Identify implications that resulted in successful or unsuccessful future operations.

Description

Research and select an article on a current event from the past 5 years that deals with one or more ethical dilemmas. Write an article review that addresses the ethical factors from an organizational perspective. National examples may include Department of Defense contracting events, COVID-19 pandemic (or similar catastrophic events), election campaign funding, Texas Snow Storm 2021, or lobbyist operations. Local or state events may include nonprofit or public organizations. You may also use international events. Be sure to address the following requirements in your review: Identify the key stakeholders, and introduce the organization. Summarize the context of the ethical dilemma with specific facts (who, what, where, when, why). Using Svara’s (2007) problem-solving model (as depicted in this week’s lesson) as a point of reference, identify the selected ethical decisions and obligations. Be specific if the actions resulted in best consequences or a full, open and honest process projected to the public. Identify implications that resulted in successful or unsuccessful future operations. Summarize what you have learned from an analysis of this event. Your response should be at least two pages in length (not including the references page) in APA style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response.

Evaluate all general themes that involve conduct and behavior application to all employees.

Description

For the assignment, you are asked to access and analyze a code of ethics from a public or non-profit organization. Most are listed online or on the organization’s website. Evaluate and perform an “Ethics Audit” using the following expectations: Identify the organization, and include a “copy” of the code of ethics in your report. (The copy of the organization’s code does not count towards the page requirement for this assignment.) The evaluation of the organization’s code of ethics should be formatted in a (paragraph) narrative format. Evaluate all general themes that involve conduct and behavior application to all employees. Provide reflection and examples if the document is clearly or vaguely written. Provide evidence of infractions or sanctions if certain behaviors are not followed.  Provide a comprehensive summary. Your response should be at least two pages in length in APA style. You are required to use at least two sources to support your audit. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

What is the influence of Brexit on the sales of the restaurant business?

Introduction

This study explores the overall impact of the post-Brexit period on the restaurant and culinary industry of the UK. To determine how the 2016 Brexit initiative affected the labour access of the ethnic restaurants in the UK. The costs of operation, and ingredient costs utilised by the ethnic restaurants and the potential additional factors that impact the success of ethnic restaurants in the UK post-Brexit. In particular, the study explores the existing policies on food and ingredient pricing and related operational dynamics. Such as the immigration policy to determine their impact on the profitability and talent recruitment from outside the UK for the ethnic restaurants in the post-Brexit era. The paper then highlights the political and economic realities and the governments’ role in the UK post-Brexit. Whilst exploring potential new arrangements of trading to support the players in the culinary sector through fair food and ingredients pricing and suitable policies as the core of the practical recommendations from the research.

Background of the Study

Brexit connotes a British Exit abbreviation was a referendum conducted in the UK to discuss contentious issues experienced by the members of the public on 23^rd June 2016, as explained by Ranta and Mulrooney (2021). At the core of the Brexit debate was a central question that was presented to the British public which sought to determine whether to remain or exit the European Union (hereafter “EU”). With the results of the referendum reported at 51.9% of the voters who turned down the initiative to exit the union (Ranta and Mulrooney, 2021). The UK had operated as a traditional European Union member from 1973, with the partnership contributing to a significant strengthening of security, employment, and immigration laws, human rights, and its economy (Benton et al., 2019). The withdrawal process of the UK from the EU was perceived as a major adjustment that would bring wide-reaching ramifications not only for the UK, but also the other twenty-seven member countries of the EU (Datta et al., 2020; Ranta, 2019). Arguably, the implications of Brexit are considered more extensive within the restaurant and food industry than other sector, as reflected in numerous opportunities as well as the challenges arising in the post-Brexit era (Sandercock, 2020). For more than five decades, the food or restaurant industry of the UK has operated based on its interdependence and intricate connection to the membership of the country within the EU, as captured by Datta et al. (2020). For instance, the restaurant industry of the UK is guided by complex policies on labour, food, agriculture, and pricing of commodities and other related regulatory policies in the UK (Garthwaite, 2016). Moreover, the restaurant sector is further governed by standards of the EU in issues of recruitment of talent or employment of immigrants, environment, quality, and food safety policies which the players within the industry must observe, as explained by Garthwaite, 2016). Other regulatory aspects include the tariffs and the trade agreements of the EU, which govern the conduct of the players in the culinary sector (Ranta, 2019). Therefore, the pricing of food and related ingredients depends on a complex interplay of factors such as the regulatory framework, the conduct of different factors within the EU and UK market. Who provide the required food for profit as well as the diverse demands of the customers regarding the various prices and food types. Overall, the restaurant sector of the UK depends on the economy’s strength for its survival. It is highly impacted by factors such as the inherent capabilities of the customers to pay for the food or ingredients, the rates of currency exchange and issues of inflation (Springmann and Freund, 2018). Springmann and Freund (2018) further captured the concerns in the restaurant sector of the UK post-Brexit. Including the potential problem of reforms in areas of safety, food and ingredients pricing and food prevalence due to the institutional and economic barriers. The post-Brexit challenges include increased pressure on the players in the restaurant industry due to structural, operational and policy challenges arising within the niche (Datta et al., 2020). Consequently, in the post-Brexit period, the UK requires to tailor its food and restaurant policies in a way that supports its domestic trading arrangements.

