How does your organization measure up in providing a safe and healthy environment to provide feedback, exchange ideas, and communicate effectively?

Q1

· How does your organization measure up in providing a safe and healthy environment to provide feedback, exchange ideas, and communicate effectively?

· What would you suggest to sustain the environment (if your organization rates high) or take corrective action?

· When responding, take into consideration the key components of the communication process, the emotional intelligence quotient of individuals, and how technology has helped or hurt the process.

Q2

Think about a middle age couple or older age couple that you know.  What are the positive and negative experiences that they are having at this stage of their marriage?  How does what this couple is experiencing compare with the information presented in our readings?

Q3

Often, we tend to view marital instability in terms of the likelihood of failure.  That is, people who are more likely to divorce are also more likely to "fail" in life. 

The discussion of divorce trends helps us to place the question of "Who divorces?" in perspective.  Think about the likelihood of divorce, using the information from the video  Marriage & Divorce Rates Through History,  the E-Book "Sociology of the Family: Chapter 12", and some of your other readings to discuss divorce.

What are some of the factors in our society that might lead to divorce?

What are some of the individual factors that might lead to divorce?

Have you seen this play out with the people you know? (Support your position with the readings and/or other sources)

After divorce many couples end up getting remarried. Existing data show that overall, remarriages provide men and women with more choices in controlling their lives, but reactions by stepparents are more mixed. Consider the many challenges of stepparenting that might interfere with the potential rewards of a remarriage. Give me your thoughts on this and use the readings and/or other sources to support your answer.

Q4

In today's digital world, it is hard to imagine not being able to find our favorite music streaming or our favorite television shows available at the touch of a button.  Aren't you more excited when you find your favorites for free?  Ah, the good ole days of free music online for download.  But was it free? 

Musicians and producers argued that programs such as Napster took away profits rightfully theirs.  Music sharing is pirating and should be illegal.  Read more about the ground-breaking case here:

  https://onlinelaw.wustl.edu/blog/case-study-am-records-inc-v-napster-inc/

What you do think about the verdict?  Are the artists right to want their fair share?  Why or why not?

Q5

Describe what elements of the strategic plan have been revised based upon instructor and peer feedback during the course.  Looking forward, what factors in the plan or in the environment do you believe will be critical to assure successful implantation.

Q6

Your discussion topic focuses on a trend in advertising we've all noticed – direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs. Should prescription drugs be advertised to the general public? Why or why not? What are the risks and concerns? What are the benefits?

Q7

Many businesses today, as corporate entities other than sole proprietorships, voice their political and social views in various ways. Voicing a view is not the issue. How business is conducted, ethically and lawfully, for a secular business purpose is the focus.

The subject of LGBTQ+ rights is an evolving constitutional issue for business. The Supreme Court has sent mixed messages, and in June, 2023, further muddied the line between a business' allegation of protected "speech" versus illegal discrimination, at least when it relates to LGBTQ+ members of the public.

The fundamental concept enabling a business to operate is the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Let's start there.

Commerce is conducted in the public marketplace, which today encompasses a global internet as well as the street past your house or apartment building to the corner store.

Businesses do not operate in a vacuum. They are enabled by public community support in such infrastructure as utilities, roads, transport, safety and fire services, the internet service providers (part of utilities in one way or another), supply chain, and a plethora of other goods and services upon which a business and its owners rely to operate. 

Unless a business by definition is serving only a limited clientele, (e.g. one church, a private club, a closed customer group), it is open to the public to whom it offers its wares or services. The business has a lot of freedom, and should have, but there are limits: cannot trade in illegal products or services; cannot operate at a location against zoning regs; cannot disturb the peace, dump toxic waste, encroach on other properties — you begin to get the picture.  A restaurant can have dress rules – men must wear jackets and ties is an example. But that would be all men. Should it be OK to exclude African American men only, or Asians, and so forth?  What is good for business? What is fair to the public?

And that brings us to the LGBTQ+ issue and the topic of "business rights" for this Discussion.

How does the Court find the 1st Amendment supports the web designer's position. What is the 303 Creative, LLC case's significance for business – any business?

Also consider these questions in forming your essay. (Do not "list answers;" – Use these questions to help your thinking in creating a thoughtful response.) Have gender identity, race, ethnicity, and other protected classifications now ceased to be a "compelling governmental interest" by edict of the U.S. Supreme Court in this one case? Do you agree with the Court's decision for the web designer as to businesses serving the public?  Is there a limit to saying "no" to a customer who differs from your personal belief? Does this case now give businesses a license to refuse anyone who has a different religious belief, or skin color, or gender identity, for example? Suppose, in the wedding context, it is not a LGBTQ+ couple's wedding but a Jewish wedding? Islamic? Pagan? Biracial?

For some context here are 2 more earlier cases on this issue from the Court:

Arlene's Flowers Case – SCT of WA (U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case)

Masterpiece Cakeshop – SCt US opinion

Q8

President Bush

David Koehler

Compare and contrast former President Bush's claim that Iraq was a threat to world peace with David Koehler's position on the issue. Which claims are valid? Which are based on fallacious reasoning (note instances)? Who has the stronger argument? Why?  

Q9 (Adrienne art)

Think about the various ways in which art exists in your daily life, identifying purposes and functions from the readings to elaborate on the necessity of art in your existence. 

Then, using information from the reading to support your ideas, discuss how these works are comparable in purpose or function to those that exist in your daily life. 

Your images should be FULLY IDENTIFIED with title, artist (if known), and date of creation (if known) in order to earn full credit on the assignment.

Q10

Which function of art do you think is most important and why? Use specific examples from the readings or from personal experience to support your response. Make sure any image you include is fully identified with the name of the artist, date of creation, and title of the work.

Q11

identify which of the formal visual elements (line, color, value, shape, mass, texture, and space) you think is most important and why. In your response, you should at least one work of art from the readings to support your answer. Make sure the work of art is fully identified with name of creator, date of creation, and title of the work.

Q12

You must research an unethical study/experiment, provide a summary, and indicate why the study is unethical. 

Some examples of unethical research studies include 

· Stanford Prison Experiment

· Milgram Experiment 

· Operation Midnight Climax

· Tuskegee Syphilis Study 

Q13 (c Mitchell)

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia-Ukraine War: A Professor's View

Links to an external site.

Short Assignment & Discussion Question: Watch the above clip. Then, answer the following question(s): 1) What is globalization? 2) How are war and globalization connected? Use the support of evidence from the above clip on the war between Russia and Ukraine. Utilize the information from the internet resources and the video clip.

Instructions: First, explain globalization in your own words with examples. Second, summarize the clip to present the relationship between the Russia-Ukraine war and globalization. If you do not have a textbook, utilize resources from the internet. Answer the above question(s)

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