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Ethical Perspective The Meaning of the Passage of Scripture: I Peter, 5: 1-4 The passage of Scripture is related to the issue of leadership at church. “The elders” refers to the wise and experienced members of the congregation. These people have respect and authority, and others tend to follow their advice. “A fellow elder” means that Peter considers himself as the one equal to these experienced men (5:1). The passage explains the need for being sincere and devoted leaders of the people – “God’s flock” – who belong to one’s parish. Peter explains that being a good leader is not about having to take care of the “flock” but wishing to do so. Also, the goals of the leader should be righteous and not “dishonest” (5:2). Peter emphasizes the need to be a positive example to one’s parish rather than “lording” over people (5:3). Finally, it is mentioned that when Christ returns (“when the Chief Shepherd appears”), good leaders will receive a reward – “the crown of glory” – which is the recognition of their honorable and dedicated deeds (5:4). The Relation of the Passage to the Ethical Perspective The passage is connected with the ethical perspective because it dwells on the need to be particularly attentive when targeting specific populations in a ministry. The words of encouragement, which are expressed in the final verse, both emphasize the need for communal relationships and suggest advice on “living through the end-time sufferings” (Perkins, 2012, p. 75). From an ethical perspective, it is noted that caution is necessary for religious leaders. The reason for such discretion and attention is that singling out vulnerable parishioners will allow the minister to focus on these people’s difficulties and promote their dedication, which will eventually lead to salvation. Being cautious when targeting potential benefactors is also highly important since the church needs financial support (Perkins, 2012). Particularly, a minister should be self-conscious and persuasive enough to show the donors that the church is leading a righteous life and that it is worth supporting it. Therefore, the ethical perspective helps to explain the core goals of church leaders’ activity. Clear and Distinctive Positioning Developing a successful church growth strategy involves clear and distinctive positioning as the core element differentiating church from other services in the community. To establish such positioning, operationalizing marketing is applied. Odia and Isibor (2014) consider two aspects of churches when analyzing them from the marketing perspective: (a) as non-profit organiza
The connections between drug use and crime are complex and explanations vary widely. This has been a topic that has garnered a considerable amount of attention for the past few decades among the public, media, and politicians because of the considerable negative social and economic impact on society as a whole and the victims of crime. This discussion will summarize six main conclusions researchers have reached in recent years regarding the relationship between drugs and crime. It is difficult to accurately determine to what extent in which drugs could be considered the main motivation for crimes. A person under the influence of an illegal drug while committing a crime does not necessarily mean that the crime was drug-related. To what extent the drug clouded their judgment is subjective at best. That person may be a cigarette smoker as well but the crime would certainly not be classified as tobacco-related. Theories such as Strain, Labeling and Socialisation explain causations for crime and can also be applied to drug usage, but all drug users do not commit crimes and all criminals do not use drugs. Broadly differing arguments are offered regarding the degree to which criminal activity is driven by drug use. The term ‘drug user’ cannot be used without qualification when connecting this activity to crimes of any description. Drugs such as amphetamines, cocaine,
Introduction Fire brigade or fires and rescue services entangle private and public organisations that give fire-fighting services coupled with rescue services from dangers associated with fire. These organisations provide services within a particular jurisdiction area such as county or municipality. These areas of jurisdiction are termed as districts of fire protection. Every fire brigade has within its jurisdiction a number of firefighting stations equipped with fire-fighting equipments, volunteer firefighters, and or career firefighters. Other services that are provided by the fire brigade are protection from dangers of fire or inferno prevention services. While administering these services, firefighters visit various homes to offer advice on fire safety precautions, install fire, smoke detection devices, and alarms. In America, amid consideration of fire brigade services as being critical in helping put fire out in the attempt to save property, they are also perceived to be essential in helping save lives of the American population. From this perspective, the purpose of this paper is to present a report on the fire statistics in the U.S besides presenting the roles of fire brigades in the U.S in managing risky situations involving inferno dangers. Fire statistics There are two main situations involving fire that may cause death. These are smoke inhalation and burns produced by fire. In the U.S, according to National fire protection association (2012) “death certificates show a 2-to-1 ratio of smoke inhalation to burns for fire deaths overall, while fire incident reports show