...Organizational Behavior in the Case of the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal Kelley Griffin OL-500 Human Behavior in Organization Southern New Hampshire University Lisa Wright March 23, 2013 Organizational Behavior in the Case of the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal In 2012, “former Penn State defensive coordinator Gerald “Jerry" Sandusky was found guilty of sexual abuse. . . . He was accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period in a scandal that has rocked the university's community” (Chappell, 2012, para. 1). When the story of Jerry Sandusky broke to the press, the University board believed the investigation currently underway at their university was solely concerning Jerry Sandusky, but unbeknownst to them, the organizational breakdown of Penn State was involved in the investigation as well. The investigation analyzed documents and conversations from Penn State’s leaders that spanned from 1998 to 2011. What came to light was that Sandusky, a renowned alumni of 32 years, ex-Penn State football coach, and an active member in youth charity programs, had been sexually harassing minors on and off university property. In addition, at various points during this time frame, leaders in various positions within Penn State’s organization knew of these accounts and did nothing about it. This report aims to focus on how the organizational culture as well as the breakdown in leadership responsibilities, aided in the allowance of such acts to......
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...Barack Obama Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States —becoming the first African American to serve in that office —on January 20, 2009. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago, where he met and married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha) were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996 and served there for eight years. In 2004, he was elected by a record majority to the U.S. Senate from Illinois and, in February 2007, announced his candidacy for President. After winning a closely-fought contest against New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, Obama handily defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee for President, in the general election. When President Obama took office, he faced very significant challenges. The economy was officially in a recession, and the outgoing administration of George W. Bush had begun to implement a controversial "bail-out" package to try to help struggling financial institutions. In foreign affairs, the United States still had troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and warfare had broken out between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, illustrating......
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...workout also. Boost in the brain of an athlete mental capacity is consumed with the amino acids before a work out. However, an athlete must mentally stable their mind to do a tedious workout. Your immune system must functions at a healthy status at all times, in order to be an athlete. This is why amino acids help promote the building of a strong immune system. Sometimes the lack of a nutrient in the body can have an effect on the brain. Taking precautions is recommended to insure that supplemental intake of BCAA may not cause any problems to the brain; one should consult a physician before taking BCAA. Source: Rowley, Brian. “The ABCs if BCAAs: what every bodybuilder must know about these three powerful aminos. (Nutrition).” Joe Weider’s Muscle & Fitness June 2003:166+. General OneFile . Web. 8 July 2010....
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...The Problems Our Nations Faces We are currently undergoing a large government change since President Bush has left office and the new president has to pick up the pieces. President Obama has had to start with an economy that has been struggling from the over spending and over taxing of our nation. The tax dollars have not been used for the main purpose to help the economy but to fill the pockets of those we elect. Our society is looking to one man to make a difference but we are seeing that we are the reason why the systems the way it is. Our responsibility is to elect person into our government that has our best interest in mind. They are elected to represent the public and not their bank account. Shame on us for not knowing what was to happen in the future but we have the right and duty to fix the problems that by electing the right people in office. Obama is working on many ways to work with Congress to fix our current problems but with not a lot of support from the American people, this is a problem all in is self. We as a nation must work together to correct these problems that we are faced with and I plan to see that I can inform you on what these are. As of September 7, 2010 the unemployment rate has hit a high of 9.6 percent (CNN News.com) “Despite the rise in unemployment to 9.6 percent the U.S. economy is doing better and President Barack Obama is introducing further measures for long term growth, said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and by......
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...records in both playing and coaching. Joe Paterno had a interesting early life, amazing career highlights and was apart of a tragic scandal. Born in Broklyn New York on December 26,1926, Joe paterno was a amzing athlete himself before being a coach. Paterno enlisted in the military after he graduated high school and served WWII before going to brown college in 1946. Paterno was a quarter back and a cornerback in college and broke records in both positions. As a cornerback he broke the school record for interception with 14. As a quarterback paterno led his team to a 8-1 season and a bowl win. He was injured for a majority of his senior year and did not play much. (Joe Paterno) After graduating from Brown in 1950, Paterno joined his college coach Rip Engle at Penn State University, serving as the assistant coach. He settled down at Penn State, marrying Suzanne Pohland in 1962. The couple had five children together, all of whom later became graduates of Penn State. In 1966, Paterno became the coach for Penn State University. His first season was a draw, with 5 wins and 5 losses, but he worked hard to build up the school's football program. Before long, Paterno racked up impressive scores, including coaching the team to two undefeated regular seasons in 1968 and 1969. Joe Paterno became a favorite coach at penn state. He was notorious for thick, Square glasses and his ‘average joe’ Brooklyn look. Nicknamed......
