Essays on Professionalism

Part I. Philosophy of Education

Personal Identity

The element of philosophy of education that reflects my identity as an early childhood educator aligns with Bruner’s (1966) concept of Constructivism theory. In this concept, the learner transforms, selects information, and make decisions by focusing on constructing the knowledge itself. These knowledge are constructed through beliefs, personal experiences and previous knowledge (Bruner, 1966). As an educator, I encourage the student to present any form of information that they have previously learned and create an opportunity for them to develop prior knowledge into new discoveries.

Central Issues and Professional Values

The central values and issues involve ...

The essence of organizations could be extremely important from different angles and the involvement of leadership and management could be extremely important for an entity. The main objective of this assignment is to answer some questions related to leadership.

- Are you most comfortable as a task or people oriented leader? - How important is charisma in your leadership effectiveness?

Having charisma is an important activity or phenomenon that comes under the ambit of leadership. It is one of the most important types of leadership through which an organization could enhance their effectiveness in total. Having Charisma in my ...

In a co-teaching classroom environment, it is normal to expect that a teaching colleague would possess characters, traits, beliefs, values, and teaching style that is antithetical from one’s personal and professional perspectives. In a scenario where one is asked to teach with a colleague who has a completely different perspective from mine, the current discourse hereby aims to formulate a description and philosophy about co-teaching which reflects one’s viewpoint at this time.

Description and Philosophy

One strongly believes that individuals have been raised in different familial backgrounds and environments which significantly influence the development of personal and professional values, beliefs, ...

Every single phenomenon in this world is based on the figures – either this is the simplest electronic device, or the money in a wallet, or logistics, or even a boiling kettle. Absolutely everything we are surrounded by is all about figures. No wonder that the first time I closely got acquainted with the world of figures was when I was a child. Thanks to my family I was able to realize a significant importance of those amusing hooks scratched on the paper very early and thus, it helped me shape my life and career aspirations before I actually could ...

Professional ethics and codes of conduct have assumed a prominent role in many professions today. The health profession is one such vocation which has been characterized by the development of codes of conduct as well as rules and regulations to govern the profession. While there are broad professional ethics and codes of conduct in the health sector, the focus of this article will be on community mental health services. The code of conduct and professional ethics governing service providers of community mental health services were developed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association. This is an organization which represents ...

Discussion 1:

Definitely, the interviewer’s physical and mental conditions, the place of interview and the questions used are important factors in data collection. The development of valid questions is a very important factor. It must be decided as to what form of questioning must be done, whether short answers, like yes or no, or detailed answers should be accepted. There can be biases in both forms of questioning and a proper balance must be maintained to get the required results. Moreover, the answers to these questions should not carry any personal views of the interviewer. Other factors are the number ...

I believe that the nursing profession is one of the noblest professions in the world. Indeed, this can even be traced back to its pioneers such as Florence Nightingale who concerned themselves with looking after those who were injured during the war. Like any other person, they could have chosen to sit on the fence and avoid doing anything. On the contrary, they immersed themselves in the war, not to fight, but to look after those injured during the war. This was irrespective of which side they belonged to. The care that Florence Nightingale and other ...

In an article entitled “10 Reasons to Take a Gap Year” published online in Campus Explorer, it rationalized that taking time off after high school graduation would prove to be more beneficial to the students. The ten reasons which supported this argument is appropriately highlighted herewith, to wit: (1) it provides ample opportunities to recharge the students’ academic battery; (2) the gap could be effectively utilized to seek the most appropriate academic institution to pursue the intended course; (3) the wider time frame would likewise assist in discerning the degree course to be pursued according to personal preferences, interests, ...

Expert witness vs treating therapist

There are many sorts of witness; some of the most important ones happen to be the Expert and the Therapist. The input of an expert witness validates the legal decisions at a tribunal (Campbell 2011). The expert is guided by facts and law; they are impartial to the person being trialed. On the other side, is the treating therapist, the professional witness, who regards only the patient’s health (Higgens 2007). The therapist can circumstantially be regarded as a witness because she is guided by the best interest of the patient (Reid 2010). Between both witnesses and how they ...

Organizations and business owners must begin with a mission statement if they want to succeed. These statements serve as compass or guiding principles for organizations and entrepreneurs to understand what their purpose is and determine whether they are anywhere near their goals. It tells customers and employees "what the business is all about and where it is headed" (Blake). Without a mission statement, businesses could lose track of their intentions and consequently, fail in their objectives, because mission statements represent the company and tell where the company is headed.

