The document discusses opposing viewpoints on the FIRST STEP Act to reform the nation's prison and sentencing laws from Representatives Goodlatte, Nadler, and DeGette during a House floor debate.
Representative Goodlatte supports the bill, arguing that it takes a practical approach to prisoner rehabilitation by incentivizing participation in recidivism reduction programs. He says this will reduce recidivism and save taxpayer money by having fewer future prisoners. However, Representative Nadler opposes the bill, arguing it could exacerbate racial biases and disparities through its risk assessment system and exclusions of certain prisoners. Representative DeGette also opposes the bill, citing concerns about barriers to reintegration for undocumented prisoners and a
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to answer questions about federal marijuana policy during a Tuesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee regarding Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice. Holder will be providing testimony regarding various Obama administration enforcement policies.
The document discusses the legislative branch of the US government, known as Congress. It explains that Congress is made up of two chambers - the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of both chambers are elected to represent different constituencies. The qualifications for members and the roles of each chamber are established in the US Constitution to ensure representation of citizens.
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S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20193
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act Of 2019
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019
Problem ID and
Solution
President Donald Trump has not provided a roadmap for re-establishing the U.S. refugee and asylum systems. The refugee crisis is an international issue, and the U.S. should embrace becoming a global humanitarian leader on the disaster. In response, a S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019 bill aims to prevent and respond to the U.S. government’s decisions and tries to close the U.S. openings for refugees and asylum-seekers (S. 1494 — 116th Congress, 2019). The bill will ensure the amendment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to shield alien juveniles. Also, a review of the Immigration and Nationality Act will ensure no more oppression of the asylum-seekers system as well as building refugee application and clearance bodies outside the country. It gives a vision for responding to the global refugee crisis as well as restoring the U.S. humanitarian lost glory under Donald Trump. Senator Graham Lindsey of South Carolina introduced the bill on May 15, 2019, in Congress.
CAN Analysis
Biblical Guidelines
Efforts to undermine the country's programs for refugees and asylum is an injustice issue. The government is always responsible for the safeguarding the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers according to the fundamental right for refugees which is the right not to be subject to oppression, established in Article 33 of the 1951 Convention (Erickson, 2019). The biblical teachings provide guidelines in evaluation of the U.S. government's refugee issues, Muslim ban, and the border wall (McDowell, 2008). The Bible brings out an obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality. In Deuteronomy 23:15-16, the Bible says, "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you…" Also, Acts 18:2 says, "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently having come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome," “Fincham, 2018). As per Scriptures, it is a government's responsibility to protect the rights and interests of refugees and asylum-seekers.
The Constitutional Guidelines
The Refugee Act of 1980 passed in the Congress in the United States gives legal grounds for the current U.S. Refugee Admission Program. President Jimmy Carter signed the Act into legislation on March 17, 1980. The law provides a permanent and systematic process for admitting refugees of particular humanitarian interest to the U.S. and offers comprehensive and equal provisions for the immediate absorption and resettlement of refugees and asylum.
Political
The bill is at its introduction stage and was tabled in the Senate on May 15, 2019. It was read two times in the Senate and presented to t.
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Running head: S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20191
S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20193
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act Of 2019
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019
Problem ID and
Solution
President Donald Trump has not provided a roadmap for re-establishing the U.S. refugee and asylum systems. The refugee crisis is an international issue, and the U.S. should embrace becoming a global humanitarian leader on the disaster. In response, a S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019 bill aims to prevent and respond to the U.S. government’s decisions and tries to close the U.S. openings for refugees and asylum-seekers (S. 1494 — 116th Congress, 2019). The bill will ensure the amendment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to shield alien juveniles. Also, a review of the Immigration and Nationality Act will ensure no more oppression of the asylum-seekers system as well as building refugee application and clearance bodies outside the country. It gives a vision for responding to the global refugee crisis as well as restoring the U.S. humanitarian lost glory under Donald Trump. Senator Graham Lindsey of South Carolina introduced the bill on May 15, 2019, in Congress.
CAN Analysis
Biblical Guidelines
Efforts to undermine the country's programs for refugees and asylum is an injustice issue. The government is always responsible for the safeguarding the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers according to the fundamental right for refugees which is the right not to be subject to oppression, established in Article 33 of the 1951 Convention (Erickson, 2019). The biblical teachings provide guidelines in evaluation of the U.S. government's refugee issues, Muslim ban, and the border wall (McDowell, 2008). The Bible brings out an obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality. In Deuteronomy 23:15-16, the Bible says, "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you…" Also, Acts 18:2 says, "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently having come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome," “Fincham, 2018). As per Scriptures, it is a government's responsibility to protect the rights and interests of refugees and asylum-seekers.
The Constitutional Guidelines
The Refugee Act of 1980 passed in the Congress in the United States gives legal grounds for the current U.S. Refugee Admission Program. President Jimmy Carter signed the Act into legislation on March 17, 1980. The law provides a permanent and systematic process for admitting refugees of particular humanitarian interest to the U.S. and offers comprehensive and equal provisions for the immediate absorption and resettlement of refugees and asylum.
Political
The bill is at its introduction stage and was tabled in the Senate on May 15, 2019. It was read two times in the Senate and presented to t ...
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FINAL EXAM
Policy Formulation and Implementation - PA 6302 A1
Summer 2017
INSTRUCTIONS
The controversy over “Sanctuary Cities” has been a point in the changing immigration landscape
that has stirred much debate and emotion. Please be prepared to discuss the pertinent issues
surrounding the sanctuary cities issue, the current legal requirements that law enforcement
officers must currently abide and any pending or potential legislation on this matter.
After understanding the background, please discuss the practical ramifications to the US
immigration policy, its impact (fiscal and otherwise) and discuss the impact and responsibilities
of federal, state and local governments in this issue.
Also, policy evaluation is important aspect of our discussion, so please discuss in some depth a
process by which consensus—either for or against—may be reached on this issue. How do we
know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if it does not?
Due Date and time: please email your responses to me in MS Word or PDF format at
[email protected] by our class time, 6:30PM, on Wednesday, June 28.
EXAM FORMAT
I would like your response in an essay format. Please keep your responses concise and to the
point, but also thorough. Please maintain the following headings or sections to your response:
1. Issue History and Relevant Facts: in this section, please outline the relevant facts and
brief history as it relates to this issue. Be sure to highlight the point of controversy, or
debate regarding this issue. Please do not provide political commentary but rather
thoughtful analysis of this issue.
2. Potential Areas for Consensus or Resolution: I am interested to know that you have
thought around this issue and have given reasonable analysis to possible issues where
consensus may be gained. This is much the same manner which we discussed in class and
I expect to see your insight and thought process on display.
3. Policy Evaluation: Once action is taken on this issue that you have suggested above,
please discuss a process or mechanism by which to evaluate if this was successful. How
do we know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if it does not?
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have no recommendations on page limits other than to reiterate that you be concise and
thorough.
Below is an article that provides some background on this issue:
Dallas Joins Lawsuit Over Sanctuary Cities Bill
BY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE | JUNE 8, 2017
By Elvia Limón and Robert Wilonsky
Dallas is joining some other Texas cities, including Austin and San Antonio, in taking on the state's
so-called "sanctuary city" law.
Mayor Mike Rawlings made the announcement Wednesd ...
The document discusses a proposal called the Fairness for All Act, which aims to find a compromise between LGBT nondiscrimination protections and religious exemptions. It proposes extensive nondiscrimination protections, but also carefully defined carve-outs for religious charities, schools, and small businesses. While rejected by activists on both sides, the authors argue it deserves closer consideration as it models an approach of negotiated compromise, as was successfully done in Utah. It could build new protections for LGBT Americans while affording new safeguards for religious institutions.
The document discusses Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth's proposal to publish a list of travelers who are supposed to be quarantining upon arrival to Hawaii Island. The ACLU of Hawaii has concerns about privacy and potential unintended consequences. Roth believes transparency is important for government, but privacy during a health crisis must be balanced. The document provides background on Roth and cites his experience as a former prosecutor.
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to answer questions about federal marijuana policy during a Tuesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee regarding Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice. Holder will be providing testimony regarding various Obama administration enforcement policies.
The document discusses the legislative branch of the US government, known as Congress. It explains that Congress is made up of two chambers - the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of both chambers are elected to represent different constituencies. The qualifications for members and the roles of each chamber are established in the US Constitution to ensure representation of citizens.
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Running head: S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20191
S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20193
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act Of 2019
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019
Problem ID and
Solution
President Donald Trump has not provided a roadmap for re-establishing the U.S. refugee and asylum systems. The refugee crisis is an international issue, and the U.S. should embrace becoming a global humanitarian leader on the disaster. In response, a S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019 bill aims to prevent and respond to the U.S. government’s decisions and tries to close the U.S. openings for refugees and asylum-seekers (S. 1494 — 116th Congress, 2019). The bill will ensure the amendment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to shield alien juveniles. Also, a review of the Immigration and Nationality Act will ensure no more oppression of the asylum-seekers system as well as building refugee application and clearance bodies outside the country. It gives a vision for responding to the global refugee crisis as well as restoring the U.S. humanitarian lost glory under Donald Trump. Senator Graham Lindsey of South Carolina introduced the bill on May 15, 2019, in Congress.
CAN Analysis
Biblical Guidelines
Efforts to undermine the country's programs for refugees and asylum is an injustice issue. The government is always responsible for the safeguarding the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers according to the fundamental right for refugees which is the right not to be subject to oppression, established in Article 33 of the 1951 Convention (Erickson, 2019). The biblical teachings provide guidelines in evaluation of the U.S. government's refugee issues, Muslim ban, and the border wall (McDowell, 2008). The Bible brings out an obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality. In Deuteronomy 23:15-16, the Bible says, "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you…" Also, Acts 18:2 says, "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently having come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome," “Fincham, 2018). As per Scriptures, it is a government's responsibility to protect the rights and interests of refugees and asylum-seekers.
The Constitutional Guidelines
The Refugee Act of 1980 passed in the Congress in the United States gives legal grounds for the current U.S. Refugee Admission Program. President Jimmy Carter signed the Act into legislation on March 17, 1980. The law provides a permanent and systematic process for admitting refugees of particular humanitarian interest to the U.S. and offers comprehensive and equal provisions for the immediate absorption and resettlement of refugees and asylum.
Political
The bill is at its introduction stage and was tabled in the Senate on May 15, 2019. It was read two times in the Senate and presented to t.
Running head S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20191S.1494-S.docxjeanettehully
Running head: S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20191
S.1494-SECURE AND PROTECT ACT OF 20193
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act Of 2019
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019
Problem ID and
Solution
President Donald Trump has not provided a roadmap for re-establishing the U.S. refugee and asylum systems. The refugee crisis is an international issue, and the U.S. should embrace becoming a global humanitarian leader on the disaster. In response, a S.1494-Secure and Protect Act of 2019 bill aims to prevent and respond to the U.S. government’s decisions and tries to close the U.S. openings for refugees and asylum-seekers (S. 1494 — 116th Congress, 2019). The bill will ensure the amendment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to shield alien juveniles. Also, a review of the Immigration and Nationality Act will ensure no more oppression of the asylum-seekers system as well as building refugee application and clearance bodies outside the country. It gives a vision for responding to the global refugee crisis as well as restoring the U.S. humanitarian lost glory under Donald Trump. Senator Graham Lindsey of South Carolina introduced the bill on May 15, 2019, in Congress.
CAN Analysis
Biblical Guidelines
Efforts to undermine the country's programs for refugees and asylum is an injustice issue. The government is always responsible for the safeguarding the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers according to the fundamental right for refugees which is the right not to be subject to oppression, established in Article 33 of the 1951 Convention (Erickson, 2019). The biblical teachings provide guidelines in evaluation of the U.S. government's refugee issues, Muslim ban, and the border wall (McDowell, 2008). The Bible brings out an obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality. In Deuteronomy 23:15-16, the Bible says, "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you…" Also, Acts 18:2 says, "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently having come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome," “Fincham, 2018). As per Scriptures, it is a government's responsibility to protect the rights and interests of refugees and asylum-seekers.
The Constitutional Guidelines
The Refugee Act of 1980 passed in the Congress in the United States gives legal grounds for the current U.S. Refugee Admission Program. President Jimmy Carter signed the Act into legislation on March 17, 1980. The law provides a permanent and systematic process for admitting refugees of particular humanitarian interest to the U.S. and offers comprehensive and equal provisions for the immediate absorption and resettlement of refugees and asylum.
Political
The bill is at its introduction stage and was tabled in the Senate on May 15, 2019. It was read two times in the Senate and presented to t ...
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FINAL EXAM
Policy Formulation and Implementation - PA 6302 A1
Summer 2017
INSTRUCTIONS
The controversy over “Sanctuary Cities” has been a point in the changing immigration landscape
that has stirred much debate and emotion. Please be prepared to discuss the pertinent issues
surrounding the sanctuary cities issue, the current legal requirements that law enforcement
officers must currently abide and any pending or potential legislation on this matter.
After understanding the background, please discuss the practical ramifications to the US
immigration policy, its impact (fiscal and otherwise) and discuss the impact and responsibilities
of federal, state and local governments in this issue.
Also, policy evaluation is important aspect of our discussion, so please discuss in some depth a
process by which consensus—either for or against—may be reached on this issue. How do we
know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if it does not?
Due Date and time: please email your responses to me in MS Word or PDF format at
[email protected] by our class time, 6:30PM, on Wednesday, June 28.
EXAM FORMAT
I would like your response in an essay format. Please keep your responses concise and to the
point, but also thorough. Please maintain the following headings or sections to your response:
1. Issue History and Relevant Facts: in this section, please outline the relevant facts and
brief history as it relates to this issue. Be sure to highlight the point of controversy, or
debate regarding this issue. Please do not provide political commentary but rather
thoughtful analysis of this issue.
2. Potential Areas for Consensus or Resolution: I am interested to know that you have
thought around this issue and have given reasonable analysis to possible issues where
consensus may be gained. This is much the same manner which we discussed in class and
I expect to see your insight and thought process on display.
3. Policy Evaluation: Once action is taken on this issue that you have suggested above,
please discuss a process or mechanism by which to evaluate if this was successful. How
do we know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if it does not?
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Beyond the format indicated above, I am flexible so long as I can follow your thought process. I
have no recommendations on page limits other than to reiterate that you be concise and
thorough.
Below is an article that provides some background on this issue:
Dallas Joins Lawsuit Over Sanctuary Cities Bill
BY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE | JUNE 8, 2017
By Elvia Limón and Robert Wilonsky
Dallas is joining some other Texas cities, including Austin and San Antonio, in taking on the state's
so-called "sanctuary city" law.
Mayor Mike Rawlings made the announcement Wednesd ...
The document discusses a proposal called the Fairness for All Act, which aims to find a compromise between LGBT nondiscrimination protections and religious exemptions. It proposes extensive nondiscrimination protections, but also carefully defined carve-outs for religious charities, schools, and small businesses. While rejected by activists on both sides, the authors argue it deserves closer consideration as it models an approach of negotiated compromise, as was successfully done in Utah. It could build new protections for LGBT Americans while affording new safeguards for religious institutions.
The document discusses Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth's proposal to publish a list of travelers who are supposed to be quarantining upon arrival to Hawaii Island. The ACLU of Hawaii has concerns about privacy and potential unintended consequences. Roth believes transparency is important for government, but privacy during a health crisis must be balanced. The document provides background on Roth and cites his experience as a former prosecutor.
