Major Essay One
“A Whole Lot of Cheatin’ Going On”
“The Rules about the Rules”
First Major Writing Assignment
Length: Minimal 4 complete pages- Maximum 6 complete pages If you expect a minimal passing grade or less, you will probably write only four pages. You should think about how to develop your essay. We have had discussions in class on how to develop ideas; you must apply the knowledge. If your work exceeds six complete pages, it will be penalized by a letter grade.
Due: Please Check Announcement Board
Directions: You must develop an introduction that lures the reader into your discussion. You must develop a thesis statement that is specific. Your thesis must be a position; it cannot be a fact. In class, we have discussed that a position does not mean for or against.
Each paragraph should relate to the thesis. You should probably use a topic sentence; it is usually the first sentence in the paragraph. The topic sentence will assist you to keep your paragraph focused.
In each paragraph, you should develop an example that is supportive of your topic sentence and thesis. Your example must begin to push your reader to think critically about the topic and must begin to help the reader to visualize the concept you are setting forth. You cannot just merely mention an example; your example should begin to clarify your point so that your reader can understand the point you are trying to make about the idea you have set forth.
In addition, your paragraphs should have levels of critical engagement/analysis/critical thinking to push the reader to think deeper about the subject for each major part.
You should consider the modes of persuasion—ethos, pathos, logos—as you develop your essay.
You must develop an effective closing.
Your work must have a title.
Your essay must grammatically and mechanically correct.
You must submit your final work as a Microsoft Word document through Blackboard. Any work that is not submitted through Blackboard will be deemed as late and will result in a grade of zero.

Choose one idea below to develop your essay. NOTE: DO NOT USE THE PROMPT STATEMENTS AS YOUR THESIS. FOR INSTANCE, DO NOT WRITE: THE AMERICAN IMAGE HAS BEEN TARNISHED GLOBALLY. YOU MUST TAKE TIME TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL THESIS THAT IS COMPELLING.

1. Carter defines integrity (in paragraphs 25-32) by enumerating its three necessary characteristics. Try to define another moral abstraction (such as loyalty, courage, modesty, or civility) in approximately the same way, by first enumerating the steps or criteria that identify the term and then providing examples of the concept as you have defined it.
2. Clayton writes about cheating attitudes/behaviors and the prevalence of cheating in American culture and higher education. Write an essay that explains why deceitfulness has or has not become a virtue or a way of life or a new badge of honor in America society.
3. Since 2001, the American government has launched a war against terrorism. We have been fighting in foreign lands to preserve the tenets of our republic. Write an essay that explains if the War on Terror is an exercise of futility.

All ideas are broad; therefore, you must narrow the focus of your essay.

Writing theme: Conformity vs. Rebellion
WRITING TOPIC: For all of the writers in this cluster, what drives change? (And if possible, answer philosophically: What needs to change?)

4 essays attempting to make social change through the mobilization of public opinion. Each writer has different ideas about what form such mobilization might take and how opinion, once mobilized, expresses itself and works for change. Each of these essays has its own stance, its own attitude about what constitutes taking to the streets, and what defines success.

A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change

Discuss taking to the streets as a political tactic. How does it work?
What role do governments play in the crisis, according to McKibben? How might they avert it?

Revolutions per Minute

Solnit writes, “Many of the changes are so incremental that you adjust without realizing something has changed until suddenly one day you realize everything is different” (para 2). Write about something that has changed in the world around you your lifetime. Did you notice anything happening?
Grace Lee Boggs is quoted saying, “It took the splitting of the atom and the Montgomery bus boycott to introduce us to a whole new way of thinking about revoltion as tied to evolution” (para. 4). How did these events lead to this way of thinking?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/small-change-malcolm-gladwell
Gladwell finds claims for the importance of the internet to contemporary social movements “puzzling” (para 8). How do you feel about it? Have you seen or participated in Internet-related activities that have had social or political effects? Write about your experience or observation, and reflect your feelings,

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2010-12-20/political-power-social-media
What does Shirkey mean by “instrumental”? Why is it a significant concept?
What is the public sphere and why does Shirky think it is so important?

Using at least your textbook and a minimum of two additional sources, answer the following questions. Your paper should
be at least one page in length, excluding title and reference pages. Follow APA style guidelines.

• You are the CEO of XYZ manufacturing company. You have decided that you would like to market your product toTurkey. Consider the following points in your paper; you can make assumptions, but support your work with factsand scholarly references:

o Discuss the reasons why your company would want to expand overseas.
o Discuss what your mode of international business would be and how moving abroad will expand sales.
o How will you minimize risks and acquire resources?
o What are the factors you may face expanding into a foreign market? How might you mitigate those barriers?

