...implemented Sally’s proposal, our market share increased three points, which she definitely deserves credit for. However, her proposal has led to some active criticism from the public which has left our group manager Tom Miller displeased because of how valuable this proposal is to our Natural Cereals division. Sally’s proposal included a limited health message to the high fiber content in our bran cereals. She indicated in a very cautious way that food high in fiber has been associated with studies to lower rates of some forms of cancer; however, she did not go about saying that our bran cereals had more bran than other competing bran cereals. She also went about featuring our new “Re-sealable Pack,” which allows the inside bag to be resealed for freshness, and included a 35 cent coupon toward the next purchase of a product of Natural Cereal. Although she believed her proposal avoided deception to our consumers, one key criticism we have received for Sally’s efforts is that we jumped on the company bandwagon that makes often misleading or incomplete health claims. Tom believes we cannot afford criticism, so he asked me to step in and provide my own proposal. I support many of the ideas Sally and Joe have proposed, however, I feel there are still a few mishaps and missing pieces in the proposal. I believe these mistakes and missing pieces ultimately led to the difference in whether the public would have supported Sally’s proposal or not. For my proposal, I truly feel that...
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...Illegal Immigration Reform Proposal The United States has gone from being a nation of one race (Native Americans), to being a country of many nations. This country has increasingly become responsible for immigrants that have decided that the state of their own nation has become unbearable and have decided to make a change in their life from day to day as well as the life of their entire family. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimated in 2010 that there were 11,900,000 illegal immigrants in the United States at the cost of approximately $83,665,408,222. The impact of illegal immigrants on the United States has become an issue that has stirred the emotions of all American citizens for many decades. With the population of illegal immigrants believed to be having a negative impact on the rising cost of healthcare, the contribution to a nationwide problem of unemployment, and citizens and immigrants’ alike calling for fairness to all, a complete immigration reform is something that needs to be addressed on a national level. President Barack Obama has a “commonsense immigration reform proposal.” His proposal consists of four parts that will hold accountable not just the illegal workers, but the employers who hire them as well. There are four parts to President Obama’s proposed reform: 1) continue to strengthen the borders to the United States; by doing so would strengthen our ability to remove criminals and apprehend and prosecute national security threats;...
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...A report about the key concepts about care underpinning the policy proposals presented in the Coalition Government’s Department of Health Consultation Document A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active Citizens, (2010) Department of Health website, http://dh.gov.uk/publications Dawn E. Paton Table of Contents Page 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Aims and objectives 3 1.2 Report structure 3 2 Dept of Health paper: A Vision for Adult Social Care 3 2.1 Background 3 3 Consultation document proposals 3 3.1 Table of proposals 4 3.2 Evidence to support the proposals 5 4 Constructions and locations...
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...dying son. At first we see a pretty happy family. They have their fair share of problems which every family has but they work things out and always try to stay positive. At Mike’s baseball game he collapses and has a seizure. When they go to the hospital they find out that Mike has a heart two times the normal size. This means that if he doesn’t get a heart transplant, he will die. So what’s the problem? Can’t he just get a new heart? If only it were that simple. As we all know, everything in life costs money, especially when it comes to our health. The hospital tells them that they have to pay a down payment of $75,000. As a factory worker, John can’t afford to pay that. On top of that, he finds out that his insurance company doesn’t cover major operations after he decided to work part time. Many people in the United States today don't have health insurance which can be a problem, especially if you have a family to take care of. The article written by Wisdom Workers Ministries describes the insurance companies as "evil" and that it's wrong for hospitals and the government to not guarantee transplants and other expensive medical treatments to everyone who needs them. He even told the hospital that he would pay them back little by little but they refused. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 249,384 families,, 242,403 white people, 38,624 black people, 14,011 Asians, and 48,901 Hispanics without health insurance. There are also 265,667 people under the age of 65 without...
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...1. What position would you take on the proposal? Justify your response? The function of an audit is to ensure that the financial statements of the reporting entity give a true and fair view of the position of the entity’s affairs and to enable users of the financial statements to make relevant, economic decisions and understand the financial health of the company. The cost of performing audits is significantly high and that would be the advantage in hiring Uncle Ray as an auditor but the advantages are significantly lesser than the disadvantages. As a partner in the company, I would decline the proposal at it creates room for compromise in ethics due to the threat of familiarity. As the auditor would be related to one of the partners he may compromise on the completeness, accuracy and validity of the data leading to bad decisions and may also end up killing the company. An audit of a financial statement must be non-biased and should increase the degree of confidence of the intended users and hence must be carried by an external member who has no personal ties to any of the partners in the firm. Also, as the division of profits and losses depends on the financial statements it is necessary to ensure there is no deliberate misstatement of finances that benefits one of the three partners. 2. What would you strongly recommend? Give the basis of your recommendation. The purpose of the audit is to ensure that the firm’s accounts have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. It...