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Case Study Rubric
Criterion
Strong
Average
Weak
Introduction / Primary Problem, Issue or Question Identification
States the case objective and clearly defines the problem, issue or question
Minimally describes the case, includes only the problem, issue or question
Bypasses the introduction and moves directly to commentary on the case
Understanding of Primary Problem, Issue or Question
Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the primary issues and or problems in the case study
Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems
Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study
Analysis and Evaluation of Issues/Problems
Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified problems, issues or questions; includes all necessary calculations
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the problems, issues or questions identified; missing some necessary calculations
Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis of some of the identified problems, issues or questions; omits necessary calculations
Recommendations on Effective
Solution
s/Strategies
Supports diagnosis and opinions with convincing arguments and evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
. Recommendations logically supported
Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a one‐sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented. Illogical recommendations
Little or no action suggested, and/or ineffective or disconnected solutions proposed to the issues in the case study. No attempt at logical support for recommendations
Links to Course Readings and Additional Research
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and the strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and identifies all sources of information
Makes appropriate but vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited sources
Makes ineffective connections or shows no connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete information and sources
Writing Mechanics and Formatting Guidelines
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the audience for the case. Utilizes formatting, clarity and structure to enable the audience to readily see and understand recommended actions. Writing is logical, grammatically correct, spelling is error free
Demonstrates a limited understanding of the audience for the case. Ineffective structuring of response making it difficult to readily see and understand recommended actions. Writing shows poor logic, grammatical and spelli.
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Case Study Rubric
Directly respond to each question providing background to support your
response. (2 points)
Apply at least 2 concepts from the chapter material in the class text,
“Leadership; theory. Application and Skill Development.” Reference to,
“The Handbook of Leaders,” is a welcome addition. (2 points)
Apply your critical thinking skills. (2 points)
o A well cultivated critical thinker:
Raises vital questions and problems, formulating them
clearly and precisely;
Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract
ideas to interpret it effectively comes to well-reasoned
conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant
criteria and standards;
Thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought,
recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions,
implications, and practical consequences; and
Communicates effectively with others in figuring out
solutions to complex problems.
o Taken from Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to
Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, Foundation for Critical
Thinking Press, 2008
Case Studies must be submitted in the following format:
o Clearly title each in a word document with name, date, week etc.
o Must include clearly written and thoughtful narrative
o Post as a response in Blackboard
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University of Virginia’s College at Wise
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THEORY, APPLICATION,
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Case Study Scenario Part 3
Introduction
This media piece explains four ethical theories in order to prepare you for the Unit 3 assignment,
Case Study Resolution
. This media piece also includes parts 1 and 2 of the case study videos for your review.
Part 3
Deontology
The ethical position to do what is right out of duty or obligation. It is often called rule-based ethics.
Deontology has been described as "absolutist," "universal," and "impersonal" (Kant, 1785/1959). It prioritizes absolute obligations over consequences. In this moral framework, ethical decision making is the rational act of applying universal principles to all situations irrespective of specific relations, contexts, or consequences. This reflects Immanuel Kant's conviction that ethical decisions cannot vary or be influenced by special circumstances or relationships. Rather, a decision is "moral" only if a rational person believes the act resulting from the decision should be universally followed in all situations. For Kant, respect for the worth of all persons was one such universal principle. A course of action that results in a person being used simply as a means for others' gains would ethically unacceptable.
With respect to deception in research, from a deontological perspective, since we would not believe it moral to intentionally deceive individuals in some other context, neither potential benefits to society nor the effectiveness of participant debriefing for a particular deception study can morally justify intentionally deceiving persons about the purpose or nature of a research study. Further, deception in research would not be ethically permissible since intentionally disguising the nature of the study for the goals of research violates the moral obligation to respect each participant's intrinsic worth by undermining individuals' right to make rational and autonomous decisions regarding participation (Fisher & Fyrberg, 1994).
Utilitarianism
The ethical position depends on the consequences of the action with the goal being producing the most good.
Utilitarian theory prioritizes the consequences (or utility) of an act over the application of universal principles (Mill, 1861/1957). From this perspective, an ethical decision is situation specific and must be governed by a risk-benefit calculus that determines which act will produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad consequences. An "act utilitarian" makes an ethical decision by evaluating the consequences of an act for a given situation. A "rule utilitarian" makes an ethical decision by evaluating whether following a general rule in all similar situation would create the greater good. Like deontology, utilitarianism is impersonal: It does not take into account interpersonal and relational features of ethical responsibility. From this perspective, psychologists' obligations to those with whom they work can be superseded by an action that would produce a greater good for others (Fisher, 1999).
A ps.
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The document discusses Chevron Corporation's evolution of IT infrastructure to better support its global energy operations. It describes how Chevron uses Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and sensors to monitor and optimize operations at its refineries. It also discusses Chevron's use of enterprise applications like SAP ERP and its move to cloud computing and business-focused web services. Finally, it outlines Chevron's vision for future infrastructure including increased use of mobility, analytics, and social media.
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Case study Rubric
Criterion
Outstanding 3.75
Very Good 3
Good 2.5
Unacceptable 1
Score
Completeness
Complete in all respects; reflects all requirements
Complete in most respects; reflects most requirements
Incomplete many respects; reflects few requirements
Incomplete in most respects; does not reflect requirements
Understanding
Demonstrates excellent understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an accomplished understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an acceptable understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Analysis
Presents an insightful and through analysis of the issue (s) identified
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issue(s) identified
Presents a superficial analysis of some of the issue(s) identified
Presents an incomplete analysis of the issue(s) identified.
Evaluation
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes appropriate connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes little or no connection between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied.
Opinion
Supports opinion with strong arguments and evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
Supports opinion with reasons and evidence; presents a fairly balanced view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
Supports opinion with limited reasons and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument
Supports opinion with few reasons and little evidence; argument is one-sided and not objective.
Recommendations
Presents detailed, realistic, and appropriate recommendations clearly supported by the information presented and concepts studied
Presents specific, realistic and appropriate recommendation supported by the information presented and the concepts studied
Presents realistic or appropriate recommendation supported by the information presented and the concepts studied
Presents realistic or appropriate recommendation with little, if any, support from the information and the concepts studied.
Grammar and Spelling
Minimal spelling and grammar errors
Some spelling and grammar errors
Noticeable spelling and grammar errors
Unacceptable number of spelling and grammar errors
APA guidelines
Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources
Uses APA guidelines with minor violations to cite sources
Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA guidelines
Does not use APA guidelines
Total
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CASE STUDY RUBRIC MICROBIOLOGY
For the Case Study assignment the current pathogen selections may be requested by sending
an email to your instructor!
Assigned Case Study Problem:
You will create a case study for a microbial infection selected from the current pathogen list. Your case
study will be assembled using a detailed rubric (see below). Upon completion, you will submit your
case study to the Blackboard gradebook in Unit 5 and to SafeAssign.
How to create a case study
The case studies are meant to be an enjoyable, interesting, and informative assignment. This is your
chance to show that you understand the key teaching points about a microbe and to communicate
these points in a written format.
What information belongs in my case study?
Have at least 3-4 key referenced points in each of the five areas shown in the Case Study Information
Chart (see below). The left-hand heading in the chart suggests the type of information requested for the
pathogen. Outlines can be in whatever form you prefer (bullets/charts/outlines/diagrams or a mix). Be
sure to include two discussion questions (and provide complete answers) that you can incorporate
into your case study (place them at the end of your write-up). These questions should help connect your
case to other material in the course. For example, what other microbes have an A-B toxin? What other
viruses are transmitted by fecal-oral spread?
How much information should I provide for my case study?
For the Case Study, you are asked to provide at least the information requested in the chart below. The
boxed questions are suggestions for the minimum amount of information within each category. The
more detailed the information, the better the study. You may consult your textbook, CDC, WHO, Access
Medicine, Google Scholar, NCBI, WebMD, etc. to find the information. For example, if you perform a
Google search using the name of the pathogen and the word ‘vaccine’, you will find information on
current vaccines (if any), those in clinical trials, vaccines used only in animals, etc.
Case Study Information Chart
Typical Case What does a typical case look like? Use the standard format for a
patient presentation with chief complaint (CC), history of present illness
(HPI), key physical exam details (PE), lab findings, signature signs, and
any other important findings.
Description of the infectious
agent
If it is a bacterium, how is it classified? If it is a virus, what kind of
nucleic acid does it have? Does it target specific cellular types
(tropism)? Does it form a spore? Is it aerobic? Is it intracellular? Can it
only be grown in a specific type of media? How is it distinguished from
other members of the species? Does the pathogen have a significant
history with humans or animals?
Epidemiology What do you feel are the most important points about the
epidemiology of the disease? Incidence? Portal of entry? Source? Is it a
normal microb.
Case Study Rubric Criteria / Score
Distinguished
Competent
Basic/Pass
Poor
Failing
Content Knowledge
20
18
15
13
0
Case is addressed expansively in reference to assignment instructions, and demonstrates mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed according to assignment instructions, and demonstrates mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed according to assignment instructions but does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed but does not adhere to assignment instructions and does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is not addressed and/or does not adhere to assignment instructions and does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Use of Evidence
10
9
8
6
0
Ideas are supported with evidence and demonstrate a clear understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are somewhat supported with evidence to demonstrate a basic understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are not fully supported with evidence and demonstrate some confusion about the research and theory that support the case study topic.
Ideas are not fully supported with evidence and lack understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are not supported with evidence.
Writing
10
9
8
6
0
Assignment is well written and well organized. Mechanics (spelling and punctuation) and grammar are excellent.
Assignment is well written and well organized and contains few minor errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment is well written and well organized but contains some minor errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment is not clear and/or lacks organization and/or contains several errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment lacks evidence of clear, organized scholarly writing and needs extensive additional work to meet assignment needs.
Standard Writing Style
6
5
4.5
4
0
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style.
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style and contains few minor formatting errors.
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style but contains some minor formatting errors.
Assignment does not provide either in-text citations (where appropriate) or reference sources and/or contains several formatting errors.
Timeliness
4
3.5
3
2.5
0
*Students who initiate communication regarding individual circumstances for lateness will be graded at instructor’s discretion.
Assignment submitted on time.
Assignment submitted one day late.
Assignment submitted two days late.
Assignment submitted three days late.
Assig.
Case Study ReflectionWrite a 4-5 page paper. Your written assi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Reflection
Write a 4-5 page paper. Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure that in- text citations and reference list are correct. Submit your assignment to the Dropbox by the end of this Unit.
In 2007 San Francisco began its Healthy San Francisco Plan designed to provide health care for all San Francisco citizens. In 2007, it was estimated that San Francisco had 82,000 uninsured citizens. Under the plan, all uninsured citizens residing in San Francisco can seek care at the city's public and private clinics and hospitals. The basic coverage includes lab work, x-rays, surgery, and preventative care. The city plans to pay for this $203 million coverage by rerouting the $104 million the city currently spends treating the uninsured in the emergency rooms, mandating business contributions, and requiring income-adjusted enrollment fees. The plan requires all businesses with more than 20 employees to contribute a percentage toward the plan. Many business owners consider this a burden and warn they will not stay in the city. The Mayor sees universal health access a moral obligation for the city.
Take one of the following positions.
San Francisco has an obligation to provide its citizens with health access.-OR-
San Francisco does not have an obligation to provide its citizens with health access.
Discuss the following in your assignment
:
What is the government's role in regulating healthy and unhealthy behavior?
Has the balance between personal freedom and the government's responsibility to provide health and welfare of its citizens been eroded? Why or why not?
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Case Study Questions (Each question is worth 6 marks)1. Defi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Questions (Each question is worth 6 marks)
1. Define the term ‘gastronomy’ and provide some examples to demonstrate your understanding.
2. What benefits and opportunities exist for the local indigenous community of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans with Bendigo newly designated as a creative city of gastronomy?
3. How may the regional city of Bendigo incorporate gastronomy into its destination branding? Provide some examples.
4. Discuss some potential issues and considerations associated with using gastronomy in destination branding activities.
5. Outline some potential creative network collaborations which may result from Bendigo now being admitted to the Creative Cities Network.
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Case Study Reorganizing Human Resources at ASP SoftwareRead the.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study: Reorganizing Human Resources at ASP Software
Read the ASP Software case (Anderson, 2005a) and consider the following questions:
How does the client feel about how the change has been managed at this point?
How do you think the management team or employees feel?
What has McNulty done well in managing the change to this point?
What could she have done differently?
What intervention strategy and intervention activities would you recommend to McNulty?
How would you structure these activities?
What roles would McNulty, the management team, and the consultant play?
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Case Study Report Rubric CriterionWeakAverageStrongIdent.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Report Rubric
Criterion
Weak
Average
Strong
Identification of Main Issues/Problems
Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study.
Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.
Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the main issues/problems in the case study.
Analysis and Evaluation of Issues/Problems
Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis of some of the identified issues; omits necessary calculations.
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issues identified; missing some necessary calculations.
Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified issues/problems; includes all necessary calculations.
Recommendations on Effective
Solution
s/Strategies
Little or no action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study.
Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented.
Supports diagnosis and opinions with strong arguments and well-documented evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective.
Links to Course Readings and Additional Research
Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.
Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited research.
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/ problems and the strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and documents all sources of information.
Writing Mechanics and Formatting Guidelines
Writing is unfocused, rambling, or contains serious errors; poorly organized and does not follow specified guidelines.
Occasional grammar or spelling errors, but still a clear presentation of ideas; lacks organization.
Demonstrates clarity, conciseness and correctness; formatting is appropriate and writing is free of grammar and spelling errors.
Staffing at The King Company
Kevin Tu has managed staffing at King since the early years when the company had less than 100 employees. Tu runs a tight ship and manages the department with only one other recruiter and an administrative assistant, who maintains all job postings, including a telephone employment hotline and the company’s job line web site. Tu is well-respected across the organization for his strict adherence to ensuring equity in hiring and job placement that goes well beyond equal opportunity requirements.
Tu recently completed an aggressive hiring drive at major universities, hiring several new en.
Case Study Project (A) Hefty Hardware - Be sure to address each .docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Project (A) Hefty Hardware - Be sure to address each question in the Case study, and explain your rationale thoroughly. Be sure you saved your file with your full name, and title of this project. Example:
Jason Karp Case Studies A. Details
: You will be given a case study to solve from the textbook. While your responses will vary, properly documenting your response from valid resources is a requirement. This assignment requires you to use proper citations and references from the textbook and alternate sources. Thoughtful opinions/research based on the literature, and from the textbook are necessary, so be sure to review the chapter prior to completing these activities. This task is like a research paper, so please take your time when preparing your responses. Separating each case study with a title and proper formatting is
essential
so that I can read and follow your paper. A one (1) page response is NOT - NOT going to earn you maximum points. The Case Study response will be submitted on the assigned due date from the past weeks (s
ee submission due dates and rubric
)
. The Dropbox will close after the due date and late submission will not be accepted.
Case study projects are NOT posted on the discussion board, they are submitted as an assignment.
Case study text from text book :
MINI CASE
Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware2
"IT is a pain in the neck," groused cheryl O'Shea, VP of retail marketing, as she
slipped into a seat at the table in the Hefty Hardware executive dining room, next to her colleagues. “It’s all technical mumbo-jumbo when they talk to you and I still don’t know if they have any idea about what we’re trying to accomplish with our Savvy Store program. I keep explaining that we have to improve the customer experience and that we need IT’s help to do this, but they keep talking about infrastructure and bandwidth and technical architecture, which is all their internal stuff and doesn’t relate to what we’re trying to do at all! They have so many processes and reviews that I’m not sure we’ll ever get this project off the ground unless we go outside the company.”"You have got that right", agreed Glen vogel, the COO. " I really like my IT account manager, Jenny Henderson. She sits in on all our strategy meetings and seems to really understand our business, but that’s about as far as it goes. By the time we get a project going, my staff are all complaining that the IT people don’t even know some of our basic business functions, like how our warehouses operate. It takes so long to deliver any sort of technology to the field, and when it doesn’t work the way we want it to, they just shrug and tell us to add it to the list for the next release! Are we really getting value for all of the millions that we pour into IT?”
