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Introduction Childhood obesity is a dangerous health condition that may lead to severe health complications. Hispanic children are affected by obesity more than children belonging to other ethnicities (Knowlden & Sharma, 2013). Therefore, our organization presents a logic model for managing the problem of childhood obesity among this population group. The program is expected to last for a year, and we aim to achieve a considerable decrease in obesity rates among the vulnerable population. To reach the objectives, collaboration with a similar agency will be arranged, organization and service utilization plans will be developed, and the responsibilities of each team member will be identified. As a result of the project, we expect to achieve a considerable decrease in the instances of the identified health issue. Organization Description The organization is called “Say “Stop” to Childhood Obesity.” The company is related to the priority population since it aims at reducing the rates of childhood obesity among Hispanic children. An agency with which we could cooperate to reach our goals is called “Choices: Fighting Childhood Obesity” (“Let’s fight childhood obesity,” n.d.). The collaboration with this agency will be performed in the form of an alliance. Such a choice is regarded as the most suitable one since both institutions will preserve their independence, but at the same time, they will be able to benefit from each other’s contributions. “Say “Stop” to Childhood Obesity” currently employs twenty-five people. Our team is friendly, and the majority of the staff has degrees in healthcare, nursing, or social work. Our employees are devoted to what they are doing because each of us realizes the significance of adverse outcomes in case the health problem is not solved. What is unique about our organization is that all of our workers have either personal or family experience of childhood obesity, and they have much to contribute to the development of a successful program. We feel the issue from the inside, and we are eager to fight childhood obesity, starting from a local level and gradually reaching the national one. The collaboration with “Choices: Fighting Childhood Obesity” will help our agency to
Study topic and purpose Foreign Direct Investments in China has been a concept of interest to many researchers. The trend of FDI has been increasing over time. The impact of Gross Domestic Product, Wages, Imports, and Exports on the Foreign Direct Investment in China is the topic of interest in this paper. Reasons for selecting the topic and why it is interesting China is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The rate of growth has been of interest by all countries in the world including the developed economies like the US and UK. According to Graham and Wada, “by almost all accounts, foreign direct investment (FDI) in China has been one of the major success stories of the past 10 years” (1). The trend of the growth of FDI in China has been very high, having a base of less than $19 billion in 1990 to over $300 billion by the end of 1999 and more than that in recent years (Chen 5). Such growth in FDI, with the prevailing level of competition in the world by economies to raise their FDI, is worth investigating. The factor which causes a high level of FDI is an area that is not fully investigated. It is important to investigate the reason for the high level of FDI in China. This is one of the factors that are contributing to the high growth of the country’s economy. The regression model, Dependent and independent variable and a variable of interest The following model shows how the variables used in this research are related. FDI= α 0 + α 1 GDP growth + α 2 export + α 3 import + α 4 Wage+ u. In this empirical paper, the variables on the right-hand side of the regression model will be denoted by X i where i = 1, 2
Introduction Sonja K. Foss and Karen A. Foss united their forces in order to revise the definition of feminism. They worked out a new conception of repowered feminism in the article “Our Journey to Repowered Feminism: Expanding the Feminist Toolbox”, which is valuable and interesting to read. Full of vivid examples, successfully composing historical data with personal impressions and specific terms with emotionally colored words, this article is useful both for students and for the authors’ colleagues, starting from the bright introduction into the theory of feminism movement, getting to significant scientific materials. Waves in the feminism movement development Stating at the very beginning of the article that feminism has never been a static phenomenon, Sonja and Karen Foss viewed the three waves in the feminism movement development. Using the cause and effect approach, the authors explain us why the feministic ideas were born in the women’s minds and how and to what degree those ideas evolved in the present-day intention to build the society of equals instead of attacks at men, in the so-called do-it-yourself feminism, I feminism, new feminism, free market feminism- whatever we name it. Foss agree with the power feminism ends – the meetings of women’s needs, but find the suggested means for attaining those ends limited, that is why they recommended to pay more attention to symbolic interpretation, regarding it the most powerful tool in their expanded feminist toolbox. The strong points of the article are in its language and the whole structure: building the article on contrasts, Foss managed to concentrate the readers’ attention up to the end. Regardless the strong theoretical basis used in the work no one gets bored with it as after the block of terms and theoretical information a vivid example from personal experience or a shocking expression comes. Having chosen a form of journey, Foss use the pronouns we, our to describe the life situations, in which the feminism was born and it not only makes us believe that these are the true authors’ feelings but even unites the reader with the author in their imaginary journey, claiming at the reader’s emotions. We read about poor oppressed women of 1960-s, wearing dresses and hair nets standing throughout their shifts and then we get to know about the men, sitting, doing easier job, which is 50 cent more paid and it brings an immediate protest in the reader’s soul. Foss use euphemisms and even dared to use swear words in order to shock the potential reader and to create the effect of contrast with the scientific terms, standing one paragraph earlier. “I can’t rise to the most optimistic viewpoint, because I’m feeling too damn sorry for myself, I can choose to keep trying to change my outlook” (Foss, 2009, p. 47) A good idea was to use those words in brackets, this creates the impression of the author s