Whenever I buy products or avail of services of companies, ...

Strengths identified in the SWOT outline personal qualities compatible with recommended characteristics associated with successful financial risk analyst consultants:

- Adequate Distance – an expert risk analyst is able to merge disparate information, including factors that may be causing immediate conflict with a client’s strategic goals. As an external party hired to provide services and advisory, a consultant’s representation of an organization on a project can often clear the way for a company seeking investment and other contribution. - Closer – bring the project to completion so that the client may proceed with a strategy according to schedule ...

If I prescribe medication to my friend without looking at the medical history or without a suitable diagnosis, I am violating both legal and ethical regulations. According to the nursing code of ethics, the nurse has to establish professional boundaries (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2001). Unlike purely personal relationships, relationships with patients need to be structured relationships aimed at improving the patients’ well-being. Several other ethical standards are violated as well because I engaged in a questionable practice that could possibly jeopardize my friend’s safety. Furthermore, prescribing controlled substances without a systematic approach and diagnostic evidence is a ...

The ideal nursing faculty consists of qualified and experienced nurses committed to the nursing profession and dedicated to the advancement of the nursing profession. A combination of good qualifications, experiences and key competencies are required for every specialty in the nursing profession. The main competencies required for an Associate Nursing instruction personnel are

1) Demonstration of a good commitment to the nursing profession locally or internationally, through membership in nursing professional organizations, or publications in research journals. 2) Clinical expertise like a professional practice in their area of expertise or clinical instruction of students. 3) Commitment to continuous professional ...

- Identify which of the four possible roles you would play as a consultant (coach, partner, reflective observer, or expert) and explain the reasons why?

The advisers’ role as one is able to assist in the capacity building and development of the organization. They are able to be flexible in all their endeavors during the project cycle and therefore are able to create awareness on whatever it is required to drive the project. The advise ids the light of the project and the driver of the projects life cycle. They need to competent so that they are able to deal ...

n the article Stress Management Techniques: Evidence-Based Procedures that Reduce Stress and Promote Health published in the Health Science Journal in 2011, Varvogli & Darviri (2011) examine techniques for reducing stress. The article generally examines the aspect of stress, stress coping methods and stress management techniques. It draws its definition from WHO’s description that, stress is the situation whereby the homeostasis of an organism is threatened or the organism perceives a situation as threatening. As such, stress affects both the mental and physical health of people. It is a qualitative research article that draws its conclusions from the review ...

Forensic evidence and testing relates to the analysis of evidence obtained from the crime scene through a vastly technical or scientific process (Buckles, 2007). Such as so, it requires a highly trained or skilled person to do the analysis; such persons for evidentiary purposes are referred to as expert witnesses. Expert witnesses are very critical in the criminal justice as without their expertise a lot of crimes would remain unresolved (Saferstein, 2011). However, due to the technical nature of the evidence, it is difficult to ascertain the authenticity and admissibility of such evidence.

Accordingly, there are basic standards set ...

Today teachers are broadly viewed as central both in the area of problems with education and as the ones who can solve it. School leaders and education researchers are facing the challenge of motivating teaching professionals for reaching high levels of performance. Only in this way the nation’s goal of teaching students to the highest standards can be achieved, closing the achievement gap at the same time.

According to the requirements of the Federal government, and the No Child Left Behind Act, all the teachers of academic subjects in schools and other educational establishments should be highly qualified. ...

1). Professionalism is a term, which is often used to identify a person at work. As a rule, by this term people describe such person, who is respected at a work place and achieved a lot in the professional field. Also, there is a number of other qualities, which allow us to recognize true professional skills. Thus, for instance, professionals are well known for their knowledge. They constantly master their skills, participate in a variety of events, which help to develop their knowledge. True professionals always master their knowledge in order to be the best in their specialized field. ...

- What is the strategy of the GSO? Please be as specific as you can in identifying both the GSO’s environmental constraints, and how it differs both from the symphony orchestras, and from a professional sports team, which has many similar constraints and objectives? Why do these differences exist?

For a period of four years, Granville Symphony Orchestra experienced deficit, which forced the management to come up with effective, efficient, and attainable strategies. The main strategy of Granville Symphony Orchestra was to increase revenues whilst checking on the expenses. The management proposed many actions or measures to increase ...

The tremendous advances in information technology have necessitated the need for professional nursing associations to maintain websites where they can communicate with their members and the general public. This paper is a comprehensive review of the pros and cons of the American Nurses Association website, www.nursingworl.org.

