Are there benefits to businesses engaging in social initiatives? Does it matter if they are sincere or not?

This term we are going to learn a great deal about the positive outcomes of business. There are many both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Wealth, employment, increased standard of living, pride of ownership for entrepreneurs, etc.Businesses have many responsibilities and stakeholders. It’s not simply their stockholders/owners or their customers they must address. As a business person, why do you care about your stakeholders and community beyond your customers? There are costs associated with social responsibility. Does that matter? Some companies attract a great deal of negativity about their products. Should they care? Are there benefits to businesses engaging in social initiatives? Does it matter if they are sincere or not? They are rhetorical to get you thinking about this topic: Stakeholders, Social Responsibility. There are no right or wrong answers for this discussion. It will morph as your classmates start replying. Some of you may give examples of companies with either positive or poor social engagement. Others might highlight their own plans if they had a business. You can also be a contrarian.

Which of these three types of job crafting do you think would be most appropriate for pilots, and which one do you think would be most appropriate for the online marketing team?

Case Assignment
In the background materials you had a chance to view some videos and read about the traditional “top down” approach of job redesign as well as the newer “bottom up” approach of job crafting. Before starting on this assignment, make sure you have thoroughly reviewed the videos and readings and understand the key job redesign and job crafting strategies. Once you have finished reviewing the background materials, apply what you’ve learned to the specific scenarios and questions below. Make sure to cite at least one of the required readings for each answer, and try to cite at least four of the readings or videos in your answer. Your paper should be 4–5 pages in length:1. The ABC Corporation has a team of telemarketers. The job description for the telemarketers is pretty basic: They call up potential customers who have visited his company’s web page and requested information about the product. Telemarketers’ performance evaluations depend mostly on their monthly sales as well as customer satisfaction surveys, and they receive monthly feedback reports. Their supervisor gives them some initial training, but these telemarketers have a lot of freedom to choose how and when to call customers. For example, they are free to customize their own sales pitch as long as they don’t mislead potential customers. Also, they are not required to fill out a time card or work at the office (they can work from home, if they want). As long as they are making enough monthly sales they are free to set their own schedules. While the telemarketing team is performing well, the company is concerned about high turnover among telemarketers and wants to do some job enrichment. Which of the five core job dimensions discussed in Bauer and Erdogan (2012) or page 9 of Griffin (2007) do you think should be revised the most during a job redesign intervention? Which ones do you think do not need to be revised? Explain your reasoning and cite some of the required readings in your answer.2. At the Grand Valley Medical Clinic there are four high-ranking employees. These include Dr. Roberts who specializes in pediatric medicine, Dr. Wilson who specializes in heart surgery, Dr. Drake who specializes in eye medicine, and Nurse Desser who does basic health check-ups for patients and refers patients to specialists as needed. They have all been working at the clinic for a long time and have strong performance records, but management is worried they are becoming bored and dissatisfied with their jobs and there is concern they might all leave unless their jobs change. However, given the high degree of training required for each of their specializations management is not sure how to go about making their jobs less monotonous and more rewarding. In general, would you recommend management undergoes a traditional job redesign approach or a job crafting approach? Which specific job redesign strategy or job crafting strategy would you recommend? For example, if you choose job redesign discuss whether you would recommend job rotation, enlargement, enrichment, etc. If you choose job crafting, refer to one of the specific strategies or interventions discussed in Wrzesniewski (2014) or Dik and Duffy (2012).3. Transwest Airlines has decided to hire you as a job crafting consultant for two groups of their employees. One group consists of airline pilots. The pilots of course have one main task that dominates their job description—flying the airplanes safely. The second group consists of Transwest’s online marketing team, who engage in many different tasks such as designing the company’s webpage, handling calls from customers, and promoting the airline through social media. Before arriving at the airline to do interviews and make recommendations, you first need to do some reading on what general approach you will use. As a first step, review Dik and Duffy (2012), where they discuss task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting. Which of these three types of job crafting do you think would be most appropriate for pilots, and which one do you think would be most appropriate for the online marketing team? Also, read up on “job-crafting swap meets” in Wrzesniewski (2014). Do you think a swap meet would be appropriate for either pilots or online marketers? Any other strategy from Wrzesniewski (2014) that you think would be useful for either pilots or online marketers?4. Conclude your paper with a discussion of A) what you think the main similarities and differences are between job redesign and job crafting, and B) what you think are the main advantages and disadvantages of job redesign and job crafting.Assignment Expectations

