Assignment 3: Defining Social Justice

 

Social justice has been defined in different ways, but the definitions usually include similar ideologies. As you study the concept of social justice, you will come across some of the following ideas:

Historical inequities that affect current injustices should be corrected until the actual inequities no longer exist or have been perceptively “negated.â€

Wealth, power, and status should be redistributed for the good of the individual, the community, and the society.

It is the responsibility of the government (or those who hold significant power) to ensure a basic quality of life for all its citizens.

 

From country to country social justice is defined in different ways, and the definitions usually include ideologies as well as differences. Research the definition of social justice in the United States using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select another country to examine its definition of social justice in order to analyze the ideologies and similarities using the following steps:

 

1. Analyze the ideologies.
2. Identify the similarities.
3. Using your reasoning skills, give supporting statements or arguments that support your position(s) about the social justice.

 

Your comparing and contrasting must consider the following:

Historical values and ideologies of the country

Economic structure of the country

Discrimination issues, if any exist

 

Develop a 2–3-page analysis of the definitions of social justice in the U.S. and a country of your choice. Analyze the ideologies, identify their similarities, and explain how these factors support your statements or arguments about the social justice you’ve selected. Support your explanations with a minimum of two scholarly sources in addition to the course text and apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3_Defining_Social_Justice.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3_Defining_Social_justice.doc.

 

By Wednesday, September 10, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

 

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Defined and analyzed the meaning of social justice in the United States.	25
Defined and analyzed social justice in another country.	25
Compared and contrasted social justice ideology in the US and the other identified country.	30
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	20
Total:

 

Your assignment is to write a 5-7 page research paper on either (a) an important film director, (b) a major Hollywood actor or actress, (c) a specific film, or (d) a specific film genre.

 (a) You should select a director who was active during the time period covered by this course (let’s say 1900-1950, to start although you will not be held to this era – just to give you a little extra leeway. Here are a number of possibilities for you to consider: Mack Sennett, King Vidor, John Ford, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Oscar Micheaux, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Capra. There are many other possibilities. In your term paper, give me the basic details of the director’s life and career. Identify some of the director’s most important films. What honors and awards did the director receive? Provide a sampling of critical opinion about the director’s work. View at least one film by your director and comment on it. Don’t summarize any plots.

 (b) Similar to the above time era, you should select an actor or actress who was active between those periods. Here are a number of possibilities for you to consider: Lillian Gish, Tom Mix, Harry Langdon, Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Paul Robeson, Clara Bow, Theda Bara, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Cary Grant,  Joan Crawford, Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Boga, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and John Wayne. There are many other possibilities. In your term paper, give me the basic details of the actor’s life and career. Identify some of the actor’s most important films. What honors and awards did the actor receive? Provide a sampling of critical opinion about the actor’s work. View at least one film by your actor and comment on it. Don’t summarize any plots.

 (c) Select one film (not necessarily feature length) which was released between 1900 and 1950 or beyond. This may be either a film you’re familiar with or one you haven’t seen before. In your term paper, you should present information about the making of the movie, about its success at the box office, about awards it was nominated for and/or received. Also present a sampling of the critical reaction to the film, from both the time of its release and today. Finally, you should watch the film and react to it. Do not summarize the plot. Assume that I’ve already seen the film.

 (d) The word genre means “type” or “kind.” The major film genres include the comedy, the love story, the musical, the gangster film, the detective film, film noir, the Western, science fiction, and horror. For your term paper, you should present a description of the genre you select and a historical look at important films, directors and actors/actresses who have worked in it. What awards have films fitting that genre been nominated for and won? You should limit yourself to the 1900-1950 time frames. View a film representative of your chosen genre and comment on it, but don’t do a plot summary. As an upper-level college student, I expect you to be writing at college level. I expect papers to be free of spelling and grammar mistakes. The following are additional criteria for the term paper assignment: · You must get my approval of your term-paper subject beforehand and no two students will be permitted to research and write about the same subject. First come, first served, so I suggest that you make up your mind what you’d like to write about and discuss it with me (in person, or by email) as soon as possible. · Remember that this assignment is a research project. You may use either MLA or APA style, whichever you prefer. Either way, you should provide footnotes and a bibliography or list of works cited. Please consult at least 5 reputable, published sources when researching your paper, and include these sources in your bibliography.  Use a 12-point font.