The website facilitates lifelong learning and professional development for nurses. It achieves this by fostering easy access to a resource library, learning events, and professional networks. The website learning resources include continuing education units in form of online courses and other formats such ...

1. Describe the Master's prepared nurse’s role as researcher.

A research nurse performs a crucial role of guaranteeing the success of research studies. Research nurses also ensure the safety of participants and provide them with adequate information regarding the research topics, benefits and objectives of the research (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The role of a research is varied and intricate. Research nurses coordinate the management of the study through established organizational and leadership skills. Their roles in any clinical research entail preparation of protocols and other research–linked documentations. They submit research proposals for regulatory endorsement; coordinate the commencement, ...

In any organization the leader in each section has a lot of responsibility in ensuring the organization is under a conducive environment. This entails both the social and professional environment. In this task the professional environment is usually provided for under the job specification of all employees. In the professional environment the leader of any organization requires only to foresee the operations being done by employees under the specifications of their working contract. According to human resource analysts creating an appropriate professional environment is not a difficult task in an organization because all has been provided for in creating ...

Ethical problems abound in the health care environment. Health care administrators often encounter a dilemma when working in an environment which may not be favorable to the full practice of ethical decision making (Malloch & Porter-O’Grady, 2009). Issues relating to cost-cutting, patient safety, quality care and employee welfare also highlight dilemmas involving the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence (Morrison, 2011). The ACHE code of ethics is a standard which advocates a systematic process for self reflection founded on theory with the goal of assisting health care administrators in making the right decisions (Ethics self-assessment, 2012).

The ...

After completing the assessment on my personal values, I was able to learn several key things about what I value most in my life. From the assessment, I place the most value in professional and family areas. This means that I am more concerned about the quality of work I am doing and the relationships I maintain with family members. In the professional field, I was able to identify that I prefer a job that satisfies my quest for growth through intellectual challenges and opportunities. The results from these assessments have helped explain several attitudes and behaviors ...

Unlike my peers, I have never changed my aspirations and ambitions. I consider myself to be a self-confident person, but at the same time I tend to analyze and think over my own decisions – fortunately, I still have not found a single reason to give up my desire to work in a computer engineering field. Working on numerous projects while getting my Bachelor’s in Electric Engineering has only proved the fact that I feel absolutely comfortable and happy dealing with machines. One more thing I realized was the importance of programming and software for an engineer. That is ...

Business communication is a course that is expected to improve individual’s essential skills of communication at all levels of business. The effective business communication skills derived from the course is important because it enables a firm to increase sales, develop cohesive and better functioning teams and as a result improves the financial operations. The skills and knowledge helps the management to effectively identify the opportunity for the growth of business, the optimal efficiency of the business and cohesive procedures in the business. Thus communication skills are an important requirement for the managerial team of a business to attain ...

Abstract

Educational system has its own particularities and when discussing about leadership, the traits that define a leader are adapted to this system. This paper presents some leadership traits as they were identified from a professional activating in education field. The answers that the professional provided are interpreted and compared with specific notions of leadership, as they were illustrated in the Leadership Quality Paper (LQP). The paper identifies more differences than similarities in the way the professional perceives and applies leadership, compared to the traits revealed from LQP. The current paper also proposes a further research, meant to identify if ...

Introduction

Public relation is the practice of handling information flow between individuals or organizations and the public. It provides exposer for an individual or an organization to their audiences/stakeholders using matters of public attention and news items that do not entail direct payment. The main aim of a public relations department in an organization is to convince the public, investors and other stakeholders to uphold a confident point of view about the leadership and the products of the company. A person heading the public relations department in any institution should be a professional who comprehends all that is involved ...

Throughout my life, I have always endeavored to excel in what I do, by developing my current skills, molding them and perfecting into an achievement worthy of praise. There is never enough knowledge one can gather, there is always something new to be learned and thus, as they say, there is always room for improvement, no matter how skilled a person is in his field of expertise. Therefore, for personal as well as professional reasons, I believe I am one of the most suitable candidates to attend this signature class, because it is my opinion that perfecting my skills ...

Thesis statement

While the law should be observed in all situations, HIM professionals must act according to their professional code of ethics; this is what they vowed to observe.

This paper is arranged as follows:

i. Introduction ii. Roles of HIM professionals iii. Ethical and legal challenges facing HIM professionals; the case of abortion and euthanasia. iv. How HIM professionals can overcome the challenges.

