Respond to the following prompts in the Educational Research discussion forum by What evidenced-based practices can you identify within your understanding of educational research as it relates to instructional practices?  Why is scientific inquiry important to educational research?  How does scientific inquiry lead to the better understanding of research and interpreting data?

Week 1 – Discussion: Educational Research
Respond to the following prompts in the Educational Research discussion forum by

What evidenced-based practices can you identify within your understanding of educational research as it relates to instructional practices? 
Why is scientific inquiry important to educational research? 
How does scientific inquiry lead to the better understanding of research and interpreting data?

Choose a retail store which carries your chosen consumer product. Stand outside and describe the exterior: what does it look like: colors, signage, building material, parking lot (if one), and ease of entry, etc. Go inside and describe the interior, what does it look like, colors, display methods, traffic flow, customers and their appearance. Are the inside and outside congruent? How well does the store fit the customers who shop there? How helpful/useful/nice are the sales clerks/cashiers (assuming they exist)? What kind of retail store is it?

Choose a retail store which carries your chosen consumer product. Stand outside and describe the exterior: what does it look like: colors, signage, building material, parking lot (if one), and ease of entry, etc. Go inside and describe the interior, what does it look like, colors, display methods, traffic flow, customers and their appearance. Are the inside and outside congruent? How well does the store fit the customers who shop there? How helpful/useful/nice are the sales clerks/cashiers (assuming they exist)? What kind of retail store is it? Add additional insight that reflects on the store’s marketing offerings. 

How do emotions positively and negatively influence critical thinking? Describe how you balance your emotions and reason when making decisions. Include an example of when you had to use both.

 
You make dozens of choices and decisions daily, often without awareness. Because critical thinking may be more rigorous than everyday thinking, it is important to recognize some factors that can influence the effectiveness of critical thinking, including reason, communication, and emotion.
After completing the Learning Activities for the week, please respond to all the inquiries below. Your response should be at least 175 words total (approximately 50 words per question).

How do emotions positively and negatively influence critical thinking?
Describe how you balance your emotions and reason when making decisions. Include an example of when you had to use both.
Ch. 3 of Think: Critical Thinking and Logic Skills for Everyday Life covers the topic of language and communication, which also play a role in critical thinking. Explain the role of communication in critical thinking and provide an example of when and how language or communication influenced your critical thinking.
Reflect on this week’s learning activities, concepts, ideas, and topics. Discuss the most interesting activity or concept you learned this week and mention any concepts that are still confusing or that you have questions about.

MORAL IMAGINATION Most are familiar with Nestlé, one of the world’s largest food producers, whose marketing slogan is: “Good food, Good life.” On its website, the corporation states that its three main ambitions are helping children live healthier lives, improving livelihoods in communities, and striving for zero environmental impact (Nestlé, n.d.). These are commendable goals that generated considerable positive publicity; however, recent allegations and court proceedings have suggested that the company may not actually be achieving those ambitions. Nestlé has been accused of using child labor in its cocoa supply chain in Western Africa, using forced slave labor in its seafood supply chains in Southeast Asia, and overusing diverted water from a national forest in drought-stricken California (Singh, 2021). Briefly describe your selected organization and identify one issue the organization should improve upon with respect to its moral imagination and action. Provide a rationale. Explain how Werhane’s moral imagination framework could be applied to the issue you identified to help create positive social change within the organization or its stakeholder context.

