...Dear Mr. President, We as citizens of the United States must participate in helping to develop the government and society. We can’t ignore our civic responsibilities. If we do, the important decisions that need to be made are in the hands of the elected officials. Those officials have power over the government and everything in it. People have a huge influence and impact on the government, their decisions matter. The fewer people involved in pushing that influence, the less that the government will consider or represent the wishes of the people. I am writing to you to ask that we make a national holiday for Ida B. Wells. She deserves to have a day that is dedicated to her, a day that focuses on her contribution to Civil Rights. Wells was an active black female journalist that wrote about many subjects including those of segregation, women’s rights, and anti-lynching. She was very outspoken and wanted the world to hear what she had to say. She wanted to bring attention to the continued failure of civil rights. Her contribution, along with many others, helped to end segregation and restricted voting. When Wells took a train ride in May of 1884, from Memphis to Nashville, her motivations were made very clear. She had bought a first-class ticket for the ride and was furious when crew members ordered her to move to the car for African Americans. She refused and was forcibly removed from the train. Wells sued the railroad and won a $500 settlement in a circuit court case. The decision...
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...Dear Mr. President, In today’s society, civic and political participation is so important. To keep our government functioning, the people must participate in both their citizen’s duties as well as their citizen’s responsibilities. The more people that participate, the greater insurance of equality and freedom there is. If people ignore their civic responsibilities and don’t help make important decisions, then only a few people are deciding on who deserves government positions. It’s our duty as citizens to protect our rights and participate politically. Now being the President for the past 7 years, you obviously know all this information and might women as to the point of this letter. Well, I write you to tell you that I strongly believe we need a new national holiday for Dorothea Dix. While she is featured in Woman’s History Month, I believe a national holiday should be invoked in honor of her true patriotism, bravery, and belief in human rights. In the 1800’s when she lived, women were treated as the obvious “seen and not heard” of the two genders. But even from a young age, Dorothea was challenging that statement. At only fifteen years old, Dorothea began a small school for girls, who were not welcome in public schools at the time. She continued to teach for many years; until she heard of a troubling experience in a Massachusetts jail influenced her to take up a new cause of observations of the appalling conditions that mentally ill prisoners. Even in such a male dominated...
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...01.03 Citizens in Action Use this document to complete assignment 1.03 Once you are finished answering the questions, save the file (to flash drive) Open assessments and open 1.03 Attach this file and check submit for grading Click Submit! People List – Pick one person from the list This is not a comprehensive list of great American citizens. They appear in alphabetical order with their most famous cause or action noted to help you make your choice. Consider choosing a person you have not studied in the past. · · Billy Graham–religious leadership · Bob Hope–military · Booker T. Washington–African American rights · Cesar Chavez–Latino rights, labor · Chief Joseph the Younger–Native American rights · Clara Barton–humanitarian care · Daniel Webster–abolition · David Farragut–military · Dorothea Dix–health care, prisons · Eleanor Roosevelt–civil rights · Elizabeth Blackwell–woman suffrage · Frances Willard–woman suffrage · Harriet Beecher Stowe–abolition · Helen Hunt Jackson–Native American rights · Henry David Thoreau–abolition, anti-war · Henry Ward Beecher–abolition · Horace Mann–education · Ida B. Wells–women, civil rights · Jane Addams–women · Jesse Jackson–civil rights · Lillian Wald–women, civil rights · Rachel Carson–environment · Ryan White–health care and AIDS research · Sylvanus Thayer–military education Research your person. Absolutely nothing you research can be copied from the web. It all must be in your own words. Answer each...
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...Daniel Mejia Government-2 1/25/16 Lesson 1.03 Assessment Dear, Rachel Carson You struck me as a perfect citizen from the very moment I read about you. You've made invaluable efforts to help our environment and you were fearless in your approach to change how our country treated the environment. Being a citizen that partakes in political and civic activities is not always easy but it's extremely important to our country's well being and moral. If not a lot of citizens take part in essential political activates such as voting then our country would have a very hard time selecting a president. If all citizens averted themselves from civic activities then we wouldn't really have important things like our non profit organizations, which work so hard to change things for the better. It is my understanding that the copious amount of chemical pesticides that were used during WW2 really bugged you. It didn't just bug you, it disgusted you. But instead of thinking nothing of it and finishing your coffee, you took action by writing a book about it to raise awareness on the matter and despite facing verbal onslaught from chemical companies and even from some individuals in the government, you still persevered and dismantled the environmental threat by testifying to the government in 1963. Your work quite literally changed everything about how we treat the environment in the agricultural workforce to use much less threating pesticides and inspire others to protect the living...