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
1. Discuss the reasons why your company would want to expand overseas.
• To expand Sales: enter into international business means that the company access more markets, more customers and thus more revenue.
• To acquire resources: there are some resources that the company can not obtain in the domestic market for their production processes. By buying these resources from abroad the company can solve this problem.
• To minimize risk: entering into international business the company can diversify its sources of revenue and profit. When the country falls into recession and the company suffers reduction of revenue and profits. The losses can be compensated by revenue and profit coming from serving the foreign markets. Therefore business risks can be minimized.
• To follow competitors: when a competitor has entered into a certain foreign market, the company also decides to enter this foreign market to follow its competitor to ensure its competitive position. .
2. Discuss what your mode of international business would be and how moving abroad will expand sales.
Modes of Entry into International Business consist of:
• Merchandise exports and imports
• Service exports and imports
• Use of assets [licensing agreements]
• Franchising
• [Foreign investment]
Foreign direct investment
Foreign Portfolio investment

You are to choose one most appropriate mode for your chosen company. In Vietnam’s context, choosing Export of the company’s goods may be a good mode.
Compared to the other modes of entry, exporting goods is less risky and can generate adequate income.

3. How will you minimize risks and acquire resources?
• To minimize risk
– Minimize risks by taking advantage of business cycle differences amongst countries:
Ourcompany can set up its business in those foreign countries which seem to have opposite business cycles with that of the domestic market. When the domestic economy falls into recession, the company may suffer losses. These losses can be compensated by positive profits from foreign operations of its foreign branches. Thus risk can be minimized.
– Minimize risks by diversifying across countries.
Entering into different foreign markets by exporting various kinds of goods can help our company improve the product innovation and prolong the existing product life cycles. The introduction of new products in various foreign market can minimize the risk of its possible failure.
– Diversify suppliers across countries:
Purchasing material inputs from only one supplier always faces the risk of input shortage or input price increases, especially when the supplier has market power. By importing materials from different foreign suppliers across countries, our company can minimize the risks of input price increases and the problem of shortage.
– Counter competitors’ advantages:
Importing materials from abroad can help our company access low price inputs to its increase our price competitiveness over the competitors. In addition, accessing those materials that are not available in the domestic market may also become the competitive advantage of out company over the competitors.
– To acquire resources:
Our company inters into foreign markets to acquire those resources that are not available in the domestic markets or available with limited restriction in our countries. These resources may be foreign products, product components, foreign financial capital, technology and information.

4. What are the factors you may face expanding into a foreign market? How might you mitigate those barriers?
Factors that our company may face expanding into a foreign market:
Physical and Societal Factors: Political Policies and Legal Practices
Cultural factors
Behavioral factors
Economic Forces
Geographical Influences
Competitive Factors

To mitigate those barriers our company would:

– Choose the foreign market in the country with the political system that is not hostile to that of our country (political factor)
– Deeply study and understand the legal system of the foreign countries as well as cultural differences between the two countries. Have appropriate training our staffs.
– Analyze deliberately the economic and geographical conditions before choosing a foreign market to have appropriate proactive plans.
– Analyze the foreign competitors, their core competencies, competitive advantages and have strategic marketing plans to win in the foreign market.

Submit 6 one-page, single-spaced reflection papers, in Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins all around. Reflection papers need to be submitted on CANVAS prior to class, on their due date.

You will need to integrate the main themes of the readings with their classroom experiences, and explain how both affect your thinking and practice.

1) A reflection paper is meant to assist you with aligning themes from the readings, classroom discussions and activities, and documentaries, and discussing how those main themes affect both your thinking and (future) practice.

2) A reflection paper is your chance to add your thoughts and analysis to what you have read and experienced in class.

3) A reflection paper is meant to illustrate your understanding of the material and how it affects your ideas and possible practice in future.

4) You can begin by jotting down some of the reading material and class experiences that stand out in your mind. Decide why they stand out to you.

5) Students can relate the readings, classroom discussions and activities, and documentaries to yourself and your previous knowledge and experience, as well as contemporary issues in the world.

6) Consider if and how what you have read and learned changes your thinking and might affect your practice in both personal and professional situations.

7) Review the readings and class notes to be sure you’ve included all the relevant information you can and made all the connections that stand out to you.

8) Reflection papers must have an opening paragraph, main body, and conclusion.

9) It may be helpful to write the body of the paper first by using Steps 4-6, and then decide what your opening paragraph should say. The opening paragraph and conclusion may be brief, only a several sentences, but it should offer some overall statement of your perspective based on what you’ve learned, and in what ways it has changed your perspective and future practices.