MORAL IMAGINATION
Most are familiar with Nestlé, one of the world’s largest food producers, whose marketing slogan is: “Good food, Good life.” On its website, the corporation states that its three main ambitions are helping children live healthier lives, improving livelihoods in communities, and striving for zero environmental impact (Nestlé, n.d.). These are commendable goals that generated considerable positive publicity; however, recent allegations and court proceedings have suggested that the company may not actually be achieving those ambitions. Nestlé has been accused of using child labor in its cocoa supply chain in Western Africa, using forced slave labor in its seafood supply chains in Southeast Asia, and overusing diverted water from a national forest in drought-stricken California (Singh, 2021). Briefly describe your selected organization and identify one issue the organization should improve upon with respect to its moral imagination and action. Provide a rationale.
Explain how Werhane’s moral imagination framework could be applied to the issue you identified to help create positive social change within the organization or its stakeholder context.
These allegations illustrate that—even when companies adopt policies to promote ethical behavior—serious lapses can occur.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the article titled “Mental Models, Moral Imagination and System Thinking in the Age of Globalization” (located in this week’s Learning Resources) and think about how organizations apply these models.
Consider an organization with which you are familiar. This can be a current or former employer. Focus specifically on the organization’s ethics and sustainability policies, practices, and goals, and identify one issue you think the organization should improve upon with regard to its moral imagination and action.
Post a synthesis of how your selected organization could use a moral imagination framework to address issues and create positive social change. In your synthesis, do the following:
Briefly describe your selected organization and identify one issue the organization should improve upon with respect to its moral imagination and action. Provide a rationale.
Explain how Werhane’s moral imagination framework could be applied to the issue you identified to help create positive social change within the organization or its stakeholder context.

America’s diverse culture was built on the lives of its native people and immigrants, beginning with the early settlements of the English and continuing through the arrival of enslaved Africans to Gadsden Wharf and the primarily European immigrants to Ellis Island. Each of these groups of people came from vastly different cultures and under vastly different circumstances. In this assignment, you are to step into the shoes of one of these immigrants and tell your story. Select an immigrant experience addressed in Unit 3 that you would like to explore further. Imagine your life as someone who has been in pre-20th Century America for a year or less. Discuss the cultural traditions and artifacts that you might have brought with you. Choose from one of the following; plan to avoid any that your ancestors might have experienced:

America’s diverse culture was built on the lives of its native people and immigrants, beginning with the early settlements of the English and continuing through the arrival of enslaved Africans to Gadsden Wharf and the primarily European immigrants to Ellis Island. Each of these groups of people came from vastly different cultures and under vastly different circumstances. In this assignment, you are to step into the shoes of one of these immigrants and tell your story.

Select an immigrant experience addressed in Unit 3 that you would like to explore further. Imagine your life as someone who has been in pre-20th Century America for a year or less. Discuss the cultural traditions and artifacts that you might have brought with you.
Choose from one of the following; plan to avoid any that your ancestors might have experienced:

A Jewish immigrant, transported in steerage and arriving in New York with only a suitcase to live in the ghettos
An enslaved person of African origin, transported by ship and sold on the shores of America to live and work on a Southern plantation
An indentured servant from Europe arriving in debt and working towards freedom.
An immigrant from any other country traveling in steerage and landing at Ellis Island without any possessions and knowing no one. Describe their life in the big city, working on a farm, or traveling westward for an opportunity to succeed in your new land.

Create a journal entry that includes:

A biographical paragraph (give yourself a name, age, specific place of origin (where you came from), and economic status.
A narrative (2 or more paragraphs) where you describe your daily life or the work you do or what you do for entertainment, what your family is like, etc. Think of this as an oral history you intend to pass down through the generations. What do they need to know about the life you lived? Use whatever sources you need to make the entry authentic.
A reflective paragraph (or 2) where you present a specific message of peace and hope to future generations. What wisdom do you want to pass along to your children and grandchildren? What wisdom would you like to pass along to the future?

Things to remember:

Note that you will be creating a minimum of four well-developed paragraphs.
Research will be needed to give your narrative historical accuracy. Avoid low-quality websites.
A diary entry does not have to be overly formal. It should read as if you are leaving it behind for the world to learn from and your loved ones to cherish when you are gone.
Aim for multiple paragraphs that flow easily from one to the next.
Proofread before submitting.

According to Porter’s discussion of industry analysis, is Pepsi Cola a substitute for Coca Cola? Why, or why not? If you worked for another soft drink company, what strategies could you and your new soft drink company use to impact the dominance of Pepsi and Coke in the global marketplace? Why?  

