Explain how a community of practice (COP) could be beneficial

  SAFETY FIRST: CASE STUDY
BNSF Railway is a North American freight transportation company with over 32,000 miles of routes. BNSF Railway hauls agricultural, consumer, and industrial products and coal. BNSF Railway puts safety above everything else it does, including productivity. BNSF Railway recognizes that safety is based on having well-trained employees who share BNSF Railway’s vision for an injury- and accident-free workplace and who are willing to look out for one another. Thanks to its employees’ commitment, a carefully maintained network and equipment, and well-prepared communities, BNSF Railway is a safety leader in the rail industry. Approaching Others About Safety (AOAS) is a training program for all BNSF Railway employees. Four hundred and fifty BNSF Railway employees train their peers. Employees serve as trainers because page 200BNSF Railway believes they are in the best position to keep themselves and their peers safe. The goal of the program is for BNSF Railway employees to be confident about giving feedback to each other about safe behavior and avoiding unsafe situations. Employees need to learn the value of providing feedback when they see unsafe behavior or situations, including positively recognizing when someone is working safely or correcting them when they perceive another employee is at risk. Training should focus on the types of exposures that tend to result in the most injuries, including walking/path of travel around trains, rails, and equipment, pinch points between the railway cars, and climbing or descending locomotives and railway cars.
Describe the different types of instructional characteristics that this program should have for learning and transfer to occur and for a decrease in injuries and accidents to result. Would these characteristics vary depending on who was attending the program (e.g., managers, train crew, employees who maintain track, structures, or signals)? If so, how would they vary? Explain how a community of practice (COP) could be beneficial for this program.
Source: Based on M. Weinstein, “BNSF Railway Is on the Right Track,” training (January/February 2017), pp. 42–44; “BNSF Railway: Approaching Others About Safety,” training (January/February 2014), pp. 108–109; www.bnsf.com, website for BNSF Railways, accessed March 11, 2015.

Consider how leaders have to engage with people to promote increased academic achievement, work together, and reach a common goal. Depending on your focus, K-12 or higher education, respond to the following: K-12: Discuss how a leader could possibly engage families and the community in meaningful ways to assist with promoting increased academic achievement in the K-12 setting.

Consider how leaders have to engage with people to promote increased academic achievement, work together, and reach a common goal.
Depending on your focus, K-12 or higher education, respond to the following:

K-12: Discuss how a leader could possibly engage families and the community in meaningful ways to assist with promoting increased academic achievement in the K-12 setting.

Annette Lareau discusses her book Unequal Childhoods. She explains that parenting strategies vary by social class and points out that it is unclear whether these differences affect the long-term outcomes of children. · Long Interview After watching the interview with Annette Lareau, answer the following discussion question, in detail. Parents of different socioeconomic statuses socialize their children differently. For example, middle-class parents are more likely to stress independence and self-direction, whereas working-class parents prioritize obedience to external authority. Describe these differences and explain what Lareau concludes about how family socialization reproduces social inequality.

  
Annette Lareau discusses her book Unequal Childhoods. She explains that parenting strategies vary by social class and points out that it is unclear whether these differences affect the long-term outcomes of children.
· Long Interview
After watching the interview with Annette Lareau, answer the following discussion question, in detail.
Parents of different socioeconomic statuses socialize their children differently. For example, middle-class parents are more likely to stress independence and self-direction, whereas working-class parents prioritize obedience to external authority. Describe these differences and explain what Lareau concludes about how family socialization reproduces social inequality.
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Consider how leaders have to engage with people to promote increased academic achievement, work together, and reach a common goal. Depending on your focus, K-12 or higher education, respond to the following: K-12: Discuss how a leader could possibly engage families and the community in meaningful ways to assist with promoting increased academic achievement in the K-12 setting.

Consider how leaders have to engage with people to promote increased academic achievement, work together, and reach a common goal.
Depending on your focus, K-12 or higher education, respond to the following:
K-12: Discuss how a leader could possibly engage families and the community in meaningful ways to assist with promoting increased academic achievement in the K-12 setting.

The remote workplace has become common throughout all industries, and as such, presents new challenges for cybersecurity professionals and new opportunities for bad actors. Describe four security design failures specifically related to remote work and not working in general. Identify the specific design principles that have been violated for each security design failure. Relate the security failures to the principles of cybersecurity (CIA triad).

The remote workplace has become common throughout all industries, and as such, presents new challenges for cybersecurity professionals and new opportunities for bad actors.
Describe four security design failures specifically related to remote work and not working in general. Identify the specific design principles that have been violated for each security design failure.
Relate the security failures to the principles of cybersecurity (CIA triad).Moving a workforce to a remote work scenario requires that current security policies be adjusted to consider remote work-specific attack vectors and associated vulnerabilities.
Create a 10- to 12-slide digital presentation for upper-level management exploring cybersecurity issues related to remote work, including data loss prevention (DLP), secure network connectivity, confidentiality, insecure local environments, etc. Additional considerations are expected to be presented beyond the few suggested. Also research remote work security design failures that leave companies with remote workers vulnerable to attack. Address the following:

Describe four security design failures specifically related to remote work and not working in general. Identify the specific design principles that have been violated for each security design failure.
Relate the security failures to the principles of cybersecurity (CIA triad).
Identify the design principles involved or needed for remote workers.
Include a title slide, reference slide, and detailed slide notes, with citations and references explaining what is being presented on each slide.

Additionally, include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately. 