consider how various media outlets depict “disabilities or illnesses” and compare and contrast these portrayals with one or two theoretical perspectives and/or practice models that inform social work practice.

1. REFLECTIVE PAPER: PORTRAYALS OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITY IN THE MEDIA (30 POINTS)

Traditional models of understanding illness and disability such as the medical model were built on frameworks that focused on the individual, primarily pathology or deficit based. The purpose of this reflective paper is to consider how various media outlets depict “disabilities or illnesses” and compare and contrast these portrayals with one or two theoretical perspectives and/or practice models that inform social work practice. See Appendix B for requirements, instructions, and grading rubric. The paper must be submitted to the instructor via TURNITIN.

APPENDIX B

REFLECTION PAPER: MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITY (30 POINTS)

As you complete your graduate education, viewing information from diverse sources through a “social work lens” can lead you to be a great advocate to those individuals, groups, or communities that may experience health disparities, illnesses, or disabilities. This is an opportunity to identify what you have learned, critically examine how the issue is presented to the general public and offer recommendations on how to advocate and promote the social work ethics and values such as dignity and worth of the person, the importance of human relationships, as well as our professional mission.

The purpose of this reflective paper is to consider how various media outlets portray “disabilities or illnesses” and compare and contrast these portrayals with one or two theoretical perspectives and/or practice models, which inform social work practice. Then, as an advocate, present recommendations on how the media source could have portrayed the topic from a strength-based or empowering position, incorporating the professional values and ethics of social work.

This reflective paper should be based on a full-length feature film. See the list below for suggestions. Other films that you may want to use must be approved by the instructor. Students may view movies in groups, but each student must write his/her own reflective paper.

• List of films, which cover a range of disabilities with accuracy. https://themighty.com/2015/02/oscar-nominated-films-that-got-disease-and-disability-right/

• Students may want to view the TED Talks listed below for inspiration and how to view illness and disabilities through a strength-based lens. https://www.ted.com/talks?sort=newest&topics%5B%5D=disability

Suggested Reflective Paper Outline. No more than 6 pages.

• State the film you reviewed and provide a BRIEF summary
• Identify the “illness/ disability” you will be addressing
• Describe how this experience is portrayed in the film. If you are focusing on a specific incident or sequence, please note this.
• Based on this, identify and explain how this experience fits a “viewpoint” about this illness or disability, for example, is it based on a medical model? A disability approach?
• Contrast this portrayal with a strength-based or another empowering model of social work practice that was covered in any of your coursework. You must explain what the approach is and describe how the situation or actor presented the issue(s).
• Then, as an advocate for this person/situation, provide recommendations on how the media source could have portrayed the topic from a strength-based or empowering position, incorporating social work values and ethics.
• NOTE: If the movie portrays the “illness or disability” through a strength-based or social work empowerment perspective, celebrate this and then offer how it could have been portrayed if a deficit model was used in the movie.
• Offer final thoughts of your own learning on any topic in this course.

REFLECTION PAPER: MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITY GRADING RUBRIC (30 POINTS)

Does Winter have an addiction? Or can we call this a harmless hobby? Your thoughts?

Neil v Biggers: Discuss what circumstances should be considered in determining fairness. Why are these circumstances important in determining the fairness of an identification procedure?

Share your thoughts about what can happen to a business if ethical standards are not taken seriously.

