Explore systemic issues in a prison. How are these systemic issues handled in the prison you have chosen? What changes have been made to lessen the effects of these issues?

Overview
In this assignment, you will explore systemic issues in a prison.
Prompt
Using the Module Five Assignment Template Word Document, complete the following:
First, identify three systemic issues you would like to explore further. Then, choose a prison you would like to explore further and address each of the following questions for each of the systemic issues you have chosen. Be sure to use evidence from the resources to support your answers to these questions.

How are these systemic issues handled in the prison you have chosen?
What changes have been made to lessen the effects of these issues?

Finally, consider your personal approach to the purpose of punishment.

What could be done to lessen or positively impact the identified systemic issues?

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed:

Identify systemic issues.
Explain how systemic issues are handled in this prison.
Describe changes that could be made to lessen systemic issues.
Justify ways to lessen systemic issues.

What to Submit
This assignment must be completed using the provided template. Any references should be cited in APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

You want to have $100,000 in your account when you retire in 30 years. Your retirement account earns 3% interest. How much do you need to deposit each month to meet your retirement goal? Round to the next highest dollar.

Annuity Pay in                                      P= d((1+rk)Nk?1)rkSimple Interest                                     I =  PrtAnnuity Pay out/Loan                         P0 =d(1?(1+rk)?Nk)rkLinear Growth                                       Pn = P0 + ndExponential Growth                             Pn = P0(1 + r)nFlag question: Question 1Question 15 ptsYou want to have $100,000 in your account when you retire in 30 years. Your retirement account earns 3% interest. How much do you need to deposit each month to meet your retirement goal? Round to the next highest dollar.Flag question: Question 2Question 25 ptsYou want to have $180,000 in your account when you retire in 30 years. Your retirement account earns 6% interest. How much do you need to deposit each month to meet your retirement goal? Round to the next highest dollar.Flag question: Question 3Question 35 ptsFind the simple interest when the principal is $1,500, the interest rate is 6.0%, and the time is 5 years.Flag question: Question 4Question 45 ptsJose wants to take out a $250,000 mortgage. The interest rate on the loan is 3% and the loan is for 15 years. How much will his monthly payments be?Flag question: Question 5Question 55 ptsJoanne wants to take out a $350,000 mortgage. The interest rate on the loan is 6% and the loan is for 30 years. How much will her monthly payments be?Flag question: Question 6Question 65 ptsYou have $500,000 saved for retirement. Your account earns 6% interest. How much will you be able to pull out each month, if you want to be able to take withdrawals for 20 years? (Round to the nearest dollar.)Flag question: Question 7Question 75 ptsThe population of bears in a national forest was measured to be 12,000 in 2003 and was measured again to be 15,000 in 2007. If the population continues to grow linearly at this rate, what will the bear population be in 2014? Round to the nearest whole number.Flag question: Question 8Question 85 ptsA native wolf species has been reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and grows according to the law of exponential growth. Originally 200 wolves were transplanted. After 3 years, the population had grown to 270 wolves.What is the growth rate? (Round to two decimal places.)Flag question: Question 9Question 95 ptsA native wolf species has been reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and grows according to the law of exponential growth. Originally 200 wolves were transplanted. After 3 years, the population had grown to 270 wolves. Assume the growth rate is 10.52%.If this trend continues, how many wolves will there be in 10 years?Flag question: Question 10Question 105 ptsA native wolf species has been reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and grows according to the law of exponential growth. Originally 200 wolves were transplanted. After 3 years, the population had grown to 270 wolves.If this trend continues, how long will it take the population to grow to 1000 wolves? (Round to the next highest year.)

Research two aircraft that are notably different. Compare and contrast cost, performance, design, material selection, and maintenance requirements.

Your case study is due at the end of the module week.Research two aircraft that are notably different. Compare and contrast cost, performance, design, material selection, and maintenance requirements. Estimate variables (e.g. cost) which aren’t readily available. Where estimates are used, justify your thought process.For one of the aircraft, discuss three design features and associated tradeoffs (performance and/or structural) engineers likely contemplated. For one of the tradeoffs, outline the pros and cons of the decision.Within your report, discuss the relationship between aerodynamic performance and structural design and how each influences one another.For one of the aircraft, estimate the maximum normal bending stress at the wing-fuselage interface using the following simplifying assumptions:There exists a primary spar carrying the bending load.The spar can be modeled as an “I-beam.”The only force acting on the wing is gravity (weight).Based upon the spar material you selected, calculate the wing spar Factor of Safety. Also, estimate the maximum wingtip deflection(?max) based upon the case of a “Cantilever Beam with a Uniformly Distributed load”as shown in these slides of Cantilever Beam equations images (PPTX). 

