The Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published the Emergency Response Guidebook and has developed a free, mobile web app of the Emergency Response Guidebook (2016). Reflect on the information available in this guidebook or through the app and on the format in which it is presented. Which resource (hard copy or mobile app) would be a more effective tool for you in the workplace and why?
Write a summary about the impact of Abraham Flexner’s work on the United States health care system.
Overview
“What are my values?” is not always a question that we think consciously about, but assume we know intuitively – perhaps best recognized when we encounter something that goes against our sense of what is right or just. In this insight activity, you’ll be asked to complete a quiz that identifies a hierarchy of your values and from that, you’ll consider how these could be challenged under the duress of the camp. These are the questions we’ll grapple with for the following discussion.
You can make a list of your values. Provide at least three, or alternatively, you can sign up to take the free personality test survey on character strengths to find out your strengths (values).
Consider the top three strengths (values) and how those would be challenged under the duress of the camp. What does Levi (Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz) describe that would challenge these and what is needed to be able to live in accordance with these values?
Write an article review on an article discuss performance and productivity in team.
Read Chapter 2 of the Bachman textbook, Chapter 2 of the Mosher textbook, and the website article “Evidence-Based Policing” before discussing the following prompts:
Describe the major elements of evidence-based policing.
How do the elements relate to research in criminal justice?
In what areas is evidence-based policing already being used?
What are the steps you would take to convince a department not using evidence-based policing to use it?
This Assessment constitutes a Performance Task in which you are asked to evaluate various sources of information related to a topic in the early childhood field. You will choose a topic from the options below, evaluate the credibility of both scholarly and Internet sources, analyze ethical guidelines, and synthesize your findings.
Access the following to complete this Assessment:
University of British Columbia. (n.d.). Evaluating information sources. Retrieved from http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/evaluating-information-sources/
University of California Berkeley Library. (2012). Evaluating web pages: Techniques to apply and questions to ask. Retrieved from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). (2007). Ethical standards in research. Retrieved from http://www.srcd.org/about-us/ethical-standards-research
A company is planning to transport oxygen, chlorine, and phosphorous by train to another city. Identify the labels, marking, and placards that the DOT requires when transporting these elements.
Describe some ways that the Emergency Response Guidebook is used when responding to incidents involved the release of hazardous materials.
Describe how the chemical characteristics, production methods, uses, and associated unique hazards of hydrogen can affect the safety of an environmental health and safety (EHS) and fire science (FS) professional.
“H.G. Wells once said, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” What message is Wells trying to convey? What is “statistical thinking” and how does it apply to Criminological & Sociological issues and debates? Have we reached that day that Wells predicted?
View the above video, then write a minimum two page paper answering the following questions:
1. How does the operation of a sports facility support the core business of a professional franchise? Discuss at least three (3) examples of how this can happen.
2. Explain how facility management planning can impact individual job descriptions and result in better employee satisfaction.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Congress is scheduled to hold a hearing regarding the legalization of cryonics. Medical professionals and ethicists have been asked to comment and provide their opinions and expertise in an effort to adhere to applicable federal laws.
Discuss whether individuals should have the right to undergo cryonics. Discuss the moral, ethical, and legal implications of legalizing cryonics for chronically ill patients. Reference any federal laws applicable to this scenario.
Classbook:
Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions
6th Edition (2015)
Authors: Doherty, Regina and Purtilo, Ruth
Elsevier Science
ISBN: 978-0323328920
