Moral Stages at the County Sheriff’s Office

Prologue - Both the Grantham County Sheriff’s Office and the University City Police Department have a Records Management System (RMS). These systems contain all civil, criminal, and informational reports along with other confidential information. Each department allows its police officers, deputies, detectives, records clerks, and dispatchers access to these files while at work. Under no circumstances will the public have access to the information contained in RMS. All employees receive training and sign a document stating that he or she understands that violating this directive may result in termination and other criminal charges.

Scenario - Badpenny and Dreadford have been dating for several months. Recently, Badpenny started to believe Dreadford’s claim that University City Detective, Alphonse Krupt or just Al Krupt set him up.

Dreadford told Badpenny that the time he spent in prison was for a crime he did not commit. Dreadford explained that Detective Al Krupt is a dirty cop and Detective Krupt planted the meth found in his car. Dreadford always parked his car in the street in front of his house and left the vehicle unlocked. Detective Krupt must have put the meth in his vehicle that night while Dreadford slept. The day of his arrest, Dreadford had left for work in the morning and Detective Krupt pulled Dreadford over because he did not use his turn indicator.

Detective Krupt then made a factious claim that he could smell the odor of burnt marijuana, which gave him probable cause to search Dreadford’s vehicle. Detective Krupt acted surprised when he found the meth he had planted and then arrested Dreadford. Badpenny thought Dreadford’s accounting of the incident was plausible and started to believe that the officers were embellishing their stories of Dreadford.

Badpenny thought there is no way her sweet, thoughtful Dreadford was the major drug dealer the officers made him out to be. One evening after work, Badpenny received a call from Dreadford asking her to come by, which was unusual. However, she was excited that he had been thinking about her and could not wait to see him. When Badpenny arrived at Dreadford’s house, he handed her one yellow rose and a glass of wine and said, “You look beautiful.” Dreadford casually asked Badpenny “Did anything exciting happen during your shift?”

Badpenny said, “As a matter of fact the detectives arrested a person in connection with the illegal drug trade in Grantham County.” Badpenny continued to share details about the arrest and told Dreadford that the arrestee might become a confidential informant in exchange for leniency on his case. Badpenny lowered her voice and said, “The arrest caused quite a commotion at the department, but it is all quite hush-hush because the person the detectives arrested may lead to an even larger drug bust.”

Dreadford filled Badpenny’s glass of wine, kissed her on the cheek, and then asked, “Who the person was that the detectives arrested?”



Badpenny replied, “Roy McCoy” (Badpenny did not tell Dreadford McCoy’s nickname is “Mookie”). Badpenny asks Dreadford, “Do you know McCoy?”

Dreadford says, “No, I do not know a guy that goes by that name.” Badpenny had another glass of wine and with a little prompting from Dreadford; she tells him how she became curious about the incident when the federal agents showed up at the department. Badpenny pulled up the detective’s report on RMS and read it.

Dreadford asks, “What was in the report?”

Badpenny said, “In the report the detective stated that McCoy is going to help them get the next big shipment of Meth coming into town next week. If the drug bust goes well, McCoy may not get any prison time for helping the police and the department could get thousands of dollars in revenue.”

For this week’s assignment, review the scenario above and write a 2- to 3-page paper identifying external factors that influenced Badpenny’s decision to share confidential information. Also, include how the structure of an organization influences an employee’s decision to behave ethically or unethically, and what interventions an organization can implement to encourage ethical behavior. Apply Kohlberg’s moral stages to explain what stage you see both Badpenny and Dreadford - give examples.

In addition to your textbook, find one scholarly article retrieved from the Grantham Library - EBSCO host to help support the concepts you selected from your textbook.

Type all papers in Times New Roman 12pt font – include the header, title page, and reference page; APA formatting is required in this course. Use at least two scholarly reference sources such as the textbook and scholarly peer-reviewed articles obtained from the Grantham Library. Additional references may be procured from the Internet. Citing your references by using parenthetical citations (in-text citations) is a skill that each student must demonstrate in this course.

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Title: Grantham Copyright - Description: Grantham Copyright 2018

Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 10th Edition
Joycelyn M. Pollock BOOK

Personality Test

Take the test by answering the questions as honestly as possible. Upon completion, find your comprehensive personality report on the five personality traits and reflect upon the positive aspects of your relationship with each trait. Choose the most positive information in the report and reflect upon how that trait is a personal strength that you possess.