 

VERSION 1

 

Statutory benefits are:

 

[removed]		Optional benefits available to employees.
[removed]		The organization’s basic benefits package.
[removed]		Benefits provided under contract by external suppliers.
[removed]		Benefits required by state and federal law.

 

 

 

Many the personnel departments’ image problems were owing to the performance and behavior of personnel practitioners who were not fully prepared for the times.

 

[removed]		True
[removed]		False

 

 

 

The human resources specialty of labor relations was established for the purpose of dealing with labor unions.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

Federal and state wage-and-hour laws had little effect on the activities of the personnel department.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

A professional employer organization (PEO) provides the means for some smaller organizations to obtain most of their human resource services externally.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

The principal role of human resources may best be described as:

 

[removed]		Exerting control and direction over other organizational elements.
[removed]		Serving as the organization’s primary resource on employment-related legal issues.
[removed]		Providing service and advice to other organizational elements.
[removed]		Keeping all employees in line with policies and work rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The majority of chief executive officers (CEOs) ordinarily expect their human resource departments to:

 

[removed]			Supervise recruitment, administer compensation and benefits, and maintain personnel records.
[removed]			Provide advice and counsel on employee matters.
[removed]			Keep the organization out of employment-related legal trouble.
[removed]			All of the above.

 

The most effective reporting relationship for the human resources director is:

 

[removed]		Reporting to the chief operating officer (COO).
[removed]		Reporting to the organization’s financial executive.
[removed]		Reporting to the chief executive officer (CEO).
[removed]		Any of the above.

 

It is essential that every department manager be intimately familiar with all provisions of the organization’s benefits plans.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

All of a health care organization’s training and development activities are usually centralized in human resources.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

A health care organization’s employee pension fund is ordinarily managed by an outside specialist rather than by the organization’s HR department.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

The payroll office, once a constant feature of HR departments, was removed from HR primarily because:

 

[removed]		Payroll became too much work for the human resource staff.
[removed]		Human resources lost a political struggle with the finance department for the control of the payroll activity.
[removed]		It was seen as more efficient to have payroll done by an outside service.
[removed]		The most applicable knowledge and expertise became centered in activities having to do with accounting and finance.

 

The National Labor Relations Act (1935) established a number of rules for the conduct of both unions and employers in labor organizing and situations.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

 

 

Under the provisions of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA):

 

[removed]		At the option of an employer, all job applicants may be required to take polygraph tests.
[removed]		Routine use of polygraph tests is permitted in organizations that are concerned with nuclear power.
[removed]		An employee’s failure of a polygraph test must result in the employee’s discharge.
[removed]		Any employer is permitted utilize polygraph testing as long as the employees to be tested are selected at random.

 

 

 

If the same subject is covered by federal legislation as well as by state laws, the federal law always takes precedence over the state law.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

Of legislation in place prior to 1964, the regulations primarily affecting managers:

 

[removed]		Were non-existent.
[removed]		Affected only those managers working in financial capacities.
[removed]		Concerned only human resource managers.
[removed]		Were essentially limited to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act.

 

It is strongly recommended that all managers describe their management styles in detail to their employees so the employees will know what to expect.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

The people-centered manager is must primarily focus on in getting the necessary work done through the efforts of people.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

People-centered management is appropriate, and in fact essential for efficient operation, when:

 

[removed]		Most jobs are repetitive and routine, requiring the workers to follow the same few specific steps.
[removed]		The primary concern of the manager is to turn out a predetermined number of product units each day.
[removed]		When all of the group’s workers are assigned to specific fixed work stations.
[removed]		Tasks are irregular and varied and output scheduling is difficult.

 

 

 

The most effective managers invest considerable effort in developing a one-top-one relationship with each employee.

 

[removed]True

 

[removed]False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VERSION 2

 

1. It has been repeatedly proven that most health care workers are primarily motivated by the promise of material rewards.

