What does the literature say are the most important risk factors associated with adolescent drug use?

There are several efforts directed at teenagers that try to prevent them from using drugs. These efforts seem to have been met with mixed results. In this assignment, you will research the issues of drug use and prevention among adolescents.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in a Word document that is 1,500-2,000 words in length:
What does the literature say are the most important risk factors associated with adolescent drug use?
From your own perspective, what have been the trends in adolescent drug use over the past decade? Are there published statistics that can support your observations?
Which drugs do you feel are most commonly used?
Do you think drug use has been increasing or decreasing?
o What are 3 ways in which have been used to prevent adolescents from using drugs? Explain.
Have these approaches been successful? Explain and provide evidence.
What do you feel are the best methods for treating adolescents with drug problems? Why?

Describe an aftercare outpatient treatment plan for Jack that will address his ongoing need for treatment, relapse prevention efforts, and specifics of monitoring compliance.

Jack T. is 22 years of age, unmarried, and unemployed. Growing up, he lived in a low-income neighborhood that had a high crime rate and fell in with a group of adolescents who had histories of delinquency. He started smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol at the age of 13 and soon began experimenting with marijuana and painkillers. His family life was unstable because his father was unemployed and an alcoholic who took out his anger on his wife and two children, including Jack.

While in his teens, Jack avoided spending time at home as much as possible, and his peer group experimented with drugs and alcohol. Jack has been convicted of theft. As part of his probation, Jack underwent evaluation for his substance abuse issues, which identified narcotics (specifically heroin) as his drug of choice. He completed detoxification, and is about to complete a 30-day inpatient treatment program.

Instructions

Describe an aftercare outpatient treatment plan for Jack that will address his ongoing need for treatment, relapse prevention efforts, and specifics of monitoring compliance. Be sure to address any risk factors for him using drugs again, suggestions for monitoring his progress, and programs that you think would be appropriate to aid his recovery.

Describe the setting for your observation, including the location, time of day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening), and weather.

Part II Reflection Report

Write a 525- to 700-word report about your observation. Include the following information:

1) Setting

Describe the setting for your observation, including the location, time of day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening), and weather.

2) Group Dynamics

What patterns of group behavior did you observe that may have been influenced by the setting?
What patterns of group behavior did you observe based on gender/sex?
What patterns of group behavior did you observe based on race/ethnicity?
What patterns of group behavior did you observe based on age?
Which cultural norms did you observe among your participants? Explain your answer in several sentences using at least one example.
What did you observe overall about the group dynamics of your participants? Explain your answer in several sentences using at least one example.
What social or economic factors might have influenced the group dynamics you observed? Explain your answer in several sentences.

3) Real-World Applications

Consider how you could use a participant observation exercise in the future to study patterns in other social groups, such as with families, coworkers, or other organizations.
Explain how observing social patterns could help your interactions in a group. Give at least one reason why improving your understanding of group dynamics can help you to succeed in culturally diverse environments.

What makes Biogas have that results into less ecological impact compared to Coals based on carbon emissions?

What makes Biogas have that results into less ecological impact compared to Coals based on carbon emissions?

The response must be presented using an appropriate scientific genre and contain:
A claim.
A rationale.
justified scientific arguments using evidence.
A conclusion to the research question based on the interpretation of the evidence.
evaluation of the claim and suggestions of improvement and extensions to the investigation.

How do you handle this situation, what do you say to your 500 plus employees about their jobs, their retirement funds, and their pension savings?

You are to consider the unemployment factors of your 500 plus entry level employees that are likely to be laid off. There are 150 managers that have major compensation packages in excess of one million dollars which includes annual bonuses in addition to their already excessive salaries that are tied in to the financial performance of the company.

If the Managers retire now they can leave with their bonuses and an additional one million dollar guaranteed salary. If they do not leave they must wait until the financial statements are complete which prove to show profits at their highest level ever in the history of the organization yielding each of the top one hundred managers nearly $2.5 Million in base salary for the year, plus their one million dollar bonus guaranteeing a 3.5 million salary versus the 3.0 million if they retire early. However, if there proves to be financial statement fraud you as the Corporate Financial Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner need to understand what the repercussions are to both those managers who leave early and take the $3.0 and those who stay for the bonus and performance based pay of $2.5 Million plus $1.0 Million.

How do you handle this situation, what do you say to your 500 plus employees about their jobs, their retirement funds, and their pension savings? Keep in mind, when large organizations commit financial statement fraud in such large amounts (multi-million, multi- billion) they are often depleting employee saving accounts and pension funds to replenish funds they do not have readily available. Just before the organization is ready to fail executives start putting out false rumors in an attempt to save the firm and generate interest in their stock (insider trading); however it never works by then and the company collapses.

In response to Albrecht, C., El-Bakri, J., Albrecht, W. S., Albrecht, C., & Morales, V. (2015). HOW FRAUD AFFECTS CORPORATE STRATEGY: THE CASE

In response to Albrecht, C., El-Bakri, J., Albrecht, W. S., Albrecht, C., & Morales, V. (2015). HOW FRAUD AFFECTS CORPORATE STRATEGY: THE CASE OF GENERAL MOTORS AND JOHN McNAMARA. Corporate Finance Review, 20(2), 5-13.
Your reflection paper should be at least 3 pages long and double spaced.

When writing, consider the following:

What did you find interesting, surprising, etc.?
What new things have you learned?
How has the reading affected your preconceptions or misconceptions that you had of fraud before participating in this course?
How does this reading affect your view of fraud and the individuals who commit it?
Will what you have learned change your behavior or view on this subject in the future?

Summarize key details about the organization and two or three of the most important insights you have developed so far about the organization during your course project.

Create a PowerPoint recommending a leadership theory. Address the following:

Summarize key details about the organization and two or three of the most important insights you have developed so far about the organization during your course project. This one paragraph summary should provide just enough information that someone who has not ready any of your papers so far would have a brief background for understanding your project organization.
Why do you believe your chosen leadership theory is the best for your organization? What is your rationale? What research can you cite to support your choice? What are the factors in your organization that make your selected leadership theory the best choice?
How will using this theory positively impact the following variables?
Managers’ behavior toward subordinates and its effect on subordinates
Communication
Motivation of subordinates
Group and team behavior
Decision making
Culture

In response to Lee, G., & Fargher, N. (2013). Companies’ use of whistle-blowing to detect fraud: An examination of corporate whistle-blowing policies. Journal of Business Ethics, 114(2), 283-295.

In response to Lee, G., & Fargher, N. (2013). Companies’ use of whistle-blowing to detect fraud: An examination of corporate whistle-blowing policies. Journal of Business Ethics, 114(2), 283-295.
Your reflection paper should be at least 3 pages long and double spaced.

When writing, consider the following:

What did you find interesting, surprising, etc.?
What new things have you learned?
How has the reading affected your preconceptions or misconceptions that you had of fraud before participating in this course?
How does this reading affect your view of fraud and the individuals who commit it?
Will what you have learned change your behavior or view on this subject in the future?