Essays on Ramifications

In the South China Morning Post's article called “Dumping of untreated acid in Chinese canal highlights nation's water pollution woes,” we read that a Jiangsu chemical plant was recently charged with the fine of 20 million yuan ($2.88 million) for the violation of dumping nearly 2,700 tons of liquid acid waste into the Grand Canal. The reason for this fine is due to the immeasurable level of environmental damage that this caused. The fine attests to the drastic importance of respecting the earth and its bodies of waters, understanding that it is all maintained by a delicate natural ...

The development of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology has transformed genetics and gene editing. CRISPR’s precision and efficiency have allowed scientists to control and modify genetic material with unparalleled precision. This technology, however, presents a slew of ethical issues about its possible ramifications and implications. This essay will outline the CRISPR technology, discuss the ethical problems with CRISPR and conflicts surrounding it, as well as argue whether gene editing is ethical in general.

What Is the CRISPR Technology?

CRISPR technology is a genetic technique that allows researchers to alter particular genes in an organism’s DNA. The method employs a class of enzymes ...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 had a significant practical and emotional impact on the world. Being the longest-reigning queen in British history, Elizabeth II maintained a unique position of influence and admiration not only in the United Kingdom but also globally. In this essay, we will look at how Queen Elizabeth II’s death affected the world in several spheres, namely, the future of the monarchy, international relations, economy, and sentiment.

Queen Elizabeth Death: 2022 Marked the End of an Era

When did Queen Elizabeth die? The monarch died on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96. This marked the end ...

Protests have been occurring in Iran for decades, but recent developments have brought them to the center of global attention. In this essay, I will explain why the Iran riots started, their origins, development, and essential points, as well as why understanding them may be crucial for the American public.

Reasons Behind the Protests in Iran

Protests in Iran are happening for a variety of causes. Economic difficulties make up one of the key factors. For years, the Iranian economy has struggled due to foreign sanctions and mismanagement. Inflation is on the rise, while unemployment is widespread, particularly among the young. Many Iranians are struggling to ...

Executive Summary

Information Technology is a rapidly developing landscape and increasingly becoming a valuable asset to the corporate world almost challenging assets such as land. IT resources must, therefore, be utilized properly for optimal growth of the corporate industry. As such, policies like an acceptable use of information technology, Bring Your Device, and Digital Media Sanitizations are put in place to govern the behavior of employees within Red Clay Renovations. The following are approval drafts for policy guidelines on each item.

Approval Draft for Acceptable Use Policy for Information Technology

The IT resources available at Red Clay Renovations are wholly owned and maintained by the firm. Use of these resources ...

Question 1:

Several legal and ethical principles influence the workforce in healthcare organizations, particularly in light of employees belonging to diverse cultural backgrounds coming together for achieving common organizational goals. Towards managing employees in a huge healthcare setting it would be effective for HR functionaries to understand the legal relationships existing between the organization and employees in the first place. Most importantly, healthcare organizations that employ diverse employees must clearly define ethical behavior patterns of employees among each other and with the patients and their family members. Ethical behavior with employees belonging to another culture calls for not only treating each ...

With the advent of computer use by all and sundry, criminal minded people have also ventured into what is termed as cyber crime, which has as many ramifications as there are categories of crime. It has therefore become imperative for the government and law enforcement agencies to put up stringent measures against such criminals. The main categories of crimes, perpetrated through computers are stealing computer hardware or software, manipulating data through computers, telecommunications and internal computer crimes. When viruses are implanted into other people’s computers in a deliberate attempt at being malicious against such people this constitutes internal ...

Introduction

Child abuse and maltreatment is a broad term that refers to different types of abuses that children may experience in their environment. Abuses and maltreatment may come in the form of neglect, exposure to violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse. Children are the most vulnerable segment of society when it comes to abuse and neglect. Being unable to protect and care for themselves, some children are subjected to abuses and maltreatment, most often, by family members themselves. The perpetrators of abuse and maltreatment of children may also vary. Aside from parents and siblings, children can also be ...

Abstract

The current discussion is aimed at the dissection of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability of British Petroleum (BP) by taking the case of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in to consideration. By commencing the discussion with an overview of the externalities present in the oil industry, the pressures on oil companies are examined which is further evaluated through the application of stakeholder theory and the theory of utilitarianism. In the case of BP, it is revealed that the resort to CSR was primarily a reactive measure to correct its tainted brand image and save it from reputational risks. ...

Abstract

One of the most prevalent addictions in our society that has far-reaching social, economic and psychological ramifications is alcoholism. At least 16.3 million Americans who are above 18 years have Alcohol Use Disorder as at 2014. However, not everyone who consumes or excessively consumes alcohol ends up with alcohol use disorder. This study speculates that persons with alcohol addiction have an inherently addictive personality and goes ahead to propose a study to investigate it. Using a random sample, a two group-study will be implemented. Personality test will be used to collect information on addictive personality. A t-test for two-groups ...

The study intended to develop a vision for disaster nursing, in addition to identifying the barriers and facilitators to the achievement of the developed vision. The study also sought to outline “recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy and research” (Veenema et al., 2016). The authors of this article also acknowledge the potential of nurses in managing disasters, as they observe that there are approximately 2.3 million nurses in the United States. Despite the great potential that nurses hold for managing disasters and emergencies, the efforts to integrate them into disaster management efforts are still wanting. The nurses are inadequately ...