The controversy surrounding the restaurant sector in the UK post-Brexit represents a series of major concerns regarding how Brexit potentially impacts the lives of ethnic restaurants (Woodcock, 2022). For example, according to Food Foundation (2016) and Ranta and Mulrooney (2021), the concerns include the high costs of operation and production. This due to the increase in prices of foods, the adjustments in the legal entry border requirements, or deportation issues, especially for the players within the restaurant business. Brexit, a movement characterised by increasing anti-immigration pronouncements. Presents significant challenges to the ethnic restaurant workers under the immigrant’s category who form part of the UK’s hospitality industry players, as explained by Lang (2020) and Millstone et al. (2019). The changes in the laws governing immigration that adversely impacted the immigrant workers within the restaurant niche of the UK include the provisions of the 2014 Immigration Act. Which imposed restrictions on renting of premises to the migrants by the UK landlords. The report from Farmers’ Weekly Opinion (2018) supported this observation contending that the entry into office of the Conservative Party further encroached the spaces of businesses such as the ethnic restaurants and families within the UK post-Brexit. Therefore, the changes in the legislation (Immigration Act of 2016) under the stewardship of Theresa May as the then Prime Minister. Contributed to the negative experiences of the non-EU migrants and the ethnic restaurant owners within the UK (Lang, 2020; Millstone et al., 2019).

Sandercock (2020) captured the state of the UK hospitality industry post-Brexit, contending that the country is largely in limbo due to the lack of clarity and relatively higher costs of operation that lower the profitability. In particular, the culinary industry has at least 37% of the workers who comprise the migrants serving as skilled hospitality workers and owners within the UK (Sandercock, 2020). The 2004 changes within the EU, which led to the expansion of the union and the entry of new member countries of the EU. Overhauled the immigration aspects with the number of workers under the EU-born workers of the UK increasing from 732,000 to 1.9 million by 2015 (Barons and Aspinall, 2020; Benton et al., 2019). Overall, the influx of workers from other countries, which represented at least an additional 60% of individuals from the other countries. Contributed to the discourse regarding Brexit, with the movement gaining momentum as the far-right political factions pushed for changes towards more stringent rules. Therefore, the UK post-Brexit era has led to major uncertainty for employers and workers within the ethnic restaurant category, with the restrictions negatively affecting their businesses.

Aim and Objectives

The study’s primary objective is to identify the implications of the UK post-Brexit on the restaurant and culinary industry of the UK. The specific objectives of the research include the following:

• To identify the impact of Brexit on the labour access of the ethnic restaurants in the UK;
• To determine how Brexit has affected the costs of operation and ingredient costs utilised by the ethnic restaurants;
• To determine additional factors that impact the success of ethnic restaurants in the UK post-Brexit.

Research Questions

• What is the influence of Brexit on the sales of the restaurant business?
• Which factors affect the operational dynamics of the ethnic restaurant of UK and EU’s food in situation post-Brexit?
• What are the solutions to decrease the challenges of post-Brexit on ethnic restaurants within the UK?

Which firm do you decide should be your supplier?

THIS IS THE QUESTION FOR THIS YEAR

PART B

Introduction: the task for Part B is to write an essay applying ethical reasoning to a business dilemma within an organisational case study and to reach a morally defensible decision

The task: A purchasing manager’s dilemma.

