Effects of Bullying on Crime

Effects of Bullying on Crime What does bullying exactly mean? A bully is characterized as an individual who utilizes physical or mental power to impact or scare someone else or to constrain him or her to do what they need. Zimmerman’s article on† Homophobia hurts straight men, too, it discusses a student who commits suicide after his flat mate recorded him and alternate kid having sex. Bullying might be discovered all over the place in homes, on the web, and particularly in school environments. Bullying has a considerable measure of repercussions that influence individuals in many different ways. As of late, bullying has been rebuked for the climbing number of young suicides everywhere throughout the world. Nobody is destined to be a annoying bully, it is a taught expertise by the society (Kropar). A victim of harassing doesnt ask to be harmed; it’s a result of lack of awareness from todays general public. Responsible people like the Department of Education could begin executing stricter guid elines to ensure students. Bullying has turned into an issue that needs to be addressed as quickly as possible to ensure victimised people all over. I believe bullying is an act of mental weakness and lack of self esteem. Youngsters who are raised by a family that has no structural organization or ethics are at a higher risk of becoming bullies. Case in point, a kid who experiences childhood in a substance ill-use home generally gets abused by their guardians physically and verbally particularly when those parents are tweaking for the following high. Therefore they have a tendency to express their emotions by incurring torment on others in light of the fact that they cant take out their agony on their parents for dread of getting abused more. An alternate reason could be because of parents filing for a divorce or having a severe family conflict allowing this kid to feel to sit unbothered ,blaming them selfs for their partition leading them to revolt and carry on towards others by ha rming them physically or verbally. Sibling abuse is additionally normal in homes when, kids are put in a position where parents indicate more consideration and fondness towards one over the other. Some parents don’t understand that they begin this procedure among their kids by making them contend with one another. These kids have a tendency to take out their dissatisfaction on their kins by physically hitting or verbally teasing them. By letting parents more mindful of this issue, they have a superior understanding of how severe this problem is and what needs to be carried out to help prevent this harassing. With todays easy access to tec it is simple for anybody to take a humiliating picture or feature of another person and post it on the web for the entire world to see. An article as of late distributed in Daily Mail, reported a story that occurred miles away in the United States on a little island of Hawaiabout a bunch of high school cheerleaders that were blamed for bully ing by using internet. The school close down the cheerleading squad until an examination is finished. Staggeringly this particular story has gone very far that it has gone almost half away over the globe. Since bullying has turned into a world- wide plague tormenting groups like an irresistible malady everybody is getting included in uncovering such a harsh demonstration, to the point that causes such a great amount of torment to the exploited people involved. A disturbing number of suicides are, no doubt reported by youngsters because of bullying all as far and wide as possible (a British daily paper). In the United States Europe alone there have been occurrences that included school shootings due this issue. Where even children are taking retribution by taking firearms and shooting their associates and educators as a result of shame and embarrassment that they have continued constantly. Case in point, the news publicized a story about a kid who went to class with a firearm and shot a couple of students and a math educator at a elementary school in Nevada simply a month ago in light of bullying. An alternate case, was the first state funded school slaughter that murdered quite a few people, when two young men went in intensely armed and began shooting at everybody. In a late article posted in Civil Beat, on how â€Å"Hawai’i schools are as of now attempting to help tormented children addresses an issue of security for their students. In spite of various endeavors by legislators to get an exact reply from the Department of Education on their arrangements with distinguishing and managing bullies in the instructive framework which they couldnt give an immediate reaction however just given a reaction that there was at that point a guideline set up which was the â€Å"Chapter 19 â€Å"law. It still doesnt characterize the reaction that administrators were searching for (Eagles).School shootings have been more mainstream on the news than 10 years back. There weren’t any phones, advanced digital cameras or tablets accessible in those days and machines werent as astute as it is currently. Individuals were all the more cordial and regarded one another’s sentiments. Presently, the greater part of them couldnt care less as much and rather harm others as opposed to being decent. School authorities and officials need to join their endeavors in battling this issue and consent to distinguish and set standards and regulations to those blamed so as to ensure the security of students all around. As of late, the area has propelled a million dollar fight against tormenting making it openly known to groups everywhere on that this is a severe progressing issue that we all need to address. A Report put together by the Hawaii State Department of Health examines a disturbing detail of suicides among youngsters between the ages of 10 to 17 years old. In a five year period 29 passings by suicide has been accounted for (Hawai’i state audit). There were various explanations for these tragedies that killed such a large number of young people. A few reasons are because of broken families, were there could be families who are separated or have a substance ill-use issue bringing about damage and mischief to these youngsters who sees no option yet to take their torment away by taking their lives. A boyfriend or girlfriend contention that may lead them to slaughter themselves to demonstrate that their life is empty and useless without the other. The most noteworthy of all which is 61 percent is because of obscure reasons, significance there was no clarification or confirmation to show why their lives finished so early. Everybody is influenced by these tragedies including re latives of the deceased. At the point when a youngster take off their lives, there is an unbarring sensation that a guardian experiences alongside inquiries like, why?