...The Snow Storm Lawsuit Debtay Becky Gilliland Health Care Policy. Law and Ethics-HSA515 July 25, 2010 1. Identify and explain at least three legal considerations. In this scenario there were several legal considerations regarding the snow storm and the capacity of the hospital to accommodate those needs. According to the text there would be several factors to consider in regards to the legal concerns of the situation. 1. Whether the patient condition is an emergency and whether the hospital has the staff and facility to treat. 2. Whether the patient has been treated at the facility before. 3. Relates to the hospital ownership and whether it has received federal funds under Hill-Burton Act. (pg. 160) Under these factors being considered there was a great concern of inadequacies of obligations regarding patients due to nature of the incidents. The hospital was not able to accommodate the needs of the patients involved because of inadequate staff coverage especially medical staff coverage. The situation made it very difficult to obtain all the necessary requirements of documentation to view the entire patient’s medical history and thorough review of systems regarding all the patients in the snow storm. The hospital also has an obligation to its staff in regards to their safety as well. Several employees were not able to fulfill their job duties due to the inability to get through the snow storm without causing harm to them as well. In a normal capacity...
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...The first half of the book was very interesting and at times a thriller to find out what Knight would do next. In chapter one it starts off as a normal day at Indiana University, rainy and cold. Knight didn’t want to go through another season like he did before and he was going to do whatever it takes to make sure that it would never happen again. He just got done coaching maybe the best Olympic team in history to a losing season with IU. This chapter pretty much talks about what Knight was going to do to prevent the season from going under to the interdiction of the players and how Knights practices were. This chapter like its title describes Knights ever so close ballet with the brink of going under again. Chapter two is about his coming to coach the Olympic team to the end of that and the reactions Knight got through his outburst as a coach. From just screaming at officials and players, to tossing a chair in the middle of a game that nearly cost him his career this chapter is mainly about the rise and fall of Knight before the season to come. Chapter three starts off right before the off season is about to start with the team practicing to fix what happened the year before and although Knight would never admit it that season changed him for the rest of his career. Also in this chapter the team goes on a trip to play exhibition games overseas. Chapter four starts off on October 15 and this is the most important day for college basketball because now the coaches can be on the...
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...Man at the Brink of Immortality From the earliest civilizations arose an innate desire to survive in any given environment. Those that chose to fight death’s henchmen, famine and war, developed more advanced agricultural techniques and created complex social structures. The primal instinct to exist drove humanity to proliferate across the world, as many populations boomed, seemingly without bound. Throughout history, this fervent yearning for life was shared by the predominant masses, but the inevitable befell every person on earth. Accepting the natural process of life became the standard, when the multitudes that sought to find the fountain of youth and the elixir of life eventually failed. Religious zeal relieved the hopelessness of the situation for the Romans dreamed of the Elysian Fields, the Christians prayed for a majestic Heaven, and the Buddhists awaited the bliss of Nirvana. Ultimately immortality, whether be it spiritual continuance in the afterlife, philosophical justification of a fundamental essence, or scientific perpetuation of the physical self, brings meaning to life in relationship to the individual. The depth of this argument initially appears to be too ambiguous and irrelevant to every unique individual. First of all, the cases of immortality stated above, while all equally valid, are by no means inclusive of every possible situation. Rather, immortality shall be defined as the eternal perpetuation of any human component, which relates to personal...
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...3. Brinks Brinks, Livewatch, and Moni have recently merged to provide you the best in DIY home security and professional monitoring services. In addition, the Brinks system is very affordable because the equipment is included with most of the contracts for free so there is no upfront payment required. The Brinks name is widely known and respected in the home security industry so you can rest assured you are dealing with a company who knows what they are doing and has a long-term history of value and affordability. Pros: • Equipment Included Free (with most contracts) • 24/7 Monitoring • Smartphone Controls • Home Automation Features • 90-Day Return Policy • Equipment and Installation Options Better Than Most • DIY or Professional Installation...
