OVERVIEW Policies provide standardization and structure to employees. The employee handbook is a venue for communicating expectations and can be a resource for employees as they have questions. In this assignment you will present as to why 4 policies should be included within the employee handbook. This assignment allows you to apply some of your HR knowledge to a fictional small company of 15-25 employees. INSTRUCTIONS In a research paper, provide researched rationale for the nature and substance of your 4 selected, distinct policies. This paper is to be reflective of an academic research paper. The research paper must address the reasoning and/or rationale for the inclusion of the selected policy elements in a policy manual. The selected policies must correctly address employment legislation pertinent to the stated size of the company (15–25 employees). In elaborating on the rationale, you may want to consider the following questions: Why should these elements be in a policy manual? What laws or principles mandate an organization follow these guidelines? What cases have established precedent for this issue to be addressed clearly in an organization’s employee policy manual? Support your rationale with (at minimum) 10 reputable, practitioner sources (ex. SHRM) or scholarly journals. Sources need to be current (published in the last 5 years). Government websites (FLSA, EEO, etc.) can also count towards your sources (note some government websites will not be a match – such as the dress code for the Wisconsin’s FDA investigators. The .gov isn’t automatically an applicable source. Be discerning. These sources will likely be the same as the ones on the HRPP Annotated Bibliography but pay attention to your instructor feedback if a source or a policy topic needs to be changed for this work. The 10 sources are in addition to the required use of the textbook and the Bible.
Assignment 1: Part 1: select a negatively charged advertisement/packaging and identify racist and stereotypical connotations; critique and assess. Part 2: select a positive and beneficial advertisement and identify equality, diversity and inclusive connotations. How do bias, stereotypes, assumptions, and/or perspective shape these ads? Assignment 2: Part 1: Reaction Post: Identify a TV show; online series; movie; YouTube video; OR theatrical production within the last 10 years that has stereotypical and discriminatory behaviors, characters, and/or plot. Explore your answers and be specific. (In the Discussion, include a short video clip or trailer of the piece you chose). Since these are “reactions”, students should include an abundance of reactions/personal perspectives that reflect purposeful methods to reduce stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination as well as create inclusion and equality. Part 2 : Include a short video clip or trailer of the piece you chose for context.
Consider the theories of legal realism and legal positivism. What are they? Do you subscribe to these theories as being realistic viewpoints concerning the ordering of legal affairs in America? Why or why not?
In this paper please address the following: Topic: Anti oppressive practice and Mental health services and Social work What is anti-oppressive practice? Define oppression, privilege, and power and how anti-oppression is a response to privilege and power. Why is it important for the social work profession to move forward understanding not only what this means but how to engage in it. Here it would be pertinent to provide definitions and to connect ideas with professional ethics and values. You should also include some discussion/understanding of the history/legacy of how the Social Work profession that has not always/does not always mirror anti-oppressive practices: How has social work engaged in system oppression? (use this article to help support this section: Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning With Our History, Interrogating our Present, Reimagining our Future | Oxford Academic (oup.com)) Discuss mental health services and examine how this practice has been complicit in oppression and injustice and; Provide a discussion of what anti-oppression would look like in this same space. Choose a population/practice space that is important to you professionally. Identify three ways in which you will engage in anti-oppressive practice; connect this to learning in the course/readings/modules. Your paper should utilize a minimum of seven sources Sources: https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/download/5645/4614 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10428230802070223 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1363461512441594 Three Ways to Reduce Power and Privilege (swhelper.org) Code of Ethics: English (socialworkers.org) Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Stress and Worry, Mental Health Conditions, and Increased Substance Use Among Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, April and May 2020 | MMWR (cdc.gov) Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning With Our History, Interrogating our Present, Reimagining our Future | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
Write an essay of 500 to 750 words addressing the following: Explain how Christianity influenced the creation of the American justice system. Provide specific examples of elements of Christianity that informed its creation. Define Natural Law & Rights theory and provide examples of how this concept influenced the creation of the American justice system. Compare Natural Law & Rights Theory and Christian concepts. Explain whether these concepts are the same, similar or different. Utilize the Grand Canyon University library to locate a minimum of three to five scholarly, relevant sources to support your content. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. (I have uploaded this)
