Write an essay of at least 500 words discussing discussing how a blockchain implementation would improve data security in a military, education, or other context.
Write in essay format not in outline, bulleted, numbered or other list format.
Use the five paragraph format. Each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Include 3 quotes with quotation marks and cited in-line and in a list of references. Include an interesting meaninful title.
Discussion Question: Is cyber the greatest future threat the US faces? If so, explain why. If cyber is not the greatest future threat, what is and why?
You must have an introduction paragraph and then separate your answers to the various aspects from each other using bold section headings.
Instructions: Fully utilize the materials that have been provided to you in order to support your response. Your initial post must be at least 350 words.
You must complete an Electronic Presentation on Black Culture. You will select and present on the significances of two works of black culture. The first work you select must be a work of African-American literature, poetry, music, fashion, dance, or some other cultural art form that was created and/or popularized by an African American during the time periods of the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances (1917-1949). Your second work of black culture must have been created and/or popularized by a black person (but not necessarily an African American) within YOUR lifetime. For example, if you were born in 1999, your second cultural selection needs to have been created by a black person between 1999 and the present. The two works you select to present do not have to share a cultural form (i.e. one work can be a poem and the other can be a song; one work can be a painting and the other can be a fashion trend). Nor do the two works have to share a particular theme. You may choose to do a compare-and-contrast type presentation. But, you do not have to. In presenting the works, you will need to provide background information on your chosen works (i.e. when where the works created; who created them or made them famous; and, what impact did the works have on the cultural landscape when and since they first appeared?). You will also have to briefly explain why you made those particular selections, and explain what you think each work tells people about the ways in which African-American/Black culture and experiences remained congruent and/or changed from the eras of the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances to the modern era. Moreover, your Electronic Presentation on Black Culture must be creative in both style and substance.
The selection of a research design is guided by the study’s purpose and research questions and hypotheses, and the design then links the research questions and hypotheses to the data that will be collected. You should keep in mind, however, that the research process is interactive, not necessarily proceeding in a linear fashion from one component to the next. Rather, the writing of research questions could, for example, necessitate adjustments to the study’s purpose statement. Nevertheless, when presented together, the various components of a research study should align. As you learned last week, alignment means that a research study possesses clear and logical connections among all of its various components.
In addition to considering alignment, when researchers select a research design, they must also consider the ethical implications of their choice, including, for example, what their design selection means for participant recruitment, procedures, and privacy.
For this Discussion, you will evaluate quantitative research questions and hypotheses in assigned journal articles in your discipline and consider the alignment of theory, problem, purpose, research questions and hypotheses, and design. You will also identify the type of quantitative research design the authors used and explain how it was implemented. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research.
With these thoughts in mind, refer to the Journal Articles document for your assigned articles for this Discussion.
Journal Article:
Flynn, P. M., Ridgeway, J. L., Wieland, M. L., Williams, M. D., Haas, L. R., Kremers, W. K., & Breitkopf, C. R. (2013). Primary care utilization and mental health diagnoses among adult patients requiring interpreters: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28(3), 386–391. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2159-5
Post a critique of the research study in which you:
The Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist serves as a guide for your evaluation. Please do not respond to the checklist in a Yes/No format in writing your Discussion post.
Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.
Please answer original forum with a minimum of 500 words and respond to both students separately with a minimum of 250 words each with references
please Follow directions or I will dispute
page 1 or Forum with References
page 2 John response with references
page 3 Micheal response with references
Original Forum
Should OSHA inspectors be permitted by law to make unannounced inspections of workplaces without a warrant? Why or why not?
Student Responses
John
I think we need to err on the side of caution on this one and not take away too many rights from businesses. Under the fourth amendment of the constitution we are all protected from unreasonable searches in the workplace or at home. I think the most important and debatable word that we can look at is “unreasonable”. Is there a clear line and definition as to what is unreasonable? From my research there is clarity as to what that means. There has to be probable cause for searching.