10) Include in-text references and a reference page for any materials you cite using APA citation formatting.
Grading Rubric

16-20 points Papers in this point range:
• Critically relate concepts/themes in readings to one another.
• Find creative ways relate readings to classroom discussions and activities, and documentary films shown in class.
• Make clear references about how the subject matter relates to contemporary issues in the world or in students own life.
• Spend little space describing readings, but focuses on analysis.
• Is exactly 1 full single-spaced typed page.
11-15 points Papers in this point range:
• Relate the readings to one another, but misses pointing out some key differences or similarities.
• Provide equal description and analysis of readings, rather than focusing on analysis.
• May not relate subject matter to real world issues or self.
• Does not or minimally related readings to larger class concepts.
• May go over or under 1 full page.
6-10 points Papers in this point range:
• Address only one reading (if there is more than one), and/or do so in s superficial manner.
• Focus primarily on describing readings rather than concepts, and have little to no analysis.
• Perhaps relates readings back to real life, but only superficially.
• Does not (or cursorily) relate readings to larger class concepts.
• Goes considerably over or under 1 full page.
1-5 points Papers in this point range:
• Only address one reading and do so in a superficial matter.
• Makes clear that little thought or effort were places in the writing of the paper.

See the Reflective Journal Rubric for utilizing Rolfe’s Framework for Reflective Practice. Then, using scholarly resources as support, reflect upon your growth in knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) related to informatics, quality, and safety throughout the semester.

a. Describe ways your understanding of informatics, quality, and safety have grown.

b. Give an example from your clinical practice where you see an opportunity for an organization to strengthen or improve their efforts of quality, safety, or informatics.

c. Give specific examples of how your understanding of informatics, quality, and safety will influence your future practice and how you deliver care.

d. Discuss how Evidence-Based Practice, Ethics, Professional Practice, Healthcare Systems, Policy, Finance, and Communication all integrate in your practice with Quality, Safety, and Informatics.

Good observation that:

1). “However, it has a major weakness; it does not explain why some individuals at the latest stages of their development do not have decline cognitive abilities.” and

2) “Research shows that not all individuals who enter the elderly population age bracket develop mental health disorders. The model does not provide an adequate explanation of the difference.”

These are related to your original comment, “This leads to the reduction of the processing speed and the decline in the sensory capacity. As a result, the individual becomes prone to mental health problems.” for two main reasons

The first reason that there are at least two different forms of aging, healthy and unhealthy. If a person is healthy, we expect to see some cognitive decline, but nothing catastrophic or sudden. In healthy older adults, we see good cognitive processing and colloquially people say that an older person is “still sharp”. We see this in Supreme Court justices – still going strong in many important ways.

The second type of aging is unhealthy or even pathological. Unhealthy aging and pathological aging are similar concepts but unhealthy can just be due to unfortunate lifestyle choices whereas pathological aging may reflect a genetic or acquired disease process. In both cases, a person’s brain and body deteriorate in ways that we don’t see in healthy people so their cognition is affected by normal change over time plus the additional effects of poor health and perhaps even a pathology on top of both of those. Think of this last example as a “triple threat”. For a specific example, consider the aging of someone who is both an alcoholic and has a separate degenerative brain disorder like Parkinson’s disease. For someone in this situation, time, plus alcohol, plus the Parkinson’s disease all extract a toll on their brain, body, mind, lifestyle, social circles, and their psychology.

So the reason that many older people retain a high degree of their cognitive abilities and even a good amount of physical mobility is related to what sources of damage they face. If they only face time, and all of the rest of their life and body is “healthy” we see “normal” or “healthy'” aging.

However, if they are afflicted with diseases, mental disorders, bad habits, injury, assault, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, etc. those compound the damage to the brain and body, resulting in what can be shockingly swift and severe declines in cognition. Strokes (large or small) can do this and many people with dementia have dementia due to having many very small strokes and the resultant loss of brain tissue.

For a really excellent explanation of the different paths of healthy vs. unhealthy aging, check out the Harvard Study of Adult Development and news about it like this: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

and the more important article http://www.asaging.org/blog/aging-well-thoughts-75-year-old-study (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

This latter one starts off by listing three genetic problems as being the top reasons for unhealthy aging (alcoholism, major depression, and dementia) so it is interesting to consider how much and when the unfolding of people’s genetics determines their later life cognitive health and capacity.

Please let me know your thoughts about the ideas above.

You also make the good observation “To fill the gap in the effort to explain the decline in cognitive abilities in some but not all individuals, the model should be modified in such a way that it specifies those individuals who have lower chances of developing mental health problems due to decline in cognitive abilities.”

For a challenge, what recent research on aging identifies those older adults who are most at risk for developing mental health problems due to cognitive decline? We probably don’t want to include Alzheimer’s disease in this topic because that is a brain disorder which affects both cognition and mental health while people also fear their cognitive decline – a double problem. Here is one example https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikko_Laakso/publication/11914576_Midlife_vascular_risk_factors_and_late-life_mild_cognitive_impairment_A_population-based_study/links/5a4b343da6fdcce1972178ce/Midlife-vascular-risk-factors-and-late-life-mild-cognitive-impairment-A-population-based-study.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and I found it with a google search for, “risk factors for cognitive decline and mental disorders”.

