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Volkswagen Emissions Fraud

Pages: 4 (1299 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Essay Document #:48904563

… a number of ways. Thus, WInterkorn’s actions – and indeed the actions of all at Volkswagen in this case – were influenced by personal gain.
Palmiter (2017) provides some insight into the different ethical conflicts that can arise. One is the conflict between fairness and cheating. In … The author advances the idea that non-shareholder constituents should have the same level of interests as shareholders, but of course when the CEO’s personal wealth is heavily invested in what is good for the shareholders, the CEO will have a distinctly different perspective on the matter. That ……

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Ganti, A. (2019) Rationcal choice theory. Investopedia. Retrieved January 18, 2020 from  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rational-choice-theory.asp 

Palmiter, A. (no date). Corporate governance as moral psychology. In possession of the author.

Parloff, R. (2018) How VW paid $25 billion for dieselgate – and got off easy. Business Ethics. Retrieved January 18, 2020 from  https://business-ethics.com/2018/02/08/1638-how-vw-paid-25-billion-for-dieselgate-and-got-off-easy/ 

Smith, A. (2018) Volkswagen ex-CEO charged with fraud in diesel emissions scandal. CNN. Retrieved January 18, 2020 from  https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/03/news/companies/winterkorn-vw-diesel-scandal/index.html 

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Social Media S Negative Effect On Emotions

Pages: 8 (2307 words) Sources: 9 Document Type:Essay Document #:82396601

...Personal Introduction
Nowadays, almost everyone who has regular access to the internet has a social media account. Social media sites like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram are very popular around the world. The sites allow people to sign up for accounts that they can use to socialize with friends and acquaintances online. When the social media sites first emerged, many people hailed them for connecting long lost friends and for enabling individuals to share about their lives. However, despite these known benefits of social media, it is now emerging that frequent social media use can affect a user’s mental health and their wellbeing. For instance, a number of studies have already shown that there is a direct relationship between frequent use of social media and depression and low mood (Berry et al., 559). This work is an investigation of the possible negative effects of frequent social media use. It explores different……

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Berry, Natalie, et al. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Social media and its relationship with mood, self?esteem and paranoia in psychosis.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 138.6 (2018): 558-570.

Conick, Hal. Marketing\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Ethical Line Between Social Media Habit and Addiction. American Marketing Association, 2017.

Do?an, U?ur. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Effects of social network use on happiness, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction of high school students: Case of facebook and twitter.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Egitim ve Bilim 41.183 (2016), 217-231.

Goldhar, Thomas. The Negative Impacts that Social Media Have On Our Self-Esteem. Medium.com, 2018. Web.

Hu, Elise. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Facebook makes us sadder and less satisfied, study finds.\\\\\\\\\\\\" In Isaac Gillman Online lives, offline consequences: Professionalism, information ethics and professional students. Interface on the Internet 9.1 (2009) 484-485.

Konnikova, Maria. “How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy.” Annals of technology. The New Yorker, 2013. Web.

Kross, Ethan, et al. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults.\\\\\\\\\\\\" PloS one 8.8 (2013): e69841.

Orben, Amy, Tobias Dienlin, and Andrew K. Przybylski. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Social media’s enduring effect on adolescent life satisfaction.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.21 (2019): 10226-10228.

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Why Having A Proper Work Life Balance Reduces Burnout

Pages: 2 (661 words) Sources: 2 Document Type:Essay Document #:85899115

… what works for oneself is important (Sanfilippo, 2020). If a person can work a lot and leave a little bit of time for personal recreation or responsibilities, that may be all that is needed. Others might find that they require more personal time and thus devote more of the ratio to their own lives instead of to work.
It is all about managing one’s time ……

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Sanfilippo, M. (2020). How to improve your work-life balance. Retrieved from  https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5244-improve-work-life-balance-today.html 

Weber, J. (2018). 17 Ways Companies Help Employees Achieve Work-Life Balance. Retrieved from  https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/companies-help-employees-achieve-work-life-balance 

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Parent Family And Engagement Advocacy Event Plan