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been one of the most trusted brands in the pharmaceutical industry given its long-running history of offering quality products and creating dynamic working conditions for its employees. However, following the US opioids crisis, which has claimed thousands of lives, drug companies, such as J&J are facing legal challenges that could force some entities out of business. The company is expected to face growing legal suits challenging its role in promoting the opioid crisis with damages amounting to billions of dollars. Starting from Ohio where J&J was ordered to pay 20 million USD to Oklahoma where a judge made a landmark ruling directing the company to pay 572 million USD for fueling the opioids epidemic (Hoffman, 2019), many more such cases are expected to be filed in the future. Even though court rulings can be contested, the company will ultimately be forced to pay certain amounts of money in damages. This aspect affects the brand name ruining the reputation of the company with adverse business effects including making huge losses. Ethically, J&J faces numerous challenges as consumers and other stakeholders start asking questions about the morality of selling drugs that ultimately lead to a health crisis. The company might want to rethink its strategy and reevaluate its role in fueling the opioids crisis, which has killed close to half a billion people in the last two decades. The underlying ethical issues will involve questions about the morality of selling drugs that are known to cause more damage than good to people’s health. This issue raises questions about the overall J&J’s business ethics model and whether it can be trusted anymore to advance the health status of its customers. Based on the J&J Credo, the firm’s key stakeholders in the order of priority are customers, employees, the community, and shareholders. The Credo starts by highlighting what the company terms as its first responsibility. It states, “We believe our first responsibility is to the patients, doctors and nurses, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services” (J&J, n.d., para. 1). It then goes on to indicate that employees are highly valued because they are responsible for the company’s success. Therefore, they are compensated fairly, assured job security, fulfillment, and purpose, and their merit is recognized. Communities within which the company operates come third on the priority list of J&J’s stakeholders. The organization seeks to promote healthy living by ensuring that people, both locally and internationally, have access to care services and products. It also prioritizes environmental conservation and the protection of natural resources. The final responsibility of the company, as indicated i
Sensory disability refers to the impairment in seeing or hearing. As per Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (2010): The sensory impairment encompasses both visual loss (including blindness and partial sight), hearing loss (including the whole range) and multisensory (which means having a diagnosed visual and hearing impairment with at least loss in each of the modalities or deaf-blindness) (p.1) As a result of this, students who are sensory impaired may be affected in a number of ways in regards to their learning. For instance, the rate at which they advance academically may be slowed down significantly because of the difficulties they undergo in accessing the necessary information. They may also not be able to communicate appropriately with their peers and teachers about the knowledge they have acquired in class. Inability to move, and connected with it restrictions is another challenge that they are likely to encounter because of obvious reasons. The student may also suffer socially as he/she may not be able to interact freely with others due to fear arising from mocking at peers. “Their self esteem, particularly if learners experience negative attitudes and stereotyping may also suffer as a result” (Effective practice Guides, 2011, p. 6) Teaching the Sensory Impaired Using Assistive Technology (AT) Due to the above stated problems, various advancements in technology have been made to help the affected learner. The problem, however, is that each student has a different problem and, as such, requires a different style and approach if he/she is to be helped academically. Different assistive technologies are as well applied in countering these cases. For visual impairment cases, for example, print media materials, magnified computer images and information, screen readers and Braille can be used to help the visually disabled to screen hearing aids, FM systems, and speech to text translation devices that can also be employed when dealing with the students with hearing difficulties. Use of the AT Devices to Teach Language Arts Language teaching involves training learners on how to use a given language both in speech and written form. Magnified computer images can be used especially where the visual problem is congenital, in other words, where the student has visual memory or where the student involved still uses his vision as the primary way of reading. Through this, words and names on monitor screens can be accompanied with images for language learning. Speech to text translation devices can be used to directly transmit a teacher’s voice to a receptive screen for those who have hearing impairment in reading lessons, for example. Braille can be used for reading purposes for those who are visually impaired. Age of Onset As earlier stated, learners’ problems var