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...Baseball & Health Jeremy Rostker 04/17/08 A healthy and active lifestyle is important to the quality of my life and the achievement of my goals as it allows me to live longer and participate in activities I enjoy. It also strengthens my immune system and lowers my chance of disease. My goal in life is to be successful in all of my endeavors. Doing things like playing sports, participating in P.E. and taking a biology class are helping me to live healthy. I make sure to stay healthy and in shape because I know it will benefit me greatly. If I didn’t play sports or eat healthy I would likely become overweight and unhealthy. Although my chances of becoming a professional athlete are slim (I know this because my teacher did a probability exercise demonstrating this to get me to focus on “academics”!), a healthy life is essential for me to overcome the odds. Statistics show that overweight people are more likely to suffer heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. They also have a shorter life span. According to the American Heart Association, in 2006, about 136 million U.S. adults were overweight or obese and 25 million children were at risk of becoming overweight. Besides poor eating habits, smoking is also a major contributor to unhealthiness. Smoking can damage your body and lifestyle immensely. When you smoke, you’re at risk for cancer. Smoking can also cause......
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...The Problem: The managing director of Aqualisa, Harry Rawlinson, launched a new shower that is calledQuartz. Despite of its features such as quality, safety, cost of installation and ease of installation andusage, the early sales have been disappointing. The problem is not that sales are low, but the reasonswhy sales are not as expected. Some of the reasons are related to distribution channel, promotionalstrategy and positioning of the product. Consequently, the real problem here is how to boost sales.The biggest issue is having problems with reaching plumbers because they are the key players interms of being a reliable source for consumers when choosing the product. The Solution: I believe that the best solution for Aqualisa is to focus on plumbers because they are the primary customers of trade shops which has the most sales volume in the U.K. shower market. Inaddition to this, plumbers also work for developers, showrooms, contractors or directly for consumers. As we can see, plumbers play a big mediator role in the distribution channel and reachingthe end consumers. First of all, trade shops focus on demand and they do not have time to explain the benefits of the new product. If Aqualisa get plumbers to demand Quartz, trade shops have to stock upthis product because their primary customer is the plumbers. Secondly, showrooms also offer installation services by subcontracting with contractors or independent plumbers. Once plumbers areconvinced and informed about the......
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...LONDON — Europeans are watching the final stages of the U.S. election campaign closely, concerned about how the outcome might affect global issues. Europeans can't vote in the U.S. election, but, like people everywhere, they have a stake in its outcome. From economic issues to Iran and the war in Afghanistan, the future of Europe is very much linked to the United States. And the two men who are vying to lead it for the next four years would seem to have very different views of the continent. "I think the president wants to turn us into a European-style welfare state, an entitlement nation. That model has not worked anywhere in the world," Romney said on the campaign trail. Barack Obama usually strikes a different tenor when he talks about the continent. "Each step points to the fact that Europe is moving towards further integration rather than breakup and that these problems can be resolved, and points to the underlying strength in Europe's economies," said Obama at the G20 summit last June. Senior fellow Xenia Dormandy of London's Chatham House says that difference in tone has been noticed on this side of the Atlantic. "Romney talks about a strong, exceptional America, a leading America. And he talks about increasing defense spending. All of those things are things that make Europeans a little bit nervous," noted Dormandy. "Contrarily, Obama, I call him a European leader. He's very consensus-driven. He's wanting to work in multilateral institutions,......
