Drug Policies of the United States and the Netherlands Virtually every country in the world has drug prohibition and criminalizes the production and sale of cannabis, cocaine, and opiates, except for medical uses, and most countries criminalize the Continue Reading...
Mental Health Policy Issues in Mental Health and Impact Mental healthcare is an area of care that has been neglected by policy makers and by the medical community at some point in its history. Examining how the mentally ill have been treated throug Continue Reading...
U.S. MONETARY POLICY IN THE 1990s Monetary Policy Monetary policy refers to actions the Federal Reserve (Fed) takes to influence the amount of money and credit in the U.S. economy. Interest rates and the performance of the economy are affected by w Continue Reading...
Middle East Academics, policy makers, and other specialists, let alone the general public, have a tendency to perceive the Middle East as a monolith. The truth, however, shows that it is a region filled with contrasts, extremes, and diversities. Thi Continue Reading...
Germany has established itself as a successful country with a growing and stable economy. In terms of its economic policies, since 2014 its score has fallen by .2 placing it into rank 5 within the international top ranks. Of its many efforts to stabi Continue Reading...
U.S. Agricultural Policy Agriculture and Farmer United States Government Policy: Agriculture and Farmers Government Policy towards Agriculture and Farmer's Price Supports There are a number of similar economic problems that are faced by the farme Continue Reading...
Advanced technology played a big role in infanticide as it allowed couples to check the gender of the child before it was born. Ultrasounds helped couples check the sex of their child and allow them to make a decision on abortion easier. Infanticide Continue Reading...
Immigration and Health Policies in the 20th Century Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the g Continue Reading...
Again, the press is not aware of all that goes on in the White House behind closed doors. Just because the matter was not publicly mentioned again in a direct fashion, does not mean that it was dropped. My team and I have continually discussed the b Continue Reading...
Drug Policy American Drug Policy: Marijuana Marijuana is one of the most vilified drugs in history and it very difficult to see just why this is so. The United States used to have a thriving agricultural concern that consisted of hemp (marijuana) f Continue Reading...
Family Social Policy What are the different ideological approaches to family social policy…how are they different? Canada has traditionally taken the position that the responsibility for keeping a family intact is a private issue, not a publi Continue Reading...
In the 1960s and 1970s contributors noted the poor status of Indigenous children on measures of formal educational outcomes in comparison to the rest of the population. Suitable solutions ranged from the use of coercive measures to incr Continue Reading...
Contracting Policies Established Required Contracting Policies Organization Establish Required Contracting Policies Following is a white paper report regarding three specific steps in the contingency contracting process. This report will use the Continue Reading...
Education Policy Reading First is a new grant program proposed by President Bush and endorse as part of the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The new program is part of Title I Part B, along with the Reading First p Continue Reading...
Abstract The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 as a response to September 11. The goal of the creation of the new department was to centralize all decision-making authority under the rubric of homeland security, ensuring a common m Continue Reading...
Tobacco Education and Outreach Specialist DUTIES Regularly reviews published peer-reviewed literature on the health impacts of tobacco use and addiction, and writes blog posts and news articles based on this data. Designs and implements outreach p Continue Reading...
1. Best practices and compliance with recruitment laws The first step towards filling the request will be to review the various H.R. best practices and compliance to minimize an employee lawsuit's risk. The review will be done on issues such as h Continue Reading...
Her salary should logically be more than what Public Relations Department pays normally to an Administrative Assistant. Such changes would increase the morale of the staff members and they would be more inclined to working harder and more efficientl Continue Reading...
aid President George W. Bush in policy formulation. It is an all-inclusive paper dealing with a wide range of issues such as the American economy in general- discussing issues such as budget deficits, tax cuts, medical assistance and benefits for re Continue Reading...
Office Depot is a retailer of office supplies, operating in 53 countries around the world, but with a primary focus on the American market. The company is relatively young, having been founded in 1986 in Fort Lauderdale (OfficeDepot.com, 2011). The c Continue Reading...
These have all been possible as a result of the rapid intervention procedures in place and the specialized training each firefighter has undergone. Indeed, rapid intervention team operations have become the norm and have proven invaluable in almost Continue Reading...
Labor The Department of Labor is present today to promote, foster and develop the welfare of the employees or the labor force in the United States. The labor system focuses on the improvement of the working conditions and the fulfillment of opportun Continue Reading...
The formation of an HR DepartmentIntroductionHuman resources management is the sum of all operations that handle all employee-related matters such as employment, training, compensation, policy development, and retention strategies. Human resource man Continue Reading...
The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that services to foreign clients brought Americans $131 billion in 2003. This was in addition to offshore services for U.S. customers, which grew by $7 billion. The report shows that labor-intensive producti Continue Reading...
UK Pensions Policy" - Social Policy Area The pension policy of the UK is one that is followed as a model by various other parts of the world for its efficient dealing with the problem of pensions for the aged of the UK. The government takes a ken i Continue Reading...
Both the liberal democratic and the business rationale need to be clearly articulated in a coherent communications strategy. 5) Statistical data. Detailed statistical data is needed to pinpoint which groups require positive action and to evaluate t Continue Reading...
Nurse Retention Capacity Standards & Analysis on Nurse Retention The demand for nursing staff in the United States has significantly increased and according to the Center for American Nurses, employment in these positions have increased to an a Continue Reading...
Nursing is a challenging profession where nurses take care of patients dealing with mental or physical illness. Nurses are the primary contact points for the patients since they are the ones who check patients' vital signs before giving them appo Continue Reading...
Leadership Styles to improve HR Department The goal of any business organization is not only to survive, however, to excel in a marketplace and enhance competitive market advantages. Excelling in a highly competitive market environment requires org Continue Reading...
economic situation in the United States is favorable compared with five years ago. Five years ago, it was late 2009 and in the depths of the Great Recession, so performing better than those levels is no great achievement. But as a point of compariso Continue Reading...
Human Resources -- Employee Separation Policies and Procedures Employee separation is an inevitable aspect of the business world. Careful consideration of the company's core values, stakeholders, legal requirements and financial well-being are all t Continue Reading...
According to Bales, 1999, the concept behind SYMLOG is that "every act of behavior takes place in a larger context, that it is a part of an interactive field of influences." Further, "the approach assumes that one needs to understand the larger cont Continue Reading...
Police Codes of Ethics Virtually all police departments have some kind of formal "Code of Ethics," or guidelines that tell the members of the police force what is and is not acceptable behavior. The people these officers are sworn to serve and prote Continue Reading...
Drug Courts: A Program to Reinvent Justice for Addicts For the past several decades, drug use has had an overwhelming effect upon the American justice system, with drug and drug-related crime being the most common offense in almost every community ( Continue Reading...
My Utopia Job: CFO Being a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a major Fortune 500 company would be my dream job. Capitalizing on a core base of competencies in accounting, cash flow management, and risk management, the CFO sits in the C-suite with a g Continue Reading...
TANF? The Congress was exasperated with the AFDC's (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) cost, nature and scope, and thus decided to put an end to it. In 1994, a record number of families (5 million, with over 1/8th of American children) were e Continue Reading...
Public Policy Assessment Homelessness is a public policy issue that is relevant for almost every community, especially within the veteran community, where there is a general appreciation that individuals who have served their country should be looke Continue Reading...
