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Community Actions Programs, 2006.
A review of community actions programs (CAP) and HIV/AIDS.
773 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines community action programs (CAP's) and how they relate to substance abuse or dependence and HIV/AIDS prevention. The paper highlights which community programs promote initiatives to combat substance use and how it affects HIV/AIDS.
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Introduction
Community Actions Programs
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"With this being understood Community Action Programs that address both issues are needed and necessary. The article explains that one such program called the Circle of Care which operates in Detroit, Michigan. This program offers ongoing assistance to those suffering form HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. The program uses assessment planning, intervention and evaluation to assist those with these problems. The program provides accompaniment to healthcare appointments, has an integrative treatment program, and the program also makes sure that participants are adhering to the plan (Anderson et al). According to the author the treatments from this program resulted in improved health and functioning and decreased drug use. "
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Community Action Programs, 2007.
This paper discusses Community Action Programs role in substance abuse and HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment.
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper explains that the general purpose of Community Action Agencies and the Community Action Programs (CAPs) is to help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency; most provide emergency food assistance and basic care. The paper relates that some branches also have drug awareness programs, frequently targeted towards young people. The paper discusses how CAPs can provide useful community support regarding education and counseling for individuals with potential substance abuse issues or issues regarding AIDS and HIV.
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Brief History of CAPs
Function of CAPs
Relationships Between CAPs and Substance Abuse in the Community
Relationship Between CAPs and HIV/AIDS
Conclusion
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"According to the Community Action Partnership (CAP) of America, an umbrella organization designed to publicize and support Community Action Agencies around the country, Community Action Agencies (CAAs) were established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson to help fight America's War on Poverty. These organizations strive to serve their communities through direct advocacy on behalf of local, low-income residents and through the operation of an "integrated and comprehensive set of antipoverty projects." ("Community Action Agencies and Local Youth: Building a Future Together" 2003, Community Action Partnership (CAP))"
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Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Programs, 1989.
Discusses federal acts; development; functions, enforcement; goals & quotas; hiring & promotions and failures & successes.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 79.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) programs. A review of the current literature indicates shifts in thinking regarding these federal programs. The areas addressed include legislation (development and functions), enforcement (agencies and procedures), as well as failures and successes through goals, quotas, hiring, and promotion practices.
Legislation. This analysis focuses on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Equal Employment Act of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Title VII, as amended by the 1972 Act, prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. Title VII covers employers (a) engaged in an "industry affecting commerce" and (b)(...)"
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Action Program-Distribution, 2002.
This junior level paper describes the distribution strategy and the promotional techniques of the Urban Outfitters.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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This junior level paper describes the distribution strategy and the promotional techniques of the Urban Outfitter's retail chain of stores.
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Affirmative Action in the Medical Community, 2002.
Looks at the continuing debate over affirmative action programs and, in particular, affirmative action programs in the medical community.
857 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper presents arguments on the advantages and disadvantages of affirmative action programs. Specifically, it looks at the arguments presented in favor of and in opposition to affirmative action in medical schools. A landmark legal case about affirmative action is reviewed, and the utilitarian view of affirmative action is stated. The paper concludes by asserting that, ultimately, affirmative action programs do more harm than good.
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America has a long history of racial segregation and gender discrimination and unfortunately most actions to resolve these ugly issues have resulted in a failure. The opponents of affirmative action programs maintain that this law is also one of those failed attempts. Affirmative action was developed to remove racial and gender discrimination problems by making merit the only criterion for selection thus promoting equal opportunities among qualified women, colored and disabled people. But it has been noticed that despite its good intentions, the law has failed to produce positive results because it is ironic that while the law aimed at removal of racial discrimination, it has resulted in a new kind of racial segregation, which can be called ?reverse racism?"
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Set-Aside Programs, 2007.
This paper discusses set-aside programs and argues that they are morally unacceptable.