†Why did he/she do this? Who is at fault for this? What would I be able to have done to stop this? Etc. In some cases it’s tricky to see the indications of demolition a youngster is experiencing inside be that as it may, it serves to have an open association with a grown-up or somebody to converse with before submitting this incomprehensible act. These are simply a couple of facts that was carried out in Hawaii years back not including those from different places. These numbers are disturbing to know particularly when they are broken down into ethnic gatherings, age, sex and reasons of suicides. Harassing comes in numerous manifestations of abuse, whether it be physical, verbal or mental in any case it influences an individual. Because of those reasons alone there have been numerous endeavors of dangers, c utting themselves and even achievement of ending their lives. It is a pitiful circumstance that some of these victimized people needed to persist to get to that point where they felt that it was the main way out. Hotlines and gatherings at schools could be a method for correspondence for some of these children that they could search for help before turning to suicide. Before it turns into a fact, everybody ought to contribute to do their part in halting abuse now. In the event that by being taught to turn into a bully than it is not difficult to say that it could additionally be taught to be a superior individual. By instruction and mindfulness may individuals come to comprehend the importance of progress. It may be hard on the grounds that bullying is openly instructed through TV programs, radio stations, feature amusements fundamentally all over you look violence and tormenting are, no doubt pushed. Youngsters at an early age is an incredible example to begin from on the grounds t hat their psyches are similar to flushed cotton and can assimilate the integrity that later structures them into kind hearted and receptive people that know by harming individuals is not right. Bullying is an uninformed illness that might be infectious just on the off chance that it is spread by those infected. Yet it could additionally be cured by remedies of instruction and familiarity with being justifiable. Citations Daily Mail Reporter, .â€Å"Cheerleaders accused of cyber-bullying at Hawaii high school complain that THEY are being treated unfairly.†Daily Mail (UK) (Daily Mail Report) 20 Nov. 2013 n. page. Print. Eagle, Nathan. â€Å"Hawaii schools are still struggling to help tormented kids.†Civil Beat. July 30, 2012. Hawaii State Dept. of Health, Family Health Service Division, Materna and Child Health Branch,.â€Å"A report from Hawaii child death review 2001 to 2006.† December 2011 78-82. Print. Kropar, Curtis. â€Å"† School bullies: we have no one to blame but ourselves â€Å".†Civil Beat. 02 Aug 2012: Zimmerman, Jonathan. â€Å"Homophobia hurts straight men, too.† Christian Science Monitor 06 Oct. 2010: N.PAG. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

Sexual Harrasment

Sexual Harassment Topic: Human Resource Management/Sexual Harassment Characters: Paula, Management trainee in the Production Department of a medium-sized company Steve, Vice President of Production and Paula’s Manager Richard, Paula’s coworker and a Manager in Production Paula, a recent college graduate, is a newly hired manager in the Production Department of a medium-sized US Company. The first woman selected for this production training position, Paula takes her work very seriously. She has been with the organization for three months.For the first two months, she performed her duties very well, but during the last month, Steve, her boss, has noticed a change in Paula. She seems more tense and uneasy and is to not concentrating on her work as conscientiously as she previously did During the last month, Paula has been continually harassed by Richard, a coworker. At first she tried ignoring his jokes and sexual banter. However, his persistence has caused Paula have very uncomfortable feelings while she is at work and at home as well.Paula looked into the employee’s handbook concerning sexual harassment policies and found none. She really did not know what to do. Finally, after noticing her continually declining work, Steve asked her what was bothering her. She told him the problem and showed him information concerning the EEOC laws dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace she had found in a human resources textbook from college. She also said that she was considering taking action against Richard if his actions continued.Steve told her he was totally unaware of the problem but agreed something should be done. He asked her to investigate what the organization needed to do to stop this from occurring now and also to anyone else in the future. He also thanked Paula for her patience and honesty and also promised her that something would be done. What Are the Ethical Issues? 1. What is sexual harassment, and why is it prohibited? 2. What obligations does a company have to deal with sexual harassment issues?Does an organization have an obligation to establish written policies on sexual harassment? 3. What obligations does a manager have to deal with accusations or established incidents of sexual harassment among his subordinates? How should such incidents be handled? 