Explain the significance of the issue to you both personally and professionally.

a. Choose one of the following for the focus on your project – a social welfare policy issue that affects a population at risk – a current social justice issue in the media b. Prepare a brief proposal addressing the following: – State the issue – Explain the significance of the issue to you both personally and professionally – Articulate the social justice implications related to the issues – Identify a task that you will perform to address the issues (Examples are: (1) writing to a legislator; (2) writing a Letter to the Editor of a newspaper (3) attending and participating in a rally; demonstration or march; (4) attending and participating in a community meeting or event related to the issues) c. Evaluate the effective of the task performed in relation to the issue. Include – How you carried out the task – What you learned from carrying out the task – The potential effect of the task you carried out If your task was in writing, such as a letter, attach a copy.

What are the barriers to applying professional skepticism?

Required:1. Formulate a definition of professional skepticism.2. Why is professional skepticism important?3. What are the barriers to applying professional skepticism?4. Read each case study and evaluate what you would do next.5. Given the knowledge gained from these case studies, what are the key elements toapplying professional skepticism?

Write a reflection on “Altar of Fire” on something you found particularly surprising, interesting, or unusual in the film.

Write a short, 1 to 2 page reflection on “Altar of Fire” on the following: 1) Something you found particularly surprising, interesting, or unusual in the film.2) A particular symbol, icon, or image in the film, and postulate about its significance for the community of priests performing the ritual.3) Finally, would you describe this symbol as “iconic” or “aniconic,” “anthropomorphic” or “theriomorphic.” Be sure to give a reason for your answer.Here is the link of the film:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q37pwnxV7dk

Analyze the advertisement using the concepts of marketing and consumer segmentation, and discuss how it aligns to the organization’s mission.

Chapter 3 & 4Motivation is the inward drive we have to get what we need. In the mid-1900s, Abraham Maslow, anAmerican psychologist, developed the hierarchy of needs shown in Figure 3.4.1. Select two advertisements and describe the needs identified by Abraham Maslow that each ad addresses.2. Analyze the advertisement using the concepts of marketing and consumer segmentation, and discuss how it aligns to the organization’s mission.3. Find an international version of an advertisement for one of the products.4. What differences do you detect in the international version of the ad? How did the underlying aspects of marketing and psychology utilized in the advertisement change?

Explain what is a fragmented metropolitan area.

Section 1 – Questions (short answers)Question 1/ Explain what is a fragmented metropolitan area. What are the factors that favored fragmentation and the problems associated with it?Question 2/ Describe the different steps of the urban policy-making process.Question 3/ a/ Who governs cities?b/ How do cities fund their policies and infrastructures? Question 4/ Describe and comment on figure 5. In your comments, be sure to focus on the implications for New York City government? (See Figure 5)Section 2 – Exercise Public policy/Policymaking process based on New York Times’ article.Article: “Overdose Antidote Is Supposed to Be Easy to Get. It’s Not.” Annie Correal, New York Times, April 13, 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/nyregion/overdose-antidote-naloxone-investigation-hard-to-buy.htmlInstructions:•Apply the public policy cycle model to the topic mentioned in the article.•Objectives: Identify the different elements of the public policy addressed in the article.•Guideline of elements that you should check:1/ The problem: What is the problem that the public policy was supposed to fix?And what is the problem that emerges from the article?2/Actors: Who are the actors involved in the public policy mentioned in the article?3/ Interests and positions: What are the interests at stake? What are the positions of the actors concerned?4/ Legitimation: Has a law been adopted? What is the legal status of the public policy?5/ Evaluation: What is the evaluation made about the public policy? Section 3 – Exercise based on the New York Times articlesBased on the articles of the New York Times (see the links below) and on the knowledge acquired during the semester, answer the questions below.Articles 1: “Suburbanites in Louisiana Vote to Create a New City of Their Own,” By Rick Rojas, The New York Times, Oct. 13: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/baton-rouge-st-george.html?searchResultPosition=1Article 2: “Voters Near Baton Rouge Want Better Schools. First, They Need a New City,” Rick Rojas, The New York Times, Oct 11: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/baton-rouge-st-george.html?searchResultPosition=6Questions:- Which chapter of the course is this article related to?- What is at stake in this article? What is the main issue in this story?- Identify all the concepts, notions, political actions , social and urban phenomena, mentioned in the article that we studied during this semester.- Describe the legal process in which the people mentioned in the article are engaged.- How can we explain the decision made by the group mentioned in the article? Why do they want what they want?

Discuss the importance of average inventory, average flow time, and average throughput in relation to aggregate flow performance in the car rental industry.

Write a paper that addresses the following scenario:Cheapest Car Rental rents cars at the Chicago O’ Hare airport. The car rental market consists of two segments: the short-term segment, which rents for an average of 0.5 week, and the medium-term segment, which rents for an average of 2 weeks. Cheapest Car Rental currently rents an average of 200 cars a week to the short-term segment and 100 cars a week to the medium-term segment.Approximately 20 percent of the cars returned (evenly distributed across both segments) are found to be defective and in need of repairs before they can be made available to rent again. The remaining cars not needing repairs are cleaned, filled with gas, and then made available to rent. On average, there are 100 cars waiting to be cleaned. The average cost of this operation is $5 per car. Cars needing repairs spend an average of 2 weeks in the repair shop and incur an average cost of $150 per car.- Assume that cars are rented as soon as they are available for rent, which is as soon as they have been cleaned or repaired.Short-term renters pay $200 per week, while medium-term renters pay $120 per week.- Identify throughput, inventory, and flow time at each stage. – What profit does Cheapest earn per week with the current system?Cheapest Car Rental is comparing two possible improvements: – Decrease time in repairs from 2 weeks to 1 week. – Decrease cost per repair from $150 per car to $120 per car while keeping repair flow time at 2 weeks.- Assume that the effort that is required in each case is the same.- Describe the change that you think will be most effective explains the reason for your answer.- Compare and contrast Cheapest Car Rental and a competitor.- Discuss the importance of average inventory, average flow time, and average throughput in relation to aggregate flow performance in the car rental industry.

Write an persuasive essay on Should hospitals test pregnant women for drug use without their consent?

Let’s see if we can use what we’ve learned. We don’t have much time, so we are going to go practical. Should hospitals test pregnant women for drug use without their consent?Assignment ExpectationsAnswer this moral question in terms of the utilitarian considerations, who will be helped and who hurt over the long term, and the matters of rights for all involved (e.g., the right to privacy, warrantless search and seizure). Use the basics of utilitarian and deontological reasoning, set out in the background information, in order to make your point.Write a 3- to 5-page paper and upload it by the end of this module. Use Foubister, V. (2001; see Background page) or click here: Drug tests of non-consenting pregnant women quashed.Abstract: The Supreme Court has ruled that physicians and other employees of public hospitals cannot perform drug tests on pregnant women without their consent and report the results to the police. The policy for testing pregnant women developed by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston violates the Fourth Amendment.