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...Amazon is one of the few doc companies that managed to ride the wave of the doc.com bust and transformed itself from being on the brink of bankruptcy to a success. Amazon is a global leader in online-retail. From its birth in 1994 to 2000, Amazon.com implemented a number of changes to its business strategy in attempt to stay on top of the e-commerce industry. Amazon.com started in 1994 as a simple online book retailer. Under this initial strategy, Amazon was receiving all of its revenue from its book sales (sales revenue model), and was popular because it was the first online retailer to do so. Before the dot-com bust, amazon has gradually changing its business model from a simple online retail bookstore into an online superstore offering books, music, videos, toys, video games, consumer electrics, software and a full line of kitchen and home improvement products. In 2000, through a series of equity partnerships with leading online retailers, Amazon has expanded its marketplace model. Despite the company’s success in expanding and its growing popularity, Amazon faces a serious challenge of generating profits. One challenge was to achieve profitability before cash ran out and operations would have to cease or go bankrupt. Another more serious challenge is wheter the business model could develop into a competitive advantage that would be difficult to imitate by the competition. I would definitely partner with more non dot-come companies and entering more deals like this...
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...Ethics Essay: “The Subprime Mortgage Market Meltdown” “What were the responsibilities of the mortgage broker to borrowers? To lenders? To investors? How well did they fulfill their responsibilities? Why?” The responsibilities of the mortgage brokers to the borrowers, lenders, and investors were to promote the subprime mortgages to these groups of people in order for them to take out a loan. Although they did fulfill their responsibilities of promoting and having people sign up for it, they mishandled on how people should be granted for a mortgage loan. These brokers were to desperate about earning huge amount of money due to the expanding market that they ignored the proper precaution that they should have taken when they were giving out the mortgages. The brokers were giving out loans to people that didn’t have the proper credit score nor the income to support the mortgages that they were getting. In the end, that’s what led to the home mortgage market to crash down because borrowers, investors, and lenders defaulted out of their mortgage because they weren’t able to make the monthly payments once the interest rates started to increase. “Did some subprime lenders behave unethically? If so, how? Whose interests did the subprime lenders have a responsibility to represent? Did they adequately represent those interests? Yes, the subprime lenders did behave unethically because they weren’t paying close attention to the mortgage brokers on the activities...
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...1. From the viewpoint of its business model, what do you see as some of the key revenue drivers for Amazon.com (as defined by your text)? On pg 43 of the text, Applegate defines a business model as a model that “defines how an organization interacts with its environment to define a unique strategy, attract the resources, and build the capabilities required to execute the strategy, and create value for all stakeholders.” She further goes on to explain that a business model “defines the linkages among key strategy, capability, and value drivers of business performance.” Amazon chose a unique approach to their business model that allowed for an evolving model focused on ensuring that they could capitalize on their key revenue drivers (their product line, their IT infrastructure/supply chain management, and their customer base). Amazon started as an online bookstore and then moved into product expansion. It then added components of a marketplace and an online auction and went into equity partnerships. They then added the infrastructure services. On pages 124 and 125 of the text, Applegate presents a chart that provides some examples of revenue drivers within the core business model components of strategy, capability, and value. According to Applegate, strategy revenue drivers include product differentiation and effectiveness of demand channels. Amazon’s product line is a key revenue driver that fits within the strategy component of a business model driver. By evolving their...