  Taking its namesake from the famous ancient Greek gadfly, the Socratic method involves teachers testing a student’s knowledge of a subject matter by asking challenging questions. For example, when Socrates wanted his student Theatetus to define “knowledge” he would ask him whether a tour guide who accidentally has true information about how to get to a certain destination actually knows the information, and why/why not?

 
Taking its namesake from the famous ancient Greek gadfly, the Socratic method involves teachers testing a student’s knowledge of a subject matter by asking challenging questions. For example, when Socrates wanted his student Theatetus to define “knowledge” he would ask him whether a tour guide who accidentally has true information about how to get to a certain destination actually knows the information, and why/why not? The answer is no, because he has no justification for his true opinion.
In this assignment, you are expected to generate five (5) challenging questions about chapter 6 and five (5) challenging questions about chapter 7 in On Romantic Love Brogaard (2015). Moreover, you will provide the answers to your own questions.

identify the law pursuant to the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine and legal exceptions and apply this understanding to a business scenario, and explain legal requirements for hiring new employees and your own home state laws as to workers’ compensation and immigration.

In this assignment, you evaluate and assess workplace protection legislation, identify the law pursuant to the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine and legal exceptions and apply this understanding to a business scenario, and explain legal requirements for hiring new employees and your own home state laws as to workers’ compensation and immigration.
Instructions
Respond to the following in 4–6 pages:

Cite two federal laws that you believe are the most important for protecting employees from workplace discrimination. Provide a compelling argument for the effectiveness of the legislation in protecting employees and two case law examples to support your assessment.
Explain the actions that employers must take to verify legal employment in the United States.
Some states do not allow undocumented workers, or those not legally allowed to work in the United States, to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Provide the law in your home state and a compelling and supported (with research) argument advocating for or against your state’s practice of allowing or denying workers’ compensation benefits to undocumented or illegal workers.
Provide a comprehensive summary of the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine that includes all possible legal exceptions designed to fight wrongful termination.
Cite and support (with research) an appropriate EAW exception that the employee in each of the following scenarios could reasonably argue to save their job.

Scenario 1: JoAnn, a manager, started a blog on the company website for employee grievances and problems. She noticed that a worker was protesting that allegedly no Asian American employees had gotten a raise in two years at the company. Christine, the employee, also criticized how much CEO Elon had made last year and how he was “out of touch” with the realities of his employees. JoAnn reminded Christine that she was an employee-at-will. The next day, Christine talked to her fellow co-workers about forming a union. JoAnn fired Christine, and Christine is suing for wrongful termination.
Scenario 2: Steven, a department supervisor, fired his secretary, Ann. Ann, a devout Christian, had been putting Right-to-Life flyers in the employee breakroom. Steven talked to Ann twice and reiterated her actions were not appropriate. Ann continued to leave the pamphlets and was also taking time away from work to pray at her desk during the busiest times of the morning. Ann is suing for wrongful termination.
Requirements

4-6 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the Sources list are not included in the required assignment page length.

Explain how economic factors have influenced the development of indigenous religious traditions. Include at least one specific example in your response. Replace this text with your response to the item in 1–2 paragraphs. Explain why oral traditions are a common influence on indigenous religious traditions. In your response, include a comparison of the influence of an oral tradition to the influence of a sacred text.

  
Module 1: Indigenous Religions Overview
  
Explain how economic factors have influenced the development of indigenous religious traditions. Include at least one specific example in your response.
Replace this text with your response to the item in 1–2 paragraphs.
Explain why oral traditions are a common influence on indigenous religious traditions. In your response, include a comparison of the influence of an oral tradition to the influence of a sacred text.
Replace this text with your response to the item in 2–3 paragraphs.
Explain the significance of ancestors for indigenous religions. Provide at least one specific example of this significance to support your response.
Replace this text with your response to the item in 1–2 paragraphs.
Identify key characteristics of leadership in indigenous regions and how this understanding of leadership differs from Western religions.

Explain the controversy about recovered memories, summarize evidence for and against the likely accuracy of recovered memories, and explain how you would rule and why.  Use only the three sources listed below as sources of evidence.

Explain the controversy about recovered memories, summarize evidence for and against the likely accuracy of recovered memories, and explain how you would rule and why. 
Use only the three sources listed below as sources of evidence.
In-text Citations:

(Loftus, 1993) – For evidence supporting the reality of repressed memories
(Geraerts et al., 2007) – For empirical evidence on the reality of recovered memories
(Loftus, 1997) – For exploration of false memories and memory malleability

References:

Loftus, E. (1993). The Reality of Repressed Memories. American Psychologist, 48, 518–537.
Geraerts, E., et al. (2007). The Reality of Recovered Memories. Psychological Science, 18(7), 564–568.
Loftus, E. (1997). Creating False Memories. Scientific American, 277(3), 70–75.

Identify a specific social ideal common to the human experience examined in this week’s materials. For example, social ideals can include concepts of just rule, ethics or religiosity, gender roles and relationships, aesthetic forms or functions, or the common good.

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 interactive. In addition, review your participation in this week’s two discussion forums and any observations from those discussions that have helped you understand themes common to the human experience.

 
In your journal,
· Identify a specific social ideal common to the human experience examined in this week’s materials. For example, social ideals can include concepts of just rule, ethics or religiosity, gender roles and relationships, aesthetic forms or functions, or the common good.
· Explain how the social ideal you have chosen is expressed in a specific society examined this week.
· How does the ideal impact this society in practice?
· Is there a disconnect between the ideal and its practice?
· Are there any negatives associated with the ideal? For who? Under what circumstances?
· Discuss whether you think the ideal is relevant today and whether knowing how it was expressed in ancient civilizations helps us understand it better.
Your journal entry should be 
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