Lecture Notes: Legal/Ethical Issues and Social Policy Paris Finner-Williams‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.‚ Esq. Description Dr. Paris Finner-Williams describes areas of addiction and how legal/ethical issues and social policy relate to these areas. She discusses the legal/ethical issues directly related to alcohol‚ drugs‚ and other illicit drugs. Finally‚ Dr. Finner-Williams addresses cultural competency issues as they relate to addiction and recovery. Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson‚ students:
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PURSUIT POLICY 01I‚ Jeraldine Harris-Rice Police Chief of Scobey Woods‚ MS do hereby set forth theselaws to be applied and abided by when pursuing any and all vehicles unless otherwisestated in this PURSIT POLICY 01 or it being discussed and approved by Police ChiefJeraldine Harris-Rice. All officers and citizens will be held accountable for their actionswhen citizens unlawfully flee officers and officers unlawfully pursue suspects.This Pursuit Policy 01 was drafted in an effort to be in pursuant
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How does antitrust policy and regulation affect economic welfare? Antitrust policies and regulations placed by the government of the United States are geared for the competitive process. Several rulings on major companies have been made in order to have a set of guidelines of when a government intervention is needed. Government intervention acts like a regulator with goal of improving economic welfare‚ well at least in theory. By implementing antitrust policies governments decrease market powers
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The power of social influence has been a subject of extensive research (Hogg‚ 1992). The notion that groups working towards a mutual goal perform better than independent individuals has been largely accepted not only by social psychologists but also by employers (Abrams‚ Wetherell‚ Cochrane‚ Hogg & Turner‚ 2001). Employers for example would often suggest team building exercises because they recognize the importance of group cohesiveness and entitattivity (Baron‚ Brainscombe‚ & Byrne‚ 2009). Group
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restaurants have change to having no-tipping policies. Not long ago more restaurants have implemented new policies involving tipping. Why are they implementing these policies? It’s a response to the recent commotion of people wanting to increase the minimum wage. According to the New York Times the report “that as several cities begin to implement minimum wage increases‚ "an expanding number of restaurateurs are experimenting with no-tipping policies as a way to manage rising labor costs."(Eater
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The Con team was very persuasive because they presented more evidence as to why “Employment-at-Will” is not a good social policy. One strong point is that they gave credible data by going into the history of employment and the laws derived from it. They also presented how employment laws differ in other countries. We find that methodology to be excellent because they took extra steps to give the class the background information necessary to defend their position. The first argument they presented
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PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN IT Scenario Software projects have a reputation for delivering over cost‚ over time and failing to meet the user or client expectations. The IT department you are a project manager in is no exception. The team of over 40 seem to work hard but rarely satisfy either the demand for IT services or on new software developments. As an IT professional you find the situation frustrating as the systems function is currently overloaded and is under performing. Unfortunately
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Drug Policy Drugs are a major problem in the United States and this is clearly shown by the two million Americans addicted to some sort of drug. Prisons are full for the way we take action on people who abuse drugs. We should look at how we view drugs and how we react when we arrest someone who is abusing them. We should send them to rehab to get help not throw them in a jail cell then later release them out because most likely they are going to go back into jail. We should send them to rehab or
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LANGUAGE LEGISLATION: VOTER DRIVEN INITIATIVES Kelly M. Jefferson Grand Canyon University: SPE 523 July 23‚ 2012 The issue of language policy and the education of English language learners (ELLs) in this country has been hotly debated and widely contested. Students who enter our school systems without an understanding of the English language must attain not only conversational proficiency‚ but also academic literacy in English. Academic literacy is the
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been proposed to solve this issue: some argue that the process of immigration be more tolerant and convenient‚ while others believe there should be stricter laws enforcing the specificity of who gets in and how. Ultimately‚ there should be a stricter policy of immigration‚ ensuring those who truly value living here will do so lawfully. One problem with many legal and illegal immigrants to America is that they refuse to learn the common language. This stems from America’s far too accepting nature towards
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