Introduction The world of business is a rather complicated matter of study. This world is filled with complex processes among which insider trading and information leakage are notable. The case of Mebel, Doran & Company is one of the examples of insider trading situation and the measures that companies can take to overcome its consequences. The current paper will focus on the consideration of the vitally important facts of the case and their critical analysis. Main body To begin with, the essence of the case under consideration consists in the fact that the Mebel Doran Company was accused by its partner the Knox Corporation of revealing the plans of the latter for bidding for the Power-Tie Corporation. The issue was complicated by the fact that the Power-Tie Corporation had claimed numerous times that any attempt of any company to take control over it and limit its independence will be hostilely taken by them. Having found out the source of the information dropping, Mr. Hegarty, the Mebel Doran CEO, decided to inform the Knox Corporation about the issue, but the outcome of the situation differed from any of the scenarios he could envision – the Knox Corporation sold its share to the Power-Tie Corporation back and refused from the idea of bidding for this company. Thus, the first major issue raised in the case of Mebel, Doran & Company is the issue of insider trading. It is a rather serious point as far as it threatens both the company’s organizational structure and culture, and the reputation of the company in the domestic and international market. Firstly, the trend of information leakage from the company is a dangerous sign as far as an ambitious company should have a firm and strong organizational culture in which all the employees understand their direction to the uniform joint aim. If this in not present, the process of goal achievement becomes rather complicated. The company has to focus on the external matters, and it is a problem if an internal issue does not allow the company to do it. In respect of the case of Mebel, Doran & Company, insider trading proved that the organizational culture of the firm was not properly developed and the HRM did not select the most reliable people for the positions demanding huge responsibility and loyalty to the company’s goals – for example, the position of an arbitrageur in the arbitrage group of the Mebel Doran. Moreover, the news about the Mebel Doran being an unreliable partner from whom the confidential information might easily leak and spoil the plans of other organization would at first shock the business world and then turn it against the Mebel Doran Company. Not speaking of acquiring new customers and enlarging its client base,
In modern society, several attitudes toward rape, its effects, and prevention are developed. Unfortunately, it is hard to give a concrete number of rapes or sexual assaults that happen around the globe. During the last several years, the case of Brock Turner has been frequently discussed on social media. Though the former Stanford University swimmer was found guilty of sexual assault, he cannot be technically called a rapist. In many cultures, raped women remain a symbol of reality, and rape is presented as an inevitable fact. Sharon Marcus develops a new theory according to which an understanding of rape has to be changed, and the necessity to prevent such crimes can be possible. It is interesting to analyze the case of Turner through the prism of Marcus’ theory of rape prevention and clarify if similar situations may be avoided in society. The theory of rape prevention developed by Marcus is in strong opposition to the existing understanding of rape. It is not enough to accept rape as an event that has occurred. The theorist suggests considering it as a process that has to be thoroughly analyzed. Marcus underlines the importance to treat rape as a language and gather enough narratives with the help of which it is possible to realize what happens. In the case under consideration, the investigation shows that an actual act of unwanted penetration was not proved. Therefore, it is necessary to decide if the penetration of his fingers to her vagina when he was drunk can be defined as rape. In addition, the victim said that she did not remember the development of the events because she was unconscious after several drinks. All her feelings and emotions were developed regarding the words told by the students who found her and called the police. Marcus does not agree with the fact that rape is simply caused by male power and female powerlessness. Another important aspect of this case is to understand the reasons for such behavior and its aftermath to clarify if this situation can be avoided. Women have to know how to develop self-defense tactics and what defeating speech to use. In this case, the victim was not able to protect herself because of her drunken condition. However, at the same time, the court should raise the discussion about her behavior and the impossibility to control her actions and words. If she did not remember what had happened to her that day, she could even forget that she gave her permission. The theory of Marcus can be used to develop a new approach to understanding the events of that night on a college campus. The only unclear aspect, in that case, was the decision of Turner to address the court instead of giving his apologies to the victim. Therefore, the theory of rape prevention, as well as analyzing rape aftermath, cannot completely explain t