You are a purchasing manager for a UK garment retailer. You need to identify the most cost effective supplier for a new product line. Your company is a high street retailer and is currently badly affected by the reduction in footfall due to the Covid-19 pandemic. You have been told that you will receive a bonus if you keep costs down.

You have visited Camnam in East Asia and identify 2 potential suppliers: Firm A and Firm B. Both are successful firms and seem to have the capacity to meet your client’s needs in terms of production level, quality and flexibility. The two firms operate in different parts of the country, but both are equally accessible to international ports and airports.

Firm A has the additional advantage of being accredited by a reputable ethical audit organization which amongst other issues inspects working conditions in the firm’s factories. Conditions are said to be good, workers work a 48 hour week (the local maximum), and have the option of overtime. Firm A has indicated that its prices will be 10% above those of Firm B.

Firm B has several factories in all of which working conditions are fairly poor. You know as a fact that in one factory at least the workers, who are mainly women, have to complete a 12 hour shift 6 days a week in order to earn the minimum weekly wage- enforcement of employment regulations is weak in Camnam. Firm B does not subscribe to an ethical audit process and you have a suspicion that the managers in Firm B would be resistant to such an ethical audit, and could falsify any result.

While in Camnam you manage to speak to one of the workers from firm B who tells you that she and her colleagues really need the work the firm provides, because they come from a disadvantaged social group.

Based on this scenario write an essay that answers the following question:

Which firm do you decide should be your supplier? To answer this question please use one of the following ethical theories:

EITHER Ethics of Care;

OR Ubuntu Ethics;

OR Amartya Sen’s Ethics;

OR Kantian Ethics

In answering this question you are expected to demonstrate a capacity for moral reasoning as discussed on this module. You MUST explain and apply ethical theories that you have chosen to use in this question and you should structure your essay as follows:

1. Summarise relevant facts from the scenario and identify all the stakeholders affected by your purchasing dilemma.
2. Identify and explain the ethical issues relevant to the dilemma.

Note: an issue is a matter of debate; ethics is the study of concepts of right and wrong; therefore: ethical issues= matters that raise debates about right and wrong.

To identify ethical issues you should start with the facts of the scenario but also refer to relevant sources that can help justify your identification of the issues.

1. Introduce and explain your chosen ethical theory (in other words EITHER Ubuntu Ethics; OR Ethics of Care; OR Amartya Sen’s Ethics; OR Kantian Ethics)

You will need to draw on discussions from good quality academic sources that consider the ethical theories and ideas in depth.

1. Apply your chosen ethical theory to the ethical issues in the situation, in order to reach a morally justifiable decision on the position that ‘you’, (the purchasing manager) should take in relation to purchasing from Firm A or B.
2. Identify actions that you could take, their possible challenges and how you might overcome them to in order to ensure that your decision is enacted.

For (e) you should use relevant academic business literature to identify the challenges and options that might be open to you as a Purchasing Manager.

The word limit for this essay is 1750 words and the essay is worth 50% of the module marks.

Remember that this is an essay about business ethics and not business strategy or legal liability. You are being asked to develop an ethical argument about what the right thing to do would be in the scenario provided. Make sure you read the marking criteria.

Reminder of Learning outcomes assessed

1. Analyse the basis of moral reasoning.
   2. Demonstrate cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis, synthesis, and decision making within conditions of ambiguity, uncertainty and inherent tension.
   3. Evaluate the significance of a range of western and non western ethical perspectives for business practices and economic systems.
   4. Analyse and evaluate the common and specific ethical issues for a range of business functions and practices.
   5. Evaluate and apply ethical reasoning to local and global business dilemmas.
   6. Engage with multiple perspectives to articulate and defend a morally justifiable personal position on pervasive contemporary organisational and business ethical dilemma

Assignment length

The length of an assignment is limited by a set number of word to contribute towards the development of writing skills and to ensure all work is assessed equitably. We therefore require you to complete your assignments within the number of words specified in the assignment brief.

The specified 1750 count for each essay refers to the main body of the essay and does not include front cover, title page, reference list, or appendices. The word count does include headings, tables and in-text citations, but not diagrams

Appendices themselves will not be marked. However, inappropriate use of appendices will be taken into consideration when awarding the final mark.

