Distinguish between ethical and legal principles and the differences between them.

Tips for completing this assignment

• This is not a case study it is a critical reflection on ethics and law.
• Try to include Law as well as ethics
• Reference primary sources in law if possible.
• Explore other ethical theories as well as Utilitarianism and deontology if possible
• Look at `tensions` within the law! Does tension of law exists in this case?

Consider throughout this assignment and to link with the case

• Informed Consent
• Mental Capacity Act + can refer to the 4 stages of the functional decision-making test.
• Law vs ethics
• Human Rights Act
• Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice and link to the case are four key principles underpinning medical ethics that can impact the way o paramedic performs their duty of care.
• Confidential & Data protection

Topics that could be explored within the assignment include.

• Compare major ethical theories in relation to national Paramedic practice. (Not nursing or other health related profession)
• Legal constraints to Paramedic practice.
• Functions of civil and criminal law at statue and within common law boundaries
• Distinguish between ethical and legal principles and the differences between them.
• Explore your own feelings and consider alternative ethical stances.
• Look at equitable distribution of resources.
• The value of life and the right to live and the right to die.
• Rights and responsibilities of paramedics in demanding clinical settings.

Note to writer,

Reference- Harvard referencing with in-text citation.

Useful source- HCPC, Student scope of practice HCPC, Journal of paramedic practice, NICE guidelines, other peer reviewed journals, all work should be with supported evidence.

To what extent, if any, does increasing excise taxes have on alcohol consumption in OECD countries?

Title:

An analysis of the effects of excise taxes on alcohol consumption in OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.

Overview of thesis:

This thesis focuses on the impact that excise taxes have on alcohol consumption, i.e. does increasing the taxes on alcohol goods (excise tax) result in people decreasing their consumption of alcohol, because the price is higher?

This is based on the law of demand, which states that’s as the price of a good goes up, the quantity demanded of a good goes down and people consume less of the good as a result. In this circumstance, we are examining when the price of alcohol goods go up, does consumption of alcohol goods go down?

NB the 2 alcohol categories of goods that will be examined in this thesis are beer and spirits (vodka, gin, etc.). Wine will not be examined as it is generally not associated with excessive levels of consumption. Please disregard wine in any of the journal articles, thank you.

Harvard referencing style. Spacing 1.5. page numbers.

Please use Graphs and tables from the journal articles// papers that are attached if possible

The Structure of the dissertation is a follows:

Abstract (see below) 250 words

Introduction (written at the end) due date 11^th July 1000 words

Background and motivation (identify gaps in the data) 1500 words

Literature review 4000 words

Data and methodology (to be completed by me)

Results (to be completed by me)

Conclusion 250 words

Bibliography

Abstract: This need to be re written in more academic language and improved (additional words)

Excessive alcohol consumption has been a significant contributor to diseases across countries in recent years. Consequently, it has resulted in striking healthcare costs and productivity losses. Economic literature has identified excise taxes as an effective fiscal instrument in addressing the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, which in turn has mitigated the associated health costs and implications. The primary objective of this dissertation is to empirically investigate the effect that excise taxes have on alcohol consumption in OECD nations. Utilising panel data analysis, the relative levels of excise taxes and their subsequent effects on alcohol consumption in OECD nations will be examined.

The Research Question of the thesis is:

To what extent, if any, does increasing excise taxes have on alcohol consumption in OECD

countries?

The Introduction should be written at the end when all the data is pulled together.

Strong introduction to grab the reader

Background and motivation

Function of background and motivation: The background and motivation section should establish the relevance of the study. In other words, why the thesis should be carried out. The background of the study relates the thesis with the prevailing literature and the research gap. It also depicts your motivation for the study

It should indicate your hypothesis and the assumptions with all the background logic.

For this thesis: the assumption is that increasing excise tax rates of alcoholic beverages, results in a decrease in consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Motivation: The importance of this thesis stems from the fact that alcohol is a major contributor to various forms of cancers in nations and results in a number of economic costs to society and has been shown to restrict activity in labour markets (unemployment, illness etc.).

Background: excise tax is an economic instrument that has shown to be effective in addressing the problem of alcohol consumption by reducing consumption. This decrease in consumption is characterised by fewer incidence of alcohol related cancers in countries that have increased excise tax rates on alcohol.