As the new communications manager for International Gadgets, you have assembled a team of technical communicators with experience in communicating with various audiences in a business setting. Research & Development (R&D) has created a new product that it believes will revolutionize the industry. But the department needs the buy-in of several levels of the corporation to launch the new product. First, upper management needs to understand the product and how it will help the company expand before it will approve the funding needed to mass-produce the product. Sales and Marketing need to understand the product so it can be properly marketed. Technical Support needs to thoroughly know the product in order to support it to the customer base. And all employees need to know as much about the product as possible so that they can build excitement about the proposed launch. The head of R&D has come to you for your help in building excitement and buy-in throughout the company for the new product. Create a memo to your team that discusses the following:
The possible channels of communication that can be used to communicate information about the product to various levels of the company, and how they could be used
Your suggestions for which channels will be appropriate for which audiences and why
Plans for how your team will communicate and collaborate on this project for the purpose of choosing the best channels of communications for various audiences in the company
Back up your plans with solid reasoning and research.

Please remember to refer to the Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric document for company background.

For additional details, please refer to the Module Three Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric document.

For this Analysis, you will explore an advertisement through the lens of the theory of semiotics.

You will turn in a written report of approximately three, double-spaced pages that includes a digitalized image of the print advertisement itself. (I will attach image).

Once you have your analysis artifact, dissect the image using the tenets of semiotics. Find important signs, and begin coming to terms with the signs’ connotations. As you find more and more important signs, you’ll begin to notice an overall theme (i.e., the myth).

Begin your written report with the full APA citation for the publication that contains your advertisement.

Next, create a bullet-point list of the signs you find most important for the ad. List the sign, then give some thoughts about the connotation/signification of the sign. Basically, you will list the signifiers as well as the signifieds.

Follow your bulleted list up with some reflections on your findings. We are, essentially, answering the “so what?” question here. In approximately two more pages, address the following questions:

What is the myth that your advertisement conveys?

How does this advertisement fit into the larger culture?

Does it challenge a popular ideology or maintain a dominant point of view?

What, if any, is the danger associated with the promotion of your found myth?

Discuss how analyzing media with semiotics could help you in your chosen discipline/field (interior design).

Add your print advertising image to your written report so it’s clearly featured in your submission.

Save your work as a Word file.

Identify and explain the main historical themes and arguments the author poses. Be sure to analyze depictions of class conflict and worker exploitation.

Be sure to introduce the book and author in the first or second sentence of the introduction. Your book review must be at least 2000 words in length. Do not use direct quotes. Paraphrase from the novel and cite the page humbers. The easiest way to cite sources is to use MLA parenthetical citations that includes the author’s last name and page number (Mayer 199). Every paragraph of your essay/analysis needs to have MLA citations from the novel except for the intro and the conclusion..
Your first paragraph must contain a series of causal arguments that you intend to historically prove in the text of your essay. Be sure to formally introduce the author and the book in the first couple of sentences of your introduction. Then identify the main themes of the book and explain why they are important. You need to tell the reader what caused what to happen, when and why. Never pose rhetorical questions in your essay. Rhetorical questions are cheap literary devices that make your writing style non-assertive and give the reader the impression that you are not in control of your essay or the material. Immediately give the reader your overall causal argument, and then, in succeeding sentences of your first paragraph list supporting arguments in chronological order. The supporting arguments should be chronological in order and build on each other.
The topic sentences of your paragraphs must do more than simply describe what the paragraph is about, they must also state why the paragraph is important to the overall argument of your essay. In other words, the topic sentence summarizes the paragraph, but also links it back to one of the supporting arguments that you listed in your introductory paragraph. You must have dates or at least periodize in almost every paragraph. Paragraphs should be one-third to one-half page in length. Finally, your essay must have a conclusion that restates your original argument in light of the data and facts that were discussed in the text of your essay. A paragraph is at least four sentences long.

Describe the program Instagram(do not exceed half page) and discuss it in terms of the following points listed below (within the parentheses are some tips to assist you in understanding the assignment). You may use outside sources, but the majority of the material must come from the additional files I provide.

REQUIRED CONTENT TO ANSWER:

–In what way(s) is the information processed in the human cognitive system? Does it make effective use of the mind based on your audiences specifications (i.e. children, adults, etc.)? (Are cognitive processing elements/theories included?).

–What is the view of the world? (Is a view of the world included for this particular artifact? Ex: X-Men comic books “view of the world” may be a place where “good” fights “evil” in a physical and mental way in the hopes achieving the understanding of everyone’s differences).

–How does the artifact cultivate knowledge, thinking, social skills, etc…? What knowledge and skills are contained in the content and do you think they will transfer to other contexts?

–How would you revise the artifact? Could you use it in an educational manner or other creative ways to send out its message(s)?