Does the wide gap between the pay of low wage employees and Disney executives cast the shadow of privilege?

Read “Case Study 7.2: Don’t Mess with the Mouse: Labor Negotiations at Disney” on pp. 387-390 in Ch. 7 of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow.

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:

· Does the wide gap between the pay of low wage employees and Disney executives cast the shadow of privilege?

· Do you feel this gap is ethically justified? Why or why not?

· Should all workers be guaranteed a “living wage”? Why or why not?

· How might this scenario relate to learning organizations?

CASE STUDY 7.2DON’T MESS WITH THE MOUSE: LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AT DISNEYDisney employees were excited to learn that they would be getting a $1,000 bonus after the federal government lowered the tax rate for major corporations. The Disney company announced that it would give a portion of a $1.6 billion tax windfall to 125,000 nonmanagement workers. The excitement was short-lived, however, for the company’s union employees. Disney officials threatened to withhold the bonus unless members of the Service Trades Council Union representing housekeepers, kitchen staff, shop clerks, and other low-wage employees ratified the company’s latest contract offer. Ninety-three percent of the union membership had previously rejected the contract proposal, which called for a 50-cent an hour raise over two years with a $200 bonus.Union leaders cried foul, claiming that the company was engaged in “extortion,” punishing members who had voted against the contract proposal. The union representing employees at Disneyland Resort filed a complaint under the National Labor Relations Act, alleging that Disney was withdrawing the bonus as a threat against workers. For its part, Disney claimed that the bonus should be included as part of any settlement.Those familiar with Disney’s history shouldn’t be surprised by the latest labor unrest. In 1941, Disney cartoonists and illustrators went on strike, unionizing and asking for higher wages. Walt and Roy Disney retaliated, threatening workers and firing head animators. Later Walt would use the House Un-American Activities Committee as a platform to condemn the strikers as Communists. In 2008, visitors to Disney parks were greeted by union protestors dressed as Snow White, Tinkerbell, and other Disney figures holding picket signs. In 2017, the company was forced to pay 16,000 Florida employees $3.8 million in back wages for illegally charging them for costumes. Lawsuits by laid off technology employees claim that Disney illegally replaced them with foreign workers.While labor conflict is nothing new to the home of Mickey Mouse, recent negotiations were particularly tense. That’s because the company took a hard-line stance even as corporate profits and executive salaries soared. Of the company’s recent $10.7 billion profit, $2.2 billion came from its theme parks. (Disney raised prices on daily and multiday ticket packages to its properties.) Disney CEO Robert Iger made $43.9 million, chief operating officer Tom Staggs received $15.6 million, and chief financial officer Christine McCarthy took home $10.2 million.In addition to holding public protests and sponsoring a rally featuring Bernie Sanders, union leaders commissioned a report by researchers at Occidental College. The investigators found that most union employees have been unable to keep up with soaring housing costs in Orange County, California, where Disney is the largest employer. Eighty-five percent earn less than $12 an hour, which puts them below the poverty line for a family of four. Many are homeless, living out of their cars or at the homes of friends and relatives. Three quarters say that they do not earn enough to meet basic expenses. Sixty percent said the food they bought didn’t last the month. According to the authors of the report,The Walt Disney Company promotes Disneyland Resort as the “happiest place on earth.” But for many of the approximately 30,000 people who work there, it is not the happiest place to work. Despite steep increases in the cost of housing and other necessities, Disneyland workers have suffered steady pay cuts and are struggling to make ends meet.Spurred by the report’s findings, Disney labor leaders in Anaheim placed a “living wage” initiative on the ballot, which proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 and then $18 an hour for hospitality companies receiving a city tax subsidy. Disney settled with the Disney World and Disneyland unions before the initiative came to a vote. Disney boosted starting wages to $15 an hour at both theme parks and guaranteed future raises over the life of the contract. The living wage ballot measure then passed by a comfortable margin. The head of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce called the ballot result a “tragic outcome” that would drive away future hospitality projects, costing jobs. A union spokesperson called his claim “laughable.”

What competing frames of influence exist between students and university leaders’ expectations?

