Letter To Governing Board
Research a local policy put into place by a local governing board where you live, work, or attend school.
Please write a 700- 1050 word letter or email draft to the local governing board or local government manager or administrator either in support or in opposition to the policy that was chosen. Then please justify your point of view with a professional courtesy, respect, and documented facts.
Need in APA format with 2 academic references.
Current Public Policy Analysis
Write a section on:
**Choose one of the possible alternatives to the current public policy, and develop a new policy upon it. Provide rationale for your choice.
Alternative to the public policy **HOTLINE PROGRAM**
Please develop a new policy on a Mental Health Hotline Program, and provide rationale for your choice. Also need two power point slides relating to the policy you just came up with including speaker notes.
Need at least 1 reference.
Protest Supporting Jan. 6 Rioters
A rally protesting treatment of jailed Jan. 6 rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol is planned for Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The organizers and attendees contend that those charged with laying siege to the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated more harshly by the judicial system than those protesters who marched in the summer of 2020, protesting the murder of George Floyd.
Protest Supporting Jan. 6 Rioters
First, explain whether the two events are even comparable or if they are as different as comparing apples and oranges. Remember, the Constitution requires Congressional certification of the election, and the first Amendment to the Constitution protects the right to assembly, including peaceful protest. Provide specific evidence to support your analysis.
Second, research the treatment of those arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 siege and those who protested civil rights violations. For example, how many arrests for each, how many held without bail, types of charges filed, pleas, sentences, etc.? Analyze the data to decide if the Jan. 6 rioters are being treated more harshly.
Cite a minimum of four competing sources.
Defund the police
Numerous citizens and politicians have called for, “defund the police” in the wake of deaths allegedly at the hand of police officers. Defunding the police allows for reallocation or redirection of funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality. Please keep in mind that defunding DOES NOT MEAN ABOLISHING.
Do you agree with defunding the police? Why or Why not? Defend your answer. Is this too radical or is it fair in light of recent events?
Do you think police officers are being highlighted fairly or is this exaggeration from the media? Defend all answers.
Right to Privacy Assignment Instructions
GOVT 421
Research Paper: Right to Privacy Assignment Instructions
Overview
You will write a research paper covering one of the most controversial of all the rights in the Bill of Rights—the right to privacy- which becomes the foundation for the right to an abortion. You will have the opportunity to explore the legal underpinnings of the right to an abortion and the opportunity to explore whether the right to privacy is correctly interpreted as the foundation for the right to an abortion. The purpose of this assignment is to help you analyze the rights of privacy and abortion and to think through the issues surrounding these rights in the context of our legal, constitutional, and religious history.
You will also have the opportunity to tie together many macro course themes in this assignment: 1) an assessment of where our country is today in light of our legal and religious heritage; 2) an analysis of the importance of competing visions of constitutional interpretation, and 3) a deep dive into a major public policy issue that has divided Americans for the past half century and continues to be a major 21st century policy debate.
The right to privacy was first created by the Supreme Court in its 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut ruling. Eight years later, in its 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, the Court determined that the right to privacy was broad enough to include the right to an abortion. Consequently, in this paper, you’ll explore the specific, constitutional underpinnings of the abortion debate.
Access Griswold v. Connecticut from any reputable website (two excellent resources can be found in the reading material for Module 7: Week 7 – Website: Assignment Resource: Oyez and Website: Assignment Resource: Cornell Law. Analyze this case from both a loose constructionist and a strict constructionist perspective. Apply the principles and knowledge that you have gained in this course regarding America’s religious and legal history. In light of our Constitutional heritage and principles that you have learned in this course, which side is more consistent with our Constitutional heritage? Since Roe v. Wade is based upon Griswold, is the Roe decision grounded upon a strong, constitutional basis? Explain and discuss.
Instructions
Explain the assignment in detail. Specify the exact requirements of the assignment. Items to include are outlined as follows:
· Length of assignment: 4-5 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference section.
· Format of assignment: Latest edition of APA
· Number of citations: at least five scholarly sources
· Acceptable sources: scholarly articles published within the last five years, published books, course texts, and the Bible.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.
National Impact Of Cyber Threats
What are some of the negative implications cyber threats, if carried out effectively, potentially pose to our country on city, state, regional and national levels?
Give examples and be sure to include references.
Campaign assignment
Congressman Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) is not running for reelection this year in a district that once leaned heavily Republican, but has become more competitive in recent years as Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties have become more diverse.