Introduction

Over the years, health care organizations have developed performance management systems that evaluate various strategic plans geared at promoting staff performance as a way to ensure high-quality patient care (Giannini, 2015). This management system is achieved through the performance appraisal system, a structured formal evaluation system that examines the accomplishments and weaknesses of the staffs and initiates plan for skills development and improvement (Vaghela, 2015). In this paper, we evaluate three performance appraisal methods that could be used in a health care organization. Next, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the performance appraisal method. Also, the paper analyzes ...

Abstract

One of the most prevalent addition in our society that has far reaching social, economic and psychological ramifications is alcoholism. At least 16.3 million Americans who are above 18 years have Alcohol Use Disorder as at 2014. However, not everyone who consumes or excessively consumes alcohol ends up with alcohol use disorder. This study speculates that persons with alcohol addiction have an inherently addictive personality and goes ahead to propose a study to investigate it. Using a random sample, a two group-study will be implemented. Personality test will be used to collect information on addictive personality. A t-test for ...

Introduction

Over the years, health care organizations have developed performance management systems that evaluate various strategic plans geared at promoting staff performance as a way to ensure high-quality patient care (Giannini, 2015). This management system is achieved through performance appraisal system, a structured formal evaluation system that examines the accomplishments and weaknesses of the staffs and initiates plan for skills development and improvement (Vaghela, 2015). In this paper, we evaluate three performance appraisal methods that could be used in a health care organization. Next, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the performance appraisal method. Also, the paper analyzes legal ...

“Performance management systems, which typically include performance appraisal and employee development, are the “Achilles’ heel” of human resources management. They suffer flaws in many organizations, with employees and managers regularly bemoaning their ineffectiveness” (Pulakos, 2004). Performance management involves planning, and employee input to determine methods and techniques to improve the performance of employees and align these improvements with organizational goals. In this paper, the internal and external job roles and responsibilities of retail sales associates will be highlighted, an organizational modification plan that can be used to encourage specified behaviors in the retail sales associate capacity, methods for measuring ...

Describe civil and criminal penalties that might arise from Ima’s death

Under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) 1970, all employers are responsible for creating adequately safe working environment (Pinnington, Macklin & Campbell, 2007). The possibilities of employee contact with uninsulated wire is a situation, when life of this employee becomes jeopardized, as well as there is a possibility of getting serious bodily damages. In this case, the affected employee, or the family members are entitled to claiming general damages from the employee. Furthermore, because the omissions of Walexron are conspicuously blatant (uninsulated wire obviously poses a huge hazard to the employee and visitors of the facility) ...

Description and relationship of the primary functions of management

In healthcare administration, management functions can be described to mean key duties rendered upon the organization’s management in the running of a health organization. These functions can be broadly categorized as planning, organizing, controlling and leading/directing.

Planning

Planning involves the creation of necessary steps required in deciding the future position of a health facility in a strategic manner. It is regarded as a traditional model used by managers because it offers insights into the management on problems that hinder the performance of their organizations. Again, it requires the management to foresee future internal and external socio-economic facts that are ...

For the purpose of this paper, the contemporary issue of choice is the increased use of social media in the workplace. Technological advancement has made it possible for employees of an organization to easily access their social media platforms such as Facebook and twitter. Currently, most companies have accepted and appreciated social media as a necessity in connecting people. Although initially this vice was banned, the same is not the case today. Many companies have adopted the practice, the extent to which they use such media to advertise their products and services (Zhong, 2016). Through platforms such as Instagram, ...

Types of Social Challenges Faced By Indian Students in Melbourne Tertiary Universities

Overview of existing research Whereas there have been worrying acts of hostility, Australia is commonly considered an excellent practice country in its international student experiences, migration policies, and assimilation of people from diverse backgrounds. Despite a normally upbeat track record, room and chance for improvement are always there, as recent shortcomings in the experiences of international students in Australia indicate. Recently, foreign students living in Australia have been physically attacked and in fact murdered. Victimization is a shameful and painful experience and must not be condoned in any institutional arrangement or public policy, yet, it still happens even in ...

Career Research Paper: An Annotated Bibliography (Phase 2)

Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association (n.d.). Sample Role Description for Registered Nurse in Family Practice. Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association. Retrieved from https://nurseone.ca/~/media/nurseone/files/en/sample_role_description_e.pdf?la=en This document presents an in-depth view of the role description that is to be expected in nurses in family practice. It gives general and specific overviews in matter regarding health assessment, health care management, health education, health promotion, and professional role of nurses. However, it is limited to nurses who are taking family practice and thus is not applicable to the job description of nursing in general. Computer Programmer Salary (n.d.). Payscale. Retrieved from http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Computer_Programmer/Salary ...

GMO is genetically modified organism. It has become very wide spread in our world. However, not all the people are aware of what GMO is and what it does to their bodies. Many consumers are buying products at the grocery store and are clueless that they have become a part of the global experiment. Nowadays many activists are trying to explain people what GMO is and how it works. David Suzuki and BBC Documentary “Ghost in Your Genes” provide a lot of explanation to the issue of GMO in the modern world. Overpopulation is one of the main reasons ...

Free trade agreements such as ChAFTA (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement) and the proposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) are treaties that are signed and ratified by national governments in a bid to increase the volume of trade within their country, as well as to reduce the obstacles that limit local and foreign investment. This is particularly useful seeing as incentives such as reduced or eliminated tariffs serve to encourage investors from far and wide to invest in the said country (Lim, Elms, and Low, 2012). For many years, such treaties have successfully ensured increased volume of trade as well as investor ...