Scenario: In 2022, you will be eligible for tenure as a university professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies. One of the undergraduate courses you teach focuses on the critical analysis of how gender as a social construct informs our experiences and identities, the interrelationships between gender, sexualities, race, class, nation, and ability, and to connect such inquiry to issues within the local and global arenas. This is one of the most popular courses on campus. A major demonstration to address social injustices in various social settings including higher education is planned by numerous community organizers where the university is located. Your students want to play a major role in support of the event and have asked that you lead them in planning and organizing events to raise awareness on social injustices at the university. However, the university has not sanctioned its support for this event.

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:

· How would you exercise ethical influence to frame the moral value of this event for the university leadership?

· What leadership expectations does the university have of you?

· What competing frames of influence exist between students and university leaders’ expectations?

· Do any of the frames invoke moral values?

Analyze the impact of cultural considerations on ethical/legal decision making in advanced practice nursing

Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan

In your role as a PMHNP, you will regularly encounter situations that require your ability to make sound judgments and practice decisions for the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. There may not be a clear-cut answer of how to address the issue, but your ethical decision making must be based on evidence-based practice and what is good, right, and beneficial for patients. You will encounter patients who do not hold your values, but you must remain professional and unbiased in the care you provide to all patients regardless of their background or worldview. You must be prepared to critically analyze ethical situations and develop an appropriate plan of action.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze salient ethical and legal issues in psychiatric-mental health practice

· Analyze the impact of cultural considerations on ethical/legal decision making in advanced practice nursing

· Evaluate mastery of nurse practitioner knowledge in preparation for the nurse practitioner national certification examination*

*Assessed in Week 3 Assignment

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/coe-view-only/

http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/

https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/about_us/transparency_portal/aacap_code_of_ethics_2012.pdf

https://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3846

https://www.jaacap.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0890-8567%2812%2900500-X

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat06423a&AN=wal.EBC5108631&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200

Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015).  Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.

· Chapter 19, “Legal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children with Mental Health Problems”

Zakhari, R. (2020). The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner certification review manual. Springer.

· Chapter 1, “Preparing to Pass the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam”

Reminder: Keep Your Library of Advanced Practice Nursing Texts at Your Fingertips

Several textbooks are assigned in multiple courses in your program. That is, you will see reading assignments from the books assigned in the Learning Resources of more than one course. You should, however, keep all prior textbooks—not just the ones explicitly assigned—readily accessible. The expectation is that you will independently consult these prior textbooks to synthesize information needed to complete your final courses. This is your time to “put it all together” and to more fully embrace the advanced practice nursing role. Part of the responsibility of advanced practice is developing information literacy skills to know where to locate needed information for your clinical practice.

Discussion: Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care

Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are  frameworks to guide clinical decision making; they are generally not prescriptive. They also represent the aspirational ideals for the profession. Laws, on the other hand, dictate the requirements that must be followed. In this way, legal codes may be thought to represent the minimum standards of care, and ethics represent the highest goals for care.

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For this Discussion, you select a topic that has both legal and ethical implications for PMHNP practice and then perform a literature review on the topic. Your goal will be to identify the most salient legal and ethical facets of the issue for PMHNP practice, and also how these facets differ in the care of adult patients versus children. Keep in mind as you research your issue, that laws differ by state and your clinical practice will be dictated by the laws that govern your state.

To Prepare

· Select one of the following ethical/legal topics:

· Autonomy

· Beneficence

· Justice

· Fidelity

· Veracity

· Involuntary hospitalization and due process of civil commitment

· Informed assent/consent and capacity

· Duty to warn

· Restraints

· HIPPA

· Child and elder abuse reporting

· Tort law

· Negligence/malpractice

· In the Walden library, locate a total of four scholarly, professional, or legal resources related to this topic. One should address ethical considerations related to this topic for adults, one should be on ethical considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents, one should be on legal considerations related to this topic for adults, and one should be on legal considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents.

Describe strategies for safe effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients experiencing immunologic, infectious and inflammatory disorders.

Assignment – Impaired Immune System

Care Map

System Care Map

Purpose of Assignment

For this assignment, you will demonstrate knowledge of the diagnostic process using the template below. You will identify common assessment data, three priority nursing diagnoses, client-centered outcomes, and nursing interventions with rationale for a client with impaired immunity.

