You have been engaged as a compensation consultant to advise Henson Stores, Inc on the development of the bonus portion of the firm’s compensation plan for store managers. You have developed the following work plan for the engagement. Complete each of the four steps below.…
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This is a 53-year-old black individual a patient of Dr. Shelton, who has had diabetes for at least six months, but he thinks it has been longer than that. He says his last known blood sugar was in the 300’s. He presents in the ER today with a foot ulcer since January of this year. He stated that it started with blisters where he had soaked his feet too long in hot water. He has had no eye examination for two years. There has been no surveillance of chronic complications of diabetes.…
A case of a 65-year-old female named Loretta Macpherson, who died after a medication error in Oregon was brought up in the CBS News in December 4, 2014. Ms. Macpherson was mistakenly given a paralyzing agent called rocuronium, instead of an anti-seizure medication called fosphenytoin. This incident caused her to stop breathing, go into cardiac arrest and lead to irreversible brain damage (CBS Interactive Inc., 2014). According to Dr. Michael Boileau, “that mistake, that error, has caused her death” (Moran, L., 2014). During the investigation, they found that the right prescription of fosphenytoin was done. The error occurred when “a pharmacy worker mistakenly filled the IV bag labeled ‘fosphenytoin’ with a paralyzing drug called rocuronium”…
Dr. Melissa Simon is a professor and a vice chair department of obstetrics and gynecology, and she is doing her fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital including the Prentice Women's Hospital. Melissa grew up in Detroit in a barrio where there was only violence and lack of opportunity. As she was growing up in Detroit she still remembers that there were times where she did not have a roof over her head due to the poverty she was living in and had no support from people who she cared about. Melissa said that “many people told me that I wouldn’t make it through college and I will not have a chance to achieve my dream”. As she was finishing High School one of her teachers told her if she had a plan of her future career plan what she wanted…
Eddie Montgomery’s son died over the weekend at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital after an unknown accident. Taken to the hospital last week, Hunter Montgomery was on life support before passing. The fans of the popular country singer are shocked and the outpouring of support has to be of some comfort for the family. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader on Tuesday, the investigators are waiting for toxicology test results to determine the cause of death.…
It seems like every time the news is on, one of the headlines is about a police shooting. Media coverage can go on for days, weeks even sometimes years covering these kinds of cases; however, most of the media’s coverage is based on the victim and their backstory. What seems to be left out of the news report is how the officer is handled by his own department following the devastating event. In this case regarding Detective Casey, it is as simple as his department failing him, in their lack of communication and empathy.…
rom The heart-wrenching scene of Ripley killing Peter, after the possibility of getting caught for lying about his identity, Anthony uses a subjective close-up shot shows the dejected expression of Ripley after the scene cuts to an overdub which painfully portrays Tom losing his identity by linking Peter's death to the last of Tom Ripley's identity since tom craves to be accepted into a society whose identity is cultured, wealthy and socially accepted, which leads him to the ultimate decision of choosing whose identity means the most to him As he cannot be both Tom and Dickie, he chooses the identity that, tragically, would require the least amount of damage control, Dickie Greenleaf, This technique is very effective towards to audiences as…
Q #1. It seems that Anita Scism had some big and important shoes to fill from a very special person who has carried his position for a long time. Anita was very intelligent and knowledgeable of this newly constructed 1,200 seat performing arts facility, opened in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Walton Arts Center was led by Bill Mitchell, a popular person who was nationally and locally known for his passion and outstanding leadership in the community. Bill had decided to call it quits after his long journey and enjoyable time as President of the Walton Arts Center. Mr. Mitchell decided to settle down with his wife to enjoy some time together since the nest was empty. Before Bill left, he recommended that Anita Scism to be the interim President.…
Accused of being guilty during the trial. Many characters could be picked in the story, to kill a…
Upon receipt of the bill, I called your offices and spoke with your events coordinator, Ryan Nichols. After explaining the situation, I was told that I would have to speak with his supervisor, Sue Harrington. I then explained the problem again, only to be asked to contact you.…
Due to recent cases of suicide caused by cyberbullying, school districts have recently improved their code of conducts as a response to this issue. According to the Detroit Public Schools Community District Students’ Rights Responsibilities , the school district enforces students and parents to sign vows and promises to report bullying, report issues, and discuss bullying and the principals will vow to protect and use meditation for the students. Also, this school district with help with state law and federal law have the implementation of guaranteeing children the right of not being cyberbullied and or bullied at all. The school district's code of conduct has harassment, abusive use of technology, and verbal abuse as level 2 offenses on…
Libby Copeland, the author of “Who Was She? A DNA Test Only Opened New Mysteries”, wrote about Alice Collins Plebuch’s DNA testing story by using a specific tone and word choice.…
Richard Wright, an American author that wrote about racial prejudice in the 20th century. (Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia) He wrote about Negro-white relations in America, and also how Black Americans coped with how their America was treating them in the 20th century. In his autobiographical “Black Boy”, Wright reveals in bitter personal terms the devastating impact of prejudice on a black person in the City of Chicago, and New York during his formative years. He expressed his frustration in his early stories, and novels, with the experiences of Negro males and females both in the North and in the South, within their own communities as well as in their relationships with white Americans and white institutions (C. ". Norvell). Black men living in America during the 20th century was subject to harsh and cruel injustice, also by their government. The ill-treatment of Black Americans was the norm in America in the mid 1950’s to 1970’s, and this treatment towards Afican Americans seems to still have an effect on young black males in today’s society. The Black males in today’s society from New York to Los Angeles feel that they are getting the short end of the stick, when it comes to opportunities’ that the white Americans seem to get, which is not as harsh, of what the black males faced in the 50’s, nevertheless still hurts as deep as it did back at that time. In the short story “Big Black Good Man,” Richard Wright writes about a white character named Olaf who considers himself not a racist, until he encounters the character named Jim, a big black man, who was so black his skin seemed to appear blue. The appearance of Jim had an effect on Olaf that brought to the forefront his racial preconception. The white man, therefore, is superstitious about race, equating black skin with all that is primitive and dangerous. (C. ".…
Insanity is a behavior that is often judged by our society. If one behaves in a manner that contradicts the societal norm, he is ostracized for his inappropriate actions. Insanity however is not to be confused with irrationality. Tom Ripley's many immoral acts, namely, murder, forgery, and deceit could be perceived as insane; however, when one takes into consideration the calculated motives behind them, it is evident that they are merely irrational. Tom's irrational, yet shrewd mind allows for him to achieve his primary goal, that being, becoming his obsession, Dickie Greenleaf. His shrewdness however, is not powerful enough to allow him to function as solely Dickie Greenleafhe can only function as a combination of Dickie's outer-self, with his own inner-self.…
Problem Statement: Wendy Peterson is faced with the tough decision to supply Fred Wu with an assistant or lose him to a competitor. Peterson’s actions going forward could affect the other members of the office and alter the working relationship with Wu in the future.…