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Case Study

Directions:

• Read the case study provided and identify all three of the ethical dilemmas presented.
• Describe the nature and all dimensions of the three ethical issues.
• Identify the ethical code numbers and definitions of each issue presented using both the APA and ACA codes.
• Discuss alternative courses of action that could be taken by the counselor to rectify each dilemma.
• Describe the implications of each alternative action; lay out the limitations and advantages of each alternative considered.
• Choose one course of action and provide a justification for this selection.
• Describe the ethical decision-making model (from your course materials) you used throughout the process to arrive at a final decision (i.e., Forrester-Miller and Davis). Make sure you outline each step.

You will be graded on the process you used to arrive at your recommendations and the reasoning behind picking a specific recommendation (and not the actual recommendation itself).

You should utilize and cite at least two peer-reviewed journal articles to include in your research.

The body of the paper should be no less than 5 pages in length. Your paper should be double-spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, with normal 1-inch margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head, an abstract, and a reference page.

case study

James is a community counseling student who is interning with the College Counseling Center at the

local university. James is a 25 year-old Caucasian male, who attended a private high school in a small

rural town. In terms of being a counselor, James admits that one of his challenges is that he has not

experienced much diversity in his relationships. He states that this is not a significant issue because he

plans on opening a private practice in his hometown as soon as he graduates. Since he “knows the town”

he doesn’t feel that this is a big deal. Also, in terms of finding clients, James states that he is sure he will

be able to get referrals because his father works for the town newspaper and will run an ad as soon as he

moves home.

James admits he has no clinical experience but is pleased, upon arriving at his internship site, to see that

his ex-girlfriend is going to be his assigned clinical supervisor. Since they have not seen each other in

years, James figures that meeting once a week will give them a good opportunity to catch up on “old

times”. James also figures that she could continue to supervise him in private practice until he receives his

license. James is relieved because he knows she won’t mind, since he will be graduating in nine months,

if he puts her credential, Licensed Professional Counselor, after his name since she is supervising him.

After discussing private practice, James asks his ex-girlfriend if he can begin to see clients right away

because he is anxious to get experience and begin working on his practice. Since she figured he would be

a pretty good counselor, she agreed and paired him up with Lisa, a 21 year-old Latina female.

During the first session, James was running late and was unable to fully cover all of the intake

documents with Lisa. He put them aside and said, “We don’t really need to review these. It is just

paperwork required by the Center. Please sign here.” As the counseling session continued, James

thought he might have recognized symptoms associated with depression including decreased motivation,

loss of appetite and overall dissatisfaction. He thought about bringing these up with his supervisor but

forgot once he left the session.

James continued to meet with Lisa. The first few sessions focused mainly on her recent break-up with her

boyfriend and the resulting academic difficulties. She was very concerned that her career dream of

becoming a lawyer may be in jeopardy.

In the third session, Lisa casually mentioned that she began to experience depressive symptoms as a

child when her mother’s partner began to physically abuse her at the age of 5½ years. Lisa told her

mother about the abuse, but she did not intervene. Shortly after the physical abuse began, the man

began to also sexually abuse her. Once again, Lisa reported this to her mother and also to a teacher at

her school, but nothing was ever done. Lisa reported that when she was 7, she placed an unknown

prescription medication of her mother’s into this man’s alcoholic drink. Later that same day, the man

experienced a stroke and was rushed to the hospital where he later died. Lisa also reported learning that

her mother’s partner’s stroke and subsequent death were related to the combination of prescription

medication and alcohol. The client has never told anyone other than James that she had placed

medication in this man’s drink.

Emotion and Social Cognition

Social psychologists have long studied the relationship between emotion (affect) and cognition, and there are many studies which demonstrate that emotion does indeed impact social cognitive functioning. For example, emotion can impact attention, judgments and decisions, cognitive processing/flexibility, perceptions of morality, and stereotypes/prejudice. Not only does emotion impact social cognitive functioning, but research also indicates that emotion, itself, is a social construction wherein social factors influence emotional response and emotional responses have social ramifications.

For this Discussion, select a peer reviewed article from the Walden Library which studies emotion (affect) and its impact on social cognition, including but not limited to attention, judgments, decisions, cognitive processing, flexibility, perceptions of morality, and stereotypes and prejudice. Based upon the article you selected, consider whether or not emotion is a social construction.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 3 a brief summary of the peer-reviewed article you selected from the library (include the key variables, the design, and the main findings). Then, post an argument for or against the notion that emotion is a social construction. Use the article you selected to support your argument and include any connections between emotions and social cognition.