Course Competency

· Describe strategies for safe effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients experiencing immunologic, infectious and inflammatory disorders.

Instructions

Tom Howard, a 45-year old man with HIV from the community, has come to the clinic because he reports he had not been feeling well recently. During the intake process, Tom complains of a dry cough and chilling. The intake nurse takes his vital signs, and they are: Temp 102 degrees Fahrenheit, Pulse 102, Respirations 28 breaths per minute, Blood pressure 135/86. The clinic physician refers Tom to the local hospital for a suspected opportunistic infection.

Use the template directly below these instructions to complete a care map to design care for a client with impaired immunity. For this assignment, include the following: assessment and data collection (including disease process, common labwork/diagnostics, subjective, objective, and health history data), three NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis, one SMART goal for each nursing diagnosis, and two nursing interventions with rationale for each SMART goal for a client with a immune system disorder.

Use at least two scholarly sources to support your care map. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.

Check out the following link for information about writing SMART goals and to see examples:

http://rasmussen.libanswers.com/faq/212524

You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide:

https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceebooks

Have questions about APA?

develop an action plan to implement a more effective group organization and conflict management policy, while also providing insight on how you will personally manage stresses incurred.

Scholarly Activity

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Instructions

Part 1

This is the first part of a three-part assignment where you will be applying many of the course concepts that have been discussed in this unit and in previous units by conducting a well-researched analysis.

In Units VII and VIII, you will develop an action plan to implement a more effective group organization and conflict management policy, while also providing insight on how you will personally manage stresses incurred.

For this assignment, you will begin by completing the following tasks:

· selecting an organization that you currently work for, have worked for in the past, or have a special interest in; and

· focusing on one particular department or team along with considering how this unit is organized and how it manages group conflict or similar activities.

Your assignment should contain the components listed below.

· Include background information about the organization selected such as, but not limited to, its structure, personnel size, approximate budget.

· Synthesize your preliminary thoughts on suggested policy updates that could benefit teamwork and conflict management with the organization.

· Include no fewer than eight sources, four of which must be from peer-reviewed sources or academic journals.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed but a title page and a separate references page are required.

Does the ordered array or the stem-and-leaf display provide more information? Discuss.

Discussion Board Assignment: Search online for an example of data presented in a visual format (table, chart, plot, graph, etc.), that creates a false impression that would lead to misleading or unproductive analysis. Post the graphic in the Discussion Board labeled “Misleading Graphics.” Be sure to provide any context that is needed to demonstrate what is incorrect concerning the graphic. Be sure to include the online link to the location of the graphic.

Then choose one classmate’s post. Using the pitfalls described in Chapter 2.9, in a sentence, describe one reason why this would be considered misleading. IF someone has already listed the reason, then you MUST choose another graphic.  One post has only one reply!

Initial Post with the graphic example due  Wednesday September 7, 2022 by 11:59PM EST

2.25 How do college students spend their day? The 2016 American Time Use Survey for college students found the following results:

2.37 The file [Mobile Speed] contains the overall download and upload speeds in Mbps for nine carriers in the United States.

Source: Data extracted from Tom’s Guide, “Fastest Wireless Network 2019: It’s Not Even close,”  bit.ly/2PcGiQE.

For download and upload speeds speeds separately:

a. Construct an ordered array.

b. Construct a stem-and-leaf display.

c. Does the ordered array or the stem-and-leaf display provide more information? Discuss.

d. Around what value, if any, are the download and upload speeds concentrated? Explain.

2.41 How much time do Americans living in cities spend commuting to work each week? The file [Commuting Time] contains these times for 30 cities.

Source: Data extracted from “American Factfinder,”  factfinder.census.gov.

For the time Americans living in cities spend commuting to work each week:

a. Construct a percentage histogram.

b. Construct a cumulative percentage polygon.

c. What conclusions can you reach concerning the time Americans living in cities spend commuting to work each week?

2.57 The Super Bowl is a big viewing event watched by close to 200 million Americans that is also a big event for advertisers. The file [Super Bowl Ad Costs] contains the average cost for 30-second ads that ran between the opening kickoff and the final whistle for the 2004 to 2019 Super Bowls.