To begin your essay, state and highlight or indicate in italics or bold your positive Trait. It is not necessary to define the trait or reiterate the description of it from your results.

Now, describe your reaction in the following ways: How does this trait represent who you are as a person? Were you surprised by the results? How does this trait act as a personal strength, and in what ways do you find having it important and helpful to your quality of life? Aside from the test results, what other character strength(s) do you feel you have, and how are they important or helpful in reference to your psychological well-being? Some examples include leadership, gratitude, spirituality, bravery, honesty, justice, perseverance, appreciation of beauty, wisdom, etc. You will want to address the answers to these questions clearly and completely as this is 25% of your grade on the essay.

Next, explain how you can apply this personality trait / strength or your other strengths to the important areas of your life such as work, school, relationships, play, and/or parenting. You may even wish to use your strengths in a way that you have not done before and report on that

Hofstede's Dimensions of National Culture and HRM

Part 1

Hofstede's Dimensions of National Culture is often used by companies in preparing employees for overseas assignments and travel. For example, the Power Distance Index is 40 in the United States, 68 in France, and 80 in China. These dimensional scores tell us that in China inequities among people is acceptable, while in the United States it is much less acceptable.

FFH was founded as a regional company to serve the rural and agricultural markets. Over the years, its markets have expanded into more urban areas and now serve a mixture of urban and agricultural customers. This expansion has changed the nature of its stores and its product lines to serve a larger and more diverse of group of customers. With its expansion into the manufacturing area and its evolving product lines, FFH has steadily moved into the world of global markets and globalization.

FFH has contact with the international world in several ways, including:

Its manufacturing products are sold through brokers in several counties around the world, but FFH marketing employees support the brokers with overseas travel.
The buyers at corporate headquarters are purchasing many products from international companies, and the buyers generally make one or two trips a year overseas. The buyers also deal with a diverse and international group of marketing people who call on them in the buyers' offices.

Respond to one of the following:

In preparing FFH buyers for overseas travel, which of Hofstede's national cultural dimensions do you believe would be the most valuable to emphasize in the travel training? Why do you feel this is the most important? Use two countries of your choice and compare them to the United States on the dimension you selected. Complete a brief analysis of how you would use this comparison in your training.

Using your workplace (or a global organization you are familiar with), how is Hofstede's work incorporated into this organization's travel training? If it is not, what cultural dimensions would you select to enhance the training of employees for overseas assignments?

Part 2

Respond to one of the following:

As an HR professional working for FFH, which of the analytical methods from this unit would be the most appropriate for an FFH store to consider implementing, and why? What are three types of data you would want to include in your analytical analysis, and why?

Using your workplace (or an organization you are familiar with), explain the use of either scorecards or dashboards and what types of data and information are analyzed. Do the metrics support a strategic initiative, or have they led the organization in a different direction?

Managing a Compliant and Diverse Workplace

Due Week 8 and worth 190 points Recall from Assignment 1 the company had a few HR-related lawsuits that were not in the company's favor. To be more specific, claims of harassment, not reasonably accommodating disabilities and work-life balance concerns were all issues brought by employees forcing the company to answer to, and defend itself. As the new CHRO you want to enact stronger policies and guidelines to avoid these types of situations in the future. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: 1. Briefly note how harassment in the workplace affects equal employment opportunity and describe at least 4 elements a plaintiff must show to go forward with a harassment claim. How might an organization avoid these elements from occurring? HINT:
https://i-sight.com/resources/6-tips-to-avoid-harassment-and-discrimination-claims/ 2. Explain your overall understanding on reasonable accommodation of disability (consider reviewing ADA rules). Then, discuss a minimum of 3 things a plaintiff filing a failure to accommodate claim must show that helps to prove they are qualified for the job in question. 3. Make a connection between religious advocacy/harassment and bona fide occupational qualification. Can churches promoting a certain religion refuse to hire those who have a different religion? If so or if not, why? 4. Discuss your overall understanding of FMLA and the pregnancy discrimination act as it relates to organizations granting leave for each. Then, identify 2-3 common FMLA mistakes managers make and what you would do to avoid the mistakes. HINT: http://www.kansastag.gov/AdvHTML_Upload/files/FMLA-5-Slip-Ups-White-Paper.pdf 5. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic 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: * Assess and avoid various discrimination and harassment violations to aid in maintaining a diverse workforce. * Develop policies that are compliant with employment laws. * Use technology and information resources to research issues in employment law. * Write clearly and concisely about employment law using proper writing mechanic. Click here to view the rubric for this assignment.