 

 

 

 

 

Impact of Mood on Decision Making

The awareness of moods and emotions provides you information about your individual circumstance and about your interactions with others. This information, in turn, helps you make decisions and judgments. For example, if you were in a bad mood, you might make a global judgment regarding life satisfaction. If you were in a good mood, you might decide to sky dive from an airplane because you were feeling elated and excited to try something new. Moods and emotions greatly impact your decision-making process, and it is important to understand this connection.

For this Discussion, review the media titled Social Cognition and Affect, and consider why the person in the video made the decisions he or she did and what impact moods and emotions may have had on his or her decisions.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief explanation of three possible reasons why the person in the media made his or her decision. Be specific. Then, explain two ways mood/emotion may have impacted this person’s decision. Finally, describe one life or death situation and explain how mood/emotion could impact decision making in this situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Resources

Course Media

• Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Social cognition and affect. Baltimore, MD: Author.

  (Click on the television screen once the video opens in a new window. “The Company” will appear on the television image.) Note: While the content within this media piece references Week 10, it is intended for Week 9 in this course.

• • Transcript

Readings

• Course Text: Handbook of Social Psychology
  • Chapter 9, “Emotion”
• Article: Bruyneel, S. D., Dewitte, S., Franses, P. H., & Dekimpe, M. G. (2009). I felt low and my
• purse feels light: Depleting mood regulation attempts affect risk decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 22(2), 153–170. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Business Source Complete database.
• Article: Forgas, J. P., Laham, S. M., & Vargas, P. T. (2005). Mood effects on eyewitness memory: Affective influences on susceptibility to misinformation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41(6), 574–588. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database.
• Article: Moreland, R. L., & Zajonc, R. B. (1977). Is stimulus recognition a necessary condition for the occurrence of exposure effects? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35(4), 191–199. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.
• Article: Zajonc, R. B. (1980). Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. American Psychologist, 35(2), 151–175. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database

In developing plans for an innovative strategy, the top management of the organization must ensure that the strategy helps the organization add value for customers and shareholders plus maintains or builds a competitive advantage for the firm. Because of the uncertainty of most innovative products and/or processes, managers need to develop a systematic approach to assess how time, effort, and resources should be spent and which opportunities will be pursued. McGrath and MacMillan19 presented the following list of factors for determining the value of an option.
1. Favorability of the demand for the product
2. Factors that could speed adoption
3. Factors that could block the success of an innovation
4. Likelihood of strong competitive response
5. Likelihood that the potential competitive advantage is sustainable
6. Factors within your organization that would allow you to set standards
7. Cost factors in commercialization
8. Resources available for commercialization
9. The level of novelty the innovation captures
10. Cost considerations in development
11. Other opportunities that could be leveraged
12. Potential area where damage might occur

What are the key questions that need to be addressed under each area? What areas covered in this chapter do you believe are most relevant for each of these factors? Explain your answer.vorability of the demand for the product

a checklist for innovative organizations to consider. How could you use this checklist to determine an organization’s readiness to implement an innovative strategy? Be specific about how you would use the checklist. Identify at least one other major area that should be examined. What questions should be asked in that area?

Continue to use the organization you selected for your final project in Week 1. This week, you are being placed on a ten-person virtual team. You are quite excited and want yourself and the team to be very successful. You decide that prior to the team getting started on the project, you want to do some research that will help you identify ways to make your virtual team most effective. You may need to create hypothetical details about the team and its purpose on the basis of what you know of the organization you selected for the final project.

On the basis of your research, write a paper addressing the following:

• Assess the purpose of the team and the contribution of key members to team purpose.
• Analyze four to six potential problems that virtual teams typically face. Is the hypothetical team you described susceptible to these problems? What specific problems might it develop?
• Justify four to six viable solutions to make your team effective, including why these solutions will work.

Provide at least three sources and cite them appropriately throughout your paper.

Submission Details:

• Present a 5- to 6-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in A

Select an organization and prepare a strategic plan to grow the business over the next three years. Your strategic plan must include the following:

• Describe your organization’s history, products, and major competitors.
• Explain the current situation of the organization in the market.
• Conduct a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and trends) to determine areas that offer opportunities for change.
• Choose at least three areas from your SWOT analysis and explain why the areas you have chosen are essential to your strategic plan. Use theories and examples from your text and additional sources to support your rationale.
• Explain your method to measure the success of your strategic plan.

Your paper must be EIGHT PAGES in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In addition, you must use at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text. Remember to incorporate information that you have learned from this course as well as your personal experience.