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...The purpose of this report is to outline and analysis the financial decision to survive when using charity fund and also to raise money for the charity. The chosen charity that the group has chosen is Save the Children. The sector which this charity operates in is the children’s charities. Save the Children is the world’s independent children’s charity. The purpose of this charity is to change lives for children on the long term. They focus on achieving four core rights for children. These include: 1) Health 2) Freedom from hunger 3) Education 4) Protection Save the Children intends to inspire people around the world to take action to save children’s lives, create movement for change and to give children the voice they all deserve. This charity disagrees with the fact that millions of children’s do not have proper healthcare, education, food and protection. They aim to get every child’s their rights and determine to make a substantial change. Their mission is to fights for children’s rights; deliver immediate and lasting improvement to children’s lives worldwide. Save the Children website states they “We share our vision and mission with our partners in the International Save the Children Alliance.” Their future vision which they look forward to is to respect and value each children, listen to children’s and give them hope and opportunity. The aim for the group is to make a large sum of money for the charity, to develop new skills when setting up this charity......
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...Destructive Leadership and The Penn State Scandal: A Toxic Triangle Perspective Christian N. Thoroughgooda and Art Padillab a The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, 115C Bruce V. Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802; cnt105@psu.edu b The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ 85721 Alderfer’s piece on the Sandusky/Penn State tragedy reminds us that leader-centric analyses, the norm in leadership studies, often miss the mark. Alderfer joins a growing list of writers who increasingly recognize that leadership consists of three key elements in a triangle: leaders, followers, and environments. The Penn State scandal highlights how a conducive environment, typified by centralized power and an absence of checks and balances, coupled with flawed leaders and the actual assistance or quiet submission of certain followers, can lead to disastrous outcomes. As Alderfer observes, leadership is a social, or group, process. Leadership success or failure depends on group results, and group results involve more than just leaders and their characteristics and actions. Yet, over three-quarters of articles in scholarly journals consistently overlook the role of organizational environments and followers (Porter & McLaughlin, 2006), focusing instead on leader traits and behaviors (Kaiser, Hogan, & Craig, 2008; Thoroughgood, Padilla, Hunter, & Tate, 2012). Why do so many articles and stories focus on leaders and neglect the two other crucial......
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...Formalist directors have no desire to show reality. They want to show their personal vision of the world and how they want their audience to view it. They are concerned with mythical and spiritual truths that can best be represented by distorting the image of reality. Classicism to bring in a third theory is all about ideal storytelling, it lies somewhere in between realism and formalism. (Understanding Movies 5) The goal of a classicist is to tell a story in the best way possible. They want you to get caught up in the characters and their problems, to feel what they feel, but not be distracted by the filmmaking techniques. The two films we screened in class Bull Durham directed by Ron Shelton, and Field of Dreams based on the novel Shoeless Joe directed by Phil Alden Robinson both demonstrate these film theories throughout their movies but in a very different matter. Bull Durham is a great realistic example of what the sport of baseball means to the men who play it. It's all about the dreams, the desire to compete, and the ultimate goal to one day be part of the “show.” The players in the minors endure long, hot days of riding sub par buses, while making a barely livable wage, just for one shot at making it to the big leagues. Bull Durham was able to show the passion behind the sport, without overly misrepresenting the image of professional athletes. The players aren't illustrated as heroes but instead they're shown as passionate men...
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...GAME CHANGE OBAMA AND THE CLINTONS, MCCAIN AND PALIN, AND THE RACE OF A LIFETIME JOHN HEILEMANN AND MARK HALPERIN FOR DIANA AND KAREN Contents Cover Title Page Prologue Part I Chapter One – Her Time Chapter Two – The Alternative Chapter Three – The Ground Beneath Her Feet Chapter Four – Getting to Yes Chapter Five – The Inevitables Chapter Six – Barack in a Box Chapter Seven – “They Looooove Me!” Chapter Eight – The Turning Point Chapter Nine – The Fun Part Chapter Ten – Two For the Price of One Chapter Eleven – Fear and Loathing in the Lizard’s Thicket Chapter Twelve – Pulling Away and Falling Apart Chapter Thirteen – Obama Agonistes Chapter Fourteen – The Bitter End Game Part II Chapter Fifteen – The Maverick and His Meltdown Chapter Sixteen – Running Unopposed Chapter Seventeen – Slipping Nooses, Slaying Demons Part III Chapter Eighteen – Paris and Berlin Chapter Nineteen – The Mile-High Club Chapter Twenty – Sarahcuda Chapter Twenty-One – September Surprise Chapter Twenty-Two – Seconds in Command Chapter Twenty-Three – The Finish Line Epilogue – Together at Last Index Author’s Notes About the Authors Copyright About the Publisher Prologue BARACK OBAMA JERKED BOLT upright in bed at three o’clock in the morning. Darkness enveloped his low-rent room at the Des Moines Hampton Inn; the airport across the street was quiet in the hours before dawn. It was very late December 2007, a few days ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Obama had been sprinting flat......