Pages: 5 (1604 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:48140575

… on their child’s prospective exploration in various ways, such as skill acquirement, safety from undesirable experiences, increasing rational thinking, improving character development, strengthening personal accountability and accomplishment of parents’ personal goals. Studies have also shown that students themselves were affirmative of the positive effects of school counselors in helping them gain career guidance … for several aspects of college life, like taking admission tests, giving details about financing needs for secondary education and training, special workshops on personal development along with presentations, and provision of specialized counseling to the students with individual attention (US Department of Education, 2007). The event is ……

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Amoah, S.A., Kwofie, I. & Kwofie, F.A.A. (2015). The school counselor and students’ career choice in high school: The assessor’s perspective in a Ghanaian case. Journal of Education and Practice, 6(23), 57-65.  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1079015.pdf 

Kaplan. (2020). Planning your family engagement event.  https://www.kaplanco.com/ii/planning-family-engagement-event 

Oomen, A. (2016). Parental involvement in career education and guidance in secondary education. Journal of the Institute for Career Education and Counseling, 37. DOI: 10.20856/jnicec.3707

Survey Monkey. (2020). Post event feedback survey template. https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/post-event-feedback-survey template/?program=7013A000000mweBQAQ&utm_bu=CR&utm_campaign=71700000064348497&utm_adgroup=58700005704021004&utm_content=39700052007397610&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=adwords&utm_term=p52007397610&utm_kxconfid=s4bvpi0ju&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7ZL6BRCmARIsAH6XFDLPCt8pJXJnfLRhNpT_EG2X1BzHdZyoA0FXVEQgCY42MsHc2GfZw8aAsV9EALw_wcB&gclsr c=aw.ds

US Department of Education. (2007, October 16). College and career guidance and counseling. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/guidcoun2.html

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How Media Coverage Of Operation Desert Storm Was Influenced By The

Pages: 11 (3336 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:61111774

… results of the literature review and the key findings that emerged from the research are presented in the paper’s conclusion, followed by some personal reflections about my participation in Operational Desert Storm and its effect on the American consciousness.
Analysis of Humanities
On January 16, 1991, President … with respect to Operation Desert Storm, however, failed to live up to these standards, a shortcoming that remains firmly in place today.
5. Personal Reflection
Upon reflection, I was and I am still proud of my military service in general and especially during Operation Desert Storm. Researching … was to me since it represented one of my more memorable lived experiences. Of course, any topic does not necessarily have to hold personal relevance in order to be interesting, but developing a 360-degree perspective about Operation Desert Storm provided me with some compelling information that was … order to be interesting, but……

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Curtis, J. (2015, November). Reflecting on strategic results of Operation Desert Storm. Army, 65(11), 24-27.

Khan, H. (2011, July 1). An unbiased estimate of present American competitiveness from deontological and teleological perspectives of utilitarianism. Competition Forum, 9(2), 348-352.

Klotzer, C. L. (2002, October). A lesson for Americans: Desert Storm operation reports were full of lies and distortions. St. Louis Journalism Review, 32(250), 34-39.

Lindsey, J. M. & Smith, C. (2003, Summer). Rally 'round the flag: Opinion in the United States before and after the Iraq War. Brookings Review, 21(3), 20-24.

Operation Desert Storm. (2020). U.S. History. Retrieved from  https://www.ushistory.org/  us/60a.asp.

Stilwell, B. (2015, September 12). 21 facts about the first Gulf War. Military.com. Retrieved from  https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2015/09/21-facts-about-the-first-gulf-war .

Taylor, A. (2016, January 14). Operation Desert Storm: 25 years since the first Gulf War. The Atlantic. Retrieved from  https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/operation-desert-storm-25-years-since-the-first-gulf-war/424191/ .

Tilford, K. H., Jr. (1993, Summer). Review: The meaning of victory in Operation Desert Storm: A review essay. Political Science Quarterly, 108(2), 327-331.

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Organizational Situations And Interventions

Pages: 6 (1880 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:43843471

… of specific duties, enhanced interactions with other employees, and more employee engagement. However, the intervention was also associated with some disadvantages including reduced personal productivity, increased operational costs brought by team-building exercises, and disruptions in operations. Therefore, the implementation of the intervention could have been carried out … operational costs of the organization. In this regard, informal socialization activities that would be adopted would focus on enhancing employees engagement without compromising personal productivity. Some of the changes that would be made include changing the design of workspaces to enhance face-to-face interaction, employee recognition, and promoting ……

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Bhui, K., Dinos, S., Galant-Miecznikowska, M., de Jongh, B. & Stanfeld, S. (2016, December). Perceptions of Work Stress Causes and Effective Interventions in Employees Working in Public, Private and Non-governmental Organizations: A Qualitative Study. BJPsych Bulletin, 40(6), 318-325.