829 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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In this article, the writer defines set-aside programs as programs that go beyond the concept of affirmative action, designed to create equal opportunity, and actually force companies to contract a certain percentage of businesses owned by minorities and women. The writer argues that these types of programs, while beneficial to some, are actually harmful to others in that, if a specific percentage of work must be contracted to specific groups of individuals, then other individuals are, out of necessity, not able to perform the work, even though they may be more competent or more able to complete the necessary task. This paper examines set-aside programs using utilitarian and deontological considerations of ethics, and shows that programs involving affirmative action, particularly those of set aside programs, are both unnecessary, and are not morally acceptable.
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"At the same time, affirmative action, as a concept, may also be permissible from a deontological standpoint. According to deontology, actions done out of duty, rather than as a means to an end, that can be done consistently by all humans reflect good, and thus will always be ethical acts. Since some would view that compensation to those who have been victimized in the past is a duty, and that compensating for past wrongdoings is a duty that should be performed by all human beings, then such actions must be moral. This concept can be thought of as compensatory justice. Additionally, according to deontologist perspectives, the most qualified person has a "right" to the job at hand, regardless of the end consequences. As a result, discrimination against such individuals is morally unacceptable, and thus, affirmative action programs provide the steps to ensure this "duty", to provide the "right" for employment if one is qualified, is a morally acceptable action."
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Exercise and Diet Programs in the Schools, 2002.
Presents an argument for introducing a systemic programs in the school system with the intention of protecting children against obesity.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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There is a very simple question we must ask ourselves: should we take legislative, personal, and systemic action now and make such action a permanent fixture in education, who's sole purpose is to prevent and protect children against the problems of obesity? The answer to this, clearly, is yes. It is hoped that, in this paper, the continued need for developing and implementing a variety of systemic programs whose intent is to tackle this issue of weight will be justified and such programs will continue to be explored and developed in the present and the future.
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Troubled Youth in Residential Programs, 2005.
This paper discusses extensively that today's juvenile residential programs primarily house children, who come from dysfunctional environments and have been rejected psychologically from society.
3,585 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 100.95
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This paper explains that the express purpose of all juvenile independent living programs is the avoidance of a negative external situation because the offender's problems will be exacerbated by re-exposure to the conditions that caused them. The author points out that, rather than replacing the teen's freedom with a wholly regimented prison lifestyle, programs, such as Fresh Start, give youths responsibility for their own actions based upon their willingness to adhere voluntarily to the program's guidelines. The paper relates that most juvenile offenders see no use for schooling; however, hands-on activities, in programs such as the Gulf Coast Trades Center, transform education from something theoretical into something practical as these troubled youths discover that they have skills and interests they never knew existed. The paper includes a data table.
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"First and foremost is the cost to society-at-large of troubled youth, specifically the problem of persons under the age of eighteen who become involved in criminal activity. Juvenile courts in the United States processed nearly 1.8 million cases in 1996 alone, an astonishing figure that represented an increase of forty-nine percent over the previous nine years. Of the huge numbers of young people passing through the juvenile court system, only a portion of them are currently accommodated in residential treatment and detention facilities. In 1999, this figure represented some 109,000 minors in a wide range of different programs."
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Women and Mentoring Programs, 2002.
A study into the effectiveness of mentoring programs for women and minorities.
9,465 words (approx. 37.9 pages), 68 sources, MLA, $ 194.95
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This proposal examines the nature of female and minority retention and advancement in the American corporate culture. Previous research indicates that female minorities face double barriers to advancement within business organizations. In recent years, corporations have sought to address this problem by instituting formal mentoring programs ostensibly designed to encourage the promotion of women and minorities to executive positions. This study proposes to examine the effects of mentoring programs to determine if there are differences in benefits related to gender and race. The paper includes a number of charts which show the statistics discussed in the paper.