“Well, I don’t think it’s as bad as you both seem to believe,” added Michelle Wright, the CFO. “My EA sings the praises of the help desk and the new ERP system we put in last y.
Case Study Proposing a Data Gathering Approach at TLG Solutions (.docxdrennanmicah
TLG is looking to improve their data gathering approach. A proposed solution is to survey customers about their product and service experiences to gather feedback. They could also analyze online customer reviews and implement a customer relationship management system to track interactions over time to better understand customer needs.
Case Study Project Part I Declared JurisdictionTemplate Sta.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Project Part I: Declared Jurisdiction
Template Statement of Action Research Intent
The (Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee United States) will be examined to determine the current status of economic development. The resources for this study initially will come from public administrator generated information. The data will be assessed using S.W.O. T. Analysis. “Smart” Action Research will then be conducted to determine what specific economic development strategies may be employed to address areas of concern required for enhancing economic development prospects in the above jurisdiction. Using published scholarly resources and pertinent analytics, the action research efforts will turn to identifying options available to decision makers. This action research will result in a final report that provides both the criteria by which economic developments strategies may be weighed and a discussion of recommended actions, each uniquely assembled to improve the economic prospects for (Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee United States).
PADM 530
Case Study Project Part 2: Economic Development Analysis and Proposal Instructions
You will submit an Economic Development Analysis and Proposal Plan, consisting of 15-20 pages, not including the title page, abstract, or reference page. In order to complete this assignment, you must choose a specific locale that you want to use for your case study. You may wish to select the community in which you currently live or a hometown as the focus of this report. A case must be a “bounded system” with definable parameters (Stake, 1995). Thus, you must choose a locale that you can define and limit. For example, you should not use New York City. Its size is far beyond what you will be able to accomplish in this course. Likewise, you would not want to choose Huston, Idaho, as it is far too small to have a need for a cohesive economic development plan. In this assignment, you will target the specific situations found in an American city, town, or county. This assignment will require that you address the following six specific areas:
Locale
When choosing your locale, make sure that you will be able to find demographic and economic information. You will want to choose an area with which you are familiar or an area where there is obvious need. Attempt to pick a city or a town that is not extremely large (i.e., New York City, however, Staten Island could be a viable project). Choosing wisely will make your research more focused so that you can complete the research by the time the course has finished.
Economic Situation
You must detail the specific economic situation facing this location. For example, if you were to choose Flint, MI, you would have to discuss the impact of the auto industry moving away from the city and the subsequent economic and social conditions of the city. How has the economic shift impacted the city and how has the city responded in the last 30 years? Additionally, what initiatives.
Case Study Proposing a Data Gathering Approach at TLG Solutions.docxdrennanmicah
TLG is looking to improve their data gathering approach. A proposed solution is to survey customers about their product and service experiences to gather feedback. They could also analyze online customer reviews and implement a customer relationship management system to track interactions over time to better understand customer needs.
Case Study Peer Comments In each case study, you are expected.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Peer Comments:
In each case study, you are expected to respond to at least two peers’ postings in the classroom. Comments should add new information to the discussion or provide an assessment of your peer's posting. Peer comments are due by Sunday midnight
Mary Post:
#2: To obtain the necessary transportation capabilities in a short timeframe, what type of software purchase option should myIoT pursue? Explain.
The software purchase option that myIoT, Inc. should pursue would be a SaaS application. This is an Internet based service where the software is accessed online and there is no need to have it installed on site. This is a less expensive option than purchasing software and licenses, and it allows access to the outside vendors. It is also cheaper than hosted software. Based on the cloud location, the setup time is faster, which is what myIoT needs for a two-month turnaround.
#3: What types of technology implementation challenges might myIoT face? How can these risks be minimized?
Application integration would pose a challenge. Since there is a short time-frame, ensuring all partners are “up and running” could be their biggest issue. There will need to be a training period for all that access the data. Should any of their vendors not have the same capabilities, this could throw off their entire operation. Also, due to the variety of systems organizing and sharing information might be a problem. MyIot would need to work with its supply chain partners and vendors to ensure they are all capable using the chosen TMS and begin to implement it right away. This will allow extra time to make changes and enforce training sessions.
Desmond Post
2. To obtain the necessary transportation capabilities in a short timeframe, what type of software purchase option should myIoT pursue? Explain.
My Iot should pursue a well designed TMS software system. This system specializes in planning the flow of materials across the supply chain. It's the core of routing, rating, and, executing shipments across multiple modes tracking, load tracing, and freight settlement. The capabilities and scope of TMS expands the software to a much more integrative system. It provides support for transportation strategic, tactical, and operational planning, as well as delivery execution, in transit visibility and performance evaluation. TMS also supports appointment scheduling, metrics monitoring, and freight bill auditing.
3. Whats types of technology implemenation challenges might my iot face? How can these risks be minized?
My Iot could potentially loose time in wages, delay of shipment, and possibly loose business with customers, but these risks could be minimized by implementing better planning, develop training within your team, create effective structure and monitor the technology program by following these simple steps below to correct system and human error as they occur:
· Secure the commitment of senior management
· Remember .
Case Study ProblemLeadership appears as a popular agenda it.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Problem:
Leadership appears as a popular agenda item in police executive training. Go to Google and search “police executive training courses.” Other than the Covey program discussed in this chapter, what are the other programs that are offered for police chiefs? What are the topic areas assigned under the heading of “leadership”? Be sure to use the graduate case study format.
attached is graduate study case analysis format
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Case Study Planning for GrowthKelly’s Sandwich Stop is one of t.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study: Planning for Growth
Kelly’s Sandwich Stop
is one of the best-known and most loved sandwich concessions in town. In business for about five years, she sells sandwiches and other lunch items made from locally produced food from her mobile food trailer. Kelly’s passion and talent for creating reliably fresh, tasty lunch fare popular among a business clientele (largely employees and shoppers) has made her small enterprise a booming success.
In the last year, Kelly added a bicycle-towed concession that travels to different strategic locations in town, selling her popular sandwiches to customers who work beyond walking distance of
Kelly’s Sandwich
Stop
. She now has a total of four employees, all part-time, working both concessions. Because she caters to urban customers, her concessions operate on week days from 10 am to 2 pm. To promote word-of-mouth advertising, Kelly uses Facebook to publish her daily menus and the locations of the bicycle concession.
As a sole proprietor, Kelly has been pleased with her lunch business success. Now it’s time to get serious about the future of her business. In the short and medium term, she wants to see it grow into a potentially more lucrative enterprise, implementing a greater variety of food products and services, and increasing her competitive edge in the region. Ever the ardent entrepreneur, Kelly’s long-term dream is to develop her creative, health-conscious culinary skills and services into a wider clientele outside the region.
An opportunity has arisen to lease restaurant space about 10 miles away from her trailer concession location, close to a mall and the suburbs and nearer to her local food producers. Kelly has jumped at the chance. While she has hired professional business consultants to help her set up the space, design the menu, and implement the opening of the restaurant, she must also consider the short- and long-term financial, HR, and management needs of such an expansion. Kelly is particularly sensitive to her relationship to her customers, employees, and the community.
Directions for paper below:
In this paper, students will analyze and discuss small business growth in terms of growth strategy, business forms, short and medium term goals, financing assistance, organizational structure and staffing needs, customers and promotion, and ethics and social responsibility. Students are expected to apply business and management concepts learned in our course.
By completing this assignment, students will meet the outcome(s):
identify the critical business functions and how they interact in order to position the organization to be effective in the current business environment;
explain the importance of the integration of individuals and systems to organizational effectiveness;
describe the ethical and social responsibilities that confront a business.
Required Elements of the Final Project:
Read critically and analyze the case below,
Planning for Growth
;
Review the project descripti.
Case Study People v. Smith, 470 NW2d 70, Michigan Supreme Court (19.docxdrennanmicah
The document discusses the case of People v. Smith, where the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on whether a juvenile defendant's prior convictions could be used to sentence them as an adult. It asks for a summary of the case facts, issue, and ruling, as well as an overview of the importance of expunging juvenile records. Finally, it inquires about a state's juvenile expungement laws and criteria for transferring juveniles to adult court.
Case Study OneBMGT 464 Portfolio Activity TwoPurposeIn thi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study One:
BMGT 464 Portfolio Activity Two
Purpose:
In this case the committee is looking to see how you can apply communication skills to obtain the maximum job performance of the employee in each of the short scenarios. After reading each short case, prepare answers to the questions for the upcoming search committee interview to review.
Outcomes:
The students will demonstrate understanding of the following outcomes:
· How to manage, organize, and lead employees;
· To identify the organizational theory related to increasing job performance to raise company effectiveness;
· How to communicate effectively to affect change or motivation; and
· Writing for persuasiveness.
Scenarios and Questions:
After reading each short case, prepare answers to the questions for the upcoming search committee interview to review.
1) “RLI Home Builds a Castle on Communication”
Since the outset the owner Ralph Lorean has prided himself on focusing the culture of the company on excellent customer service. Managers know that a culture like this would only work if the company’s employees enjoyed their work and the company. He wanted to build a company where every employee felt they owned the castle. Ralph believed that communication was essential to making an employee feel a part of the group, so he often said that he never wanted employees to “read about their company in the media and learn something new.”
Because RLI is international in scope it is possible that on any given day or time two thirds of its 2,000 employees are outside an office. To conquer the communication this problem imposes Ralph is surveying his managers to see if they think a new, but very expensive, “dashboard” intranet system would be worth the expenditure. The system would ensure optimal communication strategies allowing every employee remote access from wherever they are. Regardless, of location every employee can share information on the dashboard from their cell phone. However, it does not offer a “SKYPE” feature. Management has sent a short questionnaire to you asking the following questions:
A) How would the new tool influence job performance positively in RLI?
B) Could dependence on a program which does not permit access to verbal or face to face communications hinder job performance in a global setting? If so why?
C) If the dashboard was only presented in English would this be a factor in its intracompany success?
D) One of the biggest reasons suggested for purchasing the system is that it allows information to flow both from top down to bottom up. Do you see this as possible if the company is not structured in a similar way? If so why, if not why not?
2) Email Over All! Richard Burton is one of the production supervisors at Lighting R Us a branch of RLI. Richard supervises 25 employees and has been performing well in this same job for 5 years. Burton wants a promotion in the foreseeable future but feels it unlikely. Burton is always “on”. He has 24/7 email access, texts al.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Case Study RubricCriterionStrongAverageWeakInt.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Rubric
Criterion
Strong
Average
Weak
Introduction / Primary Problem, Issue or Question Identification
States the case objective and clearly defines the problem, issue or question
Minimally describes the case, includes only the problem, issue or question
Bypasses the introduction and moves directly to commentary on the case
Understanding of Primary Problem, Issue or Question
Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the primary issues and or problems in the case study
Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems
Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study
Analysis and Evaluation of Issues/Problems
Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified problems, issues or questions; includes all necessary calculations
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the problems, issues or questions identified; missing some necessary calculations
Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis of some of the identified problems, issues or questions; omits necessary calculations
Recommendations on Effective
Solution
s/Strategies
Supports diagnosis and opinions with convincing arguments and evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
. Recommendations logically supported
Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a one‐sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented. Illogical recommendations
Little or no action suggested, and/or ineffective or disconnected solutions proposed to the issues in the case study. No attempt at logical support for recommendations
Links to Course Readings and Additional Research
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and the strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and identifies all sources of information
Makes appropriate but vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited sources
Makes ineffective connections or shows no connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete information and sources
Writing Mechanics and Formatting Guidelines
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the audience for the case. Utilizes formatting, clarity and structure to enable the audience to readily see and understand recommended actions. Writing is logical, grammatically correct, spelling is error free
Demonstrates a limited understanding of the audience for the case. Ineffective structuring of response making it difficult to readily see and understand recommended actions. Writing shows poor logic, grammatical and spelli.
Case Study Rubric Directly respond to each questi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Rubric
Directly respond to each question providing background to support your
response. (2 points)
Apply at least 2 concepts from the chapter material in the class text,
“Leadership; theory. Application and Skill Development.” Reference to,
“The Handbook of Leaders,” is a welcome addition. (2 points)
Apply your critical thinking skills. (2 points)
o A well cultivated critical thinker:
Raises vital questions and problems, formulating them
clearly and precisely;
Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract
ideas to interpret it effectively comes to well-reasoned
conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant
criteria and standards;
Thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought,
recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions,
implications, and practical consequences; and
Communicates effectively with others in figuring out
solutions to complex problems.
o Taken from Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to
Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, Foundation for Critical
Thinking Press, 2008
Case Studies must be submitted in the following format:
o Clearly title each in a word document with name, date, week etc.
o Must include clearly written and thoughtful narrative
o Post as a response in Blackboard
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Australia • Brazil • Mexico • Singapore • United Kingdom • United States
Robert N. Lussier, Ph.D.
Spring field College
Christopher F. Achua, D.B.A.
University of Virginia’s College at Wise
S I X T H E D I T I O N
Leadership
THEORY, APPLICATION,
& SKILL DE VELOPMENT
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Case Study Scenario Part 3
Introduction
This media piece explains four ethical theories in order to prepare you for the Unit 3 assignment,
Case Study Resolution
. This media piece also includes parts 1 and 2 of the case study videos for your review.
Part 3
Deontology
The ethical position to do what is right out of duty or obligation. It is often called rule-based ethics.
Deontology has been described as "absolutist," "universal," and "impersonal" (Kant, 1785/1959). It prioritizes absolute obligations over consequences. In this moral framework, ethical decision making is the rational act of applying universal principles to all situations irrespective of specific relations, contexts, or consequences. This reflects Immanuel Kant's conviction that ethical decisions cannot vary or be influenced by special circumstances or relationships. Rather, a decision is "moral" only if a rational person believes the act resulting from the decision should be universally followed in all situations. For Kant, respect for the worth of all persons was one such universal principle. A course of action that results in a person being used simply as a means for others' gains would ethically unacceptable.
With respect to deception in research, from a deontological perspective, since we would not believe it moral to intentionally deceive individuals in some other context, neither potential benefits to society nor the effectiveness of participant debriefing for a particular deception study can morally justify intentionally deceiving persons about the purpose or nature of a research study. Further, deception in research would not be ethically permissible since intentionally disguising the nature of the study for the goals of research violates the moral obligation to respect each participant's intrinsic worth by undermining individuals' right to make rational and autonomous decisions regarding participation (Fisher & Fyrberg, 1994).
Utilitarianism
The ethical position depends on the consequences of the action with the goal being producing the most good.
Utilitarian theory prioritizes the consequences (or utility) of an act over the application of universal principles (Mill, 1861/1957). From this perspective, an ethical decision is situation specific and must be governed by a risk-benefit calculus that determines which act will produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad consequences. An "act utilitarian" makes an ethical decision by evaluating the consequences of an act for a given situation. A "rule utilitarian" makes an ethical decision by evaluating whether following a general rule in all similar situation would create the greater good. Like deontology, utilitarianism is impersonal: It does not take into account interpersonal and relational features of ethical responsibility. From this perspective, psychologists' obligations to those with whom they work can be superseded by an action that would produce a greater good for others (Fisher, 1999).
A ps.