Kelly, E.L., Moen, P. & Tranby, E. (2011, April). Changing Workplaces to Reduce Work-Family Conflict: Schedule Control in a White-Collar Organization. American Sociological Review, 76(2), 265-290.

Khan, N. & Khurshid, S. (2017, February). Workplace Stress and Employee Wellbeing: Case of Health Care Staff in UAE. European Scientific Journal, 13(5), 217-226.

Korte, R.F. (2007). The Socialization of Newcomers into Organizations: Integrating Learning and Social Exchange Processes. Retrieved from Institute of Education Sciences website:  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504550.pdf 

Kossek, E.E. & Lee, K. (2017, October). Work-Family Conflict and Work-Life Conflict. Retrieved March 24, 2020, from https://oxfordre.com/business/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.001.0001/acrefore-9780190224851-e-52?print=pdf

Njegovan, B.R. & Kostic, B. (2014). Impact of Organizational Socialization Towards Employees’ Social Adaptation. Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness, 4(1), 34-40.

Van Kleef, D., Steen, T. & Schott, C. (2017, October 26). Informal Socialization in Public Organizations: Exploring the Impact of Informal Socialization on Enforcement Behavior of Dutch Veterinary Inspectors. Public Administration, 97(1), 81-96.

Zhou, S., Da, S., Guo, H. & Zhang, X. (2018, April 17). Work-Family Conflict and Mental Health Among Female Employees: A Sequential Mediation Model via Negative Affect and Perceived Stress. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(544), doi:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00544

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Political Frame In The Walt Disney Company

Pages: 8 (2328 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Essay Document #:89023148

… political factors thitherto his removal. One of these forces is corporate social and political bureaucracy. This factor emanated from his desire to accumulate personal power rather than that of the Disney as a company. After Ovitz left in 1996, Eisner was left as the sole leader of … left as the sole leader of the company, and the Board confirmed his status with a ten-year contract. Because of his desire for personal power, Eisner did not delegate duties. To further this endeavor, he adopted a top-down decision making model where the company fade criticism as … up of individuals who were loyal to him, and the top leadership positions in the company were held by persons who has a personal relationship with him.
The second political factor that precipitated the downfall of Eisner was the view that he was incapable of making the … concern from the senate committee,……

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Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2017). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. John Wiley & Sons.

Bright, R., & Eisner, M. (1987). Disneyland: Inside Story. Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, Publishers.

Downes, M., Russ, G. S., & Ryan, P. A. (2007). Michael Eisner and His Reign at Disney. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 13(3), 71-81.

Forbes, W., & Watson, R. (2010, July). Destructive Corporate Leadership and Board Loyalty Bias: A case study of Michael Eisner’s long tenure at Disney Corporation. In Working Paper presented at the Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, Cass Business School.

Sasnett, B., & Ross, T. (2007). Leadership frames and perceptions of effectiveness among health information management program directors. Perspectives in health information management/AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association, 4.

van Weezel, A. (2006). A Behavioural Approach to Leadership: The case of Michael Eisner and Disney. In Leadership in the Media Industry: Changing Contexts, Emerging Challenges (pp. 169–178). Jönköping: Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School.

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Career Counseling

Pages: 8 (2777 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Essay Document #:22553329

… and I have long term goals of staring a full-service consulting group that helps underprivileged or underserved students access resources and tools for personal and professional development.
As a middle school math teacher, I started to work with students with emotional and behavioral disorders. I started working … well and give them emotional support, but what they really need is a professional who takes into account the students’ performance in school, personality, dreams, talents, and unique opportunities. It would be my job to investigate all of the resources available to students, including resources for special … all of the resources available to students, including resources for special populations. I also want to help students understand themselves better, by using personality tests and not just making assumptions based on their body language or behavior. Especially in high school, teenagers can be guarded in front … important to preserve than the……

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Holland, J.L., Johnston, J.A. & Asama, F. (1994). More evidence for the relationship between Holland’s personality types and personality variables. Journal of Career Assessment 2(4): 331-340.