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...1. State the administrative agency, which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so, how? 2. Describe the proposal/change. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations that add excise tax on the sale of medical devices under Internal Revenue Code. The tax applies to the sale of certain medical devices by a manufacturer, producer or importer of the device. The tax is in the amount of 2.3 percent of the sale price and will apply to all devices that are sold after Dec. 31, 2012. The Treasury will be holding a public hearing on May 16, 2012, at the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., and comments on the proposed regulations and outlines of the topics to be discussed at the public hearing are due by May 7, 2012. The imposed sales tax will use the FDA Medical Device Listing for medical device categorization, and definition, such devices defined under this FDA regulatory law as “an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article, including any component, part, or accessory, which is recognized in the official National Formulary, or the United States Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement to them, intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in man or animals, or intended...
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...this assignment so long as you are able to answer the questions posed here (Questions 1-5). (10 points) Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - This specific agency, and proposed regulation, is of particular interest to me because of my past and future courses of study. My MPH degree was in public health with a concentration in disaster/emergency management so I want to ultimately aide in the education of my community to prevent communicable diseases. In the meantime, while working with medical students and clinical training sites, I am partially responsible for the health clearance of all of the students to ensure that they are able to do their clinical without risk of unnecessary exposure to harmful contagions. 2. Describe the proposal/change in your own words. (10 points) Answer: Influenza has several strains that are highly contagious. While the virus is able to unfortunately mutate, monitoring and keeping a strict lid on the strains that are identified as threats to public safety is important. Therefore, including two new strains to the list of influenza virus strains, specifically avian flu strains, would allow public health officials to control the spread of the...
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...every U.S. citizen because it is an extreme waste of resources and tax dollars and a violation of due process. However, there's another, less obvious, face to the problems that result from a lack of the expectation of privacy over the Internet. The White House proposed the consumer privacy “bill of rights”. This bill was intended to prevent web services such as Google from collecting your information and selling it to a third party without giving you the ability to opt-out and without giving you the ability to review what kind of information they're giving to these third parties. This was a really important proposal as it was one of the few that, had it succeeded, would have been a huge success for consumer rights. If this...
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...pursing my Bachelors of Science in Nursing through the University of Phoenix. Recently, we had a community assessments assignment to identify aspects within our community that could adversely affect the health of the community. I commend your efforts to explore ways additional ways the County has attempted to implement various food programs such as a healthy breakfast for school children in the morning before the start of school. Chesterfield County Health Department through health screenings in public schools reported in 2013, that more than three out of 10 children are either overweight or at risk of being overweight (Chesterfield.gov). Many Americans do not follow a healthy diet, get an adequate amount of exercise, or follow any guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. As you are aware, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Action Program), restricts categorical eligibility to only those households receiving cash assistance through other low income assistance programs, allows the use of SNAP benefits for shares of community supported agriculture, and includes physical activity as an allowable activity under the nutrition education program (Whitehouse.gov). During my community assessment, a factor that was affecting our community was unhealthy and sedentary lifestyles. The 2013 World Health Assembly endorsed the Global NCD Action Plan, which includes a set of actions for Member States, international partners to promote healthy diets and physical activity; this is in an attempt to attain 9...
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...worldwide, due to hunger, depression, suicide and lack of resources. My choice would be the “fracking” proposal which can avert the recession & boost the economy. “Green Wind Turbine” would be unsuccessful during recession, since its expense is more than its revenue. And, without economic viability all other stakeholders’ interests are lost. Utilitarianism supports “fracking” as it produces “greatest good for the greatest number”. In the end it will create millions of jobs, help boost economy, meet Canadian and US oil needs and supports ‘energy security’. We cannot address all concerns from all stakeholders at all times. “fracking” serves the majority of Primary and Secondary stakeholders which have a higher priority in the stakeholder typology. The non-social stakeholders are dormant and are a minority. Utilitarianism being a consequential principle focuses on the ends, and ignore the means. The shortcoming of “fracking” is that on the way to boost economy via oil production, it’s also boosting environmental and ecological dangers. Emissions, pollution, wastes, chemicals, contamination are bi-products of oil extraction by “fracking”. This principle drives us to ignore the primary and secondary non-social stakeholders and may cause an irreversible damage, while focussing on producing utility for the majority. The principle of Moral Rights supports the “fracking” proposal because it is giving the current generation the right to live and a means of livelihood, job creation...
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...(FSI) Facts of the Case: Information Ventures, Inc. protested the decision of the Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), to issue request for proposals (RFP) for assessing health education methods, on an unrestricted basis. Information Ventures, a small business, contended that the requirement should be set aside for a small business. MMS published a presolicitation notice in May 2004 on the Federal Business Opportunities website on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). MMS stated that the intent would be on an unrestricted basis pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, a report that “draws[s] national attention to innovative health education methods and the commonalities of successful programs; and to provide a resource for those who are developing health education materials for youth ages 9-13.” The presolicitation notice prescribed a two-step process where interested offerors must demonstrate their ability to perform the work required in a capabilities statement. The capabilities statement would be reviewed by the agency and used to determine whether offerors were qualified and capable to execute the work. Then the agency sent requests for proposals to the offerors they qualified. Twenty offerors, including six small businesses, requested a copy of the solicitation by June 4. The RFP was issued on an unrestricted...