an 8-to-1 ratio for home fire deaths” (Para.1). In total, burns combined with smoke inhalation account for a quarter of all deaths produced by fires. In particular, with regard to National fire protection association (2012), in 1999, “smoke inhalation fire deaths outnumbered burn deaths in fires by roughly 3-to-1 in death certificates” (Para.1). The gap between these two has continued to expand with time. Even though these statistics indicate that smoke inhalation and burns are critical causes of deaths recorded on death certificates in the U.S., it is paramount to report that coding approaches deployed in the deaths certificate in the years preceding 1999 only accommodated one lethal condition. This implies that, where a case of death emanating from a combination of smoke inhalation and burns was encountered, it could only be coded as one caused either purely by smoke inhalation or purely by burns. However, after changing the coding approaches, National fire protection association (2012) reports, “It was now possible to categorise deaths as involving both burns and smoke inhalation, smoke inhalation but not burns, burns but not smoke inhalation, one or more conditions but not smoke inhalation and not burns” (Para.3). The statistics for fire-associated deaths during 1994 to 2007 are shown graphically below in figure 1. Figure 1: shares of fire deaths by smoke inhalation or burns Source: National fire protection association From figure 1, it is clear
Introduction The construction of 80 housing units by OAS Development is a mammoth task that ought to have gone on smoothly. However, project stopped immediately it started and thus left the contractor and client in a tussle. This was propelled by delayed payments as the chief reason for work behind schedule, late administrator’s instructions and lack of workmen on site. Therefore, the following subtopics describe essential principles that govern construction contracts. Laws Governing Construction Contracts The construction industry is one of the largest professions governed by a set of rules that guide the interaction between constructors and clients. These guidelines enable client’s procurement routes are negotiated, accepted and respected. Moreover, the portfolio enables constructors identify best approaches to providing quality and timely services to their clients. There have been many mistakes, and errors made in the past concerning these agreements and conceited efforts are being made to ensure past mistakes are not repeated (Totterdill 2006). These strategies enable constructors and clients manage risks, relationships and documents required in the construction. Although, clients may have diverse procurement routes they have similar principles that guide their relationships with constructors, responsibilities allocations and modes of payments. The form outlines clauses, standard particulars and appendices presented by both parties. These aspects create predefined legal associations between contractors and clients to enable them understand their rights, liabilities and responsibilities of each party involved in the contract. This contract is referred to as standard form since
Any health professional needs to know a brief history of a patient before offering any help (Waxler & Wood, 2005). The information given by a patient can help a health professional to understand the type of experience of the patient. However, when a patient refuses to give information or decides to give wrong information, the healthcare process may not be effective and pain management may not be possible (Wood, 2006). In addition, when wrong information is given by a patient, wrong medication may be administered which can be very dangerous to the patient’s health. This does not mean that every treatment given to a patient depends on the information given by the patient but in situations where a patient can speak, the information relating to pain can easily be obtained and used to administer medication (Macintyre, Schug, Scott, Visser &Walker, 2010). In my acute practice as a nurse, I came across a patient who was continuously coughing. The coughing was generally dry; the patient was not coughing with ease. After coughing, whatever the man spat had some stains of blood. During coughing, the man could be seen holding his chest indicating that the man had some chest pains. When I asked the man to tell me for how long he had been experiencing the symptoms, it was unfortunate that the man could not recall the exact duration of time he had been sick but he could recall that he had been sick for more than one month. It however became very difficult for me as a nurse to understand what the patient was saying because of the language barrier. The man was an illegal immigrant from Somalia and he had very little knowledge of English. He had a very good understanding of Somali and Arabic languages. On the other hand, I could only understand and speak English. From the way the man was answering my questions, I could easily tell that his level of education was either very low or he did not have any formal education at all. I also later realized that women are expected to give men very high degrees of respect to an extent that women do not generally interview men in Somali. This difference in culture portrayed me as an unusual lady to the patient and in some instances, I could sense that he was angry. In such a situation, as a nurse or any other health professional, it is important to understand interpersonal communication skills to offer appropriate help (Bull, 2005). Listening is one of the communications skills whereby an individual pays attention to what another person is saying. It simply means to keep quiet when an individual who needs help or just wants to pass information is talking and then be able to grasp the information being passed across (Botti, 2008). The eye contact between the person delivering a message and the intended recipient of the message can indicate whether good listening is taking place or not. It is therefore important for one to maintain eye contact or use natural gestures to suggest effecti