Case Study RubricYour case study will be assessed as follows•.docxdrennanmicah
The document discusses Chevron Corporation's evolution of IT infrastructure to better support its global energy operations. It describes how Chevron uses Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and sensors to monitor and optimize operations at its refineries. It also discusses Chevron's use of enterprise applications like SAP ERP and its move to cloud computing and business-focused web services. Finally, it outlines Chevron's vision for future infrastructure including increased use of mobility, analytics, and social media.
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Case study Rubric
Criterion
Outstanding 3.75
Very Good 3
Good 2.5
Unacceptable 1
Score
Completeness
Complete in all respects; reflects all requirements
Complete in most respects; reflects most requirements
Incomplete many respects; reflects few requirements
Incomplete in most respects; does not reflect requirements
Understanding
Demonstrates excellent understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an accomplished understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an acceptable understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the topic(s) and issue(s)
Analysis
Presents an insightful and through analysis of the issue (s) identified
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issue(s) identified
Presents a superficial analysis of some of the issue(s) identified
Presents an incomplete analysis of the issue(s) identified.
Evaluation
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes appropriate connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied
Makes little or no connection between the issue(s) identified and the concept(s) studied.
Opinion
Supports opinion with strong arguments and evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
Supports opinion with reasons and evidence; presents a fairly balanced view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective
Supports opinion with limited reasons and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument
Supports opinion with few reasons and little evidence; argument is one-sided and not objective.
Recommendations
Presents detailed, realistic, and appropriate recommendations clearly supported by the information presented and concepts studied
Presents specific, realistic and appropriate recommendation supported by the information presented and the concepts studied
Presents realistic or appropriate recommendation supported by the information presented and the concepts studied
Presents realistic or appropriate recommendation with little, if any, support from the information and the concepts studied.
Grammar and Spelling
Minimal spelling and grammar errors
Some spelling and grammar errors
Noticeable spelling and grammar errors
Unacceptable number of spelling and grammar errors
APA guidelines
Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources
Uses APA guidelines with minor violations to cite sources
Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA guidelines
Does not use APA guidelines
Total
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CASE STUDY RUBRIC MICROBIOLOGY For the Case Study assig.docxdrennanmicah
CASE STUDY RUBRIC MICROBIOLOGY
For the Case Study assignment the current pathogen selections may be requested by sending
an email to your instructor!
Assigned Case Study Problem:
You will create a case study for a microbial infection selected from the current pathogen list. Your case
study will be assembled using a detailed rubric (see below). Upon completion, you will submit your
case study to the Blackboard gradebook in Unit 5 and to SafeAssign.
How to create a case study
The case studies are meant to be an enjoyable, interesting, and informative assignment. This is your
chance to show that you understand the key teaching points about a microbe and to communicate
these points in a written format.
What information belongs in my case study?
Have at least 3-4 key referenced points in each of the five areas shown in the Case Study Information
Chart (see below). The left-hand heading in the chart suggests the type of information requested for the
pathogen. Outlines can be in whatever form you prefer (bullets/charts/outlines/diagrams or a mix). Be
sure to include two discussion questions (and provide complete answers) that you can incorporate
into your case study (place them at the end of your write-up). These questions should help connect your
case to other material in the course. For example, what other microbes have an A-B toxin? What other
viruses are transmitted by fecal-oral spread?
How much information should I provide for my case study?
For the Case Study, you are asked to provide at least the information requested in the chart below. The
boxed questions are suggestions for the minimum amount of information within each category. The
more detailed the information, the better the study. You may consult your textbook, CDC, WHO, Access
Medicine, Google Scholar, NCBI, WebMD, etc. to find the information. For example, if you perform a
Google search using the name of the pathogen and the word ‘vaccine’, you will find information on
current vaccines (if any), those in clinical trials, vaccines used only in animals, etc.
Case Study Information Chart
Typical Case What does a typical case look like? Use the standard format for a
patient presentation with chief complaint (CC), history of present illness
(HPI), key physical exam details (PE), lab findings, signature signs, and
any other important findings.
Description of the infectious
agent
If it is a bacterium, how is it classified? If it is a virus, what kind of
nucleic acid does it have? Does it target specific cellular types
(tropism)? Does it form a spore? Is it aerobic? Is it intracellular? Can it
only be grown in a specific type of media? How is it distinguished from
other members of the species? Does the pathogen have a significant
history with humans or animals?
Epidemiology What do you feel are the most important points about the
epidemiology of the disease? Incidence? Portal of entry? Source? Is it a
normal microb.
Case Study Rubric Criteria / Score
Distinguished
Competent
Basic/Pass
Poor
Failing
Content Knowledge
20
18
15
13
0
Case is addressed expansively in reference to assignment instructions, and demonstrates mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed according to assignment instructions, and demonstrates mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed according to assignment instructions but does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is addressed but does not adhere to assignment instructions and does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Case is not addressed and/or does not adhere to assignment instructions and does not demonstrate mastery of the subject matter appropriate to the assignment.
Use of Evidence
10
9
8
6
0
Ideas are supported with evidence and demonstrate a clear understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are somewhat supported with evidence to demonstrate a basic understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are not fully supported with evidence and demonstrate some confusion about the research and theory that support the case study topic.
Ideas are not fully supported with evidence and lack understanding of the research and theory behind the topic.
Ideas are not supported with evidence.
Writing
10
9
8
6
0
Assignment is well written and well organized. Mechanics (spelling and punctuation) and grammar are excellent.
Assignment is well written and well organized and contains few minor errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment is well written and well organized but contains some minor errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment is not clear and/or lacks organization and/or contains several errors in mechanics and/or grammar.
Assignment lacks evidence of clear, organized scholarly writing and needs extensive additional work to meet assignment needs.
Standard Writing Style
6
5
4.5
4
0
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style.
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style and contains few minor formatting errors.
Assignment demonstrates appropriate in-text citations of sources (where appropriate) and references in proper formatting style but contains some minor formatting errors.
Assignment does not provide either in-text citations (where appropriate) or reference sources and/or contains several formatting errors.
Timeliness
4
3.5
3
2.5
0
*Students who initiate communication regarding individual circumstances for lateness will be graded at instructor’s discretion.
Assignment submitted on time.
Assignment submitted one day late.
Assignment submitted two days late.
Assignment submitted three days late.
Assig.
Case Study ReflectionWrite a 4-5 page paper. Your written assi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Reflection
Write a 4-5 page paper. Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure that in- text citations and reference list are correct. Submit your assignment to the Dropbox by the end of this Unit.
In 2007 San Francisco began its Healthy San Francisco Plan designed to provide health care for all San Francisco citizens. In 2007, it was estimated that San Francisco had 82,000 uninsured citizens. Under the plan, all uninsured citizens residing in San Francisco can seek care at the city's public and private clinics and hospitals. The basic coverage includes lab work, x-rays, surgery, and preventative care. The city plans to pay for this $203 million coverage by rerouting the $104 million the city currently spends treating the uninsured in the emergency rooms, mandating business contributions, and requiring income-adjusted enrollment fees. The plan requires all businesses with more than 20 employees to contribute a percentage toward the plan. Many business owners consider this a burden and warn they will not stay in the city. The Mayor sees universal health access a moral obligation for the city.
Take one of the following positions.
San Francisco has an obligation to provide its citizens with health access.-OR-
San Francisco does not have an obligation to provide its citizens with health access.
Discuss the following in your assignment
:
What is the government's role in regulating healthy and unhealthy behavior?
Has the balance between personal freedom and the government's responsibility to provide health and welfare of its citizens been eroded? Why or why not?
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Case Study Questions (Each question is worth 6 marks)1. Defi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Questions (Each question is worth 6 marks)
1. Define the term ‘gastronomy’ and provide some examples to demonstrate your understanding.
2. What benefits and opportunities exist for the local indigenous community of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans with Bendigo newly designated as a creative city of gastronomy?
3. How may the regional city of Bendigo incorporate gastronomy into its destination branding? Provide some examples.
4. Discuss some potential issues and considerations associated with using gastronomy in destination branding activities.
5. Outline some potential creative network collaborations which may result from Bendigo now being admitted to the Creative Cities Network.
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Case Study Reorganizing Human Resources at ASP SoftwareRead the.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study: Reorganizing Human Resources at ASP Software
Read the ASP Software case (Anderson, 2005a) and consider the following questions:
How does the client feel about how the change has been managed at this point?
How do you think the management team or employees feel?
What has McNulty done well in managing the change to this point?
What could she have done differently?
What intervention strategy and intervention activities would you recommend to McNulty?
How would you structure these activities?
What roles would McNulty, the management team, and the consultant play?
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Case Study Report Rubric CriterionWeakAverageStrongIdent.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Report Rubric
Criterion
Weak
Average
Strong
Identification of Main Issues/Problems
Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study.
Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.
Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the main issues/problems in the case study.
Analysis and Evaluation of Issues/Problems
Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis of some of the identified issues; omits necessary calculations.
Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issues identified; missing some necessary calculations.
Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified issues/problems; includes all necessary calculations.
Recommendations on Effective
Solution
s/Strategies
Little or no action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study.
Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented.
Supports diagnosis and opinions with strong arguments and well-documented evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective.
Links to Course Readings and Additional Research
Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.
Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited research.
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/ problems and the strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and documents all sources of information.
Writing Mechanics and Formatting Guidelines
Writing is unfocused, rambling, or contains serious errors; poorly organized and does not follow specified guidelines.
Occasional grammar or spelling errors, but still a clear presentation of ideas; lacks organization.
Demonstrates clarity, conciseness and correctness; formatting is appropriate and writing is free of grammar and spelling errors.
Staffing at The King Company
Kevin Tu has managed staffing at King since the early years when the company had less than 100 employees. Tu runs a tight ship and manages the department with only one other recruiter and an administrative assistant, who maintains all job postings, including a telephone employment hotline and the company’s job line web site. Tu is well-respected across the organization for his strict adherence to ensuring equity in hiring and job placement that goes well beyond equal opportunity requirements.
Tu recently completed an aggressive hiring drive at major universities, hiring several new en.
Case Study Project (A) Hefty Hardware - Be sure to address each .docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Project (A) Hefty Hardware - Be sure to address each question in the Case study, and explain your rationale thoroughly. Be sure you saved your file with your full name, and title of this project. Example:
Jason Karp Case Studies A. Details
: You will be given a case study to solve from the textbook. While your responses will vary, properly documenting your response from valid resources is a requirement. This assignment requires you to use proper citations and references from the textbook and alternate sources. Thoughtful opinions/research based on the literature, and from the textbook are necessary, so be sure to review the chapter prior to completing these activities. This task is like a research paper, so please take your time when preparing your responses. Separating each case study with a title and proper formatting is
essential
so that I can read and follow your paper. A one (1) page response is NOT - NOT going to earn you maximum points. The Case Study response will be submitted on the assigned due date from the past weeks (s
ee submission due dates and rubric
)
. The Dropbox will close after the due date and late submission will not be accepted.
Case study projects are NOT posted on the discussion board, they are submitted as an assignment.
Case study text from text book :
MINI CASE
Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware2
"IT is a pain in the neck," groused cheryl O'Shea, VP of retail marketing, as she
slipped into a seat at the table in the Hefty Hardware executive dining room, next to her colleagues. “It’s all technical mumbo-jumbo when they talk to you and I still don’t know if they have any idea about what we’re trying to accomplish with our Savvy Store program. I keep explaining that we have to improve the customer experience and that we need IT’s help to do this, but they keep talking about infrastructure and bandwidth and technical architecture, which is all their internal stuff and doesn’t relate to what we’re trying to do at all! They have so many processes and reviews that I’m not sure we’ll ever get this project off the ground unless we go outside the company.”"You have got that right", agreed Glen vogel, the COO. " I really like my IT account manager, Jenny Henderson. She sits in on all our strategy meetings and seems to really understand our business, but that’s about as far as it goes. By the time we get a project going, my staff are all complaining that the IT people don’t even know some of our basic business functions, like how our warehouses operate. It takes so long to deliver any sort of technology to the field, and when it doesn’t work the way we want it to, they just shrug and tell us to add it to the list for the next release! Are we really getting value for all of the millions that we pour into IT?”
“Well, I don’t think it’s as bad as you both seem to believe,” added Michelle Wright, the CFO. “My EA sings the praises of the help desk and the new ERP system we put in last y.
Case Study Proposing a Data Gathering Approach at TLG Solutions (.docxdrennanmicah
TLG is looking to improve their data gathering approach. A proposed solution is to survey customers about their product and service experiences to gather feedback. They could also analyze online customer reviews and implement a customer relationship management system to track interactions over time to better understand customer needs.
Case Study Project Part I Declared JurisdictionTemplate Sta.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Project Part I: Declared Jurisdiction
Template Statement of Action Research Intent
The (Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee United States) will be examined to determine the current status of economic development. The resources for this study initially will come from public administrator generated information. The data will be assessed using S.W.O. T. Analysis. “Smart” Action Research will then be conducted to determine what specific economic development strategies may be employed to address areas of concern required for enhancing economic development prospects in the above jurisdiction. Using published scholarly resources and pertinent analytics, the action research efforts will turn to identifying options available to decision makers. This action research will result in a final report that provides both the criteria by which economic developments strategies may be weighed and a discussion of recommended actions, each uniquely assembled to improve the economic prospects for (Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee United States).
PADM 530
Case Study Project Part 2: Economic Development Analysis and Proposal Instructions
You will submit an Economic Development Analysis and Proposal Plan, consisting of 15-20 pages, not including the title page, abstract, or reference page. In order to complete this assignment, you must choose a specific locale that you want to use for your case study. You may wish to select the community in which you currently live or a hometown as the focus of this report. A case must be a “bounded system” with definable parameters (Stake, 1995). Thus, you must choose a locale that you can define and limit. For example, you should not use New York City. Its size is far beyond what you will be able to accomplish in this course. Likewise, you would not want to choose Huston, Idaho, as it is far too small to have a need for a cohesive economic development plan. In this assignment, you will target the specific situations found in an American city, town, or county. This assignment will require that you address the following six specific areas:
Locale
When choosing your locale, make sure that you will be able to find demographic and economic information. You will want to choose an area with which you are familiar or an area where there is obvious need. Attempt to pick a city or a town that is not extremely large (i.e., New York City, however, Staten Island could be a viable project). Choosing wisely will make your research more focused so that you can complete the research by the time the course has finished.
Economic Situation
You must detail the specific economic situation facing this location. For example, if you were to choose Flint, MI, you would have to discuss the impact of the auto industry moving away from the city and the subsequent economic and social conditions of the city. How has the economic shift impacted the city and how has the city responded in the last 30 years? Additionally, what initiatives.
Case Study Proposing a Data Gathering Approach at TLG Solutions.docxdrennanmicah
TLG is looking to improve their data gathering approach. A proposed solution is to survey customers about their product and service experiences to gather feedback. They could also analyze online customer reviews and implement a customer relationship management system to track interactions over time to better understand customer needs.
Case Study Peer Comments In each case study, you are expected.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Peer Comments:
In each case study, you are expected to respond to at least two peers’ postings in the classroom. Comments should add new information to the discussion or provide an assessment of your peer's posting. Peer comments are due by Sunday midnight
Mary Post:
#2: To obtain the necessary transportation capabilities in a short timeframe, what type of software purchase option should myIoT pursue? Explain.
The software purchase option that myIoT, Inc. should pursue would be a SaaS application. This is an Internet based service where the software is accessed online and there is no need to have it installed on site. This is a less expensive option than purchasing software and licenses, and it allows access to the outside vendors. It is also cheaper than hosted software. Based on the cloud location, the setup time is faster, which is what myIoT needs for a two-month turnaround.
#3: What types of technology implementation challenges might myIoT face? How can these risks be minimized?