The issue I found when doing research is how easy it is for OSHA to get a warrant and inspect. They just need to probable cause that could be an array of things such as worker injuries, complaints internally/externally, referral to inspect or past history of safety issues. And due to the concern for safety everywhere, not many judges are going to turn down a request for a warrant. OSHA is around to ensure that industries remain in strict compliance with the laws and regulations that have been set by the federal and state governments.
Fortunately for organizations there are a few steps that they can take should OSHA come knocking at their door unannounced.
He informed me that the OSHA inspector can cite any safety or hazard violation that is in clear view, even when they are there to address another complaint. Obviously if the business is practicing safety standards this should not be a concern, but things happen. He mentioned how you can even take them outside the whole way if need be. The inspector is not on a tour and does not have a right to see all areas of the building.
Unannounced OSHA visits are not something that organizations look forward to. Understanding your rights as a business is important when it comes to these visits. Unless there is a clear and immediate hazard, the inspector does not have a right to enter the premises without a warrant.
John
Micheal
OSHA is an agency that has the responsibility of setting and enforcing health and safety measures as well as conducting health and safety-related researches (Hofmann et al., 2017). It fulfills its duties by conducting inspections, issuing reports, and imposing the necessary penalties if its inspectors find any violations that are against the OSHA health and safety standards. The high number of companies makes it almost impossible for OSHA to conduct inspections on all companies. However, there several factors that make companies more likely to be investigated by OSHA; they include complaints from members of society, conditions, or practices that might result in loss of life or harm to employees and programmed inspections set to take place at a specific time. In any working environment, safety is of paramount importance. OSHA inspectors should, therefore, be allowed to conduct safety inspections of workplaces without warrants.
One of the reasons why OSHA agencies should have the freedom to conduct inspections whenever they want is based on the aspect that this will help give a clearer picture of what routinely takes place in different companies. Seeking for warranties might provide companies with time to make temporary changes to areas where they do not comply with health and safety regulations. The 1970 U.S Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was put in place to ensure companies and other employers offer their workers healthy and safe working environments without recognized hazards. The OSH Act has played a significant part in helping reduce work-related fatalities, illnesses, injuries, and public health problems. However, there is still more that needs to be done.
Every day, 12 employees die on the job in the U.S. Also, in 2013, more than three million nonfatal illnesses and injuries were reported in the private sector, while the local and state government recorded 746,000 cases (Okun et al., 2016). Allowing OSHA to conduct unannounced inspections without warrants ensure companies do not have time to hide what they might not want to be exposed, inspectors can, therefore, identify more non-compliant companies and ensure they enforce the necessary measures to help improve health and safety.
The second reason why OSHA inspectors should be allowed to conduct inspections without the need to get warrants is to avoid wastage of time. Getting such permits is a legal process that requires not only time but also the use of resources. It requires OSHA inspectors to submit written affidavits to a magistrate or judge with sufficient factual information indicating a lack of compliance with health or safety regulations by the company under investigation. OSHA assessments are not conducted on all companies due to their high numbers. Eliminating the process of acquiring a warrant to conduct inspections can potentially increase the number of firms OSHA can inspect within a specific period.
Some people might argue that seeking warrants is a necessary step when inspecting firms as it is a process that results in the disruption of regular company operations. Unannounced assessments might take place during inappropriate times, which might result in companies losing part of their revenues. However, providing OSHA agents with the right to conduct inspections without the need to seek warrants will play a significant role in providing accurate information on the health and safety situation within different workplaces. It also reduces the time inspections processes take, thus allow more companies to be evaluated.
References
Hofmann, D. A., Burke, M. J., & Zohar, D. (2017). 100 years of occupational safety research: From basic protections and work analysis to a multilevel view of workplace safety and risk. Journal of applied psychology, 102(3), pp.375-388.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000114
Okun, A. H., Guerin, R. J., & Schulte, P. A. (2016). Foundational workplace safety and health competencies for the emerging workforce. Journal of safety research, 59, pp.43-51.
Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA style website through the APA icon below.
By the end of the week, comment on at least two of your peers’ responses. You can ask questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. All comments should be posted to the Discussion
Read the case study provided and write a paper between 1,000 and 1,700 words addressing the following questions.
1. You are a recent MBA graduate and were hired by the company as a business consultant. Your objective is to identify areas for improvement. Present three business recommendations to management and state how this will impact the company’s financial statements.
2. Why did company management think it was necessary to install an ABC system? Do you agree with their reasoning? Explain your answer.
3. Evaluate and recommend changes to the organization’s cost drivers. State how this influences cost accounting results and business decision capabilities.
4. Is job order or process costing a viable option for the company. Why or why not?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Deliverable: Paper (MS Word).
For our forum, I want you to go into your community and find a wise person—someone you feel has exemplary wisdom. While I want you to keep the class material in mind, I want you to define wisdom for yourself. It can be something pretty basic: my postman might express wisdom because he is patient and helpful to the community; my pastor might express wisdom because of his moral guidance and leadership; my girlfriend might have wisdom because she knows how to steer our relationship through stormy times; Kawhi Leonard might have wisdom because of his poise and dignity; President Trump might have wisdom because he wants to make the United States great again. It’s up to you to choose your framework and values.
Here is the form I suggest.
1. Cover sheet. All submissions in PH 1010 should have a cover sheet. The coversheet should state the assignment, student info, a title expressing your main idea, an image expressing your main idea. (Message: your paper should have a unifying main idea).
2. Paragraph 1: Identify who you think is wise and why. Your thesis or main idea should go here.
3. Paragraph 2. Identification. Who? Where? Your contact with the person?
4. Paragraph 3 or paragraphs 3-5. Three reasons why this person is wise
5. In #4, you should have at least two specific, concrete examples: “Last week on June 6, President Trump showed wisdom when he spoke of the heroes of D-Day…”
6. Brief conclusion. “In summary….”
A few photos for context.
Take your time with this assignment and submit a polished, thoughtful, and brilliant paper. Grading will be fair—but rigorous. We want to maintain high standards in Philosophy.
You may write in the first person if you wish. Show your personality—use wit, sarcasm, irony, joy, passion etc. Who are you?
3 references in APA
I would like you to write most of this at a public place of some kind–just to break the habit of writing at the same place all the time.
I would suggest writing it at a Starbucks, a mall, maybe at a break room at work, on the metro….really anywhere. A public library perhaps–one that you don’t normally visit.
Please observe the following:
1. Use a cover sheet using a title and image reflecting the thesis of the paper
2. It should be 2-3 paragraphs–no more.
3. Begin this by saying something like, “As I sit in my neighborhood Starbucks in College Park, MD…
4. Second, tell us about yourself. Where you grew up, what you are studying, what you want to study in the future.
5. Then in either one or two paragraphs, tell us what you want to do with your life in the deep sense of the word. What values do you wish to express, share, embody.
6. Quote at least twice from our philosophy texts.
7. At the end of the text, add a few images from your life–things you see, people you know, pets that you care about, images from the media/TV/ film, perhaps YouTube clips of music you like. Introduce this part of the paper by something like’ “Let me conclude by sharing a few songs that I have listened to for many years…” or, “here is a photo of my dog Rocky, with whom I have shared many good moments,” or “here is where we went of vacation this year. It was a place that brought home how much xxxx means to me,” or ‘here is a photo of where I wrote most of this paper.’
Final Assignment
Think back to the beginning of the term when you identified your strengths and weaknesses as a scholarly writer. Think about your work creating an academic argument in the Discussions. What parts of that process became easier for you over the past few weeks? Do you feel you’re a stronger scholar now? If so, in what ways?
To prepare for this Assignment:
By Day 7
Submit a 1- to 2-page reflection answering the following questions:
How will you continue to track your growth and improvement as a scholarly writer?