College years are associated with an increased risk of both mental and physical health complications. This is because of decreased sports participation in college when compared to high school. It is anticipated that there is a correlation between the decline of vigorous physical activity and mental and physical complications. Even though measures call for increased participation of college students in sports activities, there are concerns that athletics’ spending in colleges is increasing faster than academic spending (Downs and Ashton pg 1). Colleges are charged with the responsibility of imparting knowledge on the students and they are the main gatekeepers for success in any career. But financial strains are experienced frequently on these institutions. These threaten the existence of these institutions. The financial strains have forced these colleges to explore innovative ideas of raising finances for the smooth running of college activities (Simplicio pg 1). Growing concern has been focused on the observation that there is a consistent tendency of college athletes to underperform relative to the other college students (Shulman & Bowen pg 658). There are potential risks that college students are exposed to as a result of reduced sports participation, which may vary from increased risk of mental health problems to development of physical health issues. Studies indicate that a substantial number of students become overweight in the course of their college studies. This condition is contributed by a number of factors which include poor dietary choices and reduced exercise activities. This raises concern because when these overweight college students leave college, there are high chances that they will become obese. This exposes them to the consequences of obesity which in most cases are negative and long term (Downs & Ashton pg 1). The recent economic crisis has witnessed a rise in tuition fees in most colleges as well as formulation strategies to reduce spending through the reduction of staff members. This growing need for finances has forced colleges to establish alternative measures of increasing sources of funding. These measures in most cases may not be academic related but are from different areas. The most common of these alternative sources of funding are big time sports program and research grant programs. Sports programs that are successful, in most cases those that create national championship, are crucial in that they produce millions of dollars to the institution. A great portion of the money is in most cases used in the development of the university but some portion of it is used to offer scholarships, mostly to the college athletes (Simplicio pg 3). College athletics are important because they not only promote the physical and emotional health of the college students but also offer an alternative source of income to reduce the financial strains that threaten the smooth running of institutions. Thus, it is important that higher learning institutions should embrace college athletics. A college athletics program with a rationale of furthering the development of the student’s physical fitness is call
In the movie “Enough Said”, the central female character, Eva, is a masseuse. As such, although she is not a counselor in the usual sense of the word, she can be asserted to have a therapeutic relationship with her clients. She listens to them, no matter how boring their utterances, and no matter her own personal emotional pain. For example, towards the end of the movie, she realizes with tears flowing that she may have lost Albert, but must nonetheless put up with the narration of one client’s apparent ceaseless home decoration struggles . She is also under some of the same constraints as other practitioners who have intimate access to a client’s personal life and information 1 . In a therapeutic counseling relationship it can be helpful to identify Core Conflictual Relationship Patterns in the client’s life and interactions with those around them. This movie allows characters to tell stories of themselves. The elements of CCRT can be inferred from these conversations. For Marianne, the Wish that she expresses is for someone to whom she can “bitch about” the deficiencies of her ex-husband. She says this specifically when she and Marianne have a conversation about her marriage. She objected to her husband’s sloppiness and unwillingness to take actions that she saw as reasonable, such as installing bedside nightstands. She was also conflicted over their differences in parenting Tess. Marianne additionally objected to Albert’s “clumsy” sexual performance. She may also experience a good deal of self-questioning about why she married Albert in the first place, since she states that she feels that few people “get” her poetry . Her Response of Other (Albert) was his eventual dissolution of their marriage. Her Response of Other (Eva) is Eva’s attraction to her neediness for a receptive listening ear, and awe over her stylish home furnishings and taste in iced tea. She is says that she has few friends, so it is possible to infer that the Response of Others (the rest of the population) is a bit intimidated or put off by her high standards. Her Response of Self is to criticize, demean, and withdraw, as she does often with regard to her ex-husband. She is also extremely close to her daughter Tess, according to Albert. This closeness (in the context of her lack of adult friends) may be a reflection of her resentment of others who cannot understand her poetry and also do not meet her high expectations in their own personal style . For Eva, the Wish is that she is “tired of being funny” in all her relationships. She is still hurting from the divorce and fearful of being hurt again. This is evidenced by the fact that she thinks all the men at the party she attends are unattractive. The look on her face as she watches her ex-husband and