On March 3, Republicans and Democrats will go to the polls to choose a nominee from each of their parties to compete for this position in the November election. Party primaries require a different type of campaign. The voters tend to be fewer and more partisan – really Republican Republicans and really Democratic Democrats.
Choose one of the candidates and design a campaign to win the primary election. Write this assignment as a 2 – 5 page memorandum (memo) (with cited sources) from you, the campaign manager, to your candidate. Outline the race for them, how much money you think they need to raise, how you will raise it for them, what you propose to spend it on, what issues they should talk about, how you want to deliver their message, etc.
Some things to keep in mind:
· Remember, party primaries are only for that party’s voters. If your candidate’s a Republican, you’re only campaigning to Republican voters. If your candidate’s a Democrat, you’re only campaigning to Democratic voters.
· On the other hand, Texas has an open primary – voters can choose either one all the way up until the moment they walk into the polling place.
· Donald Trump carried this area in 2016 over Hillary Clinton 52% – 44%.
· Ted Cruz carried it over Beto O’Rourke in the 2018 Senate race, but not by much: 49.9% – 49.3%
· If nobody in your primary race gets a majority (50% plus one vote) of the vote, the top two finishers will go to a runoff election on May 26, so if you can’t win it outright, you at least need to be in either first or second place.
· Not everybody who lives in District 22 will vote in this election. Some are under 18 years old, or they’re not U.S. citizens. Some simply won’t register or show up. Some voters just don’t vote in party primaries. How do you target people who are going to vote in this election?
· What sort of people live in your candidate’s district? What motivates them?
· What is your candidate’s background and experience? What will be his or her key issues?
· How much money will you need? How will you raise it? How will you spend it?
· How will you get your message out? Be cautious about television. Remember – anybody who lives outside District 22 can’t vote for or against your client. You’ll waste a lot of money if you use TV. Same with radio, although radio is a lot cheaper, so some candidates think it’s worth considering. If you use direct mail, you can mail only to people who are registered to vote. Or, you can be more surgical – only people registered to vote who voted in the 2018 general election, for example.
This can be a challenging assignment, but it can also be a lot of fun. Keep in mind that campaigning is more art than science, and that there are few absolutely right or wrong answers. If I asked five campaign professionals to do this assignment for the same candidate, I would probably get five totally different campaign strategies (and they’d charge me a lot of money).
Hint: Remember, this is a memo to your client, not an essay about your client. Talk to your client. Do not spend the first page telling them where they were born, where they went to college or how many kids they have – they know this already. Talk to them about your strategy to win the election for them.
Submit in Word. Cite your sources.
Additional Resources
Here are the candidates: Choose one from either party
Republicans
· Pierce Bush
· Jon Camarillo
· Douglass Haggard
· Aaron Hermes
· Greg Hill
· Matt Hinton
· Dan Mathews
· Diana Miller
· Troy Nehls
· Brandon T. Penko
· Shandon Phan
· Bangar Reddy
· Howard Steele
· Kathaleen Wall
· Joe Walz
Democrats
· Chris Fernandez
· Sri Preston Kulkarni
· Nyanza Davis Moore
· Carmine Petrillo III
· Derrick A. Reed
Here’s where you can find links to all the candidates’ websites (Remember, it’s a 2020 “federal” election for U.S. Representative District 22 – one in each primary): https://candidate.texas-election.com/Elections/getQualifiedCandidatesInfo.do (Links to an external site.)
Ballotpedia has some good background information about the district: https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_22nd_Congressional_District_election,_2020 (Links to an external site.)
Houston Public Media has this article about the race: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2020/01/15/357415/once-solidly-republican-tx-22-now-a-toss-up/ (Links to an external site.)
Chapter 4 in your textbook goes over a wide variety of civil liberties. On pages 115-120, the freedom of religion is explained, with emphasis on the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. For this assignment, you will need to read the above-mentioned pages, in addition to the following web links and then answer the questions below in essay format:
1.) What do you think the founders original intent with the first amendment, specifically the freedom of religion, was?
2.) When Congress passed the RFRA in 1993, what was this designed to do? How have the many states reacted to this? Does Texas have any laws with regards to RFRA?
3.) In 2018, Congress introduced FADA. What is the purpose of this law? What current events and judicial court decisions may have lead to such a bill being introduced?
4.) What recent decisions did the Supreme Court make with regards to religion and politics?