Ethics in business relationships include both the external and internal relationships that develop around the organization. Forthis assignment, you will focus on the internal relationships that develop inside the organization. Studies have indicated themore positive the environment within the organization, the more productive the employees.Research one or a combination of these job-related topics found within organizations: job discrimination; sexualharassment; bullying or unsafe working conditions.1. Briefly describe the issue.2. Analyze the impact on overall morale, relationships within the organization and ultimately overall productivity levels.3. Research a minimum of one company that was caught up in this type of issue.4. What best practices might a company implement to avoid negative behavior within their organization?5. How would you rate the ethical practices of the company that you chose (excellent, fair or poor)? Explain.Your response should include an introduction, thesis statement, and a clear discussion of the questions/topics above. Itshould be a minimum of two double-spaced pages. You are required to use at least two credible references. All sourcesused must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APAguidelines.You may find this presentation, “Thesis Statements,” a great resource for guidance in making reference citations:https://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/csubasicthesisstatement/Your essay response should be formatted in accordance with APA style. For step-by-step instructions for formatting a paperin APA style, please refer to the CSU Citation Guide (http://www.columbiasouthern.edu/downloads/pdf/success/citationguide).Instructions for formatting formal documents can be found on page 17.DQ Question Hawkeye Pierce and BJ Hunnicutt portrayed years of unethical situations on the popular show MASH. Through their comical depiction of these situations, the viewer might have been left with the impression that the unethical behavior was actually appropriate.Share your thoughts about what can happen to a business if ethical standards are not taken seriously.

Why is it so difficult to show which correctional programs reduce recidivism?

In June of 2006 a bipartisan committee did a study that found that parole supervision had as many as 67% of former inmates violate parole within 3 years after their release. Fifty-two percent of those were reincarcerated. This costs the American taxpayer as much as 60 billion dollars. Why is it so difficult to show which correctional programs reduce recidivism? 200 words, MUST HAVE IN TEXT CITATIONS FROM REFERENCES LESS THAN 10 YRS OLD.

If a randomly selected adult is tested and the result is negative, what is the probability that the individual does not have the disease?

Suppose 1 in 25 adults is afflicted with a disease for which a new diagnostic test has been developed. Given that an individual actually has the disease, a positive test result will occur with probability .99. Given that an individual does not have the disease, a negative test result will occur with probability .98.Use a probability tree to answer the following questions. Question 1. What is the probability of a positive test result? Question 2. If a randomly selected adult is tested and the result is positive, what is the probability that the individual has the disease? Question 3. If a randomly selected adult is tested and the result is negative, what is the probability that the individual does not have the disease?

Drawing from the leadership traits described in assigned readings, discuss whether you believe these traits can be trained, or whether they are natural skills.

Topic/Question Prompt: Where competency approaches suggest that leaders are created, theoretical approaches suggest that leaders are born. Drawing from the leadership traits described in assigned readings, discuss whether you believe these traits can be trained, or whether they are natural skills. In this course, Discussions play an exceptionally important role. Please consider these threads and replies to be formal communications on the same level as those you would conduct with employers, clients, or colleagues in the professional, political, or academic world. As such, they must be free of grammatical errors, must be properly formatted in current Turabian style, and must consist of well-reasoned, contemplative, and substantive posts and replies, rather than mere lapse dixid. These threads and replies must be adequately supported by citations of the sources or support for your ideas as well as any quoted materials.

Describe the physiology of blood pressure control.

Initial Post: Describe the physiology of blood pressure control. Causes of Primary Hypertension may include overactivity of the SNS; overactivity of the RAAS; alterations in other neurohumoral mediators of blood volume and vasomotor tone such as ANP, BNP, and adrenomedullin; inflammation; a complex interaction involving insulin resistance and endothelial function; and obesity-related hormonal changesSelect 3 of the above potential causes and explain the pathophysiologic mechanisms of primary hypertension.