Application integration would pose a challenge. Since there is a short time-frame, ensuring all partners are “up and running” could be their biggest issue. There will need to be a training period for all that access the data. Should any of their vendors not have the same capabilities, this could throw off their entire operation. Also, due to the variety of systems organizing and sharing information might be a problem. MyIot would need to work with its supply chain partners and vendors to ensure they are all capable using the chosen TMS and begin to implement it right away. This will allow extra time to make changes and enforce training sessions.
Desmond Post
2. To obtain the necessary transportation capabilities in a short timeframe, what type of software purchase option should myIoT pursue? Explain.
My Iot should pursue a well designed TMS software system. This system specializes in planning the flow of materials across the supply chain. It's the core of routing, rating, and, executing shipments across multiple modes tracking, load tracing, and freight settlement. The capabilities and scope of TMS expands the software to a much more integrative system. It provides support for transportation strategic, tactical, and operational planning, as well as delivery execution, in transit visibility and performance evaluation. TMS also supports appointment scheduling, metrics monitoring, and freight bill auditing.
3. Whats types of technology implemenation challenges might my iot face? How can these risks be minized?
My Iot could potentially loose time in wages, delay of shipment, and possibly loose business with customers, but these risks could be minimized by implementing better planning, develop training within your team, create effective structure and monitor the technology program by following these simple steps below to correct system and human error as they occur:
· Secure the commitment of senior management
· Remember .
Case Study ProblemLeadership appears as a popular agenda it.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study Problem:
Leadership appears as a popular agenda item in police executive training. Go to Google and search “police executive training courses.” Other than the Covey program discussed in this chapter, what are the other programs that are offered for police chiefs? What are the topic areas assigned under the heading of “leadership”? Be sure to use the graduate case study format.
attached is graduate study case analysis format
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Case Study Planning for GrowthKelly’s Sandwich Stop is one of t.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study: Planning for Growth
Kelly’s Sandwich Stop
is one of the best-known and most loved sandwich concessions in town. In business for about five years, she sells sandwiches and other lunch items made from locally produced food from her mobile food trailer. Kelly’s passion and talent for creating reliably fresh, tasty lunch fare popular among a business clientele (largely employees and shoppers) has made her small enterprise a booming success.
In the last year, Kelly added a bicycle-towed concession that travels to different strategic locations in town, selling her popular sandwiches to customers who work beyond walking distance of
Kelly’s Sandwich
Stop
. She now has a total of four employees, all part-time, working both concessions. Because she caters to urban customers, her concessions operate on week days from 10 am to 2 pm. To promote word-of-mouth advertising, Kelly uses Facebook to publish her daily menus and the locations of the bicycle concession.
As a sole proprietor, Kelly has been pleased with her lunch business success. Now it’s time to get serious about the future of her business. In the short and medium term, she wants to see it grow into a potentially more lucrative enterprise, implementing a greater variety of food products and services, and increasing her competitive edge in the region. Ever the ardent entrepreneur, Kelly’s long-term dream is to develop her creative, health-conscious culinary skills and services into a wider clientele outside the region.
An opportunity has arisen to lease restaurant space about 10 miles away from her trailer concession location, close to a mall and the suburbs and nearer to her local food producers. Kelly has jumped at the chance. While she has hired professional business consultants to help her set up the space, design the menu, and implement the opening of the restaurant, she must also consider the short- and long-term financial, HR, and management needs of such an expansion. Kelly is particularly sensitive to her relationship to her customers, employees, and the community.
Directions for paper below:
In this paper, students will analyze and discuss small business growth in terms of growth strategy, business forms, short and medium term goals, financing assistance, organizational structure and staffing needs, customers and promotion, and ethics and social responsibility. Students are expected to apply business and management concepts learned in our course.
By completing this assignment, students will meet the outcome(s):
identify the critical business functions and how they interact in order to position the organization to be effective in the current business environment;
explain the importance of the integration of individuals and systems to organizational effectiveness;
describe the ethical and social responsibilities that confront a business.
Required Elements of the Final Project:
Read critically and analyze the case below,
Planning for Growth
;
Review the project descripti.
Case Study People v. Smith, 470 NW2d 70, Michigan Supreme Court (19.docxdrennanmicah
The document discusses the case of People v. Smith, where the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on whether a juvenile defendant's prior convictions could be used to sentence them as an adult. It asks for a summary of the case facts, issue, and ruling, as well as an overview of the importance of expunging juvenile records. Finally, it inquires about a state's juvenile expungement laws and criteria for transferring juveniles to adult court.
Case Study OneBMGT 464 Portfolio Activity TwoPurposeIn thi.docxdrennanmicah
Case Study One:
BMGT 464 Portfolio Activity Two
Purpose:
In this case the committee is looking to see how you can apply communication skills to obtain the maximum job performance of the employee in each of the short scenarios. After reading each short case, prepare answers to the questions for the upcoming search committee interview to review.
Outcomes:
The students will demonstrate understanding of the following outcomes:
· How to manage, organize, and lead employees;
· To identify the organizational theory related to increasing job performance to raise company effectiveness;
· How to communicate effectively to affect change or motivation; and
· Writing for persuasiveness.
Scenarios and Questions:
After reading each short case, prepare answers to the questions for the upcoming search committee interview to review.
1) “RLI Home Builds a Castle on Communication”
Since the outset the owner Ralph Lorean has prided himself on focusing the culture of the company on excellent customer service. Managers know that a culture like this would only work if the company’s employees enjoyed their work and the company. He wanted to build a company where every employee felt they owned the castle. Ralph believed that communication was essential to making an employee feel a part of the group, so he often said that he never wanted employees to “read about their company in the media and learn something new.”
Because RLI is international in scope it is possible that on any given day or time two thirds of its 2,000 employees are outside an office. To conquer the communication this problem imposes Ralph is surveying his managers to see if they think a new, but very expensive, “dashboard” intranet system would be worth the expenditure. The system would ensure optimal communication strategies allowing every employee remote access from wherever they are. Regardless, of location every employee can share information on the dashboard from their cell phone. However, it does not offer a “SKYPE” feature. Management has sent a short questionnaire to you asking the following questions:
A) How would the new tool influence job performance positively in RLI?
B) Could dependence on a program which does not permit access to verbal or face to face communications hinder job performance in a global setting? If so why?
C) If the dashboard was only presented in English would this be a factor in its intracompany success?
D) One of the biggest reasons suggested for purchasing the system is that it allows information to flow both from top down to bottom up. Do you see this as possible if the company is not structured in a similar way? If so why, if not why not?
2) Email Over All! Richard Burton is one of the production supervisors at Lighting R Us a branch of RLI. Richard supervises 25 employees and has been performing well in this same job for 5 years. Burton wants a promotion in the foreseeable future but feels it unlikely. Burton is always “on”. He has 24/7 email access, texts al.
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This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
14 Congressional Digest n www.CongressionalDigest.com n Januar.docx
1. 14 Congressional Digest n www.CongressionalDigest.com n
January 2019
“Rather than
allowing the
cycle of crime to
continue, this
legislation takes a
practical, intelligent
approach to
rehabilitation.”
Continued on page 16
The Pros
of Legislation to Reform
Should Congress Pass the FIRST STEP Act to
Reform the Nation’s Prison and Sentencing Laws?
Honorable Bob Goodlatte
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Goodlatte, of the Sixth District of Virginia, was
first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1992. He was the District Director
2. for then-Representa-
tive Caldwell Butler (VA-R) from 1977 to 1979 and a practicing
attorney from 1979 to
1992. He chairs the Judiciary Committee and also sits on the
Agriculture Committee.
The following is from the May 22, 2018, House floor debate on
H.R. 5682, the FIRST
STEP (Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed
Safely Transitioning Every
Person) Act.
I rise in strong support of H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. The
bipartisan bill before us
is a meaningful, historic criminal justice reform measure. The
FIRST STEP Act places
a new focus on rehabilitation.
While we recognize criminal behavior needs to be punished and
criminals need
to be incarcerated, we must also acknowledge that our prison
population needs to be
rehabilitated to the greatest extent practicable.
The bill establishes a risk and needs assessment as the basis of
both an effective
recidivism reduction program and an efficient and effective
Federal prison system. The
FIRST STEP Act will incentivize prisoners to participate in
evidence-based recidivism
reduction programs, productive activities, and jobs that will
actually reduce their risk
of recidivism.
We know that over 90 percent of all prisoners within the
Bureau of Prisons will be
released someday. That is an indisputable fact. We also know
that without programming
3. and intervention, which can train prisoners to be better citizens,
not better criminals,
prisoners are more likely to recidivate.
Rather than allowing the cycle of crime to continue, this
legislation takes a practical,
intelligent approach to rehabilitation. By using a focused
approach for each prisoner, we
can lower the risk of recidivism. That is what H.R. 5682 does.
Fewer recidivists means
fewer prisoners in the future. It means greater savings to the
American taxpayer. More
importantly, it means safer communities, fewer crimes, and, of
course, fewer victims.
It also means greater opportunities for people once they leave
prison.
This bill is important because when prisoners who have
received intervention and
rehabilitation are released, they are less likely to commit
crimes. When that happens,
our streets are safer and innocent civilians are less likely to be
victimized. Rehabilitated
prisoners are more likely to leave the life of crime behind,
become productive members
of society, and contribute to their communities. If that isn’t
meaningful, I don’t know
what is.
15Congressional Digest n www.CongressionalDigest.com n
January 2019
“Despite the bill’s
4. good intentions,
the new incentive
system for pre-
release custody
credits could
exacerbate racial
biases . . .”
Continued on page 17
and Cons
the Criminal Justice System
Should Congress Pass the FIRST STEP Act to
Reform the Nation’s Prison and Sentencing Laws?
Honorable Jerrold Nadler
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Nadler, of the Eighth District of New York, was
first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the New York
Assembly from 1976 to
1992. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Judiciary
Committee and also sits
on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The
following is from the May
22, 2018, House floor debate on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP
(Formerly Incarcerated
Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every
5. Person) Act.
I claim the time in opposition to H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP
Act. On principle, I
cannot support legislation which fails to address the larger issue
of sentencing reform,
and, though this bill makes some modest improvements in areas
related to our prisons,
actually, it does more harm by cementing into our system new
areas of racial biases and
disadvantage that make worse a criminal justice system
desperately in need of reform.
Despite the bill’s good intentions, the new incentive system for
pre-release custody
credits could exacerbate racial biases and, unlike previous
criminal justice efforts, is not
balanced with the necessary reforms to our Federal sentencing
system. As Monday’s New
York Times editorial observed, “A partial bill could end up
being worse than nothing.”
The bill excludes large categories of inmates, based on
convictions for various
offenses and on immigration status, from being eligible for the
pre-release custody
incentives established by the bill.
Second, certain prisoners who are eligible to participate in the
incentive system
and who successfully participate in recidivism reduction
programs would face being
denied early entry to pre-release custody if such inmates are
judged to have a higher
than low recidivism risk under the new system. It would be
unfair to deny these
6. prisoners what they have earned, and it is counterproductive for
all of us to, in effect,
create a disincentive for prisoners who most need recidivism
reduction programming
from engaging in it.
Third, the combination of these factors, implemented through a
problematic risk
assessment tool, could operate to exacerbate racial and
socioeconomic disparities al-
ready present in the criminal justice system. As the Leadership
Conference on Civil and
Human Rights, the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union], the
NAACP, the National
Immigration Law Center, and dozens of other advocacy groups
warn, “the exclusions
could … have a disparate impact on racial minorities.”
I want to acknowledge the tremendous work of my colleagues
on the Judiciary
Committee — Representatives [Hakeem] Jeffries [NY-D],
[Cedric] Richmond [LA-D],
and [Karen] Bass [CA-D] particularly — for their efforts to
improve the legislation.
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Goodlatte,
continued from page 14
Continued on page 18
“Voting against
7. this meaningful
and important bill
is a disservice to
those men and
women currently
incarcerated and
their families.”
I know there are some in this body who are opposing this
legislation because it
does not include sentencing reform. I support sentencing reform
and have worked
with my colleagues to find common ground on that issue.
However, we should not
let this opportunity pass by. The vast majority of Members of
this House agree that
this legislation is needed. Let us not linger any longer. Let us
move this important and
meaningful bill today.
Just look at the bipartisan support from outside interest groups
that the FIRST
STEP Act has received. Numerous organizations — almost too
many to list in the
allotted time we have — on both the left and the right have
enthusiastically endorsed
this bill.
I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to not oppose
8. this very important
piece of legislation before us today. It appears their opposition
to the legislation is based
upon what is not in the legislation rather than what is actually
in it. I don’t believe there
is a single provision in the bill that they oppose. In fact, many
of the provisions in this
bill are there because they specifically asked for them.
For example, Democrats asked for a fix to the way the Bureau
of Prisons calculates
good time credit. We made changes to clarify congressional
intent on that section. They
also asked for language on the risk assessments to ensure that
dynamic factors were
used to evaluate a prisoner’s risk of recidivating. That request
was honored. Various
pilot programs and a prohibition of shackling pregnant inmates
were also placed in the
legislation at the request of Democrats. Good requests, good
changes, and these are
only a few of the many requests that were honored.
Voting against this meaningful and important bill is a disservice
to those men and
women currently incarcerated and their families. It is a
disservice to those great men
and women who work in our Bureau of Prisons, and it is a
disservice to the American
people. The vast majority of those incarcerated are going to get
out one day. Let’s make
sure they have the tools and the resources to successfully
reenter society. H.R. 5682
does just that.
Honorable Bobby Scott
9. United States Representative, Virginia, Democrat
Representative Scott, of the Third District of Virginia, was first
elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the Virginia
House of Delegates from
1977 to 1982 and in the Virginia Senate from 1983 to 1992. He
is the Ranking Minority
Member of the Education and the Workforce Committee. The
following is from the May
22, 2018, House floor debate on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP
Act.
Historically, the United States of America has been plagued
with serious, fundamental
problems within our criminal justice system. For far too long,
policymakers have cho-
sen to play politics and disapprove of commonsense policy that
is specifically geared
towards reducing crime by instead enacting so-called “tough on
crime” slogans and
soundbites, such as “three strikes and you’re out,” “mandatory
minimum sentencing,”
and even rhymes such as, “you do the adult crime, you do the
adult time.”
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Nadler,
continued from page 15
Continued on page 19
10. “. . . it is clear that
prison reform alone
will not ameliorate
the crisis of mass
incarceration
unless we address
the principal cause
of the problem —
unjust sentencing
laws.”
I wholeheartedly support certain provisions in the current
version of the bill, such
as expanding time credits for good behavior, banning the
shackling of women prisoners,
and enhanced compassionate relief. But, unfortunately, these
good provisions do not
outweigh the potentially harmful provisions contained
elsewhere in the bill. Perhaps
more importantly, it is clear that prison reform alone will not
ameliorate the crisis of
mass incarceration unless we address the principal cause of the
problem — unjust
sentencing laws.
As former Attorney General Eric Holder [in the Obama
Administration] writes in
11. today’s Washington Post, “To reform America’s prisons, we
must change the laws that
send people to them in the first place. Anything less represents
a failure of leadership.”
It is unfortunate that after waiting nearly one and one-half years
to take up the issue
of criminal justice reform, the majority was unwilling to subject
H.R. 5682 to a single
legislative hearing or even bother to obtain a CBO
[Congressional Budget Office] score
so we could understand its impact.
I also do not believe we can simply accept as a reason not to
change our sentenc-
ing laws opposition to sentencing reform by a Trump
Administration that changes its
legislative positions on a near daily basis and that has already
done so much to weaken
and undermine the criminal justice system. Nor do I believe
more balanced reform is
not viable when Senator Chuck Grassley [IA-R], the chairman
of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, told us, “For any criminal justice system proposal
to win approval in the
Senate, it must include … sentencing reforms.”