Introduction

This section gives the general overview of the paper. The Health Information Management (HIM) is a profession that comes along with many legal, ethical and moral issues coalesced within it. A HIM professional, in the course of his/her career, might encounter situations ...

Introduction

Critical thinking is a way of confirming or deciding whether a given claim is true or false. Critical thinking is a very important component of most professions as it helps in problem solving and aid in the attainment of amicable solution to various problems. The concept of critical thinking is a rich concept which has been in existence in the last several centuries. It can also be referred to as the intellectual and skillful conceptualization of information to get a solution to a prevailing situation. Critical thinking is a form of problem solving technique which entails examination, carrying ...

Recruitment of staff is a rather tasking activity carried out by the management of an organization. Basically, all recruitment procedures are similar but a few differences arise depending on the activities and organizational structure of the firm or organization recruiting the personnel. There is also a difference in recruitment in the different job titles (Johnson, 2000).

The main aspect to consider in recruitment of staff in any organization is the environment around which the applicant will operate. The professional qualifications can be acceptable but if the person is not fit to work in the specified environment, the interviewee is ...

Computer ethics has a very important professional responsibility of serving the public interest as well as welfare to further improve the understanding public of the science of computers. Computer ethics should therefore take personal responsibility in maintaining high standards of integrity, honesty, and due diligence in the way they conduct education, research, and other professional duties. They should also be concerned with the condition of health and safety relating to the consumers, co-workers, and the community. Intellectual property is defined as original expressions of symbols, as well as words and ideas that represent the services or products of a ...

Abstract

For three years the mountain bike company has produced approximately two thousand frames daily. However, welding rods that conform to specifications appear recently to be contributing to a failure in some frames. The company’s Chief Engineer requested the Production Department’s Project Leader, Alison Passette, create a project to solve the problem.

This paper will answer two questions: 1) what information is required to determine the probable impact of the a mountain bike manufacturer’s quality assurance project on other projects within the same department, 2) should the preliminary findings affect decisions related to the expert welder’s ...

Position Paper on the Feasibility

Advancement in technology has become widely spread all over the globe. Implementation of utilization of technology in everyday life applications is increasing at a high rate. Technology has been seen to improve the quality of life of the elderly people. In addition to that, it is evident that technology enhances, the safety, independence as well as the security of the elderly people. It has been noted that the technologies involved in the limitations that people face in their old age has, for a long time not drawn the interest it deserves.

The main aim of this paper is to ...

The doctrine of vocation originates from days of creation when God granted man the ability to populate and take care of the earth. He has given people different abilities and talents such that no single person is independent of the other and thus each serves another depending on their calling (Veith, 9). IT is a modern profession that does not exist in history unlike its counterparts such as medicine, teaching and music. At one time, Christians even started believing that the spiritual world was inside a person and not within his daily external preoccupations and that modernity ran on ...

Veith (2002) provides a detailed discussion on the meaning of vocation and he provides various examples to state that vocation is not only about a single occupation however it comprises of the various responsibilities that are usually handled by an individual in various roles. Similarly for an IT professional, there are multiple roles played by an individual and therefore there is a strong similarity between the vocation about which Veith discussed, and the normal vocation calling of an IT professional. It is usually observed that the roles related to information technology professionals are multidimensional and therefore it is very ...

Ethical considerations hold the key to effective and meaningful recovery of a patient from all his/her illness with dignity. Failure to adhere to these ethical practices by the medical practitioners and therapists will not only throw away peoples trust on them, but also create a legal tussle between the two groups, further worsening the situation. In light of the two professional settings (Psychiatric Hospital and Children Psychotherapy), ethical boundary considerations resonates around two crucial parameters; informed consent and Confidentiality (Pope, & Vasquez, 2011). In deed, these are the key to mutual respect and understanding between the doctor and the patient.

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Introduction

Clinical experience over time comes with continuous learning and practice. This is a major aspect towards achieving great performance in clinical practice. Understanding the basis of public health issues helps in provision of professional help. It could also help in providing suggestions that could serve important relieving factors towards controlling such issue. Perusal of the facts available and the antecedents of the factors that lead to hunger in Irish region is an important pathway to understanding the problem.

My exploration and clinical experience as regards to Mercy Corps Action Centre and Irish Hunger Memorial contributes greatly to ...

Introduction

Counseling is a core part in the development of the society as a whole. Counselors have the responsibility of guiding members of a society through the hard times that they face and they should do so with the minimum financial objectives. Therefore, counselors are put in tight spot where they need to earn a living and at the same time offer professional counseling services that is beyond reproach. However, several counselors have faced law enforcing punitive measure as they performed their counseling duties. This has led to several counseling professional bodies to come up with guidelines as to the ...