Please use roughly 5 academic journal articles//papers for the background and motivation section

NB Use articles from Group 1 and Group 2 ( See pages 5 and 6 of this word document)

Literature Review:

Function of a literature review: The literature review is an account of what has been published by researchers//scholars

It shows how the prevailing idea fits the thesis and how the thesis agrees or differs from other scholar’s research

It finds topics for future research

It should justify the choice of the chosen research question

Provide background information to understand the topic

Show how this dissertation is consistent with existing economic knowledge and show this dissertation is different

It should broaden the reader’s knowledge on the topic

For this thesis: The efficacy of excise taxes as an economic instrument should be examined using the economic journals attached

The excise tax rates ability to reduce alcohol consumption and subsequent cancer rates should be examined using the health/economics papers attached

Please use at least 10 academic journal articles//papers for the literature review. (10 journal articles for the literature review would be great)

NB Use articles from Group 1 and Group 2 ( See pages 5 and 6 of this word document)

Data And Methodology + Results = 3,500 – 4,000 words

Data and Methodology:

The data and methodology section focuses on panel data analysis using the STATA software. The empirical equation roughly is:

ACt = ETR1 + DI2

Where:

ACt = Alcohol consumption

ACt is the dependent variable and is an excel file (.csv). Alcohol consumption is defined as the annual sale of pure alcohol in litres per person aged 15 years and older

ETR1 = the excise tax rate per country.

ETR1 is an independent variable and is an excel file (.csv). The excise tax rate is defined as the tax rate per hectolitre of alcohol (H/L) levied on beer and spirit(s) based alcoholic goods. I need to clean this data set.

DI2= the disposable income. I am currently trying to find this data.

Note: I am in the process of finding all the necessary data and cleaning the data sets. I will provide you with all of the necessary data sets etc. as soon as possible

Results:

Interpretation of the results of the panel data analysis of the above variables.

Data And Methodology + Results = 3,500 – 4,000 words

Conclusion 250 words approx.

Overview of the attached journal articles:

The attached journal articles are made up of economics, health economics and other health related journal articles. Please let me now if you cannot access the attached articles and I will re-upload//re-send them, thanks.

I have put the attached articles in 2 groups, which may be beneficial for you. Note that group 2 is greater than group 1, due to more literature being published in this group than group 1

Group 1): Economics orientated articles: These articles are more theoretical and focus on the economic theory surrounding excise tax rate(s) : (Price elasticity, cross elasticity, income elasticity)

Group 1 list:

Theory and practice of excise taxation,, Note: I could not attach a copy of this book. However, the DOI//URL can be found using the following link. The section of the book that focuses on the economic theory surrounding excise taxation on alcohol is beneficial, if you can gain access to the book. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0199278598.001.0001/acprof-9780199278596

Alcohol quantity and quality price elasticity’s: quintile regression estimates

Alcohol use and the wage returns to education and work experience

CHAPTER 7 Excise Taxation and Product Quality Substitution

Tax design in the alcohol market

ESTIMATING THE PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

Estimation of own and cross price elasticity’s of alcohol demand in the UK—a pseudo-panel approach using the Living Costs and Food Survey 2001–2009

Price and Income Elasticity’s of Demand for Alcoholic Beverages

Group 2): Health economics and other health journals:

These articles focus on studies where the health impacts of alcohol consumption (various forms of cancers)

It also includes studies on the economic impacts of alcohol consumption (economics costs to society: direct costs, indirect costs)

It includes studies where nations increased excise tax rates and saw a decrease in the sales of alcohol, consumption of alcohol and in the number of cancer rates, all of which the efficacy of excise taxes

Group 2 list:

The pass‑through of alcohol excise taxes to prices in OECD countries

What are the Economic Costs to Society Attributable to Alcohol Use? A Systematic Review and Modelling Study

Alcohol accounts for a high proportion of premature mortality in central and Eastern Europe

Alcohol consumption and labour market participation: a prospective cohort study of transitions between work, unemployment, sickness absence, and social benefits

Alcohol taxation, alcohol consumption and cancers in Lithuania: A case study

Alcohol-related male mortality in the context of changing alcohol control policy in Lithuania 2000–2017

Fewer Cancer Cases in 4 Countries of the WHO European Region in 2018 through Increased Alcohol Excise Taxation: A Modelling Study

Associations between socio-economic factors and alcohol consumption: A population survey of adults in England

Can a policy-induced reduction in alcohol consumption improve health outcomes and stimulate the UK economy? A potential ‘double dividend

Employment impacts of alcohol taxes

Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities: A Mathematical Modelling Study

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ALCOHOL DEMAND: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF PRICES AND TAXES

Social cost-benefit analysis of regulatory policies to reduce alcohol use in The Netherlands

Some points:

The 7,000 word count stated in the order comes from:

Abstract: 250 words

Introduction: 1,000 words

Background and motivation: 1,500 words

Literature review: 4,000 words

Conclusion: 250 words

(( I need to find the all of the relevant data for the data and methodology and results sections and I will submit this as an order at a separate date, if that’s okay. In which case, these sections would amount to 3,500 to 4,000 words)).

