Author: chris

The United States criminal justice system has a court system that is modulated in different parts. The Supreme Court is the highest authoritative court in the United States, and for cases to arrive at this court, they must pass through a variety of courts and have a legitimate consequence toward the nation.

You also have state, appellate, and local courts that serve jurisdictions where criminal cases are initially held and decided by a jury or a judge. It is vital to understand that certain crimes like fraud can be tried in the criminal sections of the criminal justice system, but there is also a civil justice system where parties seek civil relief for injustices that may or may not result from criminal activities. The civil courts, another set of courts, provide judgments over the civil cases. Judges decide if the plaintiff’s claim of harm by the defendant is justified.

Criminal cases are heard in criminal courts where, at the conclusion of the trial, the defendant may receive sentences of incarceration or fines as a result of being convicted at the criminal trial.

In a civil court, a person (plaintiff) pursues a civil action against another person (defendant), which may result from damages resulting from a criminal action of the defendant, an accidental action by the defendant, or a disagreement between the plaintiff and the defendant.

Please answer the following questions. As you answer each question, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic criminal justice articles or real-life criminal justice findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your References page.

• What is the dual-court system?
• Why does America have a dual-court system?
• Could the drive toward court unification eventually lead to a monolithic court system?
• Would such a system be effective?

Judges have specific philosophical rationales and sentencing guidelines when providing a judgment over presented facts.

• If you were a judge, what would be your sentencing goals and philosophical rationales? Why?
• Can you envision any circumstances that might make your guidelines or sentencing goals change? Why?
• Provide an example of a situation that might be extremely difficult to judge that could put you as a judge in a situation to change your sentencing goals or philosophical rationales.

You must reference at least 4 outside sources for all IPs in this class.  Please make sure your sources are reputable

3-4 pages APA format

Title VII and Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Competence

 

Discrimination in all its guises undermines employee loyalty, lowers or destroys morale, and diminishes productivity and quality of work. For both ethical and business reasons, it is incumbent upon you as a manager to prevent and remedy discrimination in the workplace.

 

In this assignment, you will develop a persuasive slide presentation to educate fellow managers on the need for cultural competency in an organization. (This can be one for which you currently work, have worked for in the past, or another company with 15 or more employees that you research.)

 

Instructions: Address the following in your presentation:

 

1. Appraise the level of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the organization, particularly in relation to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and identify what forms of discrimination it expressly prohibits.

 

2. Describe a federal court case in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued a for-profit corporation for violating one of the forms of discrimination covered under Title VII and that could also happen to your organization. Show why your organization could be culpable of legal violations with regard to discrimination.

 

3. Analyze a competitor to your organization with regard to its success in managing and promoting a diverse workforce according to Title VII. Compare and contrast the two organizations on policies that (a) ignore or mishandle discrimination, and (b) prevent and remedy discrimination.

 

4. Make suggestions for how your organization should move forward in educating employees

about diversity and inclusion and for implementing new policies.

 

Presentation Requirements:

 

Your presentation will be 10 slides  APA Format

 

In a separate one-page paper, be sure to include citations for all facts presented. Be sure to include the URL of your presentation when using internet-based tools. Paste the URL into a Word document and upload it with your presentation.

800 – 1,000 words

 

Part 1

• The U.S. has increased the number of laws that protect workers (e.g., Civil Rights Act, Equal Pay Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act). Does this legislation replace the need for labor unions? Why or why not?

Part 2

 

 

• Select 3 labor laws from the following list:
  • Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
  • Railway Labor Act of 1926
  • Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
  • Wagner Act of 1935 (also called The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA))
  • Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (also called the Labor-Management Relations Act)
  • Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 (also called the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA))
• Answer the following questions about the 3 labor laws that you selected:
  • What was the purpose of the law; that is, why was it created? Describe the highlights of the law’s provisions.
  • Did the law promote or suppress the union and how?
  • How did this law protect consumers?

The success of an organization depends heavily on its structure, strategies, and culture. In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of the importance of these elements in the success/failure of an enterprise.

This assignment is the first of the two LASA assignments you will complete in this course.

Using the University online library resources and the Internet, research methods of conducting internal and external environment analyses. Select at least three (3) scholarly sources to support the information in your report.

Description of LASA:

In this assignment, you will assess an organization’s current position in the internal and external environment.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a consultant to evaluate the performance of a manufacturing or service organization. As part of your function, you need to assess the organization’s current position with regard to their business operations, strategy, and organizational structure, as well as identify potential ethical issues management may face. The executive management team has asked you to submit a report of your findings.

Instructions:

Choose a publicly traded manufacturing or service organization to be the subject of your work for LASA 1 and LASA 2. (You should choose a different organization than you have used for previous assignments.) Select an organization about which there is an abundance of information made readily available to the public (via the corporate website, industry publications, business journals, etc.).