HEALTHCARE AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR NURSE ADMINISTRATORS

Paper #3: Case Study/Presentation (35%): Submit a written (text) description of a proposal, with no more than 8 content pages and with a minimum of 8 scholarly articles/resources. There will be a penalty for papers longer than 8 content pages. Think of this paper as 2 short papers using management concepts of the course to address various issues and processes. You are the VP for nursing in your organization and have assessed that there are several priority needs for improvement, including an enhancement of division-based recruitment and retention strategies, and the development of a peer review process for the examination of critical incidents in nursing. In your paper describe: 1. Describe three (3) research-based recruitment/retention strategies for development. Describe how you will build in clinical nurse and managerial collaboration for this process. 2. Explore the development of a peer review process for the examination of critical incidents. Describe how you will build in clinical nurse, managerial, and inter-professional collaboration for this process. Include the needed education for participants in this process. 3. Include likely obstacles during these processes and what resources you will employ to manage the issues.

Book Analysis

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=WiUuWn6sGqwC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=zh_CN&pg=GBS.PA62
1. As before, I want you to complete a written assignment for chapters 24 through 30
The Ebook link is above (all chapters combined; no need to do separate assignments for each chapter) that accomplishes the following:
i. Summarize the plot of the chapters briefly. Take note of the specific events that occur in those chapters. Your summary should also consider specific locations where the chapters are set.
ii. Describe any major characters who appear in the chapters, providing basic information about the character (appearance, death, action, defining characteristic). Make note of new major characters who appear, and make note of any changes you may perceive in the behavior of characters you have already been introduced to.
iii. List any words, terms, or phrases that you did not understand. Then make use of a dictionary or a Google search to provide a definition for those unfamiliar words, terms, or phrases.
iv. Describe your reaction to the novel to this point, and compose at least one question you have about the novel to this point.
Annotating will be essential to your understanding of Mother Night. As you read, highlight important plot points, the presence of important characters, and words you may not understand, so that completing these written assignments is easier to accomplish.
Note #1: It is not necessary for you to complete the above four tasks for each individual chapter. Instead, you will simply complete those four tasks for the set of chapters as a whole.
Note #2: With challenging novels like this one, it will be tempting for you to seek the help of online study guides or cliff notes. I urge you to avoid doing so. It is not my desire to hand out failing grades because of the plagiarism that sometimes results from the use of such resources. Much of our in-class discussion will be spent attempting to wrestle with the challenges of the novel. Writing about a difficult piece of literature like Mother Night is, by nature, interpretive, so DO NOT BE AFRAID OF BEING WRONG!

Organizational Effectiveness

Background In this assignment we will look at how the environment affects institutions and how by managing this interaction successfully, we can increase organizational effectiveness. Required Reading Green, S. (2011). The would-be pioneer. Harvard Business Review. 89(4), 124-126. This article can be found in EBSCO. Assignment After reading the above fictional case of an American expatriate manager working in a South Korean firm and the background readings for this module, analyze the situation in a 4- to 5-page analysis that addresses the following: How does culture and environment affect institutions and their management? Keys to the Assignment The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your paper include: Define the problem: What went wrong during Ms. Myers tenure from your point of view? Analyze the cause: Explain the problem Ms. Myers is encountering using Hofstede\’s five dimensions of culture to compare Korean and American assumptions about interpersonal relationships and management. Propose a solution: Make a recommendation of three specific changes Ms. Myers could have made to her management style to accommodate the Korean environment.
, research Starbucks’ organizational culture and the key leadership and management traits used to execute the business strategy.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Suggest the key elements of Starbucks’ organizational culture that contributes to its success in a global economy. Indicate management’s role with creating and sustaining the organizational culture.
2. Assess the effectiveness of Starbucks’ management decisions in providing innovative offerings for its customers (e.g., WiFi, style of coffee, etc.) in order to achieve its current competitive marketplace advantage. Provide support for your rationale.
3. Determine one (1) key management competency that a successful manager at Starbucks is likely to have. Indicate one (1) wayin which this particular competency is a good fit for the organizational culture.
4. Speculate on whether Starbucks would achieve long-term sustainability as a global leader in the coffee industry without the organization’s CEO, Howard Shultz.
5. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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