Words that exceed the maximum allowed will not be marked. If in doubt, you should discuss this with the Module Leader before submission.

Provide a critical response to current policy imperatives which impact upon health and social care delivery.

Co-ordinating Care for Complex Health Needs NRS 705

Module Assessment Level 7

Word Count: 3500

Title: Co-ordinating the care of a patient with complex health needs

1. Provide a critical response to current policy imperatives which impact upon health and social care delivery.
2. Demonstrate a critical response to existing theoretical discourses around the principles of partnership, collaboration and interagency working
3. Demonstrate a deep and systematic understanding of care coordination for complex needs

4. Demonstrate a deep and systematic knowledge of legislation pertinent to care co-ordination

Essay Guidelines

This essay should showcase your specialised area of knowledge and understanding of how care is co-ordinated for complex health needs in a Child, Adult or Mental Health case. You should select a patient which represents this group from scenarios created within the module. Explain why their health needs require long term health interventions/inputs to demonstrate your understanding of the importance of partnership, collaboration and interagency working. You are required to analyse the relevant policy and legislation in relation to care co-ordination and critically evaluate the extent to which their care is co-ordinated. Your work should have a strong evidence base, include references from a wide range of sources, recognising the complexities and alternative approaches in the literature.

Please note: this work is about care co-ordination not the condition.

Your assignment should be 3,500 words (no 10% allowance +/-).

You can normally expect your provisional mark (which is subject to change at the subject panel) four weeks after your hand in date

Why do you believe the issue exists and why was it able to occur

This discussion board will relate to a women’s issue story that you retrieved from a reliable media source (newspaper, TV, radio, etc.). The story must be considered a balanced report of the issue, therefore, your media source must be well-known and respected, such as New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, BBC, US News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, local news channels, local newspapers, and so forth.

You may not use  Immaculee Illibagiza or the Rwanda genocide for this discussion board. It must be an international story not a story about something that happened here in the US.

An international social welfare issue regarding women must be addressed. The issue should be one that was discussed in your text, in the video you watched and/or the material you read in the pdf file.

Just as you did in previous discussion board assignments, you will start a new thread. You must attach a link to the story (this is required).  Your story  should be current, that is, not more than two months old.

You must provide answers to the following questions/topics:

1. A brief summary of the story/issue
2. What women’s social welfare issue is presented
3. Why do you believe the issue exists and why was it able to occur
4. What can be done to address and stop the issue.

Your discussion board will be graded on conscientiousness, clarity, analysis and insights.

Write an academic paper which examines the meaning and implications of anti discriminatory practice in counselling psychology.

Anti-discriminatory Academic Paper

This unit requires an academic paper which examines the meaning and implications of anti discriminatory practice in counselling psychology.

You should situate yourself in relation to the issues discussed and the paper should focus on one area of discrimination and be illustrated by specific examples (3000 words).

You need to demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of counselling psychology practice.

A comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship and to demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline.

You will also have a conceptual understanding that enables you to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline; to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses. These attributes should influence how you approach your learning and the preparation of your academic paper.

The following is a technical description of what the academic paper must include. Part of the expectation of work at this level is that they will be able to integrate these factors into their academic paper in a coherent way.

The paper must include, but may not be limited to, examination of the following areas:

• Theoretical and practical understanding of ‘internalised oppression’;
• Personal, cultural and structural analysis;
• Philosophical, value and ethical bases of anti-oppressive practice; and
• Management of inherent tensions and complexities

The following competencies need to be included:

• Develop knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversities and how to work affirmatively to promote social inclusion in your clinical practice;
• Value social inclusion and demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities; understand issues of power, discrimination and oppression, the psychological impact of these, and how to work with these issues psychologically;
• Develop an understanding of the importance of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and an awareness of difference including visible, less visible, and mixed backgrounds, and be able to work from a knowledge base of different cultural frameworks;
• Have an understanding of the major religious beliefs and practices, spirituality, and how to work with these in clinical practice;
• Understand the diversity of forms of relationships and families in gender and sexual minority clients; be knowledgeable of the diversity of sexual and gender minority identities and practices;
• Work affirmatively with gender and sexual minority clients, understanding contemporary models of gender and sexuality, internalised oppression, and the impact of stigmatising beliefs; recognise that attitudes towards sexuality and gender are located in a changing socio-political context, and reflect on your own understanding of these concepts;
• Be mindful of the impact of socioeconomic status and disadvantage and limited access to resources and services;
• Be aware of attitudes towards disabled people and the social construction of disability, and appropriate models for practice;
• Understand the principles and requirements of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults; and understand human development across the lifespan and the issues of discrimination and disadvantage that can arise

Who would be the ideal candidate(s) from whom to elicit information during the requirements gathering and analysis phase of the database project? Explain why.