4. What should be done with individuals who are accused of sexual harassment? What would be appropriate penalties for individuals found to have been involved in sexual harassment of others? 5. What obligation does a company and its managers have towards the victims of sexual harassment?What Actions Should Be Taken? 1. What actions should Paula take? 2. Should Steve address this current problem before he asks Paula to draft a harassment policy for the organization? 3. Is Paula the best choice to develop this document? 4. Should Richard be fired? Punished? 5. What are the choices Steve can take, and which would you choose? Why? 6. What ethical theories mak e the most sense (utilitarian, rights, justice) concerning this case? 7. What actions should Steve take? Sexual Harrasment Sexual harassment is a two word phrase which hopes to never be brought up in a fire department, legally or just in conversation. It is a despicable practice that is widely acceptable around the nation in fire departments and in business. However, it is not tolerated on the legal front, nor should it ever be condoned in a professional environment. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender is absolutely intolerable and is a plague on today’s fire service. Claims on sexual harassment arise all the time and are never short of horrendous and demeaning acts, as well as crude remarks against the plaintiff.Many legal issues arise when it comes to sexual harassment as so many aspects play into a claim of sexual harassment. The term ‘sexual harassment’ is defined as – â€Å"Unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when submission to or rejection of this conduct affects an individualà ¢â‚¬â„¢s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment† By J. Curtis Varone, Legal Considerations for Fire and emergency services, 2nd edition, page 421.Accordingly sexual harassment claims tend to include almost all the above elements as well as many more elements, be they physical or verbal. It is also broken down into two main categories. The two categories of sexual harassment are ‘quid pro quo’ (this for that) and ‘hostile work environment’. Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment – â€Å"Occurs when the employee’s employment opportunities or benefits are granted or denied because of an individual’s submission to sexual advances or requests for sexual favors. † Varone, 421.Such examples of this kind of sexual harassment would include a female firefighter being denied a promotion unless she submitted to a perverse act entirely u nrelated to the typical means of promotion. Often times, such harassment only occurs whereby the supervisor is the harasser, making the employer strictly liable for the claim. Hostile Work Environment sexual harassment â€Å"Occurs when unwelcome sexual conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance or has the effect of creating an intimidating or offensive work environment†Varone, 422. Such related examples do not even need to relate to employment opportunities or anything related under ‘quid pro quo’ harassment. It is possible for hostile work environment harassment to occur when either the employer or supervisor should have known about the event occurring, or that the said supervisor should have done something about it. Possible examples include sexually oriented comments, display of sexually oriented material in the workplace, sexually oriented demeaning names or obscene remarks or jokes to the harassed individual.Often more time s than not, hostile work environment harassment is more common than quid pro quo. Statistics on sexual harassment are surprisingly low compared to other types of harassment or discrimination. Sexual harassment is under-represented due to fear of punishment or disciplinary action. The EEOC puts out statistics every year on the matter. The year of 2011 was the lowest amount of claims year in the past decade; however, the damages done are no less degrading. The below table is based upon EEOC statistics. EEOC Sexual Harassment Claims: 2011 Statistics |Total Claims filed | 11,364| % of Charges Filed by Males | 16. 3%| | Claims Resolutions by Type: | Number | Percent | Settlements | 1,367| 10. 9% | Withdrawals w/Benefits | 1,150| 9. 1% | Administrative Closures | 2,635 | 21. 0%| No Reasonable Cause | 6,658| 53. 0%| Reasonable Cause | 761| 6. 1%| Successful Conciliations | 288| 2. 3%| Unsuccessful Conciliations | 473| 3. 8%| Merit Resolutions | 3,278 | 26. 1%| Total Settlement Dollars | $5 2,300,000| Compared to previous years, 2011 has been substantially lower in amount of claims of sexual harassment.Also seen is the financial burden that sexual harassment carries. It is by no means unreasonable for the amount and extent of damages that occur for the affected individuals. Real examples of sexual harassment in the media are ever prevalent today. One such recent example comes from Phoenix, Arizona. The female plaintiff alleges that she endured years of demeaning names and remarks as well as having been passed up for promotion where it was due. She issued a $70,000 lawsuit against the City of Phoenix. A case very similar to this is the Julia M.O’Rourke v City of Providence case from the early 90’s, which I think will be similar to the final outcome of the City of Phoenix case. Julia M. O’Rourke was one of the first female firefighters in the history of the Providence fire department. She started with 6 other women in the process of the fire departme nts academy in January of 1992. After which, O’Rourke was hired under the city’s new affirmative action policy. It wasn’t until this point that the Chief of the department made a sexual harassment policy. The policy stated was to keep sexual related content, be it media, or remarks out of the department.It also stated that the supervisor of each station was responsible to enforce the policy. Also added was a course on sensitivity training as well as a sexual harassment course. Prior to even being fully employed, Julia experienced many instances of sexual harassment during the academy. Almost every instance can be tied to hostile work environment sexual harassment. On numerous