Although I oppose this legislation, I remain fully committed to
achieving balanced
reform as part of an effort to make our criminal justice system
more just and our con-
stituents more safe. But I do not believe that passing this bill
today would contribute
to that goal. I therefore urge an opposition vote.
Honorable Diana DeGette
12. United States Representative, Colorado, Democrat
Representative DeGette, of the First District of Colorado, was
first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1996. She served in the Colorado
House of Representatives
from 1992 to 1996, where she was Minority Leader from 1994
to 1995. She sits on the
Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the
May 22, 2018, House floor
debate on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act.
I rise today in opposition of H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act.
While I support several provisions in the legislation, including
prohibiting shackling
of pregnant inmates, requiring that individuals be incarcerated
closer to their families,
and clarifying good time calculations, I cannot support other
provisions of the legislation.
I strongly believe the House should be working to ensure that
once convicted in-
dividuals have paid their debt to society, they have the skills
and support to reintegrate
into society, but this bill puts in place too many barriers to that
goal.
The bill excludes undocumented individuals, including those
who remained in the
United States longer than authorized, from the recidivism
reduction programming.
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Scott,
continued from page 16
Continued on page 20
“I expect that
public safety will be
enhanced by this
bill, because more
people will receive
programming
to reduce their
likelihood to
commit future
crimes.”.
These policies may sound appealing, but their impact ranges
from a negligible
reduction in crime to an actual increase in crime.
Turning to the bill we are debating today, I recognize that the
FIRST STEP Act
includes a fix to the calculation of good time credit, which I
have sought for many
years. Calculating good time credit as Congress had originally
14. intended is a serious
improvement made by this bill.
This bill also improves the auditing process for enforcing the
Prison Rape Elim-
ination Act to protect prisoners from sexual assault. It places
prohibitions on shack-
ling pregnant and post-partum women. The bill expands the use
and transparency of
compassionate release for terminally ill prisoners. It also
requires the Federal Bureau
of Prisons to house prisoners closer to their primary residence,
so they can maintain
ties to their family and community. And there is a significant
investment in programs
designed to reduce recidivism.
But process is essential to crafting an effective bill. There were
no hearings on this
bill. Nor has a CBO [Congressional Budget Office] score been
done. Nor has a prison
impact analysis been prepared. And it is obvious that experts
had little to do with drafting
the bill. As a result of this process, there are several problems
with the bill.
First, the version of the bill we are voting on today is
unnecessarily complicated
by the use of a risk assessment tool. I have reached out to
experts in the field of prison
reform, and I have not found anyone who will say that risk
assessment tools should be
used to determine which prisoners can use time credits to gain
early release from pris-
on. Instead, they suggest that simply increasing programming
for everyone will reduce
15. recidivism and the complicated risk assessments are
unnecessary and will stand in the
way of reducing recidivism for many prisoners. The risk
assessment process may also
exacerbate existing racial disparities in the Federal prison
system.
Second, experts have raised serious concerns about excluding
groups of prisoners
from this program who we know will be released from prison
and therefore should be
involved in the program.
Third, there are questions of cost and funding. The Bureau of
Prisons has cut con-
tracts with halfway houses and terminated 6,000 correctional
officers. This bill cannot
achieve its goals without an adequately staffed prison system,
as well as sufficient space
at halfway houses.
Even in the absence of hearings and experts, we can see that
some of the opposi-
tion to this bill is almost comical, because it is lodged by
advocates who support other
legislation that carries the same provisions that are either
similar to or worse than what
they complain about in the FIRST STEP Act.
Others oppose the bill because it does not include sentencing
reform and therefore
does not address mass incarceration. Unfortunately, the bill
those advocates hold up as
“sentencing reform” fails to make any meaningful reduction in
mass incarceration and
may, in fact, add to mass incarceration.
16. It is in the context of this absurd process that we have to vote
on this legislation.
Unfortunately, without the appropriate analysis, we can only
guess about its impact.
Based on that guess, it is my determination that no prisoner will
be worse off, but many
may be significantly better off, under the FIRST STEP Act. I
expect that public safety
will be enhanced by this bill, because more people will receive
programming to reduce
their likelihood to commit future crimes.
Although this is a shameful process, I will therefore support the
bill.
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DeGette,
continued from page 17
Continued on page 21
“I am very
concerned about
language in the
bill that excludes
immigrants from
17. being eligible for
time credits.”
Worse, the bill also excludes some lawful permanent residents
from the program and
could trigger their removal. The bill also excludes those who
have been convicted of
drug crimes, including marijuana-related convictions.
Given that immigrant and minority communities make up a
disproportionate share
of immigration and drug-related offenders in the criminal
justice system, these exclu-
sions will, by their very nature, exclude those who most need
the benefits of the bill.
Finally, any conversation about reducing recidivism must
include sentencing re-
form that would keep low-risk nonviolent offenders out of
prison in the first place and
address our draconian Federal mandatory minimum laws. We
can do better, and we
must do better if we are to address this issue.
Honorable Pramila Jayapal
United States Representative, Washington, Democrat
Representative Jayapal, of the Seventh District of Washington,
was elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 2016. She served in the Washington
Senate from 2015 to
2016. She sits on the Judiciary Committee and the Budget
Committee, where she is the
Vice Ranking Member. The following is from the May 22, 2018,
House floor debate
18. on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP (Formerly Incarcerated Reenter
Society Transformed
Safely Transitioning Every Person) Act.
There is one thing everybody agrees on, and that is that it is
past time that we face the
institutionalized racial inequity that is built into every single
step of our mass incar-
ceration system.
We know that mass incarceration disproportionately affects
people of color and that,
today, women in prison are, sadly, the fastest growing
demographic, frequently caught
up with the arrests of their partners and struggling with mental
health and addiction.
This bill does take important steps forward, and I want to say
that it is a very good
faith effort on the part of the bill’s two sponsors: my friend
Hakeem Jeffries [NY-D]
and Representative Doug Collins [GA-R].
Unfortunately, I still am not going to be able to support the bill
because I have
serious concerns about how the bill creates, develops, and
implements a new risk
assessment system on a very quick timeline by someone who,
frankly, has spent his
career opposing criminal justice reforms and, in fact, has fought
attempts to advance
racial justice, and that is Attorney General [Jeff] Sessions. This
is especially concerning
given that research shows us that risk assessments produce
racial disparities. And this
bill does not address sentencing reform, which is an issue that
19. has bipartisan support
and is the crux of the problem today.
In addition, I am very concerned about language in the bill that
excludes immi-
grants from being eligible for time credits. The bill excludes
longtime, legal permanent
residents, and green card holders, who may have committed the
exact same crimes
as others and may be eligible for relief under U.S. law. If we
are making redemption
available, shouldn’t it be available for everyone, regardless of
immigration status,
for the same set of crimes? Moreover, continued incarceration
of these people simply
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Pros,
continued from page 18
“. . . we are
taking a first step
toward solutions,
a first step toward
hope, a first step
toward making a
20. difference . . .”
Honorable Doug Collins
United States Representative, Georgia, Republican
Representative Collins, of the Ninth District of Georgia, was
first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 2012. He served in the Georgia
House of Representatives
from 2007 to 2013. He sits on the following committees: Rules,
Judiciary, and Oversight
and Government Reform. The following is from the May 22,
2018, House floor debate
on H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act.
I like parts of this legislation; but it doesn’t go far enough; if it
just did a little more —
as if this place produced perfect results every time and we just
want to wait. But I also
would ask those who choose to vote “no” today, is it okay to
make progress on many
other things but on this one say no? Say no to a family who has
a family member in
prison who could get treatment and get help? And when they
come home — which
over 90 percent of all prisoners in this country do, they come
home — is it okay to say
to those folks, no, we are not going to provide that for your
family member; we are
not going to provide extra treatment so that they can get help
with addiction or work
problems or anger management or skills deficits or education
deficits?
No, it is not. Is it okay today to vote “no” and say: I like a lot
of this bill, but I want
to continue to shackle women as they have babies? It is a pretty
21. simple understanding.
I get it. I want to see sentencing reform, too. I am on record as
saying I do. I am on
record as continuing past this to actually do that. This bill is
real and meaningful reform.
The President has said this is something that can be signed. In
fact, the President, last
week, said that America is a Nation that believes in second
chances.
The FIRST STEP Act gives those second chances. It gives us
hope. It gives us an
ability to look at people. As I have said on this issue many
times, it is a money and
moral issue. In States like Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma,
Texas, New York, and Cali-
fornia, these issues have been discussed and evidence-based
approaches have worked.
We have seen it work in my home State of Georgia. This bill
provides the protection,
and it also provides the incentive for this to work.
Now, there have been many discussions on why we shouldn’t do
this, and there
have been many people in recent days coming forward. I think it
is pretty amazing to
me — and I am going to have to be honest here — for the
former attorney general [in
the Obama Administration, Eric Holder] to come out and say
this is not enough and say
that the current Department of Justice could do some of this.
Then I have one question
for the former attorney general: Where were you when you held
the office? Why didn’t
you do something then? If it was within your grasp, why did
you turn a deaf ear to the
22. cries of families who were in need? Why did you decide not to
do something and now
weigh and say it is not enough?
Look to those families, Mr. former attorney general, and tell
them it is not enough.
It is easy to write an op-ed. It must be a lot harder to do it when
you have the job. So,
as we look forward here, this is a positive piece of legislation.
This is something that we
can look forward to doing, when you have a chance to give
those prisoners the oppor-
tunity to cut the very things down in their life that cause them
to get there to start with.
When we begin to look at the reasons they are there — and
there are multiple — then
we are taking a first step toward solutions, a first step toward
hope, a first step toward
making a difference so that maybe we can get some of our
colleagues to take that next
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Jayapal,
continued from page 19
“. . . we have more
work to do to get
to the place where
23. our morals are
being consistently
applied.”
Continued on page 23
based upon citizenship status is a waste of taxpayer dollars and
unnecessarily keeps
families separated.
The reality is that these are deeply important issues, and this
bill shows that we
have the capacity to work in a bipartisan way.
Even with all the good work and even for a first step,
unfortunately, I believe we
have more work to do to get to the place where our morals are
being consistently
applied.
Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Jackson Lee, of the Eighteenth District of Texas,
was first elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. She served on the
Houston City Council
from 1990 to 1994. She sits on the Homeland Security
Committee and the Judiciary
Committee. The following is from the May 22, 2018, House
floor debate on H.R. 5682,
the FIRST STEP Act.
24. I too want to offer my appreciation for all of my colleagues —
in particular, those who
have offered this legislation. I recall, in the Congress preceding
this, we offered a bi-
partisan combination of comprehensive criminal justice reform,
took bills that included
prison reform and sentencing reform, and were on the way to
passing that combination
of very important partnership. Unfortunately, the politics of that
time got in the way.
So let me give an open letter to the mothers and fathers of
incarcerated persons who
are in our constituency and, as well, to those inmates who may,
by chance, be looking at
this debate. Having recently visited one of the Federal centers, I
know that inmates are
astute and concerned about their future. So I think it is
important to establish to those
parents why Democrats have consistently tried to sew together,
tried to stitch together
the idea of sentencing reduction and prison reform.
Elements of this bill are striking and good. But to a mom, is it
more exciting for you
to know that your son, who had an excessive sentencing because
of mandatory minimums,
and you, who are incarcerated, have your sentence reduced than
maybe on the back end?
Now, it is important to note that all of those, if this bill is
passed, will participate
in the rehabilitation programs, but it is also important to note
that the Bureau of Pris-
ons [BOP] has closed halfway houses. That is a component of
this bill. And they have
25. reduced and cut the numbers of individuals who are corrections
officers to the extent
that corrections officers feel endangered and that augmentation
has been used.
Augmentation means that nurses and teachers and others who
are inside the prison
are being used to augment the staff of correction officers which
have been fired — or
terminated, rather — under this Administration. In a letter from
the BOP union president,
they indicated that they are severely understaffed and it would
be difficult to implement
this bill without those aspects being remedied — meaning more
staff, more halfway
houses, more money to implement this program.
So many of my friends have asked me: What is the harm? Let
me give you what
is the harm.
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step into sentencing reform and other areas that we have already
worked on and others
across in the Senate have advocated for. But if we choose not to
do that today, you are
saying no to the future.
It is about what we can accomplish and how we can accomplish
it in a way that is
meaningful to others. When we look at this, I also find it rather
interesting; the groups
26. that have come together here. As we went around talking about
this, we went to so many
different groups from the left and the right that say this is a
great first step: Justice Action
Network, American Conservative Union, FreedomWorks,
FAMM [Families Against
Mandatory Minimums], Prison Fellowship, Faith and Freedom
Coalition, #cut50, Her-
itage Action for America, and many, many more both on the left
and the right. The
Koch Foundation and others have said this is good. This is
something we can move on.
This provides that hope that we are searching for. To the bill’s
detractors, I respect
your opinion. To the bill’s detractors, I would just say: Why
not? If why not, why not
here? And if why not, when? Is it ever good enough? Can we
ever get to a point? I
think one of the things that we often deal with here is the art of
the possible. Today is
about the art of the possible.
We have an Administration that says: We will sign the bill.
Jared Kushner has been
such an advocate for this and worked with the administration to
say: We will put forth
the effort to make this work. We have partners in the Senate
who say: We want to work
and do even more. I am glad of that. Today is about action.
Today is about being a part
of something bigger than ourselves. This is a day when we can
come to the floor of
this House and be proud of why we are here. So many times we
come down, and we
look at the bill, and we see paper, and we see words on a paper.
27. But I tell you what I
see. I see the faces of the families behind these words that it is
actually going to help.
So when you look at this vote and you look at this bill, I say:
Look beyond the
pieces of paper, look beyond the ink, and look to the families
that will be helped. When
you cast that “yes” vote, you are saying: I want to do
something, and I am not afraid
to wait on something I might want but know that I can take a
step further now. It is
very simple: Vote “yes” to move it along or vote “no” and say
no to those in need. I
can agree and disagree about a lot of parts, but this is about the
people behind the bill.
You could come up with every reason you want to vote “no,”
but remember, there
are families watching today. There are incarcerated people
watching today. Will you
vote for them, or will you vote to hold up something that may or
may not happen?
Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Jeffries, of the Eighth District of New York, was
first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in 2012. He served in the New York
State Assembly from 2007
to 2012. He sits on the Judiciary Committee and the Budget
Committee. The following
is from the May 22, 2018, House floor debate on H.R. 5682, the
FIRST STEP Act.
28. I thank Chairman Goodlatte as well as several distinguished
members of the Judiciary
Committee for their leadership on this issue and, of course, my
good friend Doug Col-
Collins,
continued from page 20
“I think one of the
things that we often
deal with here is the
art of the possible.
Today is about the
art of the possible."
Continued on page 24
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First, it would divert limited resources for programming by
requiring a complex risk
assessment process that would primarily benefit people deemed
at a low or minimum
risk of recidivism. That means, if you came in with a harsh drug
sentence but through
the years, mom or dad, you saw your son or daughter fix their
lives, you would note
that they, in fact, would not be eligible for this program.
29. Without provisions in the bill to reduce the excessive
sentencing produced by man-
datory minimums for drug offenses, overcrowding will still
persist and thereby divert
resources from programs to reduce recidivism.
So it is a first step. But I would simply say: If it is the first
step, why not protection
of immigrants? And, also, why not have a sentencing reform
hearing, which the Re-
publicans have canceled because of my position on this bill? Let
us work together for
what is good. Let us make a difference in the lives of all of the
inmates.
