane

What are stereotypes, terrorism, and hate crime? What are your thoughts and intake after watching?

What is nonverbal communication? Is it easy to rely on nonverbal cues to communicate? What are the advantages and challenges?

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Have fun with family or friends (at home/virtually/online)! You will play charades! Depending on how many people you have, you can even form groups and compete. The basic rule is that one or more people will act out a word/phrase nonverbally and cannot talk, and the other one or more people will guess.

A moderator can make flash cards and choose words for guessing, or you can make use of some game apps or online platform

Discuss and then write up your answers to the following questions (note the length and format requirements in your syllabus).

Discussions:

  1. What is nonverbal communication?
  2. Is it easy to rely on nonverbal cues to communicate? What are the advantages and challenges?
  3. Do people interpret the same nonverbal cue in exactly the same way? Why?
  4. Do people use nonverbal cues in the same way (as a habit or an ability)? Why?
  5. Other thoughts from this activity? Other intake?