Envision that you are a Human Services worker at the local Community Family Homeless shelter. You are preparing for the Holiday gift giving event by matching the donated gifts to your clients. You consider yourself to be an ethical professional. However, you are questioning whether it is ethical to switch the gift tag on one gift. One of the little girls at the shelter lost her favorite “American Girl” doll and has been crying about her lost doll since she and her family arrived at the shelter. Today, you see that a “American Girl” doll gift is tagged to another child at the shelter. What do you do?

Review the Codes of Ethics and Decision-Making Models Comparative Charts and Response that you completed for Week 2.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss your ethical decision to switch the tag or not:

• Include how you apply the ethical guidelines to make an informed ethical decision.
• Identify your personal and professional values and attitudes regarding the ethical situation
• Describe how you will ensure that you are engaged in an ethical human service practice

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

ou are going to develop a compliance policy covering the FMLA, ERISA and employee’s right to privacy for the Beta Technology compliance policy manual. Use the Argosy University online library resources and US government Web sites to research the FMLA, ERISA and employee privacy and locate the text of the applicable provisions.

Write the compliance manual sections, including the following:

1. FMLA
   • Summarize the main legal requirements related to the FMLA in no more than one page.
   • Provide guidelines for employees to follow for requesting leave, including notice requirements, certification, benefits, and returning to work.
2. ERISA
   • Summarize the main points of ERISA in no more than a page.
   • Explain the important amendments, including the following, in a paragraph each:
     • Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
     • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
     • Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act
     • The Mental Health Parity Act
     • The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
   • Explain consequences of violations.
   • Discuss the implications of the law for employee privacy.

Note: The discussion of privacy under ERISA is separate from other privacy issues covered in Part 3.

1. Employee Privacy
   • Explain Beta’s policy for privacy related to employee records, work areas and equipment, electronic monitoring and off-work activities.
   • Use statutes, regulations, case law, and examples to explain the legal provisions.
   • Be sure to use scholarly references and primary legal resources (the actual text of the law) to construct this policy.

View Problem Scenario A to learn more about the relationship between Joe, the salesman for UWEAR, and Bill, the customer. This scenario provides key information in helping formulate answers for assignments this week.

In this Discussion Board, you will conduct a debate regarding the ethical nature of Bill and Joe’s relationship. Apply materials from Beyond the Book, the M.U.S.E., intellipath, and independent research to support your view. Make the reasoning for your position clear.

If your last name begins with K–Z, argue that the nature of their relationship is not an ethical breach. Consider the following:

• Does Joe’s relationship with Bill meet the definition of a conflict of interest?
• Are Bill’s gifts a form of bribery?
• Which ethical theory supports your view? Why?
• What other ethical issues might be associated with the relationship between Bill and Joe?

Instructions

Your APA Formatted paper should have the following structure:

Separate APA Cover Page

Introduction

Part I: (2 QUESTIONS/2 SECTIONS)

• Apply the rational choice model to arrive at your recommendation for Joe regarding his response to the invitation to spend the weekend on Bill’s yacht.
• In what ways do you agree or disagree with the result of applying the rational choice model?

Part II: (4 Questions/4 Sections)

• What ethical theory supports the response to this invitation that you recommend to Joe?
• Why would you use this theory?
• What is an alternative recommendation, applying a different ethical theory?
• Compare and contrast your recommendation with the alternative.

Conclusion

Separate Reference Page

Tips/Reminders/Mandatory

• The paper will include an introduction and a conclusion
• Two main body sections aligned with Parts I and II described above, plus subsections for each of the questions asked. The main sections should be divided into subsections or paragraphs with clear thesis statements regarding what topic is being addressed. (APA section Headings)
• The paper will approximate 2-3 pages of content, PLUS cover and reference pages.
• Ample course materials will be applied. This includes the LibGuide, MUSE, text and Intellipath. YOU MUST USE SEVEN REFERENCE SOURCES
• Use APA format. A template is available in Learning Center Writing Support Center (AND IN THE WEEK 1 COURSE MATERIALS)

Socioeconomic status can affect an individual’s vulnerability to becoming a victim, the types of crimes committed, and can even contribute to different experiences within the criminal justice system. Research supports the finding of a strong relationship between victimization and socioeconomic status, and there is indication of a growing disparity since the 1970s, with the poorest groups in America at an increasingly high risk of victimization (Thacher, 2004). In a 2008 national survey, the violent crime rate was over 44 per thousand for people with an annual family income of less than $7,500. This can be compared with a rate of 12.9 per thousand for people with an annual family income of $75,000 or more (U.S. Department of Justice, 2010).

Socioeconomic status is likely to affect the type of crimes to which people are most vulnerable. However, these relationships may be changing. A 1999 study showed that burglary, which targeted the affluent slightly more than the poor in the 1970s, had increased substantially among the poor by 1999. Conversely, homicide, once thought to be much more common among the less affluent, now appears to occur at high income levels (at least among Whites) as frequently as it occurs among those with lower income levels (Levitt, 1999).

In addition to its influence on the level and type of victimization, socioeconomic status may influence the type of experience a victim has with the criminal justice system. As you learned in this week’s Discussion, this is a complex and controversial issue.

For this Assignment, select one of the victims you have previously reviewed in the media. Consider how factors related to the victim’s socioeconomic status may have contributed to the victim’s vulnerability, the type of crime committed, and his or her experience with the criminal justice system.

The Assignment (2–3 pages):

• Identify the victim you selected from the Interactive Community.
• Explain which factors related to socioeconomic status might have contributed to the vulnerability of the victim.
• Explain which factors related to socioeconomic status might have contributed to the type of crime committed against the victim.
• Explain how the victim’s socioeconomic status might have contributed to different experiences with the criminal justice system.

Two to three pages with at least three references….

It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT presenting an explanation from the readings.

To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for this assignments 1) look at the page limits 2) review and follow APA rules 3) create SUBHEADINGS to identify the key sections you are presenting and 4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.

REMEMBER IN APA FORMAT JOURNAL TITLES AND VOLUME NUMBERS ARE ITALICIZED.

MULTIPLE USE OF INTEXT CITATION

READINGS

• Levitt, S. D. (1999). The changing relationship between income and crime victimization. FRBNY Economic Policy Review.
  Retrieved from http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/epr/99v05n3/990…Thacher, D. (2004). The rich get richer and the poor get robbed: Inequality in U.S. criminal victimization, 1974–2000. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 20(2), 89–116.
  U.S. Department of Justice. (2010). Criminal victimization in the United States, 2008 Statistical tables.
  Retrieved from http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus08.pd…

MEDIA

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Interactive community. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Optional Resources

• Dowler, K., & Sparks, R. (2008). Victimization, contact with police, and neighborhood conditions: Reconsidering African American and Hispanic attitudes toward the police. Police Practice and Research, 9(5), 395–415.