5.) What civil liberty and/or civil rights issues may arise as a result of these most recent laws? In your opinion, are civil liberties/rights in danger?
6.) Now having a decent amount of knowledge on the 1st Amendment, RFRA and FADA, what are your thoughts on these laws and proposed bills? How might these impact our culture, politics, rights, etc?
This assignment must follow MLA guidelines, be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, and be a minimum of 1000 words with a works cited page. The works cited are not included in the minimum word count. Any videos/ articles given in the assignment prompt MUST be used within your paper and cited in your works cited. You must also use additional sources, as indicated in the prompt. For more information on these topics, view the 4th Amendment folder in the current news and controversies folder, under Student Resources.
For this portion of your course project, you will be adding information about the importance of legal, regulatory, and political issues and identifying those present in your chosen firm. How do these issues impact your firm? In addition, this section should meet the criteria below.
A good source of information to assist you in addressing these questions is the annual report(s) of the firm.
This section of your project must be at least two pages in length. You must use at least one academic source, and any information from outside sources should be cited in APA format.
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Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Distinguish between the market and nonmarket environment of business by explaining the four Is of the nonmarket environment. 1.1 Articulate the need for appropriate regulatory oversight of business. 1.2 Explain the impact of government on business.
4. Summarize the three broad classes of political strategy, and compare their cost.
4.1 Identify the classes of political strategy. 4.2 Illustrate the application of political strategies and their importance to business.
5. Assess the effectiveness and propriety of grassroots lobbying strategies by political action
committees that represent business. 5.1 Summarize how corporations influence government decision-making. 5.2 Evaluate how a specific firm uses lobbying strategies.
Reading Assignment Chapter 4: Legal, Regulatory, and Political Issues
Unit Lesson Introduction Of course, businesses do not operate in a vacuum. Businesses are subject to the environment within which they operate. This environment includes the legal, regulatory, and political framework. These factors are dynamic and subject to considerable variance. Organizations must be cognizant of these changes and adapt as appropriate. Legal, Regulatory, and Political Issues In Chapter 4, we examine the influence of various stakeholders on public officials who regulate business. Governmental policies, public sentiment, and ethical dilemmas serve as principal factors restricting market opportunities, but they also serve as catalysts for value-creating opportunities. Of course, a key to our discussion in this unit is that the legal, regulatory, and political framework is subject to change. In that regard, businesses must monitor their environment and respond to change as it occurs. For example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prevents food manufacturers from taking advantage of consumers with false and misleading advertising by allowing only FDA-approved nutrient and health claims to appear on food labels (FDA, n.d.). Meanwhile, health-conscious consumers are demanding more food choices that support healthy dietary practices. Food manufacturers and retailers can capitalize on the opportunity to meet the dietary needs of consumers by providing healthier food selections and enticing consumer purchases with informative labeling that not only meets FDA approval, but also serves as promotional advertising. Once held responsible for obesity and other dietary concerns, fast food businesses are expanding their menus to offer healthier choices and are becoming more transparent about the content of the foods served. An emerging issue of interest in this area is the regulation of sugar in drinks. For example, the City of New York has moved to regulate the sugar content of drinks because sugary drinks are viewed as driving obesity in many individuals ( n.d.).
UNIT III STUDY GUIDE
Legal, Regulatory, and Political Issues
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One important legislative response to framing the activities of business is evident in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) adopted in 2002. Essentially, SOX established a set of standards to enhance internal control that would require reporting and transparency in light of a number of high-profile corporate malfeasance cases such as Enron (Ferrell, Thorne, & Ferrell, 2016). Table 4.10 on p. 141 of the textbook includes the key aspects of SOX, and the benefits of SOX are highlighted in Table 4.11 on p. 143 of the textbook. One example of the impact of SOX has been the introduction of whistleblower protections. These are designed to prevent an employer from retaliating in the event that an employee discloses wrongdoing by a private company. SOX represents a far-reaching effort by government to rein in the actions of business. Essentially, SOX requires that business decision-making be more open and transparent. Additionally, it requires that records, including electronic records, be maintained by the firm. SOX imposes significant financial and criminal penalties for noncompliance. Another key piece of legislation is the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that was designed as a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system. Again, the purpose of the act is aimed at developing rules to protect consumers and preventing a future financial crisis by creating added financial regulations and rules that enforce transparency and accountability on companies. Some products are more vulnerable than others in that the product receives more political attention and, therefore, creates more risk for the firm. For example, in times of rising prices, oil becomes a politically sensitive product. This can lead to social and labor agitation, import quotas, expropriation, and nationalization. Indeed, the attitudes to politically vulnerable and sensitive products are subject to change with very short notice. Since political risk increases if the product is politically sensitive, marketers must find out or detect the degree of vulnerability by addressing the questions below.