Contents:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Research Hypotheses
Background on the Issue
Importance of the Study
Scope and Delimitations
Definitions of Terms
Review of Literature
Social Conflict and Diversity
Conflict Theory
Affirmative Action and Conflict Theory
The ?Glass Ceiling? Phenomenon
Discussion
Mentoring in Organizations
Phases of the Mentoring Relationship
Functioning of Mentors
Quality Mentor Programs
Impact of Gender on Mentoring Outcomes
Summary of the Literature Review
Methods
Research Design
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Variables and Operational Definitions
Data Collection
Population and Subjects
Data Analysis
Bibliography
Appendix One - Draft Survey Instrument
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"The numbers of women in upper-level management positions in American organizations are disproportionately low in relation to both the numbers of women in the general population and the numbers of women among the employees of organizations (Martinez, 1997; Silverman, 1997; Konrad & Linnehan, 1995). Some analysts have suggested that a ?glass ceiling? exists that blocks the promotion of women to upper-level management positions (Poole, Langan-Fox, & Omodei, 1993, pp. 39). A similar phenomenon is held to exist for individuals of minority population classification status (Didion, 1995). Thus, women who are members of racial and ethnic minorities conceivable face double barriers to advancement in organizations."
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The Simple View and Grudging Actions, 2002.
A defense of the "Simple View" of the relationship between intentions and intentional actions.
2,645 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper serves as a defense for the "Simple View" of the relationship between intentions and intentional action. In this view, an agent does action X intentionally only if she intended to do X. This view is subject to criticism through examples of actions that were completed intentionally but were not intended by the agent. Such examples are forwarded by Gilbert Harman and Michael Bratman and are used to refute the Simple View. The goal of this paper is to defend the Simple View against the examples presented by Harman and Bratman by showing how Bratman's own definition of "intention" allows for the actions in his examples to be qualified as both intentional and intended. This paper serves as a follow-up to Hugh McCann's ""Settled Objectives and Rational Constraints," which serves to counter some of Bratman and Harman's examples. It continues McCann's effort to defend the Simple View on a wider range of examples.
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"There are two types of examples that seem to cause all kinds of problems for what Michael Bratman terms the "Simple View" of the relationship between intentional actions and intentions. The Simple View maintains that if an agent does an action A intentionally, then she intended to do A. The two groups of examples of intentional actions that seem to present challenges to the Simple View can be categorized by the nature of the beliefs and desires surrounding them. In the first group are intentional actions that the agent desires to achieve but is fairly or completely certain that she will not be able to do. This includes examples like Alfred Mele's golfer Lydia who is trying to hit a hole in one to win a million dollars. In the second group of examples are intentional actions that the agent believes she will carry out - either as a direct action or as a side effect of some other action - but that she really does not want to do. Let us call this group of actions grudging actions . This group includes examples like Gilbert Harman's sniper who knows he is going to alert the enemy to his presence by trying to shoot his target. In "Settled Objectives and Rational Constraints," Hugh McCann offers a defense for the Simple View against examples from the first group, but he conspicuously does not address examples from the second set, leaving the Simple View vulnerable on this important front. In this paper I will attempt to follow up McCann by offering a reasonable defense for the Simple View for examples of grudging actions under Bratman's definition of intention. First, I will draw a distinction between two types of intentional actions that can fall into this group: direct actions and what I will call side-effect actions. This distinction will allow us to focus on the side-effect examples - which are really the only problematic ones for the Simple View - but it will also reveal an important point about how intentions to do something can hold up in the face of strong or even prevailing negative desires (i.e., desires not to do something). Building from there, I will then attempt to reconcile the Simple View with the side-effect examples and in doing so will consider a strong objection of Bratman's to the labeling of agents in these types of actions as intending these actions. "
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Successful Social Programs, 2008.
This paper looks at L. Schorr's ideas in "Common Purpose: Stengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America," about effective social programs in light of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
916 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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The paper explains Schorr's belief that when committed workers strive to meet their objectives regardless of the obstacles and provide services that are specific to the population, they will be successful. The paper applies this to the situation of New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina and the response of the federal government to aid the citizens of the city. The paper discusses how the government developed a plan of action that was procedurally correct, but that did not consider the full depth of issues that were affecting the people, effectively ignoring the original goal of rebuilding once monetary support was created. The paper shows how the situation has led to public unrest and a multitude of failed programs that serve no one.