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...Abolish or Sustain? The Minimum Wage Debate Sarah Campbell May 8, 2013 Abstract In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act established a federal minimum wage. Minimum wage has continuously increased throughout the years due to interest rates and the value of a dollar. Since its introduction the minimum wage has risen from 25 cents an hour to 7.25 dollars per hour in 2009. In President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address he states, “Working folks shouldn’t have to wait year after year for the minimum wage to go up while CEO pay has never been higher.” He hopes to raise the minimum wage by 2014 to 9 dollars per hour. Following the President’s support on minimum wage increase Sen. Tom Harkin (Democrat-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (Democrat-California) formalized a proposal known as S.460, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 to increase the minimum wage by 2015 to $10.10. This proposal includes increasing the minimum wage (in three incremental increases of $.95) and then indexing it to inflation (“as prices rise, so would the minimum wage” (Cooper, Hall 2013)). Also, the tipped minimum wage (the minimum wage paid to workers who earn a portion of their wages in tips) would be increased in $0.85 increments from its current value of $2.13 per hour, where it has languished since 1991, until it reaches 70 percent of the regular minimum wage (Cooper, Hall 2013). However, in the current tough economic times many people argue that an increased minimum wage will only hurt and...
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...some new proposals around the Firearms Act, which should help to prevent future shooting tragedies. In January 2013 Barack Obama presented a new plan to prevent shootings. The most important thing was to significantly improve background checks on those who buy guns. He wants to drastically improve the system of background checks. Mr. Obama believes that by improving background checks when people buy guns, there will be fewer shootings and reduce the number of mentally ill people being able to by guns. However, says Jack Levin, a professor of sociology and Criminology from Northeastern University in Boston, that background checks will not prevent school shootings since gunmen will let their parents with spotless criminal record buy guns for them. There can be spoken both for and against the use of a more thorough background check, but it's only positive that Barack Obama will improve the system of arms control. Another suggestion is that he wants to ban assault weapons and large ammunition magazines. The proposal should eliminate all sales of these weapon designs. Mr. Webster has said that he believes that especially these types of weapons are especially dangerous and a ban of these weapons could lead to a reduction in deaths. He also believes that especially these weapons pose a unique threat in the form of a mass shootings. There is a tendency that the number of victims is higher when assault weapons and large ammunition magazines are allowed. The third proposal, which...
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...Business and Canadian Government Policy; Initiating a New Policy Name: Institution: Course title: Instructor: Date: Business and Canadian Government Policy; Initiating A New Policy Introduction This paper looks into a proposal on the introduction of a universal pharmaceutical policy or pharmacare in Canada. Canada is a country that has a global reputation of offering a successful healthcare to its populations. The Canadians enjoys free healthcare facilities because when they get sick they just need to visit the hospital or their doctors even when they do not have money. The government funds for the universal health policy by use of government revenues. The government gets the funds to pay the policies through taxation of Canadians who are well-off. Most Canadians especially the ordinary Canadians have benefited from the universal healthcare as it has increased their accessibility to health services (Fierlbeck, 2011). Although most Canadians and stakeholders consider the Canadian healthcare policy as universal, it is not comprehensive. A comprehensive healthcare policy should offer a complete healthcare package for citizens. The current healthcare policy in Canada does not substantially offer a comprehensive healthcare policy. This is because various core areas of healthcare are not covered with the current policy on healthcare. The core areas that have been left out by the policy include dental care, prescription drugs, and prescription glasses. The prescription drugs are more...
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...Curriculum Vitae | DOL | Department of Labor | EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity | EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | EVP | Employee Value Proposition | FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act | FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act | FMLA | Family & Medical Leave Act | FTE | Full Time Equivalent | GINA | Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act | HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act | HRIS | Human Resources Information Systems | HRP | Human Resource Planning | IRCA | Immigration Reform & Control Act | IRCA | Immigration Reform and Control Act | JAN | Job Accommodation Network | JOLTS | Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey | KPE | Key Performance Indicators | KSAO | Knowledge Skills Abilities and Other Characteristics | MBO | Management by Objective | MBTI | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored people | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement | NBMBAA | National Black MBA Association | NSHMBA | National Association for Hispanic MBAs | NLRA | National Labor Relations Act | OFCCP | Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | OSHA | Occupational Safety & health Act | PDA | Pregnancy Discrimination Act | PEO | Professional Employer Organization | QDRO | Qualified Domestic Relations Order | RFOA | Reasonable...
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