As the New York Times editorial noted, “the biggest problem
with the FIRST STEP
Act is … what’s left out, specifically, sentencing reform.” Eric
Holder said in the
Washington Post, “by choosing a tepid approach, the prison
reform bill abandons years
of work and risks making it harder for Congress to advance
more serious legislation
in the future. Meaningful sentencing reform will be less likely
to occur if the narrow
prison bill is enacted.”
Even President Trump specifically stated during his remarks at
the White House
Prison Reform Summit last Friday, “We want the finest prison
reform bill that you
could have anywhere.”
I agree with the President on this, as I also want the finest
prison reform bill. Hence,
30. I will continue to fight for the very best legislation that will
adequately address the nearly
650,900 formerly incarcerated people that will return to our
communities a year. That’s
not partisan or personal politics, but rather, common sense, just
and equitable politics.
Imagine you are a mother, child, or loved one of an incarcerated
person that was
robbed by a system that played Russian roulette with his or her
life because that sys-
tem decided they were criminals rather than victims of a public
health crisis during the
crack epidemic. Now imagine that same system, rather than
remediating the tragedy it
caused in broken homes and communities through inept policies
that had a racial and
economic disparate impact, now seeks to pat them on the back
and further insult an
entire race by feeding them crumbs.
As a mother or loved one, you would demand that the system
cure the defect in
those sentencing laws that would drastically reduce his or her
time in custody and apply
justice equitably.
Let’s not forget what happened in the 1964 crime bill [Violent
Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act]. Congress has the power to do that. We
should hold ourselves
accountable to deliver on the promise we made when we
acknowledged the draconian
policies implemented during the “War on Drugs” crisis, in
passing the Fair Sentencing
Act [of 2010]. Let’s finish what we started then, by appealing to
31. our better angels and
not crucify each other because we disagree.
As Families Against Mandatory Minimums indicated in their
letter, “Sentencing
reform should be included in any final justice reform package.”
Second, even if the ma-
jority chose to ignore sentencing reform due to pressure, we
cannot sit idly by and allow
a slim-fast version of prison reform when dealing with the lives
of millions of people.
I will not apologize for demanding more from my colleagues. I
will not apologize
for fighting with every breath I have to secure justice for those
left behind. And I will
Jackson Lee,
continued from page 21
“Without provisions
in the bill to reduce
the excessive
sentencing
produced by
mandatory
minimums for
drug offenses,
32. overcrowding will
still persist . . .”
Continued on page 25
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lins for being a phenomenal champion of improving the lives of
currently incarcerated
individuals, folks who have no time for political games.
These are individuals who are in the system right now without
hope, without oppor-
tunity, without a meaningful chance at transforming themselves.
And the FIRST STEP
Act will provide that. It will give them an opportunity to get
educated now, give them
an opportunity to get vocational training now, a GED [General
Education Development
credential] now, a college education now, give them the
opportunity to deal with their
substance abuse problem now, mental health counseling now.
Why would we possibly refuse that? These individuals are
amongst the least, the
lost, and the left behind. And we have an opportunity, in a
bipartisan way, to make a
difference in their lives in so many areas.
Any objective reading of this bill is that it will improve their
quality of life. And
what is so wonderful about this is that you have the right and
33. the left, conservatives
and progressives, united in this effort. Nothing meaningful is
ever easy, but the mass
incarceration epidemic has been with us for almost 50 years.
You will not just take one
legislative magic wand and wipe it away in one shot. It will
require sustained effort,
sustained intensity, sustained commitment, and a meaningful
first step.
I urge all of my colleagues to support this effort to transform
lives, save taxpayer
dollars, and dramatically reduce recidivism now.
#cut50
Van Jones, President and Cofounder
#cut50, an initiative of The Dream Corps, works to cut crime
and incarceration in all
50 States. It is a national bipartisan effort to reduce the number
of people in prisons
and jails while making communities safer. The Dream Corps
supports cutting-edge
economic, environmental, and criminal justice innovators. Van
Jones is the founder
of The Dream Corps, Rebuild The Dream, Green For All, the
Ella Baker Center for
Human Rights, and Color of Change. In 2009, he worked as the
green jobs advisor to
President Barack Obama. The following is from a May 16,
2018, letter to Congress
in support of H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act, signed by 70
supporting organizations.
This letter is written on behalf of #cut50 and more than 70 other
organizations and
individuals who support the FIRST STEP Act, which would
34. improve the condition and
opportunities for incarcerated individuals, reduce the risk of
recidivism upon release
from prison, and promote public safety.
We envision a criminal justice system that recognizes the
humanity of the 2.2
million people currently behind bars in America and moves
toward compassion and
treatment rather than punishment and incarceration. H.R. 5682
falls in line with our
mission by improving the conditions for incarcerated
individuals, reducing the amount
of time people spend in prison, and provide meaningful
opportunities to successfully
transition into their communities.
The authors have worked together with groups of advocates,
fellow Members of
Congress, and heard directly from formerly incarcerated
individuals with lived expe-
Jeffries,
continued from page 22
Continued on page 26
“We envision a
criminal justice
system that
recognizes the
humanity of the
35. 2.2 mllion people
currently behind
bars . . .”
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not apologize for doing my job and shedding light where we
may fall short, even when
we have in good faith, tried our best.
We will all go home tonight. What about those that have longed
for that same
freedom after they’ve paid their debts to society? We owe it to
ourselves, to the thou-
sands of broken families, and to our society, to give each inmate
that will return to our
community their best chance at success by providing them
incentives that will get them
home to their families sooner also.
Even the bill’s supporters at markup said in their letter, “We
fear that the bill’s
failure to direct incentivized programming to the group that
needs it most will result
in little or no reduction in recidivism, and, worse, that that
failure will be blamed on
prisoners rather than the bill’s mistaken design.”
Most alarming here is that great skepticism looms even in those
who want to support
36. this endeavor, because the reality is that the risk assessment
tool is flawed. This [Jared]
Kushner [the President’s son-in-law and advisor]/Trump bill
amounts to nothing more
than a false sense of hope for those who will never be released,
due to either lack of
shelter, given the significant reduction in housing, or lack of
eligibility per the warden.
The wide latitude and discretion given to [then Attorney
General Jeff] Sessions,
a person who whole-heartedly opposes any form of effective
criminal justice reform,
and proponent of over-criminalization, will inevitably prove
problematic for many who
otherwise would benefit greatly from this measure with some
modicum of oversight.
We should take our time to include an independent committee
that would serve as
a bulwark in the development, implementation, and
recommendation process of such a
program that will use novice and untested tools at the Federal
level. Why must we rush
this process? Why not take our time to produce the finest prison
reform bill anywhere
as the President suggested?
I visited and spoke directly to guards and wardens in the BOP.
They told me they are
severely understaffed and safety is paramount given the
shortage in staff. The director
of BOP quit, in the middle of Trump’s Prison Reform Summit.
All of these facts tell us
to wait so that we could get it right.
37. In NOBLE’s [National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives] oppo-
sition letter to this bill they write: “A key concern is the ability
of the Federal BOP and
U.S. attorney offices to implement key elements of this
legislation. In particular, it will
require that U.S. attorney offices and BOP address their needs
in staffing and funding.
It is our opinion that the proposed $50 million of funding per
year for five years will
not support the bill’s expanded programming.”
For these reasons I oppose this bill, and I encourage my
colleagues to do the same.
The act does not include a single provision that will reduce the
prison time of persons
who are serving unfair sentences for low-level offenses. Even
supporters of the bill like
FAMM [Families Against Mandatory Minimums] states,
“Sentencing reform should
be included in any final justice reform package.”
The act uses an untested and potentially racially and socially
discriminatory risk as-
sessment to identify individuals who are eligible to earn credits,
which primarily depends
on static factors that correlate with socioeconomic class and
race, such as criminal history,
to assess the risk. Therefore, it will likely fail to reduce crime
or mass incarceration.
The act’s exclusions would likely have a disparate impact on
racial minorities
because the bill excludes individuals convicted of certain
categories of offenses from
redeeming credits towards early release, even if they
38. successfully complete the program.
Jackson Lee,
continued from page 23
Continued on page 27
“The act does not
include a single
provision that will
reduce the prison
time of persons who
are serving unfair
sentences for low-
level offenses.”
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riences through the Federal prison system. We are also
encouraged by strong support
from both Republicans and Democrats as this bill passed out of
the House Judiciary
Committee on May 9, 2018.
In 2015, three out of 10 Federal prisoners and six out of 10
State prisoners re-
39. leased to a term of community supervision returned to prison
within five years. Far
too many struggle with unemployment, housing instability, and
substance addiction
when they come home. Many have difficulty overcoming the
trauma they experienced
during their incarceration and reestablishing ties to family and
community that were
damaged by their incarceration. We strongly believe that the
provisions of H.R. 5682
will lead to better outcomes for individuals reintegrating back
into their communities.
Establishing a system that provides guidance and intensity of
evidenced-based recid-
ivism reduction programming will provide the necessary
resources for individuals
to prepare for release.
This bill works to improve the lives of the incarcerated men and
women, their
children, and their families by:
Reducing the Number of People Incarcerated in Federal Prisons
This bill will immediately make over 4,000 people in Federal
prison eligible for early
release — by fixing a good time credit calculation retroactively.
Men and women in
incarcerated Federal prison will earn nearly eight weeks (54
days) per year off of their
sentence for good time. Thousands more will soon become
eligible to move from Bu-
reau of Prisons facilities into home detention as a result of the
expansion of the elderly
prisoner pilot program — which gives people 60 years or older
who have served more
than two-thirds of their sentence an opportunity to serve the
40. remainder of their sentence
on home confinement.
The bill will expand the capacity of prison programming to
ensure that individuals
inside can benefit from counseling, drug treatment, training, and
education. By par-
ticipating in programming, individuals will earn credits (at a
rate of 10 days for every
30 of participating in programming) that allow them to shorten
the amount of time
they spend in prison and release back to their communities and
families sooner — via
expanded use of home confinement. It provides a pathway to
prerelease for even those
deemed “high” or “medium” risk.
Increasing Opportunities for Programming and Work Within the
Walls
Currently, there is a significant lack of programming inside the
Federal prisons. H.R.
5682 authorizes $50,000,000 each year for Fiscal Year 2019
through 2023 (quarter
of a billion), which can be used for programming. This bill also
allows more outside
nonprofits, volunteers, and faith-based groups to go into Federal
prisons to provide
programming. These volunteers will not only provide critical
programming, but also
will serve as mentors to those inside and be a valuable asset in
changing the culture
within the institutions and bringing hope and compassion to
those inside.
The bill also expands work programs so that those inside have
an opportunity to work
41. and save money in escrow accounts that they can use as they
return home to get back
on their feet. H.R. 5682 also creates an ID program so that men
and women returning
to society have identification necessary to gain benefits,
housing, and employment.
#cut50,
continued from page 24
Continued on page 28
“The bill will expand
the capacity of
prison programming
to ensure that
individuals inside
can benefit from
counseling, drug
treatment, training,
and education.”
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The act leaves it to the discretion of prison wardens to
42. determine who can use
their credits and when. Early release would be into a halfway
house system which is
so underfunded that there is no bed space. Therefore, it will be
unlikely that prisoners
can truly be released given the reality of the current halfway
house system.
The act gives a false sense of hope because it wraps the empty
promise of prison
reform around exclusions and wide breadth of discretion to a
full-throated opponent to
prison reform, policing reform, and sentencing reform, in Jeff
Sessions.
BOP already has broad authority to implement the positive
provisions of the bill,
but has opted not to, and Sessions cannot be trusted to
implement these provisions.
The FIRST STEP Act includes a list of prisoners who are
ineligible for time credits
if they participate in recidivism reduction programs by virtue of
their convictions for
certain offenses. Prisoners who are excluded from time credits
are those convicted
under Title 18.
Finally, prisoners may not obtain credit for participation in
recidivism reduction
programs if they: (1) completed recidivism reduction
programming before enactment
of the act; (2) completed recidivism reduction programming
during official detention
before moving to Bureau of Prisons; or (3) are inadmissible or
deportable under im-
43. migration law.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Vanita Gupta, President and CEO
Formed in 1950 with 30 organizations, mostly civil rights and
labor groups, the
Leadership Conference has grown in numbers, scope, and
effectiveness to include
more than 200 national coalition members. Vanita Gupta served
from 2014 to 2017
as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and head of the
U.S. Department
of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Prior to that, she was Deputy
Legal Director and
the Director of the Center for Justice at the American Civil
Liberties Union. The
following is from a May 8, 2018, letter to the House Judiciary
Committee opposing
H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act.
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human
Rights and the 74 un-
dersigned organizations, we urge you to vote “No” on the
FIRST STEP Act that will
be considered during the mark-up. Any effort to pass prison
reform (or “back-end”
reform) legislation without including sentencing reform (or
“front-end” reform) will
not meaningfully improve the Federal system.
Across the country, States that have enacted legislation
containing both front- and
back-end reforms have reduced rates of incarceration and crime.
Any legislation that
addresses only back-end reforms is doomed to fail in achieving
44. these goals. Without
changes to sentencing laws that eliminate mandatory minimums,
restore judicial dis-
cretion, reduce the national prison population, and mitigate
disparate impacts on com-
munities of color, the FIRST STEP Act alone will have little
impact. The Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights plans to include your
position on the FIRST
STEP Act in our voting scorecard for the 115th Congress.
Jackson Lee,
continued from page 25
Continued on page 29
“Early release
would be into a
halfway house
system which is
so underfunded
that there is no
bed space.”
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Protecting Women and Facilitating Family Connections
45. Currently, men and women can be housed thousands of miles
away from their loved
ones, left with little opportunity to maintain familial
relationships that are critical to
both their well-being while inside and successful reentry. H.R.
5682 will require that
people living in Federal prisons be housed within 500 driving
miles of their families.
Allowing individuals to serve their sentences in facilities closer
to their family support
system maintains a healthy bond and strong ties to the
community.
In the last two decades, the women’s prison population has risen
by 700 percent.
Our prisons and policies were not designed to meet women’s
needs, and the result has
been a system that traumatizes and endangers women.
The FIRST STEP Act will end the shackling of women in labor
and post-partum.
Shackling pregnant women is dangerous and inhumane. The
shackling of pregnant
women endangers the lives of the mother and fetus. H.R. 5682
sends a clear message of
responsibility for the health and safety of both the mother and
the fetus during pregnancy
by banning the use of shackles. It will also provide hygiene
items to women in prison at
no charge and expand phone and visitation time that are vital to
the rehabilitation process
and to allowing the 80 percent of women who are mothers in
prison stay connected to
their children. The bill also contains a fix to Prison Rape
Elimination Act, which will
improve how the audits of prison rape incidents are conducted.
46. Meaningful Oversight to Help Ensure Proper Implementation
H.R. 5682 will also place additional layers of accountability and
oversight within the
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Additionally, there will be an annual
accountability report
to ensure that the risk assessment tool is being administered in
an unbiased way. This
is crucial as we continue to face vast racial disparities that
negatively impact African
American and Latino communities.
These are meaningful reforms. This is our best chance to pass
this bill into law
and dramatically change the lives of people inside — and
expand accountability and
oversight of the Federal prison system.
The passage of H.R. 5682 will truly be the first step towards
further progress that
we hope will eventually include sentencing reform. #cut50, on
behalf of the under-
signed organizations and individuals, respectfully urge you to
schedule a vote on this
legislation and vote yes in support.
#cut50,
continued from page 26
“The FIRST STEP
Act will end the
shackling of women
in labor and
47. post-partum.”