NOTE: 30days is stated as the urgency but I can accept things up to the 11^th of July for this order, if that’s okay.

Also if possible, I am wondering when you complete a section if you could send it to me, for example sending the literature review straight after you complete it, thanks.

Describe and explain the theoretical tenets of quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches to research design.

Description Before we start, you need to keep in mind that this task has a draft component which means you MUST complete a draft copy a day or two before the due date so that any issues will be rectified before the final submission. The details Of the assessment piece will be uploaded, but very important pieces of information that you need to pay attention to are: 1. The LEARNING OUTCOME of this course which needs to be demonstrated in this research design are as follows; I Describe and explain the theoretical tenets of quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches to research design; ii Demonstrate skills in identifying and researching relevant literature and documents, including academic and empirical research and policy documents; iii Explain the theoretical principles underlying research question/s and research hypothesis/es and demonstrate an ability to construct appropriate research question/s and research hypotheses/es for a specified research project; iv Describe, explain and select an appropriate methodological approach and sampling strategy and design data collection instrument/s for a specified research project; v Describe and apply principles of ethical research; vi Report the key elements of a written research according to American Psychological Association guidelines; vii Be aware of the range, complexity and value of criminological research 2. The assessment piece comes with a template that guides how it should be written. It is important to follow this guide as it mirrors the marking criteria. The most important piece in this assessment is the PROCEDURE and MEASURES in the methodologies section. They both carry 20% each compared to the rest of the other section, which attracts 10%. You must ensure to be a lot more clear and more precise in filling the requirements in this section. 3. The Introduction of the research design NEEDS a review of empirical research examining the relationship between variables outlined in the research question. To guide the reader more closely, you could ever have a subsection in the introduction called a Literature review, but this is not a requirement but will help organise the paper.  4. You will need to do extensive research so that you are effectively and faithfully presenting the current ‘thinking’ in relation to each topic. Each key point you make needs to be validated with empirical research – this is what will validate your argument and makes your work informative. It would be best if you spent more time understanding what is required of you based on the marking criteria. This is not your regular standardised essay, even though it is in an essay format, but you will realise that you will be talking about things you will not talk about in a regular essay. So please use the book I will provide as a guide to help you fulfil the requirements, as this is the textbook we have used throughout this term. A link will be provided that will give you access to download, and you can keep it to use for future work as it is a PDF copy. Finally, the two topics you will have to choose from will be uploaded in a separate document. They will be i. Media and Youth Crime or Unemployment and Crime rate. All other documents will be uploaded. I advise you to go through each one of them as they will form what is required of you. Please feel free to contact me at any time. I will communicate with you via the message section, Thanks The number of sources has to be realistic with the word count.

Synthesise and demonstrate skills and competencies required for successful integrated management

Learning Outcome 1 – Synthesise and demonstrate skills and competencies required for successful integrated management

For this learning outcome, we adopted the Integrated Management Concept that Knut Bleicher developed (Wikipedia, 2021) as this concept encompasses the dimensions and mechanism that are appropriate for our project (Table 1 and Table 2).

Table 1 – Dimensions of Management

Extracted from: Integrated Management Concept, Wikipedia, 2021.

Table 2 – Integration Mechanisms

Extracted from: Integrated Management Concept, Wikipedia, 2021.

Discussions and consultations on the scope of the project, schedule and the composition of the Project Team, were conducted with the stakeholders (Table 3). All stakeholders understood the necessity and benefits of this project since the impressions of the two fatal accidents which involved lifting operations in 2019 were still in their minds. A good mix of enthusiastic representatives formed the strong project team with the HSE Manager’s suggestion to include the subcontractors. The project team also has subject matter experts in risk management, lifting operations and tower crane operations on hand to provide guidance. All appointments in the project team and RA team has a leader and deputy in place, and all trainings have a primary and secondary trainer as back-up to ensure the smooth running of the project.

Table 3 – Discussions and Consultations

A kick-off meeting lead by the Managing Director and attended by all stakeholders, was initiated to keep all informed of the project, the common aims, objectives and benefits to the company, project and subcontractors. The project also consulted the appropriate stakeholders though discussions with the tower crane operators and lifting crews in informal settings, and the HSE Manager arranged a site visit for observations and discussions to have a different perspective on tower crane lifting safety.