“Holland’s Six Personality Types.” Career Key. Retrieved online:  https://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/holland-personality-types.html#.WgEWKxNSyRt 

Occupational Information Network (ONet, 2017). Website;  https://www.onetonline.org/ 

Rogers, M.E. & Creed, P.A. (2011). A longitudinal examination of adolescent career planning and exploration using a social cognitive career theory framework. Journal of Adolescence 34(1): 163-172.

Rogers, M.E., Creed, P.A. & Glendon, A.I. (2008). The role of personality in adolescent career planning and exploration: A social cognitive perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior 73(1): 132-142.

Savickas, M.L. (2004). The theory and practice of career construction. In Career Development and Counseling. John Wiley.

Walsh, B. W., & Holland, J. L. (1992). A theory of personality types and work environments. In W. B. Walsh, K. H. Craik, & R. H. Price (Eds.), Person–environment psychology: Models and perspectives (pp. 35-69). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Bolman Deals Human Resource Frame And Disney

Pages: 8 (2254 words) Sources: 9 Document Type:Essay Document #:25831013

...Personal Human Resource Frame
Overview of the Organization
The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world. Its products and services meet the needs of billions of consumers around the world, through storytelling and the creation of fantasy and entertainment. In order to produce these outcomes, the Disney Company needs to engage around 200,000 employees (Forbes, 2018). The Walt Disney Company is ranked as one of the best companies to work for. The essential strategy of Disney is that they company requires its employees to create amazing experiences for guests and consumers. In order to do this, the employees themselves must be inspired, and committed to delivering those types of experiences. The human resources frame can be utilized to explain how Disney is able to inspire 200,000 employees to deliver amazing experiences.
Human Resources Frame
Bolman and Deal describe the four frames by which……

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BLS (2020). The employment situation – January 2020. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf 

Bricker, J. (2020) Disney World investing millions on cast morale. Disney Tourist Blog Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://www.disneytouristblog.com/disney-world-investing-millions-cast-morale/ 

Business Balls (2020) Four frame model – Bolman and Deal. Business Balls. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://www.businessballs.com/leadership-models/four-frame-model-bolman-and-deal/ 

Forbes (2018) World’s best employers. Forbes. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://www.forbes.com/companies/walt-disney/?list=world-best-employers/#394d24715730 

Jones, B. (2018) How Disney empowers its employees to deliver exceptional customer service. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://hbr.org/sponsored/2018/02/how-disney-empowers-its-employees-to-deliver-exceptional-customer-service 

McLeod, S. (2011) Bolman & Deal frameworks. Big Think. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://bigthink.com/bolman-deal-frameworks

Sammer, J. (2019) 5 takeaways from Disney’s tuition benefits. SRHM.org. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/5-takeaways-from-disney-tuition-benefits-approach.aspx 

Walt Disney Company (2020) website, various pages. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from  https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/forbes-ranks-disney-among-worlds-best-employers-for-2018/

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What Is Cybercrime And How To Deter It

Pages: 7 (2243 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:58559500

… cybercrime. IBM’s first computer arrived in the 1950s, but it was an enormous machine—and cybercrime did not really become a possibility until the personal computer began to hit the market in the 1970s (Computer Hope, 2019). As businesses and organizations began to more operations online, individuals began … organizations began to more operations online, individuals began to see an opportunity to exploit weak supports to gain access over company data, individual personal information, or access to financial accounts. Cybercrime has grown into a highly sophisticate and complex industry that is constantly pushing the boundaries and ……

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Computer Hope. (2019). When was the first computer invented? Retrieved from  https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm 

Crane, C. (2019). 33 alarming cybercrime statistics you should know in 2019. Retrieved from  https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/33-alarming-cybercrime-statistics-you-should-know/ 

Schjølberg, Stein. (2017). The History of Cybercrime (1976-2016). Books on Demand.

Statista. (2020). Global digital population. Retrieved from  https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/ 

Taylor, R. W., Fritsch, E. J., Liederbach, J., Saylor, M. R., & Tafoya, W. L. (2019). Cyber crime and cyber terrorism. NY, NY: Pearson.

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