In preparation for your report, conduct your review of the organization using the following approach:

• Evaluate the company’s business strategy and global competitiveness plan.
• Conduct an internal assessment using SWOT analysis.
• Assess the external environment via an external scenario evaluation.
• Sketch the company’s organizational structure.
• Using the tools of business process design, define the organization’s business process.
• Identify any potential ethical issues that may impact the traditional management functions of the company and recommend preventative measures.

Utilize at least three sources in your research. Your document should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Write an 8–10-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

Assignment Components	Proficient	Max Points
Evaluate the company’s business strategy and global competitiveness plan.	Evaluation of the business strategy and global competitiveness plan is logical and reflects research of the company.	32
Conduct an internal assessment using SWOT analysis.	SWOT analysis provides an accurate account of the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. All elements of the SWOT analysis are complete.	32
Assess the external environment via an external scenario evaluation.	External scenario evaluation is complete. Response reflects understanding of the organization and its place within the external environment.	28
Diagram the company’s organizational structure.	Organizational structure diagram is complete and accurate.	28
Using the tools of business process design, define the organization’s business process.	The organization’s business process is accurately defined. Response reflects an accurate understanding of business processes.	36
Academic Writing
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligns with specified assignment requirements.	Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligns with specified assignment requirements.	44
Total		200

Assignment: Final Project—Business Memo—Selecting and Using Data Resources and Systems

This week you will continue to work on your Final Project, which is due in Week 7. By Day 7, you will submit a business memo, written to your Instructor, that explains how you plan to incorporate your learning from the week into your Final Project. This will not be a “perfect” synopsis at this point, but it should capture the main themes and important ideas from the week. Your memo should include the following:

• Your preliminary summary of how you are planning to incorporate this week’s learning into your Final Project
• Your ideas and recommendations for how your organization can mitigate the short-term and long-term issues that can arise when selecting and using data resources and systems
• Brief descriptions of the types of data resources, data processing, and storage systems chosen
• An explanation of how the organization might manage the potential implications of those selections, while taking advantage of the opportunities they afford to sustain the business or gain a competitive advantage
• Other relevant recommendations or issues that you identified, with a brief analysis of why they are important

Note: If you are unable to find relevant information, you may want to look for similar information at /for other similar publically traded companies. You may find relevant information that will enable you to make appropriate inferences about your organization and make reasonable assumptions so you can proceed with your project.

If you have questions about how to apply what you are learning or how to find the most relevant information for your organization’s needs, please discuss your choice with your Instructor using the Contact the Instructor link in the classroom.

General Guidance on Assignment Length: Your Week 3 Assignment will typically be 1.5–3 pages (0.75–1 page(s) if single spaced), excluding a title page (not required for this Assignment) and references.

As a best practice for this course, as you engage and complete your weekly activities, you will capture notes on your learning for each week and add them to your Final Project Portfolio, which you will use to formulate your Final Project. By the time you turn in your Final Project in Week 7, your working Final Project Portfolio document will contain your notes on the resources you found relevant in each week, as well as your ideas for how your organization can improve its business information systems management with respect to each week’s main themes. You should also include your analyses of the implications of your recommendations, as well as reasons why your recommendations are important. You will update your Final Project Portfolio each week.

This week you are encouraged to begin setting up your presentation in PowerPoint. You should complete a title slide and 1–2 slides with your preliminary recommendations for your organization as they relate to this week’s learning.

Note: Neither your Final Project Portfolio nor your preliminary slides will be submitted for grading this week.

To complete your Assignment, click on Assignments on the course navigation menu.Books24x7. (Producer). (2011j). Tom Davenport: The DELTA Model: Targets. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Required

• Hernandez, R. R., Mayernik, M. S., Murphy-Mariscal, M. L., & Allen, M. F. (2012).  Advanced technologies and data management practices in environmental science: lessons from academia.BioScience, 62(12), 1067–1076.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This study is an analysis of 434 graduate students’ survey responses on the topic of technological advances in the environmental sciences.

• Kant, C. (2009). Putting your enterprise data in the cloud? Top considerations. Siliconindia,12(8), 22–23.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.In this article, Kant discusses the factors IT leaders in India should consider before transitioning their organizations from on-premise data storage to cloud computing.

• Lakshmi, B., Venkata, P., Kumar, K., Shahnaz Banu, A. S., & Reddy, K. A. (2013). Data confidentiality and loss prevention using virtual private database. International Journal on Computer Science & Engineering, 5(3),143–149.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This paper provides practical tools for maintaining database security, and preventing data loss and theft, through the use of the virtual private database.