As communication is an important attribute, the study provides regular updates through the Daily Progress Reports & Milestone Progress Reports (Appendix 1). A WhatsApp group was also created to provide immediate group communication. The project team also held Focus Meetings (Appendix 2) to update on the progress and schedule, discussed on the project including challenges, and distribution of the tasks ahead. The Project Admin circulated the minutes of the meeting to all key stakeholders to keep them informed of the project.

Perform a multistage growth dividend discount model (DDM) using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to calculate the cost of equity.

Assessment Instructions

You are an investment manager, and your client would like to invest her/his money in a company that has listed shares on major stock exchanges. You are required to write a report on the company that the client is interested in investing in. You may assume that the client has an understanding of the risk involved in investing in shares.

You will be allocated a publicly listed company. You are expected to produce an investment report and recommendation on the shares of this company. This should include the following sections.

• Company profile: a single paragraph giving an overview of the company summarising its performance over the last twelve months, its products and the markets in which it operates. The remainder of the first page would summarise data on price performance and valuations. It would end with your recommendation on whether to buy, sell or hold the shares in the company.
• Performance and news analysis: Compare the company’s returns with that of the market as well as calculating the company’s risk adjusted return Identify news (which include earnings announcements, release of relevant economic data, analysts’ recommendations) which are relevant to the firm’s price performance as well as supporting your analysis in the report.
• Valuation: Perform a multistage growth dividend discount model (DDM) using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to calculate the cost of equity. Use Price multiples such as PE (Price to earnings), PB (Price to Book) and PS (Price to Sales) and DY (Dividend Yield) metrics to complement the DDM valuation. The valuation results are to be presented using the security market line (SML). Finally, a discussion on the DDM versus price multiples to inform the client is required.

Conclusion: This will demonstrate your understanding of the subject and ability to include the results in a coherent summary

Assessment aims:

• To think critically and examine the investment in question from a number of perspectives, and concepts, and present good arguments.
• To write a professional report and communicate with clarity and coherence.
• To apply theoretical concepts studied throughout the module .
• To evaluate the reaction of the company’s share price to financial news and to the index.
• To apply DDM and price multiples valuation methods.
• To develop skills using available financial software, including but not limited to Fame and Bloomberg, to synthesise and evaluate investment information.(The use of Bloomberg system is not compulsory and all the information is available from a range of financial databases)
• To be able to evaluate companies’ performance and to propose recommendations.

Marking Criteria

The following marking scheme is used:

Formatting

Please use the MS Word format (no PDF or other format). We cannot ensure that other formats are compatible with markers’ software.

All work should be word processed in 12-point font Arial, Times New Roman or Calibri

The first page of your coursework must include:

• Your student number
• The module name and number
• Your word count
• The coursework title

Furthermore, the report must consist of a summary tear sheet (not more than 1 page), the main report (not more than 6 pages) to support your analysis based on the analytical elements described above in the task section.

Word Limit

The maximum word limit for this coursework is 2,000.

• There is no +/- 10% on word count and anything after the maximum word count will not be marked.
• this word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists, etc.).
• The references, bibliography and footnotes (provided footnotes only include references) are NOT included in this word count.

Referencing and Assessment Offences

Please ensure you reference all sources used when developing your assessment, using the UWE Harvard system. Failure to properly reference your work to original source material can be grounds for the assessment offence of plagiarism and may result in failure of the assessment or more serious implications.

Text-matching software (e.g. SafeAssign) is used to check every submission against other submissions made at the same time, previous submissions to UWE and other universities, and internet sources. We may also manually search for matches. When submitting your work, you will be required to confirm that the work is your own.

It is an assessment offence to:

• Copy work from any source, including your own previous assessments, and present it as your own work for this assessment, or to provide your own work to others
• Work with others on the assessment in any way, or for anyone to make amends on your work (including proof-readers, who may highlight issues but not edit the work)
• Change individual words but keep, essentially, the same sentences and/or structures from other sources: this will be detected by text-matching software. Please write in your own words and style to convey your own learning.

Before submitting your work, please ensure that:

• You have proof-read you work thoroughly to ensure your work is presented appropriately
• You have addressed all the required elements of the assessment
• You have referenced in accordance with the guidance provided
• You have addressed each of the marking criterion
• The submission is in the correct format

What does this say about the common distinction between ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ as well as the broader question of ‘responsibility’ for female offenders in the criminal justice system?

Description

An overwhelming majority of women in prison today have experienced some form of past abuse (see Hatty, 1997; Dobash & Dobash, 2004). What does this say about the common distinction between ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ as well as the broader question of ‘responsibility’ for female offenders in the criminal justice system?

Conduct an external environmental analysis of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company.

TM01 -Part 1.