Source: Data extracted from www.admeter.usatoday.com/results/2019.

a. Construct a time-series plot.

b. What pattern, if any, is present in the average cost for 30-second ads that ran between the opening kickoff and the final whistle?

What went well with the response to Hurricane Sandy?

Course Outcomes for Assignment: 

· Apply and integrate the concepts and knowledge gained in prior general management and health care administration courses to industry-relevant challenges.

· Assess the relevant strategic decision-making and implementation issues within a health care organization.

Hurricane Sandy: New Jersey, Disaster Response

Hurricane Sandy also known as Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive, as well as the strongest hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm inflicted nearly $70 billion in damage and killed 233 people across eight countries from the Caribbean to Canada. Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba. While it was a Category 2 hurricane off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 1,150 miles. New Jersey was severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy, with economic losses of approximately $30 billion.

Your assignment: In a MEMO format, in 800-1000 words, please discuss the following about the  New Jersey response to Hurricane Sandy:

· What went well with the response to Hurricane Sandy?

· What were the significant challenges with the response?

· In which ways could the disaster response have been improved?

· During Week One, we discussed Fayol’s Five Functions of Management: (a) Planning , (b)  organizing, (c) coordinating, (d) commanding, and (e) controlling As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) how would you enhance your healthcare facility’s Hurricane Disaster preparedness? Discuss which ways you would utilize Fayol’s Second Function of Management,  organizing into enhancing your facilities’ disaster preparedness, specifically for hurricanes? Also, discuss the political forces that were present with this response.

Make certain that your assignment is in the APA 7th edition format with a cover page, separating your sections by the appropriate APA Level Headings. Also, make sure you include a reference page and at least five references with in-text citations

In the context of Disaster Preparation, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery, discuss which of your leadership skills could you improve upon.

How Good Are Your Leadership Skills: Week 3

Must post first.

Part 1: Take  How Good Are Your Leadership Skills  Quiz. Share with your peers what specific skills you need to improve or develop to become a stronger leader. Make sure to support the comparison of your skills to the required one for a healthcare leader using the content resources.

Part 2: Reflect on the results of your leadership skills assessment. In the context of Disaster Preparation, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery, discuss which of your leadership skills could you improve upon. Explain what you are going to do to accomplish this task.

In addition to your initial post, make sure your reply to at least two of your peers and use at least 3 different citations and references in your responses.

You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads

How does this verse impact you in matters of faith in the workplace?

Resource:

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Romans 12:2 (New International Version)

So often, we are quick to judge our neighbors and others around us. Today’s society has allowed us to forget what Christ has taught us: to love thy neighbor. Romans 12:2 is a blueprint that is set forth to show us how each one of us should transform our character and renew our mind. The biblical perspective recognizes the active opposition of a personal adversary. In the business world, we diversify ourselves with others from all walks of life, not knowing that God has placed each of us together for the common good. Thinking back on your workplace, how do you engage with others from other backgrounds? Do you place judgment on others? Do you reflect your views on social media and other blogging components? Is this right?

Instructions:

1. Take time to reflect on Romans 12:2.
2. Consider the following question:
   1. How does this verse impact you in matters of faith in the workplace?
3. Post your answer in the discussion thread in 150-200 words.

Compare and contrast attitudes toward authority between high power distance cultures and low power distance cultures.

1. Watch the video “10 Minutes with Geert Hofstede on Power Distance.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAJclwfyCw 

2. Review the Power Distance  file

3. Navigate to the discussion below and post a substantive response to the following questions:

1. Compare and contrast attitudes toward authority between high power distance cultures and low power distance cultures.
2. Think about an organization you are involved in (work, church, civic organization, etc.). Identify the organization and describe how you would characterize the power distance dimension within the organization’s culture. Is it high, low, or somewhere in between? Explain how you came to this conclusion and provide an example to support your assertion.
3. Describe how the principle of power distance is evident within the organization you identified. Your initial response should:
4. Be 200–300 words in length
5. Include a minimum of two adequately cited references. For questions on APA style, go to the APA Style Page.