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...1.03 Letter We as American citizens have a duty to be active civic and politically because the government makes decision based of what we want and is better. Also, if the nation wants to live in harmony and peace, want to be heard, and want freedom and democracy they must participate in civic and political, like is voting. Before, women don’t have that right and some women gave her life to make that happen, just as Mary Livermore. Mary Livermore was born on December 19th, 1820, in Boston and died on May 23th, 1905, in Melrose. She was an American suffragist and social reformer; also, she served as president of Woman Suffrage Association. Before that happen, when the cholera took over Chicago she became an active volunteer, and also when the American Civil War broke out no long she recruits by the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Thanks to her work with the Sanitary Commission led Livermore to become an active suffragist and social reformer, developing an ardent belief that extending the right to vote to women was necessary to achieving social reforms such as temperance (“Mary Ashton Rice Livermore."). Then, she dedicates the rest of her life activism to the woman suffrage movement, and providing a grain of sand to the right of woman. Thanks to her, women today have voice and vote in different areas. That’s why I think that she deserves as same to all the women who work for that, one day in our calendar in action of gratitude. Nowadays, the women in the whole country can vote for...
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...Adejumoke Olaniyan DR Kolawole Sonaike Healthcare Leadership and Management (HCM618 -1601 -HDFSN) February 6 2016 Discussion Questions 1. Evaluate this situation from the view point of David Edmondson’s ethical leadership. What could Radio Shack have done differently? In this world some people crave money and power. To benefit these two things always, people choose the wrong paths. David Edmondson is one of them, because he cheated on his resume. David Edmondson is a fraud that means he is not an ethical leader at all. Because of Edmondson’s cheating his company RadioShack faced losses, so he didn’t do ethical leadership in his workplace. If a manager cheats, lies, steals, manipulates, take advantages of situations, or treat others unfairly that is not an ethical behavior. That is called unethical behavior. We can see lying on David Edmondson’s case, so we can say that he didn’t behave as an ethical leader. According to the text, “Ethical leadership is known as our core values and having the courage to live them in all parts of our life in service of the common good.” Before entering to a company a manager should know what is ethical leadership. If a manager doesn’t know what ethical leadership is, then he/she will never fulfill their job properly. If a manager doesn’t have knowledge about ethical leadership, then he will do unethical things in a company. Also, unethical leadership can create many problems, such as ethical lapses...
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...is high? Explain your answer fully. An exchange rate is the measure of value of one currency against another currency; for example, AUD $1 = USD $1.03 (indirect quotation). Exchange rates are dynamic in that they are changing throughout every trading day. Basically, fluctuation is caused by demand and supply of the currency. As in any market, price rises with shortages of supply and increases in demand. Price falls with reduced demand and increased supply. Figure 1.1 Demand curve The demand curve for Australian currency shows the quantity of Australian Dollar (AUD) that buyers are willing to purchase at each possible exchange rate. Demand arises from several sources * Exports – Foreigners who wish to buy Australian goods and services * Foreign tourists and international students in Australia * Australians firms borrowing abroad * Foreigners investing in Australia (capital inflow, e.g. assets, dividends etc) * Current transfers into Australia * Speculators who expect the value of AUD to rise The curve is downward sloping (Figure 1.1 – blue) since it is reasonable to expect that the cheaper the price of the local currency, the greater would be the demand for the currency by the rest of the world. Supply Curve (red) Supply curve for Australian currency shows the quantity of AUD supplied by Australian citizens at each possible exchange rate. Supply will be determined by: * Imports – Australians who wish to purchase foreign goods and service * Australian...
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...professionally established standard of care. When a professional fails to comply with the standard of care, the results can be devastating for the patient and the family. This can result in medical malpractice cases against the medical care provider(s). There is no medical definition for “standard of care” although the term is firmly established in law and is defined as “the caution that a reasonable person in similar circumstances would exercise in providing care to a patient” (The Dictionary.com, 2007). To the physicians, the “standard of care” is the diagnostic and treatment process that a doctor should practice for a given illness, patient, and set of circumstances. The term “standard of care” represents an essential component of an action in medical malpractice in proof that the doctor in question failed to provide the required standard of care under the circumstances (Sullivan, W., 2003). Medical malpractice is a broad term generally used to describe any treatment, lack of treatment, or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or departure in safety on the part of a health care provider that causes and/or results in harm to a patient. In law, medical malpractice is considered a specific area within the general domain of negligence. It requires four conditions (elements) to be met for the plaintiff to recover damages. These conditions are, one, duty; second, breach of duty; third, harm; and lastly, causation. Medical malpractice...
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...Homework Assignment – Week 1 Chapter 1 1- Why are financial markets important to the health of the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them to those who do, thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency. 2- When interest rates rise, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behavior? Businesses would cut investment spending because the cost of financing this spending is now higher, and consumers would be less likely to purchase a house or a car because the cost of financing their purchase is higher. 3- How can a change in interest rates affect the profitability of financial institutions? A change in interest rates affects the cost of acquiring funds for financial institution as well as changes the income on assets such as loans, both of which affect profits. In addition, changes in interest rates affect the price of assets such as stock and bonds that the financial institution owns that can lead to profits or losses. 4- Is everybody worse off when interest rates rise? No. People who borrow to purchase a house or a car are worse off because it costs them more to finance their purchase; however, savers benefit because they can earn higher interest rates on their savings. 5- What effect might a fall in stock prices have on business investment? The lower price for a firm’s shares means that it can raise a smaller amount of funds, and so investment in plant and equipment will fall. 6- What...