Is the product critical to the economic debate in the foreign market?
Is the product critical to the political debate in the foreign market?
Is the product in an industry that employs most of the people in the country?
Do other local industries depend on your output?
Is your product essential to national security?
Are you competing with a local/domestic industry in the foreign market?
Is your product a danger to health or the environment?
Does your product drain resources?
Does your product or firm drain foreign exchange? In terms of the application of these types of guidelines, Table 4.8 on p. 138 of the textbook includes seven steps that can assist a firm with respect to compliance and ethics. Businesses also operate in a political environment. Governments are responsible for crafting and implementing the rules by which society, including businesses, must operate. Adding rules and regulations adds costs to the conduct of business. These costs are listed in Table 4.5 on p. 129 of the textbook. Of course, as governments change, there may be changes in the laws and regulations that impact businesses. Hence, businesses monitor the political process carefully. Often, we see that there are coordinated efforts by business groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to encourage deregulation in an effort to improve the business climate. For an example of the deregulation initiative, see the article “Getting Out of the Way” in the suggested reading section of this unit. In fact, it is interesting to note that the Chamber of Commerce is an example of a lobby group. As a result of government oversight, many businesses have been increasingly active in the political process to achieve their goals. For example, there has been a rise in political action committees (PACs) and special interest groups that are interested in achieving their agenda. In Table 4.7 on p. 135 of the textbook, a list of organizations that engage in lobbying are listed, illustrating the range of business sectors that are engaged in this function. A concern related to the increasing importance of these types of groups is that they reflect the concept that money buys power. It is critically important that the average citizen has a role to play in the political process. Lobbying is a specific process by which an organization (business) aims to influence and persuade governments and public officials to make decisions that are favorable to its interests. Also, there are many
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more lobbyists that often work on behalf of the political elite. Increasingly, there have been efforts undertaken to develop laws and regulations that manage the roles of those lobbying on behalf of business (and others). An example of a lobbying group is the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The AARP is a nonprofit organization that is nonpartisan, serves more than 38 million people, and lobbies all levels of government on issues such as healthcare and pensions that are important to its members (AARP, n.d.) Legislative, social, and ethical concerns are also primary factors that influence an organization’s ability to capitalize on opportunities. Activists throughout the world are dedicated to making the business environment transparent as well as increasing the expectations of many business practices. Ecological, health, and social issues create opportunities and motivate managers to make necessary changes inside of their existing organizations to design more appealing products to consumers. Thus, pressures from the nonmarket entice opportunities from businesses within the market to make products with more sustainable value—a win-win for all. As technology changes, there are many impacts on the ways in which special interest groups can interact with governments. An example is the increasing use of social media as a way to influence governments. There are costs and benefits with respect to the regulatory framework guiding business. Fundamentally, there are three classes of political strategies available to businesses that we must understand. These strategies include 1) an information strategy as firms seek to provide government policymakers and decision makers with information that is designed to influence their actions and decisions, 2) a financial-incentives strategy in which businesses provide incentives that are designed to influence policymakers, and 3) a constituency- building strategy in which businesses look to develop alliances and gain from similarly affected organizations and to influence policymakers cooperatively. Often, we do see that the political framework is driven by events that arise as opposed to a strategic effort to manage business. In that regard, changes are to be expected in the environment that frames the operation of business.
References American Association of Retired Persons. (n.d.). About AARP. Retrieved from http://www.aarp.org/about-
aarp/ City of New York. (n.d.). Healthy beverages. Retrieved from http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-
topics/sugary-drinks.page Ferrell, O.C., Thorne, D., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Business and society: A strategic approach to social
responsibility and ethics (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Chicago Business Press. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.). Label claims for conventional foods and dietary supplements.
Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm111447.htm
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Discussion Questions: For your forum post, distinguish the way the media was utilized by terrorist organizations in the past to advance their objectives to that being employed today. Specifically address both the pre-9/11 style terrorist means of communication and influence and contrast them with the current day terrorist internet/social media based methods.