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...Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Event Background 5 4.0 Method 6 4.1 Primary Research 6 4.2 Secondary research 6 5.0 Event Conceptualizing 6 5.1 Event Objective 6 5.2 Target Audience 6 5.3 Date, Time and Venue 6 5.4 Event Design and Program 7 5.5 Event Experience 8 5.6 Service and Quality 8 6.0 Stakeholders 9 7.0 Planning and Decision making 9 7.1 Strategic Planning 9 7.2 Operational Planning 9 7.2.1 Organisational Chart/ Committees 10 7.3 Publicity and Advertising 11 7.5 Sponsorship 12 7.5.1 Exclusive Item (Sponsor) (dsaexibition 2014) 12 7.5.2 Events (Sponsor) (dsaexibition 2014) 12 7.5.3 Branding (Sponsor) (dsaexibition 2014) 13 7.5.4 Facilities (Sponsor) 13 7.6 Legal and Risk, Health and Safety Management 14 8.0 Logistic 14 9.0 Evaluation 15 10.0 Conclusion 15 11.0 References 16 11.0 Appendix 17 Executive Summary DSA 2014 was the biggest Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference staged in Kuala Lumpur so far. Attendance were record highs with 344 foreign delegations from over 45 nations, 33,544 trade visitors from 96 countries and 1057 companies occupying a floor area of 41000 sq. metres. The analysis carried out by our group discovered that the organising committee, led by the Secretary General of Defence Malaysia, did a fine job in event design and program. Participants could understand the layout of the venue and so navigate efficiently......
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...Assignment WEEK – 1 BUS-545 Human Resources Management Sexual Harassment Dr. Fathiah Inserto Student - Abdul Majeed Zafar Iqbal Employers are beholden to keep up a secure and safe workplace, which includes preventing harassment. It’s not solely smart for workers of a company, it’s smart for CEOs of the company as a result of knowing what harassment is and having policies in place for preventing and addressing it as it’ll prevent plenty of headaches and expensive lawsuits. Harassment is prosecuted underneath identical federal laws accustomed prosecute employers for race and non-secular discrimination, therefore it should be taken seriously. What Is Sexual Harassment? Sexual harassment is some unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the duty that makes a daunting, hostile or offensive workplace. Whether or not one thing is offensive is judged by asking whether a sensible person ought to endure the conduct in question. Sexual harassment can take several forms, here are some common examples, * A male worker creating critical comments concerning the length of a female coworker’s skirt. * Employees hanging out at common areas telling sexually explicit jokes. * A worker directing any other worker an email that uses suggestive or overt language. * A boss referring to his secretary in a sexist and undignified method. * A supervisor implying that to urge a raise, a coworker must sleep with him. * An employee groping another coworker. Who can......
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...Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s Toughest Sheriff Sheriff Joe Arpaio. When you hear that name, you may be thinking to yourself, "Who is that?" If you are from Arizona or the surrounding states, you probably know exactly who I am talking about. Sheriff Arpaio, or Sheriff Joe as he is more commonly known as around here, is the Sheriff of Maricopa County. He has been labeled by many as "America's Toughest Sheriff". He is known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration as well as the way inmates in his county jail are treated. Although many people don't agree with his approach on illegal immigration, they do agree with the way he treats his inmates. His philosophy is that if you are going to commit a crime and go to jail, you should be treated like you are in jail, not like you are in Boy Scout camp. Sheriff Arpaio was elected as Sheriff of Maricopa County back in 1992. Since he has become Sheriff, many of his policies that he has put into place have been met with resistance. One of the most controversial topics is his views on how illegal immigration should be handled in the county. Since 2005, he has cracked down on illegal immigration by conducting immigration sweeps targeting day laborers and also businesses and people that hire illegal immigrants. (Bashir & Culhane, 2009). You used to go to the local Home Depot and see 20 to 50 day laborers hanging out in the parking lots looking for work. But since Sheriff Joe started enforcing illegal immigration, the......
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