Contemporary issue Name Institution Course Name and Number Instructor Due date Contemporary issue Domestic Violence in the workplace Domestic violence is a contemporary social issue that has dramatically impacted the workforce. It is the physical, sexual, or mental abuse at the hands of a current or former intimate partner (Cornell Law School, 2020). Most people do not associate domestic violence in the workplace; this is because they are issues that mostly occur at home. However, whatever abuse one receives outside of the work premises tends to affect their productivity. Maurer (2020), states that one in every four women and one in every ten men are victims of domestic violence in a year. Such victims majority of who are employees at various organizations end up losing approximately 8 million workdays per year, resulting in losses equivalent to 1.8 billion dollars of productivity to the organizations. Furthers statistics show that 19% of organizations have had a domestic violence issue in the past year, and 22% were not aware of that issue. It is no longer fair for employers to…
Nursing Degree The certification will help in understanding the duties and the challenges of caring for the elderly. A nursing degree will provide skills that are needed in caregiving for the elderly. Caring for the ageing in society requires a conducive environment both for the clients and their families. This can only be achieved through nursing certification. The certificate will help in ensuring that the caregiver can adhere to medication schedules for the elderly as well as ensuring hygiene. Moreover, Nursing degree will be useful in dealing with older people in different scenarios. For instance, in handling their physical, mental and emotional behavioural issues. The nursing course will help care for the elderly since it has provided necessary skills, preparation and knowledge on how to provide both essential and specialized care to the elderly. Nurses will provide skilled care arising from illness or consequences from medications. These techniques are elaborately addressed in the nursing course that I have completed. A nursing degree will help address behavioural challenges of the patients and their families, for example, in identifying and handling abusive…
Ideal Society Outline Introduction Throughout history, humankind has been characterized by events and attempts to build an ideal society. Sociologists have defined an ideal society as society where there is equal freedom and chances for all the members of the society while all the needs of the members are met. This means most ideal societies have high standards of universal medical care and offer all basic necessities including clothing, food, and shelter. As such, an ideal society is where all the components have achieved harmony (Beg, 2014). The provision of at least the basic needs of the society is described as a predictor of human flourishing. While all society has a system of rating and ranking its members according to education, income, occupation, and socioeconomic background, an ideal society is different. Key components Social stratification is the hierarchical arrangement of people in a society in classes and ranks based there control on basic necessities such as education, finance, healthcare, food, clothing and anything that is value to the society. While any society has social stratification arrangement, an ideal society is…
The phenomenal accomplishments of Kynect Marketing is the core facilitator of development in business. It brings the products of a venture closer to its target audience. Such awareness facilitates more sales in the company. The methods that a company uses to make its products known to people determine its future in the competitive business industry. For Kynect firm, marketing energy products has been a journey that has brought connections and strong relationships to its employees and dealers. The company runs most of its operations in Dallas. It has been handling business with Stream Energy to provide affordable wireless and energy services to people residing in the area. Kynect has established more contact with its immediate clients by creating social platforms that make it easier for them to access their services. The staff members of the company update the daily progress of the latter on Instagram and Facebook. People have continued to access endless and unbiased services from the employees. Each opinion that they share on the platforms impact the company directly by giving the executives tips on running it and…
Compensation and Benefits Strategies Student’s Name: Institution Affiliation: Compensation and Benefits Strategies The key factors used to recruit and retain the best employee at any level of job in an organization are compensations and benefits. It is usually very tough for employers to maintain and keep talented and productive employees. Therefore, many organizations typically give high valued packages of benefits (Mello, 2019). The discussion handles the two compensation and benefits strategies and how they contribute to the success of an organization. The strategies employed in an organization determines its success. The compensation and benefits strategy that I can recommend for an organization to succeed is through setting and reviewing a budget. It involves identifying the overall amount the company spends on employees. The productive employees usually pay themselves through their efficiency of work they do. Calculate all costs of the employee, such as bonuses and compensations, taxes, payrolls, and any other existing benefits. Define what you can offer (benefits and compensation) basing on priorities. Then,…
Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Recyclable Materials at Home Eco-friendliness begins with individual efforts, with the implication that everyone has a role to play in keeping a clean and safe environment. One way of fulfilling this obligation is by controlling the waste that emerges as a result of daily household activities. Homes are a treasure trove with plenty of items that can be recycled, upcycled, reused, and repurposed. Some of the things that could be recycled at home include disposable coffee cups, plastic bottles, electronics, clothing, batteries, toothbrushes, aluminum cans, crayons, pens, and DVD tapes. The recycling process is often simple and less time-consuming for most of the recyclable household items. For example, one would only need to spare some time meant for leisure to recycle CDs and DVD tapes. The tape can be recycled to create a collage of reflective CDs for decoration purposes. Just like the tapes, old tires can also be put to good use within the vicinity of the modern home. They can be recycled to make tire swings and flowerbeds around the front and…
COMPARISON OF 1981 H1NI PANDEMIC AND COVID-19 Students’ Name; Abstract Today the world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected over 3.25 million people and leads to death of over 231 thousand people. The pandemic has halted the economic progress of many countries as many businesses have closed down except for businesses offering essential services such as hospitals. People are working from home as one of the measures to fight the spread of the illness. Governments are also coming up with policies on social distancing and quarantine. These measures take as back to the 1918 Spanish flu caused by the H1N1 virus. 2020 marks 102 years after this pandemic. The Spanish flu is recorded as the most terrific pandemic because it caused estimated deaths of around 50 million people which was 2.7% of the world population. To combat the Spanish flu measures being taken today to combat and reduce the spread of COVID-19 were taken. This similarity of the methods leaves the question; how is the Spanish flu related to COVID-19 and how the…
Student’s Name: Professor’s Name: Course: Date: Commodities in Regards to Social Class Introduction Karl max argues that the process of production dictates the position of an individual in a particular hierarchy. He asserts that the class position in society dictates the ideological and political perception. People of the same class are said to have similar interests in the economy. They work together so that they can advance their interests. Generally, the wealthy people are the ones who own large tracts of land and other commodities such as factories (Lowith, Karl, p.g 35) He seeks to explain the relationship between the status of an individual in society and the class. He concludes, in a society, social status and class are determined through the ownership of property rather than income. Individuals in specific class use their properties to protect their social status. Marx explained that the revolution from the capitalist world to social word was inevitable (Lowith, Karl, p.g 43). This was as a result of socialization of people in large scale production of the commodities. He further asserted that with the…
Options to Community Supervision Community supervision allows a convicted criminal defendant to serve their sentence in the community (Drake, 2018). Community correction officers are responsible for supervising and monitoring the actions of offenders. The opportunity to serve their sentence in the community enables offenders to be with their families, engage in some constructive work to support their families, and to participate in other services in the city (Petersilia, 2001 as cited in Drake, 2018). Community supervision provides a better opportunity for positive reinforcement; in learning new skills and making behavioral changes, offenders are likely to respond better and maintain learned behavior for more extended periods. There are four supervision strategies to supervision include: Intensive Supervision With and Without Treatment This option entails monitoring and surveillance and enforcing offender compliance with conditions of control. Risk- Need-Responsivity ( RNR) Supervision RNR acts as a correctional model employed by correctional officers in engaging offenders to develop prosocial skills ( Andrews & Bonta, 2010, as cited in Drake, 2018). Swift and Certain This strategy employs sanctions as a consequence for offenders…
Colombia Health System Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Colombian Healthcare System The Republic of Colombia is located in the Northwestern of South America is considered by the United Nations as one of the most urbanized countries in the world. It has a population of 50.7 million people, where 80.4% of its citizens are urbanized. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection is responsible for managing, monitoring and organizing the country’s health system (Alliance). Organisation and Funding of Public Health Care System The Colombian Health system has various sources of income that support the clinics and hospitals in Colombia. Research carried out in 1991 Columbian Ministry of Health found out that the lack of finances was the main reason the health care system was inaccessible. ( Alvarez, Salmon & Swartzman) . The Colombian Health system uses a Capitation Payment Unit (UPC) to finance its health sector. The UPC which amounted to the US $260 for the year 2017 is used to workers, …