Description

DQ1 Who would be the ideal candidate(s) from whom to elicit information during the requirements gathering and analysis phase of the database project? Explain why. DQ2 Typically, a patient staying in a hospital receives medications that have been ordered by a particular doctor. Because the patient often receives several medications per day, there is a 1:M relationship between patient and order. Similarly, each order can include several medications, creating a 1:M relationship between order and medication. Identify different entities from this scenario. Create an entity-relationship diagram illustrating 1:1 and 1: many relationships. Compare your ERD with another classmate’s and discuss the differences each of you had.

develop some thoughts about how you would approach group processes in the future, and/or some issue(s) that require further thought, in about 250 words.

Adaptation: becoming aware and active in group dynamics

(Record at least one example in at least one of these tables)

Reflection on action – transferable lessons about group processes

(Based on your insights above, develop some thoughts about how you would approach group processes in the future, and/or some issue(s) that require further thought, in about 250 words.)

I believe myself to be a mature, assertive and resourceful individual with broad life experiences acquired over years of being an operational XYZ, a manufacturing operations manager and then an operations director in a prominent Scottish business. I was experienced, I had proven I could problem solve, present and lead teams. So, why was it I felt so pensive about commencing this module, in a work group that would be assigned to us?

Daniel Goleman (Goleman, D., 1998) suggests that whilst toughness, intelligence and determination are required of successful leaders, they are not sufficient in themselves and that emotional intelligence, encompassing a plethora of interpersonal skills, is the key differentiator in determining greatness. Already familiar with Goleman’s theory, I thought I possessed a ‘sufficiently’ high Emotional Quotient – moving through four primary schools as a child develops your social antenna! – to operate at a high level, so there was something different going on here.

The MBA cohort like any group can subconsciously resort to Groupthink (Whyte, W.H., 1952) , a result of the ongoing chat around work group selection and grades. I was definitely worried that his new group couldn’t be better than my last group, and that my marks would suffer accordingly. Happily this was not the case!

Our group quickly, and satisfyingly, settled into a professional rhythm manifested by evidence of procedural justice (Rawls, J., 1971) in our willingness to view from the perspective of others, and also what appeared to be an MBA team culture paradigm (Schein, E.H., 1984) that best ideas come from the team, not necessarily the individual. We turned out to be consultative and reflective practitioners (Schon, D.,1983) who constructed what we believed to be an effective solution for the problem we faced.

My initial impression of how this team would operate was way off the mark, and I should have known better from the outset.

Identify the current Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for the nutrient for an average adult.

Description As you may recall, nutrients are divided into the following six (6) categories: Carbohydrates Lipids (Fats) Proteins Vitamins Minerals Water For this assignment, you will need to develop an informative PowerPoint presentation that could be used to teach your classmates about a variety of nutrients from the nutrient categories (above). Your PowerPoint presentation should: Have a title slide.  Contain at least 6 content slides. Reflect proper spelling and grammar. Cite at least 2 credible references and present the sources in APA format on a References slide. Choose five (5) specific nutrients from within the nutrient categories listed above. You may choose either: a mixture of five (5) macro and micro nutrients For example, you can use 2 macronutrients (such as lipids and carbohydrates) and 3 micronutrients (such as specific vitamins and minerals) five (5) different vitamins or minerals For example, 2 vitamins (such as A and D), 2 major minerals (such as sodium, calcium, and potassium), and 1 trace mineral (such as zinc). For each of the nutrients you selected, create content slides that address the following: a) Explain the function(s) of the nutrient within the body. b) Describe how the nutrient is metabolized (where primarily digested, absorbed, and transported) within the body. c) Identify the current Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for the nutrient for an average adult. Please can be worded simply. Please provide web links with references.