Essays on Gatekeeper

Introduction

A team may be defined as a group of committed and motivated individuals, working collectively and interdependently to share resources, skills, and knowledge in a coordinated pursuit of a common objective of producing high quality results (Leach & Mayo, 2013; Mickan & Rodger, 2000). In effect, members of the team must be distinguished by their common commitment and motivation in their pursuit of common objectives. Commitment ensures that each member stay together and tough it out in their pursuits for desired results. Conversely, motivation provides them the necessary emotional fuel to push the boundaries of their resources, skills, and knowledge in ...

Analysis of “One is One” by Marie Ponsot

In the context of human experience, there are few emotions which evoke such a sensation of bitter irony as forbidden love, especially among individuals on opposite sides of the law. In her poem “One is One”, author Marie Ponsot constructs a style of reflective monologue from the perspective of a jailer who is seemingly addressing an inmate with which he or she has had some form of relationship in the past. Ponsot establishes this relationship between the jailer and the inmate to demonstrate the contrasting power balances of dominance and vulnerability which witnessed in the traditional form of power which the ...

1. Explain the Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1870.

The act of naturalization of 1790 was the initial effort by the congress to develop an immigration policy. The act constrained naturalization to white individuals who were free and of decent character and had initially stayed in America for a period of two years. The 1870 act on the other had been an initiative by the congress to widen the laws of naturalization in the country so that it could permit the naturalization of African-Americans.

2. How do we explain that the majority of 19th century immigrant groups achieved social mobility while more recent immigrant groups have not?

Most immigrants of the 19th century attained high levels of social mobility as compared to immigrants today. In present day, there are dissimilar rules and ...

The term registration is defined as the process, by which the company files required documents at SEC with the details of the particulars of anticipated public offering ("Registered company Definition - NASDAQ.com," n.d.). On contrast to that, holding companies, which do not sell the shares to the public, do not require to register with SEC. However, the SCE requires a common holding company to register under the Investment Company Act 1940 The main difference between registered and unregistered holding company are the SEC agreement regulations according to which the registered company must work.

We are dealing with these registered companies as the firm whose objectives are discussed below.

Now, any registered public company ...

Introduction to the case

Northern Timber Company works wood cutting locales in province remote zones. Workers are reached there for 14 working days and after that come back for 14 days off. They are lived in trailers gave by the organization. They are secured by an aggregate understanding between the organization and the Timber Workers Union. The organization recruit timber cutter in 2005 named with Hank Bradford. Throughout his work, Bradford works a cutting apparatus and other conceivably dangerous equipment. Preceding being procured, Bradford was prompted that no alcohol and drugs were allowed on organization property, including the living arrangements possessed by representatives. The ...

Introduction

The immigration legislation in the U.S. today is the product of decades worth of political wrangling and public anger on both sides of the debate. The immigration debate has gone back and forth between the two political parties in this country to such a degree that there is de facto compromise on the elements of reform, and now all we have to do is implement the reforms that are already in place. The argument has gone back and forth for decades with both Democratic and Republican regimes signing legislation that encourages immigration then opposes immigration. The full circle is here ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of bullying in the workplace. It was established that Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Healthy Workplace Bill regulate interpersonal relationship and prohibit bullying in the workplace. The types of bullies and their activities are the focal points of the research paper. Since workplace assault poses a tremendous threat to physical and psychological well-being of victims, mental, emotional and physical consequences of bullying were given a particular focus in the concluding part of the project. Keywords: bullying, workplace, victim, physical, mental, abuse It so happens that people are split into two ...

ABSTRACT

Voice over IP is a communication service which uses packet based networks in order to communicate among internet users. This service has provided substitute of mobile telephony by implementing low cost communication services. In this research work, we have provided a brief introduction of architecture and implementation of VoIP. A cost and benefit analysis of this service is also explained and on the basis of this analysis, we have proposed the use of VoIP as beneficial as compared to other communication ways using mobile networks. A discussion on implementation of VoIP in different organizations will also be discussed in this document.

INTRODUCTION

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Gatekeeping is a subject that has elicited incessant debate in the contemporary world. The mentioned subject merely connotes to the reception of chunk of information. Consequently, the information gathered is filtered before it is disseminated to the public (Shoemaker & Vos, 2009). Worth mentioning is the fact that media houses receive myriad information from the entire globe. Not all this information is aired to the public; the information that raises ethical issues or which do not adhere to the organization policy are stamped out from the list. Prevalently, gatekeeping has been faced by significant ethical issues. The research majors on ...

The governments of the world are looking for ways to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity of their health care systems. Recently, primary health care has gained acceptance in the quest of achieving its aims (Besley & Gouvea, 2004). Primary health care in many nations is accessible, equitable and mostly favors the poor and the marginalized. The use of primary care physician’s increases patient satisfaction and reduces costs of health (Oxley et al., 2004). Primary health care does not have adverse effects on the quality of health care. It ensures maximum service utilization. The health care insurance through HMO ...

The way the media approaches Benghazi scandal brought a lot of controversy where different media stations offered different versions of the incident causing conflicts and a clash of information. The different media stations offered different reasons for the attack leading to the failure and lose of track by the news media as a channel of communication. The media there focused more on partisan issues and concerns as well as aspects of entertaining the public forgetting their main role of being a gatekeeper of information. This therefore turned the scandal a political issue of the America leadership by presenting and criticizing the statements of various ...

Introduction

The relevance of this movie to this course The Net was released in the year 1995 and was directed by Irwin Winkler. The movie’s key theme revolves around the modern computer technology, its complexity and crime. Action begins when Angela Bennet realizes that her identity had been changed and replaced with that of a criminal, because she actually owned a floppy disk which belonged to a group of terrorists called the "cyberterrorists".Angela Bennet is able to access information from corporate systems and federal systems. The cyber terrorists would stop at nothing to protect this top secret. The cyber terrorists ...

Introduction

Amidst increasing globalization of markets and industries, it is natural for custodians of free-market distortions, to scrutinize not just companies at home country, but also foreign ones. This is applicable to not only national regulators such Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Antitrust Division of Department of Justice (DOJ), but also to international regulators such as the European Commission. These regulators must supervise mergers and acquisitions at their home territory as well as in other jurisdictions. So, it is not unexpected when, those mergers, which, initially seems to be purely American in nature, have been subject to intensive inspection ...

Analysis Section

A. Roles

a. Johari Window – This activity encouraged me to think about myself in positive terms only and allowed me to review who I am without fear of sounding arrogant. I chose the words brave, friendly, happy and caring to describe me in terms of words that will be known to others as I regularly show these qualities to my loved ones and peers. In the ‘not known to others’ box, I chose the words nervous and giving. The former of these is a word which I endeavour to not show too often as I’d prefer people to see ...

In the pantheon of health insurance systems, there are a wide variety of options available to the American citizen. Both private and public health coverage allows for a comprehensive health plan to be acquired in whatever way one deems appropriate. In this essay, we will compare a managed care organization and a commercial health insurance company – how they work, how they compare, and what they can offer their customers. The managed care company will be Medicare, and the commercial insurance company explored is the health branch of American Family Insurance. American Family Insurance works by providing commercial health insurance to the individual, ...