Write a 2 page essay discussing whether and how (a) The act of voting is the personal responsibility and (b) Citizens have a social responsibility to consider how his or her individual vote will affect the diverse interests of the broader community.
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Can there be an objective reality that is the same for everyone? Give examples of them, or of why there can’t be.
Please remember to use references from the readings. You should respond to at least two other posts and they must add to the discussion. Discussions are graded as follows
Hurricane Sandy As It Happened
Time passes much too quickly and we have seen many more events since Sandy. Take the totality of your exposure in this term, let’s look forward. Where do you think Emergency Management is headed and why?
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Hurricane Sandy Superstorm
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Book reference: Ferrell, O. C., Thorne, D., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Business and society: A strategic approach to social responsibility & ethics (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press.
For this portion of your course project, you will be adding information about the corporate governance that is present in your chosen firm. This section should meet the criteria below.
This section of your project must be at least two pages in length. You must use at least one academic source, and any information from outside sources should be cited in APA format.
the company is Nescafe
Instructions: Fully utilize the materials that have been provided to you in order to support your response. Your initial post should be at least 350 words.
Discussion Questions: What were the key characteristics that OBL possessed that allowed him to have such influence upon the minds and actions of members of al Qaeda and its affiliates? Also, what were the leadership secrets of OBL described in the required reading by Hoffman, and how did they help him lead the al Qaeda organization?
Please respond to these post. Responses should be a minimum of 150 words and include direct questions.
1. Unfortunately, Osama Bin Laden actually possessed many great characteristics, he simply didnt use them for great purposes. As David Hoffman and Dawson write, Bin Laden was actually charismatic. It is a characteristic few would think of when picturing a terrorist but when putting it in context it actually makes a lot of sense. We have seen why some people become terrorists, because they feel excluded in some cases or other cases because they have a strong sense of religion or politics. A charismatic leader can make you feel welcome or convince you that what youre doing truly is right.
Authors Charles and Mara also bring up an interesting angle on things in terms of Bin Ladens leadership traits. Specifically, they reference how high he scored in terms of his distrust of others. At first this seems like it wouldnt be a good trait but for Bin Ladens cause it was. It made him question everyone around him. In some cases, someone who is seeking to belong may work even harder to earn that trust or would be less likely to question anything as it could create a divide. This creates more blind followers.
When you combine these two traits it easy to see how Bin Laden was able to rise to power. A charismatic figure who was very careful in who he chose to allow by his side. It created a dangerous yet powerful leader who unfortunately used these traits for evil.
Finally, we come to the writings of Bruce Hoffman and Osama Bin Ladens secrets ironically these tricks of the trade arent so secret and more so that he look at Al Qaeda as a business and applied the proper techniques for that. Its seen in the fact that its work has unfortunately continued despite the loss of their CEO Bin Laden. He was well educated and had experience in running a business. Unlike many terrorists he was well organized and make good business decision. He was even good at branding you could say as he knew how to advertise their and for lack of a better word, market their attacks. He even diversified the way many businesses do and this is seen as Al Qaeda has been difficult to full defeat years after his passing.
2. Unfortunately, Osama Bin Laden was a highly educated and wealthy individual. Bin Laden was one of many children to a billionaire father. He was father himself to many children, but more importantly he was very influential and successful leader. Bin Laden attended King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah. He studied civil engineering and business management. Business management helped prepared and provided him with the leadership traits to take on his family business that his father started. From this weeks reading I learned that Bin Laden was very charismatic person. Typically charismatic individuals are great communicators, which is paramount when leading a group especially a terrorist organization. Charismatic leaders utilized their wisdom and knowledge that they have gain over the years to ensure that they achieve their goals. Throughout this course we have learn that individuals become terrorist for many different reason, however if you have charismatic leader like Bin Laden he would convince you that you are doing the right thing and make you feel very welcomed. I personally believed that is one of his greatest strength. Bin Laden also had trust issues, which only makes sense when you are leading one of the most feared terror groups in the world. Bin Laden trust issues actually benefited him more than anything. It allowed him to gain the most out of his workers, because his workers would go the extra mile or two to ensure that they gain the trust of their fearless leader. According to an article titled, A leadership Trait Analysis of Osama bin Laden on the run the authors stated that Bin Laden did not trust the local people he demanded complete loyalty from his aides and body guards (Charles & Maras, 2015).