There is no unique definition of the term mentor, since for every person being a mentor or having one means completely different things. According to the most common definition, a mentor is a person, who inspires, nurtures and motivates people. The relationships between a mentor and his mentee usually last for a long time and can be characterised by strong emotional connection (Zepeda, 1999).

Entering into mentor-mentee relationships can be beneficial in many ways. First of all, mentors are able to share their expertise and knowledge, which they have obtained on the way to their current position. This information ...

1. Introduction

The incumbent for the At Large Position 2 Houston City Council cannot run for reelection. She has reached the charter limit of three 2-year terms. This gives Jenifer Rose Pool a good opportunity to run in an open election with no incumbent in the race. Her chances for a win are better (as is true for everyone in general) because she won’t be running against an incumbent. In an open election that is city wide public exposure is a key strategy for voters to “get to know” Jenifer. Paul Wellstone’s campaign in Minnesota is a ...

I am sure that in order to become successful in any professional field it is necessary to identify clear goals and find the best place to realize them. I am happy that I understood this simple truth in time to do everything possible to make my dreams come true. I would like to describe the way my professional goals were formed and how I understood that Georgetown is the best place for me to do it.

Still, when I went to my violin lesson the next day, I noticed that every time I tried to strike a note ...

Question 1

The main disadvantage to Sprint using only a numbers-driven approach to improve customer service is that more emphasis and focus is placed on quantity than on quality. This can lead employees to complete their tasks – in this case, customer calls – in haste, for the sake of meeting their quotas, which might be at the expense of providing quality service to the customers. With the instructions of Sprint’s managers to finish calls as quickly as possible, customers may feel they are not being accorded the time they deserve for them to air their issues and for their problems to ...

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of implementing professional standards as well as the proper use of meta tags in web design. With the emergence of different browsers that have new versions regularly coming out and new tools that developers use for coding and designing web pages, this paper aims to show how the standards make things easier for the users, web developers, users, and web designers. This is especially considering the fact that more and more content is made available over the World Wide Web and that more and more people rely on the World Wide Web for ...

Abstract

Life is a game. We need to make systematic moves, based on some rules and principles so as to make sure that we emerge as winners. Now, the definition of a ‘winner’ is different for everybody. This definition is the one which is easily readable in ones’ personal mission statement. It is a summary of what you want to do in life, not in the short-term day-to-day life, but the one which you understand as the essence of your being. These rules and principles on which each one of us lays the foundation of our lives are called code ...

Activity 1: Memo

If you decide to take classes online you should know the main advantages of such form of education. Online classes give flexibility, you can manage your time as you wish, combine working and studying, be more open and study exactly that you need to study.

Another great advantage of online courses is that, you can find almost any type of class online. Now, I would like to give some advices to students who decided to take online classes. First of all, these students should be able to manage their time well. The second thing that I would recommend ...

Articles come in many forms. The differences between scholarly articles and the more commercial pieces are vast. Overall, academic and professional pieces of writing are far more reliable, albeit less accessible to a wide readership. Commercial articles and blogs can be fun and entertaining to read. However, their contents cannot be viewed as being textbook equivalent. Todd Melby’s article, In the Mood, was published in Volume 45, No 6. Of the Contemporary Sexuality journal in June 2010. The article discusses various studies which have added to the conversation about what impact anxiety and depression can have on sexual ...

Nursing professionalism

Since medieval times, the concept of nursing care has been associated with an array of meanings ranging from the provision of basic care to the young, sick and elderly to Nigthingale’s 1858 definition of the goal of nursing as being to put the patient in the most appropriate condition for nature processes to act upon him to current definitions by nursing theorists and professional nursing bodies. For example, the American Nurses Association (1995) defined nursing as the “diagnosis and treatments of human responses to health and illness” (Brunner, Bare & Smeelter, 2009, p.5). Based on these definitions and depending ...

Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement

All Police departments are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that law and order is maintained (Miller & Frank, 1999). The Chief of Police for the South Podunk Municipal Police Department is no exception. The major task among other issues is to take a number of progressive steps about addressing the security needs of the residents within Podunk Municipality. While the chief and the department are empowered with the authority to ensure maximum security and order within their limits, they are also expected to maintain and uphold high ethical and professional standards free of corruption and other vices of workmanship.