1. Topic

Conduct an external environmental analysis of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company.

Based on this analysis, identify the key strategic issues that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is facing in the external environment.

https://www.alnylam.com/

https://www.alnylam.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/Alnylam-Corporate-Presentation.pdf

2. Further instructions:

The 1500 words exclude appendices, which should not be excessive in length and should not include material that would be more properly included in the body of the report; your application of frameworks should not be presented in appendices.

Your assignment should be prepared in a report format.

This assignment specifically tests strategic-thinking skills and the ability to apply module concepts to understand the situation facing your organisation, developing your own insights in the process, and then using those insights to offer your perspective on what your organisation should do and why. This aspect of the TM task, offering your own view on how your organisation should act, is an important measure of your ability to think strategically and construct a supported argument.

You are required to draw explicitly on relevant B873 models, concepts, and theories to support your analysis, conclusions, and recommendations. If you introduce relevant material from outside of the module, reference them correctly.

Concepts to be used in the report:

1. for external environmental analysis: including PESTEL analysis and the VUCA framework.
2. Industry environment: including five Force Model, strategic groups (important for biopharma companies).
3. Reference should include some of these (but not limited) :

Frynas, J.G. and Mellahi, K. (2014) Global strategic management. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Guedri, Z. and McGuire, J. (2011) ‘Multimarket competition, mobility barriers, and firm performance, Journal of Management Studies, 48(4), pp. 857–890.

Henry, A.E. (2018) Understanding strategic management. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Porter, M.E. (1979) ‘How competitive forces shape strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 57(2), pp. 137–145.

Porter, M.E. (1980) Competitive strategy: Techniques for analysing industries and competitors. New York: Free Press.

Porter, M.E. (1985) Competitive advantage: Creating and sustaining superior performance. New York: Free Press.

Porter, M.E. (2008) ‘The five competitive forces that shape strategy’, Harvard Business Review, 86(1), pp. 78–93.

Using data from IPEDS, analyze five years of financial trends at your institution.

Description

Using data from IPEDS, analyze five years of financial trends at your institution. Create graphs or charts to visually present the trend data for the following areas: Annual Tuition and Fees (for a full-time student) Full- and Part-time Instructional Staff Full- and Part-time Management Staff Percent of Revenue by Source Percent of Budget Spent on Instruction For each area, write a brief paragraph (4-6 sentences) to explain your interpretations of the data. What does the data reveal about your institution and the current education marketplace? What are your impressions of the data? Write a concluding paragraph summarizing what the data reveals about your institution based on the information you gathered for this assignment and other resources you may have access to, such as annual budget reports. Also, make 2-3 recommendations for improving the financial well-being of your institution in the future. You could also speak to the value of collecting such data and using it to evaluate and compare institutions. Choose a submission type Please use IPEDS DATA website

Discuss critically the complex provision of mental, cognitive, behavioural and physical care services across a wide range of integrated care settings to maintain optimal independence.

Assessment Task:

You will be asked to present a poster-based business case for additional care funding which enhances care provision for a group of people

Purpose of the assessment:

1. Examine critically current partnership, collaboration and interagency working to enhance care and delivery across the individual’s healthcare journey

2. Appraise critically current health policies and identify their impact on the delivery and coordination of care across the individual’s healthcare journey.

3. Discuss critically the complex provision of mental, cognitive, behavioural and physical care services across a wide range of integrated care settings to maintain optimal independence.

4. Construct a basic business case for additional care funding by APPLYING KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCE AND RESOURCES.

What is expected of me in this assessment?

should include:

1. What is the issue and what EVIDENCE that identifies it as an issue?
2. What is the impact on the service and/ or patients?
3. What are your recommendations?
4. What will be the COST?

I will send an example based on different case and propose but I want you to use the same content on the example based on improving cervical screening test for women with long term conditions in Borough Croydon. You need to use guidelines, policies, statistics same as in the examples.

The title is :

Improving cervical screening test for women with long term conditions in Croydon.

You can write in word so I can pass into a poster thank you.

Classic texts provide a lens through which to examine the ancient past and gain insight into the imagination and creativity of long dead poets and storytellers. Are these texts still relevant today?

Description
Classic texts provide a lens through which to examine the ancient past and gain insight into the imagination and creativity of long dead poets and storytellers. Are these texts still relevant today? Examine the cultural and historical world of one of the texts studied to explore the contemporary relevance of the work. The text must come from one below: Ramayana (India), Mahabharata (India), Journey to the West (China), Dream of the Red Chamber (China), Chinese Poems, Japanese Poems, The Tale of Genji (Japan), The Pillow Children (Japan) or The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng (Korea)