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...Since San Walton opened his first store in 1962, Walmart has grown into a global retailer with more than 4,000 store in the United States and more than 6,000 internationally. Walmart is comprised of three business segments, Walmart US, Walmart International and Sam’s Club. Walmart Global eCommerce works across all three segments. Walmart’s mission statement “We save people money so they can live better”, is not indicative of where its strategic focus areas are, but it does sound good for the average customer who has a limited budget. This mission statement leads directly into Walmart Global eCommerce goals which include combining online, social innovations with physical stores to give consumers “anywhere, anytime shopping experience” in addition to its organizational sustainability goal of creating zero waste, using only sustainable energy and selling products that sustain the environment which is important to all of Walmart’s segments including eCommerce. Walmart’s overall objective is to deliver shareholder value by increasing earnings per share, returns and maintaining strong stable returns on investment. According to Walmart CEO, Mike Duke, Walmart’s strategic focus areas are: •Making sure the company has the best retail talent at every level of the organization by recruiting, developing and retaining the best associates; •Delivering on the productivity loop that enables Walmart to operate for less so the company can drive prices even lower for its customers ...
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...possibility of a certain company, the product, distribution, the price, and the promotional power that is used as a piece of the marketing strategy which helps make hundreds of millions in yearly revenue. When the correct study material will be referenced to clear up the debate. Keeping this in mind, let’s start our debate of the marketing of business. For this research to be significant to an ample area of customer, and to put a bit of fact in this discussion, we will be talking about Brinks, the leader in the alarm and armored car service which people have grown up with for years. Brinks have lasted as long as it has because of their skillful marketing strategies. With the combining of product, place, price, and promotion, we have taken Brinks that which has been there, and can be found with a harmonious quality, price, and pick. With these reports in mind, the one we will be focusing on first is Brinks place or rather the distribution of the product. Promotion. When we talk about Brinks inside the scope of marketing promotion, one really knows how and where to start. As a general report, it is reasonable to say that promotion is one of the main strategies why Brink’s has become so successful. We need to clear up this report; which undeniable that Brink’s has created a fan base that has been loyal to them for years, by having a quality product, easy access, and the worth. The rewarding of the...
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...is of interest to the researcher, in other words, that meets the criteria which the researcher is interested in studying. (Brink & Wood 1998; Burns & Grove 2003). The non-probability sampling approach was used within the XXX Metropolitan Province. Furthermore, the researcher used a convenience sampling technique which caused sampling bias. The researcher used the convenience sampling technique which was as a result of the readily available subjects for the study. (Brink, 2006:132). (Cohen, 2000) stated that the researcher simply chooses the sample from those to whom she/he has easy access. Cohen went on to say this implies generalisations of findings are limited as the sample does not represent any group other than itself. This is a limitation that is explained in the last section of this chapter. This creates a cause for further research to be done. 3.3 RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative and quantitative research designs were used. The research design describes the plan or blueprint of an investigation to obtain answers to research questions or problems (Babbie & Mouton, 2001). The researcher adopted the descriptive research technique. (Borg &Gall, 1989) say that, “descriptive research describes natural or man-made educational phenomena that are of interest to policy makers and educators.” For this reason the research design was chosen. Creswell and Brink alluded to the statement further when they noted that a descriptive research intends to present facts concerning the nature...
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...Advantage of media There are many advantages of media. Number one is information because without it we are all in the dark. Another is to help form your own opinions of the world based on the facts that are presented through the media in all forms. Also another one is pure entertainment. The media is used today for everything from mind manipulation through propaganda to basically provide something to do when one is Disadvantage of Media There are different types of disadvantage ------------------------------------------------- Structure[edit] A DA usually has four key elements. These four elements are not always necessary depending on the type of disadvantage run, and some are often combined into a single piece of evidence. A Unique Link card, for example, will include both a description of the status quo and the plan's effect on it. A traditional threshold DA, however, has a structure as follows: Uniqueness[edit] Uniqueness shows why the Impacts have not occurred yet or to a substantial extent and will uniquely occur with the adoption of either the Affirmative's plan or the Negative's counterplan. Example: If the negative team argues that the affirmative plan will result in nuclear proliferation, it would also argue that the status quo will avoid nuclear proliferation. If the Affirmative claims that nuclear proliferation is already occurring, the negative team could argue that adoption of the plan would result in a unique increase in nuclear proliferation...