MBA 5101 Unit IV Discussion Board 
 
According to Porter’s discussion of industry analysis, is Pepsi Cola a substitute for Coca Cola? Why, or why not? If you worked for another soft drink company, what strategies could you and your new soft drink company use to impact the dominance of Pepsi and Coke in the global marketplace? Why?
 
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MCOs use risk-based reimbursement for primary care physicians. Ask the following questions in the interview: What kind of risk do the MCOs assess? Does risk-based compensation limit the freedom of primary care physicians in any way in terms of patient care? Why or why not? How does the capitation model of reimbursement work? Do physicians generally prefer one model over the other? Why or why not? Why do HMOs prefer the prepaid, monthly premium?

Risk-Based Reimbursement
For your assignment, a primary care physician is often reimbursed by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) via capitation, fee-for-service, relative value scale, or salary. Capitation is considered as a risk based compensation.
In an effort to understand the intricacies involved with physician reimbursement, particularly in an era of health care reform, identify and interview an expert in the field, such as:

Hospital Administrator
Managed Care Organization (MCO) executive
Health care Consultant
Legal Professional

Assumption: MCOs use risk-based reimbursement for primary care physicians.
Ask the following questions in the interview:

What kind of risk do the MCOs assess?
Does risk-based compensation limit the freedom of primary care physicians in any way in terms of patient care? Why or why not?
How does the capitation model of reimbursement work? Do physicians generally prefer one model over the other? Why or why not?
Why do HMOs prefer the prepaid, monthly premium?
Is pay-for-performance a better model than existing models of compensation? Are there limitations to it as well?

Feel free to add additional follow-up questions for depth and clarification as you see fit.
Create a 4- to 5-page report in Microsoft Word document, analyzing the responses provided (which should be included as part of the report) using the evidence from the literature to help support or refute the responses provided.

Explain the controversy that surrounds  Paraphilic disorders. Explain your professional beliefs about this disorder, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature. Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a patient that may present with this disorder.

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In 2–3 pages:

Explain the controversy that surrounds  Paraphilic disorders.
Explain your professional beliefs about this disorder, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature.
Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a patient that may present with this disorder.
Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to this disorder that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important.

Watch the documentary, A Place at the Table (2012). Compose your Original Response Post (400 words or more) and include your response to the following. Write a description of three specific things that you found remarkable or interesting or didn’t know before watching the film, A Place at the Table. Be specific in your description and include examples/references to the film, support (using numbers) and why you found each thing remarkable. How did you feel when you watched the film? What resonated with you personally and professionally?

Watch the documentary, A Place at the Table (2012).
Compose your Original Response Post (400 words or more) and include your response to the following.

Write a description of three specific things that you found remarkable or interesting or didn’t know before watching the film, A Place at the Table. Be specific in your description and include examples/references to the film, support (using numbers) and why you found each thing remarkable.
How did you feel when you watched the film? What resonated with you personally and professionally?

Respond to two classmate posts (200 words or more each) and include enough detail to meaningfully contribute to and advance the discussion.

You are the information technology (IT) manager of an 80-bed long-term care (LTC) facility. The Board of Directors has asked the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to develop a report about private databases (e.g., Medical Information Bureau) and doctor–patient privilege. The CIO informs you that this is the perfect opportunity for you to begin taking more of a leadership role in the company and asks you to create the report. The goal of the report is to summarize what kind of data would be stored within private databases and whether the information is protected by specific regulations and doctor–patient privilege.

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You are the information technology (IT) manager of an 80-bed long-term care (LTC) facility. The Board of Directors has asked the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to develop a report about private databases (e.g., Medical Information Bureau) and doctor–patient privilege. The CIO informs you that this is the perfect opportunity for you to begin taking more of a leadership role in the company and asks you to create the report. The goal of the report is to summarize what kind of data would be stored within private databases and whether the information is protected by specific regulations and doctor–patient privilege.