• Shaffer, C. (2012). Managing data in the cloud age. Drug Discovery & Development, 15(8), 10–12.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.In this report, Shaffer takes a look at several pharmaceutical companies’ attempts to manage exploding data through partnerships and cloud computing.

• White, D. E., Oelke, N. D., & Friesen, S. (2012). Management of a large qualitative data set.International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 11(3), 244–258.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.In this article, the authors suggest eight steps health services researchers can take to help maintain both the rigor and integrity of their studies involving large qualitative data sets. Must use robert hampton as CIO of Amazon on-line organization. than you.

Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan.  Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.

In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

1. Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
2. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
3. Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • 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.
   • Include a reference page. Cit

 

The US minimum wage has long lagged the nation’s productivity growth and inflation rate such that it’s real wage effect is negative, that is, it hasn’t kept pace with either.  Given this, what economic/social problems arise and how can a government “of the people” allow such a low wage level? Discuss this topic in about 150-200 words

Assignment 2: Forensic Lab Design

Imagine the university that employs you as an information security professional has recently identified the need to design and build a digital forensic laboratory. You have been tasked with designing the lab for the organization.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Explicate the steps you would take to plan a budget for the lab, keeping in mind the general business objective to avoid unneeded costs.
2. Recommend the physical requirements and controls that you would consider implementing in order to keep the lab safe and secure.
3. Identify at least three (3) hardware and software tools that you would include in the design of the lab and explain your reasons behind your choices.
4. Identify the high-level criteria that would be considered when selecting the forensic workstations to be utilized.
5. Describe the mandatory policies, processes, and procedures you would implement in order to maintain the lab environment and preserve evidence.
6. Design a floor plan for the lab using a diagramming application such as Visio or Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or one of their equivalents such as Open Project Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Describe the purpose and structure of a digital forensics lab.
• Examine and explain the evidence life cycle.
• Describe the constraints on digital forensic investigations.
• Develop a computer forensics deployment plan that addresses and solves a proposed business problem.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in computer forensics.
• Write clearly and concisely about computer forensics topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Assignment 1: Developing the Corporate Strategy for Information Security

Imagine that you are working for a startup technology organization that has had overnight success. The organization’s immediate growth requires for it to formulate a corporate strategy for information security. You have been recruited to serve as part of a team that will develop this strategy.
As part of the Information Security Strategy development, you are required to define specific Information Technology Security roles that will optimize and secure the organization’s data assets.
Review the following Website titled “Information Technology (IT) Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK): A Competency and Functional Frame-work for IT Security Workforce Development” for additional information necessary to complete this assignment.
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you do the following, based on the scenario described below:

1. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for several functions within an organization.
a. Examine three (3) specific functions a CISO and provide examples of when a CISO would execute these functions within the
organization.
b. Specify at least three (3) competencies that the CISO could perform using the provided Website titled, “ Information Technology
(IT) Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK): A Competency and Functional Frame-work for IT Security Workforce
Development.”
2. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for several accountability functions within an organization:
a. Identify at least four (4) functions of the CIO using the EBK as a guide. Provide examples of how the CIO would execute these
functions within an organization.
b. Classify at least two (2) security assurances that could be achieved by the CIO developing a formal security awareness, training,
and educational program.
c. Suggest methods, processes, or technologies that can be used by the CIO to certify the security functions and data assets of an
organization on a day-to-day basis.
3. Describe how the digital forensics function complements the overall security efforts of the organization.
4. Evaluate the operational duties of digital forensic personnel and how these help qualify the integrity of forensic investigations within the enterprise and industry.
5. List at least three (3) technical resources available to the digital forensics professional to perform forensic audits and investigations.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Describe and apply the 14 areas of common practice in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Essential Body of Knowledge.
• Describe best practices in cybersecurity.
• Identify and analyze the role of the Chief Information Officer, Information Security Officer, and IT Security Compliance Officer in the context of cybersecurity.
• Compare and contrast the functional roles of an organization in the context of cybersecurity.
• Describe the corollary roles of security in an enterprise.
• Evaluate the ethical concerns inherent in cybersecurity and how these concerns affect organizational policies.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in cybersecurity.
• Write clearly and concisely about topics associated with cybersecurity using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

New due saturday by 6pm pst. 500 words minimum

 

Resource:  Financial Statements for AT&T

 

Review the assigned company’s financial statements from the past three years.

 

Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company’s financial statements, and then interpret those results against company historical data as well as industry benchmarks:

 

• Compare the financial ratios with each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013; 2013 with 2012; and 2012 with 2011).
• Compare the calculated financial ratios against the industry benchmarks for the industry of your assigned company.

Write a 500 to 750 word summary of your analysis.