Your Final Project

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. If possible, provide the context of a first-person experience where you saw this academic concept in operation.
• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
• Must use APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center to document all sources.
• Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Greendale Project ReDux
Due Week 4 and worth 60 points
This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a project schedule, and a written response. You must submit both parts as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the part of the assignment it is written for.
Part A: Project Schedule
(Submit as one [1] Microsoft Project file)
1. Create a multi-level work breakdown structure (WBS) and detailed project schedule, using the information from the “Greendale Stadium Case” located at the end of Chapter 6, and incorporating the following constraints.
Note: When you create your MS Project schedule, you will need to update your project per the following constraints:
o The project must consist of at least twenty (20) tasks.
o Each task must have a start and finish date that matches the duration noted in the assignment.
o Each task must be assigned to a resource (e.g., Demolishing Crew; Construction Crew; Landscaping Crew).
o Assume that the crew works during normal weekdays (no weekend work) under normal conditions (8 hours per day).
o In terms of holidays, you can assume no work will be done the following days: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Good Monday, Friday before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, the business day before Independence Day, Independence Day, the Friday before Labor Day, Labor Day, the day before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), the business day before Christmas, Christmas Day, the business day after Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.
Part B: Written Response
(Submit as a Microsoft Word file)
1. Respond to the following questions in a one to two (1-2) page paper based on your project schedule.
o When will the project be completed?
o What is the critical path for the project?
o How much slack / float is in your project? What activities have the greatest slack / float?
o Identify the top three (3) activities that you believe could impact the project completion date.
o What additional activities you would add to this project to make it more complete, from a project management viewpoint?
2. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
o Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

Select a case study from Ethics Case Studies for Health Information Management.

Write a 700- to 950-word paper applying the following information:

• Summarize the situation, and identify any ethical dilemmas.
• Describe how you, as a human services professional, would approach this ethical dilemma while doing the following:
  • Implementing the least intrusive intervention
  • Respecting confidentiality
  • Recognizing the client’s multicultural ethical behavior

Present the following scenario:  As the security manager of the large, upscale waterfront 125-unit, 10-story condominium building complex known as Palm Beach Marina Cove (PBMC), you are advised that an expansion will take place with the launch of Palm Beach Marina Cove Building Two (PBMC II).  PBMC II will be built in the lot contiguous to PBMC, which is directly east of the property near the intracoastal waterway seawall.

 

The PBMC condominium association has directed you to draw up a perimeter protection plan that describes the latest best practices in perimeter protection for construction sites that integrate with the contiguous existing building.

 

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper proposing a perimeter protection plan for the PBMC condominium association.  Include the following in your paper:

 

*Recommendations based on best practices in perimeter protection for a construction site that integrates with the contiguous existing building

*Options to consider to properly safeguard the perimeter of both sites during construction

*Rationale for your recommendations

*An estimated budget associated with your recommendations

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Provide at least 3 scholarly references, i.e. not Wiki, collegetimes, etc….

 

Select an event from the following list, or choose your own idea for an event as approved by your facilitator:

 

*A major concert held at a large outdoor venue

*A major sporting event, such as a golf tournament, football championship game, World Series baseball game, and so forth *An outdoor festival, such as a large music, arts, or food festival in a large city

 

Write a 1,450- to 2,150-word assessment describing the tasks needed to prepare a protection plan for the event you selected.  Include the following in your paper:

 

*A detailed description of the event and location

*General security concerns, such as traffic control, crowd management, access control, and terrorist threats. Include security concerns specific to your location and selected event. *A brief statement of how the tactics would need to be altered if working with VIPs at the event

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Provide at least 3 scholarly references………….i.e. not wiki, college times, etc…

 

Less than 10% plagiarism

Shared Practice: Variance Analysis

Several tools are available to managers when evaluating organizational performance. Variance analysis is one such tool used to evaluate performance. Variance analysis compares actual costs with standard costs. The results from a variance analysis are important for helping managers control costs as well as identify areas were organizational performance and efficiency can be improved.

To prepare for this Discussion: Shared Practice, review the Learning Resources for this week and reflect on how actual costs, standard costs, and variance analysis will contribute to your current or future role as a manager or in decision making. Consider the role of variances when engaged in decision making and how variance analysis might help contribute to improved organizational efficiency.

Zimmerman, J. L. (2014). Accounting for decision making and control (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

• Chapter 12, “Standard Costs: Direct Labor and Materials” (pp. 538–563)

  This chapter describes standard costs for decision making and control as well as direct labor and direct material variances.

 

Post by Day 3, the following:

• Describe a scenario in which there are both highly favorable and highly unfavorable variances. Be sure to include the actual and standard costs in your scenario.
• Analyze how and why you, as a manager, would prioritize the variances for analysis and how knowing these variances might help you improve efficiency.

Note: Your scenario should be different from those posted previously by your colleagues.