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"Schorr (1997), author of Common purpose: Stengthening families and neighborhoods to rebuild America, discusses the issue of societal programs and the factors that must be addressed in order for those programs to be successful. Schorr (1997) includes in the work two ideas that are significant in the strength of community programs. First, Schorr (1997) challenges readers to consider the concept that "successful programs deal with families as part of neighborhoods and communities" (p. 7). Second, Schorr (1997) contends that programs that thrive have workers that are committed to the people that they serve and the founding purpose of the program (p. 2). These two issues are important because they call on society to reflect on the function of community based programs and the reason that those programs were initially created."
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Freud's Bungled Actions Theory, 2007.
A detailed look at Freud's bungled actions theory.
1,263 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper analyzes and examines Sigmund Freud's bungled actions theory. The writer explores the basis for the theory and uses several examples to illustrate how Freud believed it worked. According to the theory, there is no such thing as an accident, but rather an unconscious desire. The author concludes that Freud believed it was necessary to explore these bungled actions by understanding their foundational roots. Only then could the person let go of the problem and have a healthier mental attitude.
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Introduction
What It Is
Conclusion
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"Before one can begin to understand the many underlying and sublime underpinnings of bungled actions as Freud understood them it is important that one first have a basic grasp and understanding of the theory itself. Freud developed the theory of Bungled Actions as a method to explain when things happen that seem to be accidental but play right into what that person desires at the time. The desire may not even be a conscious or purposeful event, but can be something that is desired in the subconscious and the accident or bungled action provides a means to get that desire accomplished."
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Civil RICO Actions, 2004.
This paper contends that civil RICO actions have gone beyond reasonable bounds and constitute an unreasonable burden on the American civil justice system.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper offers the argument that civil RICO actions have gone beyond reasonable bounds and constitute an unreasonable burden on the American civil justice system.
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"This research paper discusses the state of the law concerning civil causes of actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, RICO, part of the Organized Crime Control Act and then examines some of their broad ramifications for American society."
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Civil Actions, 2003.
This paper reviews what are civil actions.
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This paper discusses the legal recognition of grounds for a civil lawsuit including acts of negligence, intentional torts and strict liability as forms of tortious conduct. The author points out damages in civil actions and their purpose.
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"Negligence, intentional torts and strict liability are all forms of tortious conduct for which the law recognizes grounds for a civil lawsuit The word tort comes from the Latin word tortus which means twisted or wrong. Tort has come to mean a ..."
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Ethnicity in Nursing Programs, 2007.
An analysis of the research study "Perceived Barriers for Ethnically Diverse Students in Nursing Programs" by Amaro D., K. Abriam-Yago, and M. Yoder.
1,638 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses Amaro, Abriam-Yago and Yoder's nursing research study that examined the ethnic experience in nursing education. The paper relates that the number of study participants was too small, but the results still provide some useful insights for further research, as well as action points that nursing education institutions can apply for future ethnic education initiatives. The paper includes a copy of the research study.
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Abstract
Problem
Study Purpose
Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedure
Strengths\Limitations
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"In a qualitative research study, Amaro, Abriam-Yago and Yoder, examine several major issues concerning nursing education in the current environment. Their study, entitled "Perceived
Barriers for Ethnically Diverse Students in Nursing Programs", addresses several important aspects of nursing education that are largely overlooked by administrators and professionals in the field. These issues, as they relate to ethnic minority presence among nursing staff, are: increasing healthcare costs, tax revenue concerns, general shortage of nursing professionals, and an imbalance of ethnic nurses in comparison to ethnic patients (Amaro, Abriam-Yago & Yoder, 2006). These and other researchers feel that, in addition to the overall shortage of nursing staff of any demographic make-up, a worsening trend of loss of ethnic minorities among existing and future nursing staff is unsustainable in the mid to long-term."
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