With Aristotle’s virtue theory in mind, do you think he would say that consuming performance-enhancing drugs (i.e., steroids) in professional sports is morally permissible?  Why or why not? 

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 5 of the How Should One Live? An Introduction to Ethics and Moral Reasoning. You should also read or watch the resource your instructor has provided for this discussion, which you can find in the instructor’s discussion prompt post.
In the ancient Greece of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, a “symposium” was a banquet held after a meal, an “after-party” of sorts that usually included drinking, dancing, recitals, and engaging conversations on the topics of the day. For our purposes in this course, the Symposium discussions will not involve dancing, recitals, or a banquet, but they will provide food for thought on current ethical issues and direct application of the ethical theory discussed in each of these weeks.
For this Symposium discussion, your instructor will choose a topic of current ethical interest and a resource associated with it for you to read or watch. Your task is to consider how virtue ethics applies to the controversy, dilemma, event, or scenario selected by your instructor. It is a chance for you to discuss together the ethical issues and questions that it raises, your own response to those, and whether that response aligns with a virtue ethics approach. The aim is to identify, evaluate, and discuss the moral reasoning involved in addressing the chosen issue.

Discussion Topic: Virtue in Performance Enhancing Drugs
This week, we will consider how virtue ethics applies to performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports. 
Please watch this videoLinks to an external site. that outlines the kinds and types of Performance Enhancing Drugs and some ethical issues.
According to Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean, Virtue requires that we seek the mean between excess and deficit. Additionally, his conception of eudaimonia, or the good life, suggests that the perfection of excellences is a central component of living. Our physical abilities, character traits, and above all, our intellect were to all be perfected. 

With Aristotle’s virtue theory in mind, do you think he would say that consuming performance-enhancing drugs (i.e., steroids) in professional sports is morally permissible?  Why or why not? 
Are there some performance-enhancing drugs or therapies that are more moral than others? 

Your posts should remain focused on ethical considerations. At some point in your contribution, you must address how a virtue ethicist would approach this issue by explaining and evaluating that approach. If you have a position, you should strive to provide reasons in defense of that position. 
When responding to peers, you should strive first to understand the reasons they are offering before challenging or critiquing those reasons. One good way of summarizing their argument before offering a critique or evaluation.

What do you think is the primary motive for helping behavior: egoism or altruism? Why?

Choose 1 question; In addition to those mentioned in the module, what other costs and rewards might affect a potential helper’s decision of whether to help? Receiving help to solve some problem is an obvious benefit for someone in need; are there any costs that a person might have to bear as a result of receiving help from someone?What do you think is the primary motive for helping behavior: egoism or altruism? Why? Are there any professions in which people are being “pure” altruists, or are some egoistic motivations always playing a role?There are other prosocial behaviors in addition to the kind of helping discussed here. People volunteer to serve many different causes and organizations. People come together to cooperate with one another to achieve goals that no one individual could reach alone. How do you think the factors that affect helping might affect prosocial actions such as volunteering and cooperating? Do you think that there might be other factors that make people more or less likely to volunteer their time and energy or to cooperate in a group 

How has Moore’s Law (i.e., the exponential rate at which technology has advanced) contributed to the prevalence and increased risk associated with cyberattacks over time and into the future?

You may be familiar with Moore’s Law, which is named for Gordon Moore, a co-founder of Intel. In 1965, in what eventually became known as “Moore’s Law,” he speculated that the overall processing power of computer chips would double every two years, essentially indicating that technology would advance at an exponential rate. At the time, this seemed far-fetched, but over the last 50+ years, it has proven to be a fairly accurate prediction. Reflecting on the fast pace at which technology has advanced, and knowing that threats to computer security have been present since their inception, answer the following:How has Moore’s Law (i.e., the exponential rate at which technology has advanced) contributed to the prevalence and increased risk associated with cyberattacks over time and into the future?Of the many different types of exploits or computer attacks (as noted in Chapter 3 of the textbook), choose the one that you believe poses the greatest risk to an organization and explain why. Can you envision another type of risk becoming more serious as technology continues to advance? If so, which one?

