Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Rachelle Davis CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 John Feltgen Corrections accreditation is a system of verification that correctional agencies go by to comply with national standards set forth by the American Correctional Association‚ it is achieved through reviews‚ evaluations‚ audits‚ and hearings. If an organization wants accreditation they have to follow a sequence of steps. The steps are: Preaccreditation assessment‚ Application status‚ Correspondent status
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goodness or badness of something” (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Describing morality is rather simple‚ but what’s left to question is what determines the rightness or goodness of a thing or action. Using two ethical theories‚ Social Construct Theory and Kantian Theory I propose the answer to this question; the morality of an action is determined by agreements and the “categorical imperative”. Social Contract Theory is based on the idea that actions are morally right if they are made under an agreement. This
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The debate on the privatization of Social Security is a controversial one with advocates for both sides. When Franklin Roosevelt signed off on a bill on August 14‚ 1935‚ known as the Social Security Act‚ a social insurance system was created where workers’ would allocate a small portion of their earned wages to enable financial protection for when they retire (See Figure 1) (Privatizing Social Security). It specifically states that its purpose was "to provide for the general welfare by establishing
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principles of individualism remain instilled into the foundation of modern liberalism. Hence‚ privatization of public services holds
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Introduction Ethics can be defined as the code of moral principles that sets standard of good or bad‚ or right or wrong‚ in one’s conduct (Schermerhorn 2005). Ethics is important for a manager’s decision because every decision they made‚ they had to consider who will be affecting and the outcome of the decision to the company. Different managers had different concept of ethical decision. Thus‚ there are four views of ethics in influencing a manager’s ethical decision for the best of the company
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Does This Thing Work? It operates on a 100 year old proven technology called electrolysis. Whenever you place two pieces of metal in water‚ and apply electricity‚ the water separates into it’s basic molecules‚ Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O). If you look at the picture on the left‚ you will see H2O molecules connected together in their liquid form which is WATER But when you apply electricity (from your car battery)‚ the molecules separate and form a GAS (called HHO) which is a mixture of Hydrogen
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Privatization is very popular in government and is making its way into more entities within the United States. It is a topic of research for scholars and it is a concern for some government employees. Privatization has two sides‚ a good side and a bad side. It puts fear in some people because they don’t want privatization to take over in certain places. People don’t want to lose their jobs when for profit companies take over. Others don’t feel they will get the best services because new employees
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In this paper I will examine the practicality and applicability of Kantian moral law in comparison to the golden rule. The main focus will be with on categorical imperatives‚ hypothetical imperatives‚ duty‚ and good will when it comes to Kantian moral law. Then‚ with the golden rule the focus will be on the whole maxim‚ “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”‚ since it is quite simple. To help with the analysis of these two topics the examples of the death penalty and charity will be
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BSB111 – Business Law and Ethics Semester 1 2010 ETHICS CASE STUDY QBank offered Jen a substantial amount of money for the premises of her florist shop. However‚ this will all come at the cost of her two employees Diane and Helen losing their jobs in the shop. Therefore‚ it seems Jen faces an ethical dilemma‚ particularly because she promised her employees that she would keep them on. By looking at key relevant ethical theories a decision can be made that best suits Jens situation. Egoism
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United States to embrace privatization in an effort to improve their financial condition‚ balance their budgets‚ and decrease taxes by reducing operating costs in the public sector and even reducing the size of the public sector itself‚ and therefore eliminating the strain of government salaries on national‚ state‚ and local budgets. In 2010‚ New Jersey Governor Chris Christie created the New Jersey Privatization Task Force to research and evaluate “opportunities for privatization within state government”
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