Introduction Production planning and control is one of the most important tasks in the manufacturing firms as organizations try to cut their costs of production. According to Mukhopadhyay (2007), production planning is a complex task that involves developing a roadmap that should be followed in the process of coming up with the new products in the market. Production planners must be able to understand production needs, and the available resources, and balance the two in a way that would yield the desired results. Economic resources are scarce but very valuable. The organizational needs on the other hand, are unlimited. The role of production planning and control is to ensure that these insatiable needs are adequately met using the limited resources. In order to do this, the planner must have the capacity to control the needs to be within the limits of the available resources. It is important to note that time is one of the most important resources that must carefully be planned for in order to achieve the desired results. After managing the needs, the planning team would need to budget for these needs using the available resources in such a way that the needed results will be within their reach. In this research, a case study of Apples Inc’s production planning and control was taken because this is one of the firms that have the most efficient production units in the world. Apple has been very successful in the market because of the quality of its products, and the efficiency with which it delivers its products. It would be interesting to understand the strategies that this firm uses in its production planning and control to achieve such a massive success. The research will analyze the production planning and control that takes place within Apple Inc. Statement of the Problem The market is increasingly becoming competitive as firms struggle to gain new markets. According to Jacobs (2011), it is no longer safe for a firm to restrict itself within a regional market because an attack on such regional market by other external firms may affect their profitability. For this reason, firms must find a way of expanding their production to the global market. However, this has a number of challenges that must be addressed by an individual firm in order to achieve the desired success. Mukhopadhyay (2007) says that, a firm can only export its products to other markets if it costs it less to produce and avail its products in the market when compared to the other local firms. Firms have, therefore, realized the importance of making their production strategies very efficient in order to lower their cost of production. Production planning and control has been identified as the main solution that can help firms lower their cost of production while still maintaining the quality of their products. Some of the most successful firms in the world market have achieved their success because of their efficient production planning and control strategies. Apple is one such successful f
Introduction William Wordsworth’s vision of childhood is reflected in his poems “We Are Seven” and “Alice Fell or Poverty”, where he describes his childhood experiences. From the two poems, it is evident that these childhood experiences continue to influence him throughout his adult life (Moorman 81). For instance, both poems show the evidence of some ‘visionary powers’ that Wordsworth encountered in his infancy and childhood. Nevertheless, these experiences seem to differ as portrayed in each of the two poems. The impact of childhood experiences in his adult life indicates his understanding of psychological relationship between adult state of mind and childhood perceptions of ‘self’ and that this relationship changes as he grow up (Moorman 22). Criticism has emerged over Wordsworth’s poetical childhood as displayed in the two poems. However, there have been limited efforts in synthesizing the poet’s differing portrayals of childhood into one basic concept (Mason 78). The proposed research will attempt to develop a comprehensive examination of the poet’s vision of childhood and its impacts in adult life. It seeks to determine whether the transcendental childhood mind presents an evidence of innate powers that function to unite the natural world and its uncertainties throughout the poet’s life (Moorman 114). Background Born on 7 April 1770, William Wordsworth played an important role in the rise of the ‘Romantic Age’ in British literature and poetry (Gill 121). Specifically, the joint publication he released in 1798 known as “Lyrical Ballads” are considered the most important publications in the rise of the Romantic literature in the UK and Europe. Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland in what is now the Lake District of Northwest England. The poet obtained poetic lessons from both his father and younger sister, both of whom loved poetry. His first publication was a sonnet published in the ‘ European magazine’ when he was attending St John’s College, Cambridge. In 1791, Wordsworth left the college with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Davies 53). He travelled wide in Europe, visiting Italy, the Alps, Switzerland and France. Romanticism sought to revolt from the European traditions that were largely based on aristocratic school of thought (Smith 69). In literature, romantic authors and poets emphasized on nature, children, and women and sought to break away from the aristocratic perception of nature. They also emphasized on ‘pure nature’ and human psychology. However, there is evidence that some poets and authors, especially Wordsworth and Allan Poe, attempted to introduce an emphasis on supernatural powers and its impact on human psychology (Ferber 93). The childhood perception of nature portrayed by Wordsworth is an indication of this poetic style during the era. Thesis The researcher is going to discuss Wordsworth’s vision of childhood on “We Are Seven” and “Alice Fell or Poverty” in terms of fragility, poverty and philosophy of life. Study Questions  1. How do the children portrayed by Wordsworth perceive nature?  2. How does Wordsworth present th