You will read and prepare a brief presentation summarizing the relevant points of information contained in a Diving Deeper article, then you will record yourself presenting the slides, EMBED the recording in this discussion and upload the slides in this discussion. You will be graded based upon the quality of your slides (37 pts) and the quality of your presentation (38 pts). Learning Objectives The student will demonstrate their ability to read, understand and identify key points in a reading. The student will write a presentation that demonstrates their ability to communicate and reteach key points that they have learned in an article. The student will demonstrate the use of strong presentation skills. The student will demonstrate their ability to make presentations using multimedia formats. First Choose a topic from the remaining weeks (Weeks 11-16) of the semester and then choose your article from the Diving Deeper page from your module/topic. Second Read your article and take notes, identifying the most important points in the article. Write your Powerpoint presentation about your article (12 slide minimum), (first page is a title page that should include the assignment title: Diving Deeper 2, your article title, your name and class), (reference page is on the 12th page). Follow the format below: Page 1: Title Page Introduction to the article What is the title? Who is/are the authors? Who published the article? Briefly tell us what the article is about in 1-2 sentences. Important information in the article 5 points Synthesize the article with other class material Consider other concepts that you have learned either in this module or in past modules. Discuss how this article relates to that learning and increases our understanding of the past and present learning
Sociology of Violence Instructions. Answer all questions. Your response must be at least 125 words in length. Some discussions (like this week's) may require more than 125 words to adequately answer the questions. Make sure you respond to three other students' posts. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is one of the primary agencies responsible for combating terrorism in the United States and for prosecuting cases when they occur. Go to the FBI's website on counterterrorism. Answer these questions: 1. What programs do they have in place to prevent terrorism in the United States? 2. In your opinion, which may be more effective than others? 3. Does the agency have programs in place to combat domestic terrorist activity? Political Psychology What do you make of the Implicit Attitude Test, both in terms of its methodology and the general idea that individuals hold subconscious or implicit attitudes? What are the strengths of such a measure? What are the potential pitfalls? Are implicit attitudes reflective of one's true attitude? Consider Devine's argument that implicit attitudes merely reflect an awareness of systemic or socially-constructed stereotypes. Based on your responses to these questions, speculate on the effectiveness of anti-bias training, which is used across a variety of educational, business, and law enforcement settings.
Create a detailed annotated outline that includes the example quotes from film dialogue matched with the frames, storylines and/or semantic moves of colorblind racism they represent. The film chosen is "The Help"
Research Paper Assignment Description Choose an “at-risk” population that is more prone to abusing substances and research the literature to investigate the problem’s clinical presentation. (Examples of “special populations” include teens, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered,the elderly, and other groups with an empirically documented history of substance abuse.)Specific aspects of this population’s substance abuse to be addressed in the paper include: • Prevalence of substance abuse in this population o What does research indicate is the rate/percentage of substance abuse in this population versus the general population? o What are the primary drugs of choice for this population? (Provide statistics and data to validate your response.) o Is this population more prone to certain effects (psychosocial, physiological, etc.) of substance abuse? • Factors correlated with increased risk of substance abuse o Why would this population be considered “at-risk” of developing substance use disorders? o What variables are related to this population’s increased rates of substance abuse? o What biopscyhosocial variables may make someone from this population more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol? o What cultural variables may contribute to this trend? • Treatment approaches o What does research indicate are the best treatments for this population? Explain the theoretical bases of these treatments and why they are effective in treating the identified population. o What evidence-based practices exist to treat this population? o How effectively/often does this population utilize traditional 12-Step programs (e.g.: AA)? • Advocacy o How/Why is this population marginalized by larger society? How does this relate to the social work value of “social justice”? o What resources/policies are needed to meet this population’s unique needs? o On a state/local level, how might you provide social work advocacy for this population? • Personal application o What are your thoughts about providing social work services to this population? o Why/How might working with this population be appealing to you? Unappealing? o What steps would you need to take to work effectively with this population? o What counter-transference or personal issues might you have to address when working with this population? o How might this research paper be beneficial to your practice as a social worker?