2. It is unnecessary for department managers to be knowledgeable of compensation practices as long as there is a capable HR department in the organization.

3. It is essential that every department manager be intimately familiar with all provisions of the organization’s benefits plans.

4. The payroll office, once a constant feature of HR departments, was removed from HR primarily because:

5. The Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Act (1973) took precedence over all state regulations that presented any barriers to the formation of health maintenance organizations.

6. If the same subject is covered by federal legislation as well as by state laws, the federal law always takes precedence over the state law.

7. The National Labor Relations Act had the principal effect of:

8. Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, commonly referred to as the Taft-Hartley Act, amended the National Labor Relations Act and:

9. Technological changes are always good for the organization because they almost always lead to reductions in the cost of delivering health care.)

10. A professional employer organization (PEO) provides the means for some smaller organizations to obtain most of their human resource services externally.

11. The most effective reporting relationship for the human resources director is:

12. Competition is increasing in health care in part because elements of a shrinking hospital system are struggling to acquire or retain a specific market share.

13. The “employment office” gradually evolved into “human resources” because:

14. Statutory benefits are:

15. The National Labor Relations Act (the Wagner Act):

16. Federal and state wage-and-hour laws had little effect on the activities of the personnel department.

17. Managers in some health care departments must necessarily address the needs of employees of greatly varying education and capabilities.

18. The most effective managers invest considerable effort in developing a one-top-one relationship with each employee.

19. The people-centered manager is must primarily focus on in getting the necessary work done through the efforts of people.

20. Maintaining a genuine open-door policy is easier for a first-line manager than for a higher-level manager because:

21.  

 

Writing assignment

Write a 500- to 550-word essay response for Part One. Comprehensive writing skills must be used. Choose one of the three media problems below as the topic for your essay response. You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile, a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers, but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? this is part A.

Solve the problem using what you have learned. Solutions must be realistic. If you think cable news networks do not have enough foreign coverage, for example, it is not enough to say you will simply hire more reporters. You must say where that money will come from. Be creative, both in the identification of the problem and, especially, in the solution.

Include the following: •                The role of media in delivering news to the public •         the significance of immediate news media delivery on culture •         The social responsibilities of news media. •         Ethical and legal considerations in the online world • The importance of ethical and legal compliance in online interactions •  The various information delivery methods to audiences •  Advantages and disadvantages of modern media delivery •        The changes in media over the last century

 

 

 

This is Part Two: Write a 500- to 550-word essay response for Part Two

Comprehensive writing skills must be used. Explain the effect of relationships among television, movies, and electronic games with culture.

the rest of part two. Include the following: •      How culture is reflected in movies and television •          The relationship between television and movies and culture •     The effect of electronic games on culture •         The most influential and important games released to the general public within the last few years •          Controversial issues over modern electronic games Post your paper as an attachment. •        Include both essay responses in the same document. Separate your two essay responses by adding the headings Part One and Part Two.

 

 

Words: 500-525

Paragraphs: 8 minimum

Compensation-$3

 

Dear Writer,

Please read through the following guidelines as these will aid your writing:

Rules:

(i)                  Keywords should not be used more than thrice in the article; they must ONLY be in the title, first and last paragraphs.

(ii)                Every paragraph should have at least 3 sentences.

(iii)               The articles should be free of copy-paste, meaning that all articles must be original.

(iv)              Number of paragraphs and words required must be keenly considered.

(v)                The articles should ONLY take the third person pronouns; first or second persons are unacceptable.

(vi)              Articles should be general and not point to any specific organization or business; they must be accurate, precise and unnecessary repetition must be avoided.

(vii)             No special formatting is necessary, text should be in plain Arial or Times New Roman fonts, bold is not necessary.

(viii)           Special characters such as quotation marks “” are unacceptable.

(ix)              The title should be of at least 5 words, add words either before or after the keywords.

 

N/B: Fast delivery is a key consideration, the sooner you finish the articles, the sooner you get new assignments.

We are hoping to make the best out of our acquaintance with you.

 

 

Thank you.