Lastly, the article titled, The Leadership Secrets of Osama Bin Laden, the author stated that, Osama bin Laden is perhaps best viewed as a terrorist CEO (Hoffman, 2003). Like I mentioned earlier in this forum Bin Laden was a highly educated man who ran a terror organization like a business. According to Hoffman, in the 1990s he did what the executives of transnational companies did throughout much of the industrialized worldnamely, design and implement a flexible new organizational framework and strategy incorporating multiple levels and both top-down and bottom-up approaches. In his top-down mode bin Laden has defined specific goals, issued orders, and ensured that they are carried out (Hoffman, 2003). The success of Al Qaeda with out doubt hinged on Osama Bin Laden and his skillset, and the ongoing success of Al Qaeda without his presence is due to him as well.
During this course, you will create a company profile. You will begin this project in this unit, and new sections will be added in Units II, III, V, and VII. For this first section, you will select a company, describe it, and develop a report on the social responsibility efforts of that company.
The paper should give a background of your selected company (fast facts). For example, what is the name of the company, what does it produce, how big is it, and where is it located?
In addition, include an overview of the corporate social initiatives of the firm. Sources of information for this component are an annual report of the firm available at the website of the company. Be sure to do the following things in your overview:
Your paper should be a minimum of three pages in length, and you should use at least two academic sources. All sources used must be cited and referenced in APA format. You should also format your paper in APA style to include a title page and reference page.
Note: We will build on this selected firm throughout the course. In Unit VII, you will submit a final report on the firm.
Book Reference: Ferrell, O. C., Thorne, D., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Business and society: A strategic approach to social responsibility & ethics (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press.
The paper will be on Nescafe
reading entitled ‘Barriers to Change”. Describe the key obstacle to implementing your recommendations in the issue study.
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Assignment 4 – Write an essay of at least 500 words aligning the following two objectives with your topic.
Some students make the assignment more complicated than it needs to be. Imagine the assignment in this way – there is no capstone paper, you have only been given a topic and program objectives. You then answer the question of how that topic relates to the program objectives. That is all you need to do.
1)Analyze the trends affecting security and loss prevention and determine the approaches to reduce losses facing businesses and institutions
2) Evaluate from a multidisciplinary approach, non-traditional approaches to crime prevention
Chapter 4 in your textbook goes over a wide variety of civil liberties. On pages 115-120, the freedom of religion is explained, with emphasis on the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. For this assignment, you will need to read the above-mentioned pages, in addition to the following web links and then answer the questions below in essay format:
1.) What do you think the founders original intent with the first amendment, specifically the freedom of religion, was?
2.) When Congress passed the RFRA in 1993, what was this designed to do? How have the many states reacted to this? Does Texas have any laws with regards to RFRA?
3.) In 2018, Congress introduced FADA. What is the purpose of this law? What current events and judicial court decisions may have lead to such a bill being introduced?
4.) What recent decisions did the Supreme Court make with regards to religion and politics?
5.) What civil liberty and/or civil rights issues may arise as a result of these most recent laws? In your opinion, are civil liberties/rights in danger?
6.) Now having a decent amount of knowledge on the 1st Amendment, RFRA and FADA, what are your thoughts on these laws and proposed bills? How might these impact our culture, politics, rights, etc?
This assignment must follow MLA guidelines, be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, and be a minimum of 1000 words with a works cited page. The works cited are not included in the minimum word count. Any videos/ articles given in the assignment prompt MUST be used within your paper and cited in your works cited. You must also use additional sources, as indicated in the prompt. For more information on these topics, view the 4th Amendment folder in the current news and controversies folder, under Student Resources.