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...Homework Assignment – Week 1 Chapter 1 1- Why are financial markets important to the health of the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them to those who do, thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency. 2- When interest rates rise, how might businesses and consumers change their economic behavior? Businesses would cut investment spending because the cost of financing this spending is now higher, and consumers would be less likely to purchase a house or a car because the cost of financing their purchase is higher. 3- How can a change in interest rates affect the profitability of financial institutions? A change in interest rates affects the cost of acquiring funds for financial institution as well as changes the income on assets such as loans, both of which affect profits. In addition, changes in interest rates affect the price of assets such as stock and bonds that the financial institution owns that can lead to profits or losses. 4- Is everybody worse off when interest rates rise? No. People who borrow to purchase a house or a car are worse off because it costs them more to finance their purchase; however, savers benefit because they can earn higher interest rates on their savings. 5- What effect might a fall in stock prices have on business investment? The lower price for a firm’s shares means that it can raise a smaller amount of funds, and so investment in plant and equipment will fall. 6- What...
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...Assessing the Existence of Social Distance and Factors That Affect its Magnitude at a Southern University Jerry Vincent Nix Department of Sociology May, 1993 CONTENTS SECTION Abstract Introduction and Literature Review Hypotheses Statements Method Subjects Procedure Results Discussion References Author Notes Tables Appendix ABSTRACT The existence of social distance between various ethnic groups was investigated and substantiated. The Social Learning Theory was assessed as a way to explain factors that influence social distance. Social Distance was measured by an adaptation of the Bogardus-scale. A questionnaire was administered to 131 graduate and undergraduate, American and International students, living in residence halls on the university campus. The survey asked various demographic questions and included a social distance scale. Respondents were classified into three broad ethnic groups. Data were collected from these anonymous surveys and quantitatively analyzed by a computer-driven statistical program. Among the relevant findings, it was shown that social distance is a function of ethnic background, current educational level, and previous interaction with other ethnic groups. It was found that whether or not the respondent was an international or American student significantly affected social distance. Social distance also seems to be a function of current worldly events. All variables were assessed at the .05 significance level. Results lend credence to the Social...
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...country. Prison facilities are unable to accommodate prisoners because of the lack of space for prisoners and lack of funding for beneficial programming” ( Erisman & Contrado 2005). Furthermore, prisoners are released from jail with no formal education or qualified job skills which typically leads them to resort back to criminal activities for economic gain; which causes high recidivism rates (Institute for Higher Education Policy 1994). Despite these issues Maryland and its neighboring states have began to implement cost effective Post Secondary Education programs. Post Secondary Education Programs seek to educate inmates through higher education courses to assist inmates ability to return back to society successfully as a law abiding citizens ( Erisman & Contrado 2005). In 2005, it was estimated that a returning prisoner in the state of Maryland cost 24,000 a year (Ehrlich Robert, 2005.) Research studies have suggested...
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...When Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, he never expected his discount store to ever become the nation’s No. 1 retailer. In May of 1971, after being officially incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Wal-Mart began selling shares as a publicly-held company and its stock experienced its first 100% split, at a market price of $47. By 1990, Wal-Mart had become the nation’s No. 1 retailer and by the end of the decade, the largest private employer in the world, with 1.14 million associates. Soon after, H. Lee Scott Jr. was appointed as the third CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In 2005, Scott introduced the company’s new commitment to bring environmental sustainability into its business and passed his success onto his replacement as president and CEO, Mike Duke, on February 1, 2009. Today, Wal-Mart has 7,800 stores and club locations in 14 different markets, employing more than 2 million associates, and serving more than 176 million customers a year. Wal-Mart is a public corporation that runs a chain of large department stores. Three business subsidiaries comprise Wal-Mart’s operations: Wal-Mart Stores, Sam’s Club, and Wal-Mart International. The nine retail formats of the company include “supercenters, food and drug stores, general merchandise stores, bodegas (small markets), cash and carry stores, membership warehouse clubs, apparel stores, soft discount stores and restaurants” (p. 17). Studies show that the customer base for discount retailers has been...
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...Educarnival PediaAssignment, Internship Report, Term Paper • Home • Popular Post • Rules and Regulations • Educarnival Home Top of Form [pic][pic] Bottom of Form INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED August 14, 2012 | Author: shuktara | Posted in Technology and Operations Management • 0.00 / 5 5 • 1 / 5 • 2 / 5 • 3 / 5 • 4 / 5 • 5 / 5 0 votes, 0.00 avg. rating (0% score) |Table of Contents | |1 Chapter 1 | |1.1 Origin of the Report | |1.2 Background of the Report | |1.3 Scope of the Study | |1.4 Objectives of the Study | |1.5 Methodology of the Study | |1...
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