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Moreover, proposals referred to by the White House and others
as “prison reform,”
including the FIRST STEP Act, would do little to reform
prisons or the Federal justice
system. The FIRST STEP Act attempts to allow people to
participate in reentry and
rehabilitation programs and earn time credits that would permit
them to serve the end of
their prison sentence in home confinement or halfway houses.
However, currently there
are not enough of these programs available in the Federal
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to
serve those currently in prisons. Furthermore, BOP more
recently has reduced the number
of residential reentry centers it contracts with to provide
halfway house programming.
In addition, many people would not be eligible to earn credits
by participating in
rehabilitation or reentry programs merely based on their
criminal convictions. Even if
a person is deemed eligible to participate in BOP programming
based on the required
risk and needs assessment system, after participating in
programming, the BOP warden
could deny the transfer of prisoners to a halfway house or home
confinement if they
find “by clear and convincing evidence that the prisoner should
48. not be transferred into
prerelease custody based on evidence of the prisoner’s actions
after the conviction of
such prisoner” and provides “a detailed written statement
regarding such finding.”
The Federal criminal justice system is deeply flawed and needs
to adopt a top-to-
bottom overhaul. The FIRST STEP Act alone does not come
close to achieving the
desperately needed reforms to create a fair and just system.
It is important to note that while reforms to address back-end
drivers of our prison
system are needed, they cannot function as a substitute for
front-end sentencing reform.
Only front-end reforms have the power to significantly stem the
tide of incarceration,
reduce the exorbitant cost of the prison system, and give redress
to those inside who are
serving sentences that are disproportionate to the severity of the
offense. Any approach
that does not include sentencing reform will be insufficient to
meet the challenges we
face. Our continued progress toward meeting the economic and
societal challenges
posed by the current system and establishing a fair and more
just system depends on a
comprehensive approach to reform.
It is up to Congress to continue to advance front-end and back-
end reform designed
to improve both Federal sentencing laws and the functioning of
the Federal prison
system. If Congress is serious about addressing meaningful
prison reform, it will pass
49. legislation that would deal with the conditions of confinement
such as reducing the use
of solitary confinement, providing adequate medical care to
prisoners, and addressing
exorbitant prison phone rates.
While we appreciate the inclusion of some promising provisions
in the introduced
bill, such as prohibitions on the shackling of pregnant women,
reforms to the Feder-
al compassionate and elderly release programs, and an audit of
the program several
years after its implementation, these changes are not significant
enough to overcome
our primary concerns with the bill and many could be adopted
administratively by the
Bureau of Prisons. Furthermore, we remain concerned that the
challenges and solutions
to reforming our Federal prison system have not been fully
explored by this committee
and that no hearings have been held in order to give due
consideration to the FIRST
STEP Act in particular.
Leadership Conference,
continued from page 27
“The FIRST STEP
Act alone does
not come close
to achieving the
desperately needed
50. reforms to create
a fair and just
system.”
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WEEK 4 DISCUSSION
WELCOME to the discussion for WEEK 4. Please respond
in complete sentences for each question, unless directed to do
otherwise, demonstrating in your reply that you have read the
material in order to receive full credit.
Topic 1:Copyright
This week you read about copyright and some of the laws
governing digital rights management.
Discussion:
Copyright protection is available for original works of
authorship that are fixed in a tangible form, whether published
or unpublished. The categories of works that can be protected
by copyright laws include paintings, literary works, live
performances, photographs, movies, and software.
Response #1:
Make an argument for or against the following statement:
“Copyright is the only way for musicians,
51. artists, and filmmakers to protect their integrity. What’s
important is not profit, but protecting creative content from
unfair use. Copyright should remain an important part of our
law”. Justify your response with support from the reading.
Topic 2: Customer Location Data
This week you read the article “Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and
Sprint Suspend Selling of Customer Location Data (web page).
Discussion:
Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint will no longer share its customers'
location information with several third-party companies who
failed to handle the data appropriately.
Question #1:
Do you agree with phone companies sharing their customers’
information with third-party companies? Why or why not?
Support your answer.
Topic 3: Filter Bubbles
This week read the article” Measuring the Filter Bubble: How
Google is measuring what you click”and watched “How Filter
Bubbles Isolate You”(YouTube Video)
Discussion:
If you and I performed a Google Internet search on a topic, we
could get totally different results. How is this possible? In
attempts to provide us with user-specific content based on the
data they collect on us, web companies may also be restricting
us from information and "narrowing our world view."
Question #1:
What are your thoughts on filter bubbles? Have you ever
encountered a Filter Bubble? Do you think companies like
Facebook and Google have a civic responsibility in this area?
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WEEK 4: READ & WATCH
Please find below the content and items you need to read and
watch this week. Please note your weekly discussions are tied to
each week’s “Read & Watch”
MAIN FOCUS
1. Privacy & Security
2. Digital Rights Management
READ
1. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
53. 2. Google grilled over "Project Dragonfly" at Senate hearing on
data privacy.
3. What is Phishing (web page)
4. Background: Introduction to the ECPA (web page)
5. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Suspend Selling of
Customer Location Data (web page)
6. Measuring the Filter Bubble: How Google is measuring what
you click.
7. If Facebook is really at war, the only way to win is to put
ethics first.(web page)
VIEW / WATCH
1. How Filter Bubbles Isolate You (YouTube Video)
1 0 ' January 10, 2019 - January 18, 2019 THE NEW YORK
AMSTERDAM NEWS
A first step for criminal
justice reform __
Late last m onth, Congress passed and
the president signed the m ost far-reach-
ing crim inal justice reform in a genera-
tion. Advocates envision the First Step
Act as just that, a first step toward reduc-
ing mass incarceration and repairing our
dam aged democracy.
Specifically, the Act will shorten some
disproportionately long federal prison
sentences, ease m andatory m inim um
sentences and the “three-strikes” rule, in
crease good and earned tim e credits, re-
quire inm ates to be housed within 500
54. miles of their families w hen possible and
end the shackling of inm ates while preg-
nant, giving birth and in postpartum
recovery. Especially relevant to com m uni-
ties of color, the Act retroactively reduces
the disparity betw een sentences for crack
and powder cocaine.
The Act is long overdue. Mass incarcera-
tion, which author Michelle Alexander has
called “The New Jim Crow,” is one of the
defining civil rights issues in the United
States today. Our n ation represents less
than 5 percent of the w orld’s population
but has alm ost 25 percent of its prisoners.
Worse, more than 30 percent of the world’s
incarcerated w om en are in U.S. prisons.
The Act does n o t go as far as the bill
th a t was p revented from com ing to a vote
by Sen. M itch M cConnell (R-Ky.) and the
R epublican m ajority d u rin g th e O bam a
a d m in istra tio n . H istory will m easu re it
by o u r ability to build on it. “It is a co m
p rom ise of a com prom ise, an d we u lti-
m ately n ee d to m ake far g reater reform s
if we are to right th e w rongs th a t exist
in our crim inal justice system ,” said Sen.
Kanrala H arris (D-Calif.), m em b er of the
S enate Judiciary C om m ittee an d form er
C alifornia a tto rn e y general.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), an o th er Judi-
ciary Com m ittee member, and who sh ep -
herded tire legislation, said, "We continue
to work for elim ination of cash bail for
55. non-violent crimes, and m ore sup p o rt for
re-entry program s...A nd m uch work re -
m ains to be done at the state level, where
the vast m ajority of sentencing and in car-
ceration takes place.”
The federal prison system houses a p -
proximately 12 percent of the nation’s pris
oners. Second and third steps m ust address
the 88 percent in state and local penal in-
stitutions. Doing so will require criminal
reform advocates to hold together the rare
bipartisan coalition of progressives and
conservatives that supported the bill.
This bro ad coalition was able to defeat
th e w orst GOP po iso n -p ill a m en d m e n ts
and convince a law -an d -o rd e r p re sid e n t
to sign th e m easure. The staggering cost
of incarceratio n has caused states to
take a second look at sen ten c in g p ra c -
tices. For th e past d ecad e or so C hris-
tian conservatives have jo in ed the effort
for p riso n reform . The opioid crisis has
also aw akened m any to o u r overly p u n i-
tive system . According to a 2017 survey,
som e 71 p ercen t of A m ericans believe
th a t reducing the c o u n try ’s prison p o p -
u latio n should be a priority.
Victory would not have been possible
w ithout the work of advocates such as Van
Jones and Jessica Jackson Sloan, leaders of
#cut50, a broad national bipartisan initia-
tive to reduce the prison population while
making our com m unities safer. Building
56. on the work begun during the Obama a d -
m inistration, the formerly incarcerated
and their family m em bers from a host of
groups, am ong them #cut50, Prison Fel-
lowship, the National Council for Incarcer-
ated and Formerly Incarcerated Women
and Girls, lobbied Congress and beat the
bushes for support.
The Brennan Center for Justice, the New
York City progressive non-partisan public
policy and law institute, has developed
guidelines on how best to build on the Act.
A central ten et is the use of federal dol-
lars and other incentives to reduce states’
prison populations.
B rennan’s Priya Raghavan has authored
“An Election Agenda for Candidates, Ac
tivists and Legislators,” which provides a
blueprint to win achievable reforms. She
notes th at if every state passed two of the
proposals—the Alternative to Prison Act
and the Proportional Sentencing Act—the
n ation’s prison population could safely be
reduced by 40 percent.
The proposals include elim inating im -
p risonm ent for lower-level crimes, abol-
ishing cash bail, reforming m arijuana
laws, making sentences proportional to
crime, reform ing prosecutor incentives
and curbing the n um ber of wom en e n te r-
ing state prisons.
As b ro th e r D errick Johnson, p re sid e n t
57. an d CEO of th e NAACP, rem inds us, “The
Act sh o u ld be seen as th e first step in the
jo u rn ey for equality an d fairness in our
crim inal ju stic e system .” T hat jo u rn ey
requires ste p p e d up political involve-
m ent. And at th e c e n te r of o u r p o liti-
cal an d legislative efforts should be the
d em a n d th a t all ca n d id a tes build on
th e Act by su p p o rtin g bold progressive
seco n d an d third steps.
George Gresham is president o fl 199SEIU
United Healthcare Workers East, the larg-
est union in New York and the largest
healthcare union in the nation.
UAW hies lawsuit
against General Motors
for breach of contract
“ I n N o v e m b e r , m o n t h s a f t e r
P r e s i d e n t D o n a ld T r u m p s a i d t h e j o b s
w e r e c o m i n g b a c k , G M a n n o u n c e d
p l a n s t o l a y o f f 1 5 p e r c e n t o f i t s
s a l a r i e d w o r k f o r c e ( u p t o 1 4 , 0 0 0
e m p l o y e e s ) a n d c l o s e f i v e p l a n t s i n
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d C a n a d a / '
By STEPHON JOHNSON
Amsterdam News Staff
58. The union representing au -
toworkers wants to take Gen-
eral Motors to task.
Last week, United Auto
Workers filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court against the
auto giant, accusing the com -
pany of breach of labor con-
tract. According to details in
the suit, UAW requests that
the court order GM to transfer
seniority union members to
the Fort Wayne, Ind., assem-
bly plant to maintain its con-
tractual agreement with them.
UAW accused GM of cir-
cumventing the agreement
by using temporary employ-
ees. “UAW members negoti
ated a binding agreement and
we expect General Motors
to follow the contract they
agreed to and GM members
ratified,” said Terry Dittes,
UAW vice president and di-
rector, GM Department.
There are approximately
1,000 seniority employees on
layoff nationwide, including
690 employees laid off at the
Lordstown, Ohio assembly
plant, many of whom have a p -
59. plied to transfer to openings
at the Fort Wayne plant.
According to the suit, the
agreement between UAW and
GM states that the hiring of
new employees in one loca-
tion while there is a surplus
of senior employees in other
locations is not in either par-
ty’s best interest. “Therefore,
the parties will provide eli-
gible seniority laid-off and
active seniority employees an
opportunity to relocated to
UAW-GM facilities outside of
their area, with particular em -
phasis on placing employees
from closed or idled facilities,"
read the agreement.
In November, m onths after
President Donald Trump said
the jobs were coming back,
GM announced plans to lay off
15 percent of its salaried work-
force (up to 14,000 employees)
and close five plants in the
United States and Canada. GM
also announced that it would
stop production at their Lord-
stown, and Hamtramck, Midi,
assembly plants. The deci-
sion also affects employment
at GM locations in Baltimore,
60. Md., Brownstown, Mich, and
Warren, Mich.
GM’s stock increased after
the announcem ent of layoffs
and factory closings.
According to GM officials,
their decisions stem from the
decrease in popularity of the
sedan in favor of SUVs. Offi-
cials also said that GM lost $1
billion because ofTrump’s tar
iffs on foreign goods.
“Late last year, GM start
ed the process to bring about
50 Lordstown employees to
Ft. Wayne to fill some of the
positions that had been cov-
ered by temporary employ-
ees,” said a GM representative
to the AmNews. “In fact, about
35 Lordstown UAW members
will be in place by the end of
January. We have ongoing dis-
cussions with the UAW re-
garding our staffing needs in
Ft. Wayne, but have no further
comments on the lawsuit.”
GM’s actions would be the
largest restructuring for the
automaker since its bankrupt-
cy in 2008, when the govern-
ment bailed the company out.
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https://www.bop.gov
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Legislative Background on Criminal Justice Reform
Recent Action by Congress on the FIRST STEP Act
For the first time in nearly a decade, Congress is con-sidering
major criminal justice legislation, including
reforms relating to sentencing, recidivism, and prisoner
re-entry into society.
The most recently enacted law addressing these issues
was the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which eliminated
the five-year minimum sentence for possession of crack
cocaine and reduced the disparity between how much
crack or powdered cocaine a possessor needed to have
to incur Federal penalties.
Earlier, in 2007, Congress passed the Second Chance
Act, to provide grants to local government to help of-
fenders reintegrate into communities upon their release
through housing, employment, substance abuse, family
assistance, and other programs.
House Bill. In the 115th Congress (set to adjourn at the
end the year), Representative Doug Collins (GA-R) intro-
duced the FIRST STEP (Formerly Incarcerated Re-enter
Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person)
Act. Major provisions included:
● Revising the good-time credit law, allowing prisoners
to earn 54 days of credit each year instead of 47
● Prohibiting the shackling of pregnant prisoners
● Increasing drug abuse treatment opportunities.
63. ● Requiring the provision of health care products to
incarcerated women
● Providing phone and video communications and vis-
itation privileges
● Requiring that prisoners be within 500 driving miles
of home
● Expanding compassionate release (such as for severe
illness)
The bill cleared the Judiciary Committee on May 9,
25 to 5. On the same day, the White House held a Prison
Reform Summit to endorse the legislation and encourage
lawmakers to take further action. In his summit remarks,
President Trump called prison reform “an issue that unites
people from across the political spectrum.” The House
passed the bill on May 22 by a vote of 360 to 59.
Senate Bill. Senator Charles Grassley (IA-R), chair of
the Judiciary Committee, introduced a Senate version of
the bill on November 26. S. 3649, simply titled the First
Step Act, combines prison reform proposals contained in
the House-passed bill with provisions of Sentencing Re-
form Act Corrections Act (also introduced by Grassley),
which changes some of the strictest Federal sentencing
rules. Among other reforms, the Senate version eliminates
“stacking” a gun sentence on top of a sentence for a drug
crime or crime of violence — a practice that has resulted
into much longer sentences. It also allows judges to sen-
tence below the mandatory minimum for co-operative,
low-level nonviolent drug offenders.
Outlook. In mid-December, bowing to pressure from
64. the White House and a coalition of the bill’s supporters,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY-R) agreed
to bring the First Step Act to the Senate floor before the
115th Congress adjourns. n
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