Case Analysis: LAFD The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is still plagued with a culture of hazing‚ even though hazing was officially prohibited in the 1940’s; as the department became more diverse the pattern of hazing became stronger towards minorities and women. LAFD officials tried to change such culture by increasing diversity and trying specially to recruit more women‚ but their approach to recruiting and retaining more diverse recruits was also troubling and later led to ethically wrong
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This case study involved William Robertson‚ who served as Director of Street Services for the city of Los Angeles from 2003 to 2011. Robertson utilized “multiple tools in his efforts to manage relationships with his stakeholders (Cooper and Bryer 2007).” Robertson never ran from interacting with the community and its citizens always showing them that he had a general concern for their issues and was working to solve their problems. Robertson felt it was important to attend neighborhood council
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Moreover‚ Ulin found himself that he has lost the capability to find a certain quiet space for reading. “We possess the books we read‚ animating the waiting stillness of their language‚ but they possess us also‚ filling us with thoughts and observations‚ asking us to make them part of ourselves. This is what Conroy was hinting at in his account of adolescence‚ the way books enlarge us by giving direct access to experiences not our own. In order for this to work‚ however‚ we need a certain type of
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In Didion’s essay‚ "Los Angeles Notebook‚" she characterizes the Santa Ana winds as motivation for evil. Didion expresses this view through her imagery and diction. Didion also justifies her characterization through the structure and tone of her essay. She attributes the acts of individuals all over the world on the effects of wind. She claims that certain winds trigger a mechanistic switch that causes humans to act irrationally. Didion connects a natural phenomenon with the cause of an unconscious
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Title: Anna and The King Director: Andy Tennant Text type: Film Entry Date: 9 April 2011 * Background: This story is about an English school teacher - Anna Leonowens came to Siam to teach princes and princesses. There‚ she met the King of Siam - King Mongkut whom everybody respected and was scared of. Not only had she changed his mind and his action‚ but also had changed the custom of this country. More important‚ an intense love was grown closer and closer between the King and the school
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Mary‚ an ordinary mom of three from Los Angeles‚ CA is the perfect example of a smart consumer that bypassed the health risks and thousands of dollars of using Botox to erase her wrinkles and "reverse the clock" on life.Like most Americans‚ Mary makes an average salary and doesn’t have the extra cash to try every celebrity endorsed Anti-Aging miracle cream out there‚ let alone splurge on expensive medical procedures. At one time she considered taking out loans for injecting Botox and even contemplated
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Abstract This paper looks at the history of the Los Angeles Police Department as it relates to police culture and several major incidents leading up to the Rampart Scandal. The police culture of a young LAPD ultimately seemed to linger and affect the LAPD of today. The lack of supervision and positive community interaction seemed to solidify the primitive police culture. The History of Police Culture Leading to the Rampart Scandal The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the biggest and most
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN LOS ANGELES‚ CALIFORNIA Purpose of Study Estimates state that over 1.2 million people immigrate to the United States each year‚ thereby thrusting the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront of today news headlines. From an economic standpoint‚ the effort to absorb illegal immigrants often negatively impacts cities as well as the entire country. This paper addresses the negative economic outcome of illegal immigration in the city of Los Angeles‚ California through
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Vulnerable Minds of the Young Adults Anna Silver analyzes the Twilight Saga according to the criticisms against the novels tendency to send strong messages to the young minds of the readers. Silver utilizes the already existing criticisms about the Saga’s conflicting ideas about gender roles‚ family life‚ and various controversial topics to support her central claim. Her organizational skills reveal a clear understanding of Stephanie Meyer’s‚ author of the Twilight Saga‚ beliefs of the contemporary
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department employs over 3‚300 people in order to provide quality public service to the residents of Los Angeles. With the recent economic turndown that began in late 2007 and the budget crises within the City of Los Angeles‚ an Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) was introduced and approved by the City Council and Mayor on October 30‚ 2009. The purpose of this program was to reduce annual ongoing City payroll costs by providing incentives for eligible Los Angeles
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