Mission statement

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Personal Development Profile

I have studied in different environments and academic environments that have enabled me to develop both interpersonal and professional skills. I chose engineering as a technical path in professionalism and through all these endurance; I have managed to establish a greater personal profile. In the learning process, I have gained industrial experience and problem solving skills in various production processes, in the manufacturing industry. I am pursuing a degree in Manufacturing and Industrial engineering. This particular field of professionalism requires a variety of technical skills, mastery of scientific concepts as well as instinctive problem solving skills (Nguyen, 1998, p. ...

Professional negligence

Generally, professional negligence can be described as the adjudged failure of a professional individual to possess the average skill or knowledge of other professionals in like circumstances, or, the failure of the individual to use their skill and knowledge if they possess it. It is evidenced by the results of their activities (Slovenko, 2009). An obligation to compensate for the damaged caused should be done if negligence is proved. The terms ‘medical malpractice’ or simply ‘malpractice’ are embedded in both legal and medical literature and are also a habit of thought. Professional malpractice in psychology occurs when, in the ...

Since childhood, I have been fascinated about civil and environmental engineering. This passion compelled me to pursuing a career in the field of environmental engineering as it offers me a chance to explore, identify, understand and seek solutions to human problems posed by nature. To fulfill this desire, I discovered the secret of goal setting. These goals majorly revolve around my academic, professional and personal experiences. My major academic goal has been to achieve academic excellence. To achieve this, I had to map various strategies that include constant and extensive research to equip me with a novel and vast ...

Social anxiety disorder is also known as social phobia. This state of an individual is an extreme case of the individual feeling pressure and being fearful of certain social situations. Some individuals are not confident in group settings, and constantly fear of being evaluated. Mostly this state occurs when the individual is faced with a new or novel situation. It is not uncommon to feel anxious about a new situation but some people fear it to a very large degree; hence, being a victim of the social anxiety disorder. Individuals may be so frightened of facing these new situations ...

What Is Meant By The Ethics Of Care?

Ethics of care is to offer assistance to Social Service Workers and help promote excellence in their duties and responsibilities. Professional standards as well as ethical standards have been set and approved and will work in conjunction with their professional judgment and any applicable legislation. It is true that every profession carries variations in approaches and the members should know how to response to the demands of a particular situation. The objective of this paper is to look into the different perspectives and criticisms as well as how it is related to the concept like dignity. Ethics of care ...

Person is able to adapt to various circumstances; with change in our lives, we are changing ourselves. Changes occurring in us help us survive, independently from the circumstances we can fall into. However, some events, especially stretching over time, could result in deep mental disorder called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). When we talk about PTSD, it is implied that the person has come through one or even more situations of traumatic character that have considerably influenced the psyche of the person. Such situations usually considerably differ from events in the past or have caused so much suffering that the ...

The first approach to whistle blowing condemns whistle blowers as people who rat on their own organizations or companies, thus, undermining the authority’s hierarchy and teamwork (Martin, 402). Although an approach, Martin feels that corporations should note that for employees loyalty to the organization is not an absolute moral principle, and thus, it is the role of the public to protect whistleblowers. The second approach suggests that although whistle blowing is a necessary evil and at times tagged admirable when it happens, all around it is always bad news (Martin, 402). This is simply because it disrupts and ...

People work for varied reasons. In contemporary times, most individuals seek employment to support oneself, loved ones, or family members. Thus, the main goal of work is to be compensated. The current essay hereby aims to present a cause and effect discourse on one’s first paycheck. One hereby asserts that the motivating drive to work and be paid is to be able to support oneself in pursuing professional goals and purchasing some personal items that I previously dreamed of. Likewise, the effect of being paid would be the realization of my dreams and being able to spend the ...

The Geographic Information System which is more commonly referred to as the GIS is a powerful software technology that assists environmental managers in making informed decisions about the environment. As this environment provides the breeding ground for all living things it is essential to preserve this place for future generations. A vast amount of information regarding the environment can be stored in this software and be made available to its users. Having said that, the users of the GIS technology are not limited to environmental managers rather it includes; public and private sectors, field analysts, online users, and international ...

Admission Essay

Choosing to work for Quantum Mortgage Brokers, a small real estate brokerage firm, was indeed one of the best decision of my life, which I took at the onset of my professional career. The small setting in the organization helped me in gaining a holistic and practical understanding of the accounting world. The very ethical and dynamic accounting job, paved my thoughts to rise fast through the career. In the beginning of my career as an accountant, my responsibilities in Quantum Mortgage Brokers revolved around preparation of vouchers, monthly reconciliation and the preparation of the financial statements. However, soon ...