Introduction The best way that blacks can learn to forgive is through seeking God. Martin Luther led the movement that blacks had fighting for their rights in America in the 60s. The bible teachings tell us that God exists in the holy trinity and the only way to forgive others is for us to be able to forgive our own transgressions. God’s grace is the only way that we can achieve forgiveness. Worthington states that forgiveness is achieved when, “we yield ourselves to God and [are] guided by God’s Spirit.” (2009, p. 14) Once we have acquired the skills to be able to forgive ourselves, then, we can learn to forgive others as well. Although Everett Worthington Jr. cautions that forgiving oneself is particularly hard, the driving factor should be the end result. No hurt or transgression is too big to bear once a person has learnt the art of forgiving him/herself. The best way of working through a hurtful thing like the way that African Americans were during their fight for their rights is to be in a group scenario. The forgiveness of transgressions against other people is very hard to fathom in many. There are transgressions or hurts that people consider too painful to easily forgive. Martin Luther had a particularly tasking job in attempting to instill forgiveness in the hearts of the African Americans who had been hurt. He insisted repeatedly that the only way that their rights were going to be recognized was through peaceful means. However, a tall order this was, he had to convince his followers that the best option for them was to forgive those people that had hurt them. Discussion There are steps that Everett has developed that are aimed at helping people to become more forgiving in their encounters. The foundation block for this program is that one has to dedicate oneself to discerning God’s heart. As such, one has to be a dedicated Christian for the steps advocated by this writer to work. The major idea here is that god is the most important agent in order to achieve forgiveness. Therefore, one has to allow God to use one’s actions as the vehicle through which he works. Achieving forgiveness is equated to acquiring any other skill in the course of performing ones duties. Therefore, it is not expected that a person can be forgiving instantaneously. This means that people have to work on their forgiveness skills in order to achieve the forgiveness level that the gospel teaches. Martin Luther had to focus on the religion in order for people to translate the teaching of the bible and apply them in their every day lives so that they are capable of forgiveness. Conclusion Forgiveness entails that a person does not seek revenge for a particular hurt that is done to them. This means that although African Americans felt that their rights were not being recognized by the regime in America, they should have desisted from taking any actions to avenge this wrongdoing. The only way that a person can achieve forgiveness is if the action warranting the forgiveness no
Introduction The essay is in-depth examination of a strength, weaknesses, opportunity and threats of the republic of Ireland markets for Barclaycard. SWOT analysis has been thought of as a strategic planning mechanism that aims at evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that are involved in projects or business activities. Generally speaking the whole activity entails coming up with factors that are either internal or external which can either be favorable or unfavorable to attaining a given objective or business initiative. Barclaycard is a globally known organization that offers loan and credit card. It is owned but Barclays plc a United Kingdom company. It was the first card that came to limelight in England and was operational back in 1966. In UK alone the firm has 10.4 million customers as well as 10.8 million customers outside the U.K. (Barclays PLC., 2004) With its marketing strategy, the firms has in the recent past seen to have widen its international market, however entrance of new firm dealing with the same products and services have posed a threat to Barclaycard (Hill & Westbrook, 1997). To address the uncertainty that may be associated with venturing into Ireland, the firm needs to analyze the market so that it can be in a position to maximize its capabilities by utilizing the opportunities and minimize threats identified. Strengths A strong economy of Ireland is a major strength the market has. With a stronger economy and higher rates of income, individuals do have a higher purchasing power. This will provide the firm with an opportunity to increase their sales volume. The low corporation tax which stands at 12.5% encourages economic growth thus Barclaycard as a foreign investment stands a chance of growing too. As suggested by O’Hagan, 1995 Ireland has one of the stable politic