To what extent did the financial cost of the Revolutionary War influence the nation’s post-war economic stability and fiscal policies?

In the wake of the American Revolution, a critical question emerges concerning the economic impact of the war on the fledgling United States. To what extent did the financial cost of the Revolutionary War influence the nation’s post-war economic stability and fiscal policies? Calculating the war’s cost involves assessing various factors, such as troop salaries, munitions, naval expenses, and debt incurred, spanning from 1775 to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Additionally, considering inflation rates during this period is crucial for a precise assessment. How did the issuance of Continental Congress bills, loans from foreign powers like France, and the eventual establishment of the United States Mint impact the nation’s financial landscape? Furthermore, evaluating the economic consequences of war on different regions and social classes within the United States adds complexity to the equation. How did these financial burdens shape early American economic policies, such as the formation of a national bank and debates over taxation? To comprehensively understand the aftermath of the Revolutionary War, how can we calculate and contextualize its economic toll on the newly independent United States? 

Any United States Supreme Court case that involves an interpretation of the  Constitution this encompasses most of the cases that come before the  Supreme Court.Who is involved in the case?

 
Any United States Supreme Court case that involves an interpretation of the  Constitution this encompasses most of the cases that come before the  Supreme Court.Who is involved in the case? However, please choose a case that was heard by the  Supreme Court from 2009 to the present. Again, please do not choose a  case that is older than 2009. This will help ensure that you are writing  your summary on current, relevant case law. 
– Who is involved in the case?
– How  has the case moved through the legal system (who filed it, in what  court? What appellate court heard it? How did it get to the Supreme  Court?)?
– What was the issue in the case?
– What did the Court decide? (note that the US Supreme Court is called “Court”, not “court” and not “SCOTUS”)
– What was the Court’s analysis (WHY did they decide as they did)?
 
Did any Justices dissent, and if so, what did they have to say?
– What is the impact of this case?
If you can’t find a good case,  search on Nexis Uni or OYEZ you should be able to find something.

Compile examples of unethical behavior in the media and explain modifications to the source or scene that could be used to correct the ethics violation.

Topic: Media Smorgasbord

Over the course of one week, please compile examples of unethical behavior in the media and explain modifications to the source or scene that could be used to correct the ethics violation.
In your discussion, complete the following:
· Identify the source and scene (if applicable).
· Identify the ethical violation that was committed.
· Explain modifications to the source or scene that could be used to correct the ethics violation.
Post your answers to the Forum by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13.

Should students be allowed unlimited attempts to pass a skill?  Why or why not?

 DIscussion:
Read this excerpt from a student who failed a third attempt at a skill and is therefore dismissed from the program.
“I just flunked my third chance at passing my clinical skills test going into my third semester of nursing school. I am so humiliated. Now I have to withdraw from the program entirely and re-apply, which sets me back a year. I am a good student…I passed all previous skills evaluations, pass clinicals, make at least “B” on classroom work and even scored a 93 on the most recent HESI. I am also a bit angry since I felt I wasn’t given a good environment to pass this final, critical checkoff – missing several items of equipment, the instructor dropped a glass of water during my checkoff and cut me off several times during my explanations. I am so demoralized.”
Evaluation of students is a difficult part of being a faculty member. Skills lab check offs are stressful for both students and faculty, and the outcome is sometimes devastating. In your initial post, consider your thoughts about skills check offs from an instructor’s perspective.  Consider such things as:

Should students be allowed unlimited attempts to pass a skill?  Why or why not?
Given that this is high stakes testing, what responsibility does the faculty have to create a positive testing environment? What would that look like?
Will you be able to fail a student if necessary?  Instructors who struggle with this may pass students on to the next course/instructor, which may have significant legal and ethical ramifications. 
Students often believe that faculty are trying to “weed out” students.  Do you think that is true? 
Finally, how has being a practicing nurse changed your perspective on evaluation of students in nursing school?