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...Advantage of media There are many advantages of media. Number one is information because without it we are all in the dark. Another is to help form your own opinions of the world based on the facts that are presented through the media in all forms. Also another one is pure entertainment. The media is used today for everything from mind manipulation through propaganda to basically provide something to do when one is Disadvantage of Media There are different types of disadvantage ------------------------------------------------- Structure[edit] A DA usually has four key elements. These four elements are not always necessary depending on the type of disadvantage run, and some are often combined into a single piece of evidence. A Unique Link card, for example, will include both a description of the status quo and the plan's effect on it. A traditional threshold DA, however, has a structure as follows: Uniqueness[edit] Uniqueness shows why the Impacts have not occurred yet or to a substantial extent and will uniquely occur with the adoption of either the Affirmative's plan or the Negative's counterplan. Example: If the negative team argues that the affirmative plan will result in nuclear proliferation, it would also argue that the status quo will avoid nuclear proliferation. If the Affirmative claims that nuclear proliferation is already occurring, the negative team could argue that adoption of the plan would result in a unique increase in nuclear proliferation...
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...Advantage of media There are many advantages of media. Number one is information because without it we are all in the dark. Another is to help form your own opinions of the world based on the facts that are presented through the media in all forms. Also another one is pure entertainment. The media is used today for everything from mind manipulation through propaganda to basically provide something to do when one is Disadvantage of Media There are different types of disadvantage ------------------------------------------------- Structure[edit] A DA usually has four key elements. These four elements are not always necessary depending on the type of disadvantage run, and some are often combined into a single piece of evidence. A Unique Link card, for example, will include both a description of the status quo and the plan's effect on it. A traditional threshold DA, however, has a structure as follows: Uniqueness[edit] Uniqueness shows why the Impacts have not occurred yet or to a substantial extent and will uniquely occur with the adoption of either the Affirmative's plan or the Negative's counterplan. Example: If the negative team argues that the affirmative plan will result in nuclear proliferation, it would also argue that the status quo will avoid nuclear proliferation. If the Affirmative claims that nuclear proliferation is already occurring, the negative team could argue that adoption of the plan would result in a unique increase in nuclear proliferation. If...
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...Involvement: Yom Kippur War While the United States and the Soviet Union never came into direct combat with one another during the Cold wWar, there were many instances in which the two states competition nearly led to global nuclear destruction. In the book “The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World”, written by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, the authors bring up many circumstances where this has happened. One instance in which the Soviet Union opposed the United States indirectly while coming close to the brink of war, was the fourth Arab-Israeli War, much more commonly known as the Yom Kippur War. The purpose of this paper is to outline what happened in this war, and how the United States versus Soviet Union’s so called “cold war” actually drove indirect fighting and war between many other smaller nations such as Israel and a few Arab nations, and how these two superpowers were on the brink of an a out war. To be able to fully identify the role that the United States and Soviet Union played in this war, the history and background must be understood. This war was the fourth battle of the ongoing dispute today known as the Arab-Israeli conflicts that started in 1948 when the Jewish state of Israel was formed. In the earlier war known as the “Six Days War” in the year of 1967, Israel had captured the Sinai Peninsula from the state of Egypt and half of the Golan Heights from its neighbor Syria. “On June 19, 1967, the National Unity Government...
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...Vancouver Island Marmot was rescued from the brink of extinction. Goodall discusses the Vancouver Island Marmot’s original habitat in the sub-alpine meadows, which are hard to create and maintain on Vancouver Island. Goodall’s description shows the readers that the marmot is a rare species because of their unique habitat. Nevertheless, logging activity has pushed the Vancouver Island Marmots to decline at a faster rate by replacing their habitat with clear-cut areas and makes them easier prey for the bigger predators. With the discussion of Andrew Bryant, a marmot lover, we learn that logging activities have become reduces as the logging company makes it decision to support the conservation of Vancouver Island...
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