occasions, one specific academy member, Ferro, was found to be discussing overly sexual opinions, displaying pornographic content to other members as well as making remarks specifically to O’Rourke.In one specific event, Ferro pointed to O’Rourke’s breasts and claimed t hat she was â€Å"stacked†, in the company of many other students at a water training exercise. Ferro continued to be a general problem for O’Rourke during the course of the academy. Even after making through the academy and being hired on at engine 5, B shift, the harassment did not stop, in fact, it got worse. Instead of just from a co-worker, harassment was now coming from the company officer on her shift. A specific event occurred where the company officer threw pieces of paper with O’Rourkes number out of the engine while going past a bar in the own. Despite being asked to stop by O’Rourke, the company officer continued and laughed. Also at one point, she was warned that there was the possibility of there being a closed circuit camera in her bunk room. She felt completely invaded and violated in a place that should feel at the very least safe. Volatile treatment like this continued to occur for the next 2 years. Finally in September of 1994, Oâ€℠¢Rourke sought out the City’s EEO officer. This finally got the ball rolling to straighten out and shed justice on the issue.Final verdicts won for O’Rourke throughout the year of 1997 on numerous cases on the basis of hostile work environment sexual harassment. O’Rourke was victorious in receiving her dues on the basis of sexual harassment. I feel that the Phoenix Arizona case will play out similarly, but only time will tell as there is not much information so far on the exact events or court trials. Ultimately, sexual harassment will continue to plague the fire service until people become more tolerable of others differences.Sexual harassment is immensely degrading for the affected individual and is nothing short of driving a person to inadequacy. It should never be tolerated in the workplace or professional environment and certainly has no place in the fire service. The main virtue is that a person can do the job. That is the only merit that holds true, but d iscrimination on the basis of gender or sexual preference simply isn’t a proper means of deciding whether or not an individual should be able to perform in this job.It is my hope that there will continue to be a downward trend in sexual harassment claims and actual occurrences as the practice of such is horrendous. Works Cited – Varone, J. C. (2006). Legal considerations for fire and emergency services. Delmar Pub. Resendez, M. E. (Writer) (2012). In ABC 15. Phoenix, AZ: ABC. Retrieved from http://www. abc15. com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/70k-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-prompts-big-changes-at-the-Phoenix-Fire-Department Eeoc. Retrieved from http://www. eeoc. gov/ Sexual Harrasment Sexual Harassment Topic: Human Resource Management/Sexual Harassment Characters: Paula, Management trainee in the Production Department of a medium-sized company Steve, Vice President of Production and Paula’s Manager Richard, Paula’s coworker and a Manager in Production Paula, a recent college graduate, is a newly hired manager in the Production Department of a medium-sized US Company. The first woman selected for this production training position, Paula takes her work very seriously. She has been with the organization for three months.For the first two months, she performed her duties very well, but during the last month, Steve, her boss, has noticed a change in Paula. She seems more tense and uneasy and is to not concentrating on her work as conscientiously as she previously did During the last month, Paula has been continually harassed by Richard, a coworker. At first she tried ignoring his jokes and sexual banter. However, his persistence has caused Paula have very uncomfortable feelings while she is at work and at home as well.Paula looked into the employee’s handbook concerning sexual harassment policies and found none. She really did not know what to do. Finally, after noticing her continually declining work, Steve asked her what was bothering her. She told him the problem and showed him information concerning the EEOC laws dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace she had found in a human resources textbook from college. She also said that she was considering taking action against Richard if his actions continued.Steve told her he was totally unaware of the problem but agreed something should be done. He asked her to investigate what the organization needed to do to stop this from occurring now and also to anyone else in the future. He also thanked Paula for her patience and honesty and also promised her that something would be done. What Are the Ethical Issues? 1. What is sexual harassment, and why is it prohibited? 2. What obligations does a company have to deal with sexual harassment issues?Does an organization have an obligation to establish written policies on sexual harassment? 3. What obligations does a manager have to deal with accusations or established incidents of sexual harassment among his subordinates? How should such incidents be handled? 4. What should be done with individuals who are accused of sexual harassment? What would be appropriate penalties for individuals found to have been involved in sexual harassment of others? 5. What obligation does a company and its managers have towards the victims of sexual harassment?What Actions Should Be Taken? 1. What actions should Paula take? 2. Should Steve address this current problem before he asks Paula to draft a harassment policy for the organization? 3. Is Paula the best choice to develop this document? 4. Should Richard be fired? Punished? 5. What are the choices Steve can take, and which would you choose? Why? 6. What ethical theories mak e the most sense (utilitarian, rights, justice) concerning this case? 7. What actions should Steve take?

Customer Satisfaction and Quality Care Essay

In this competitive health care environment, consumers want and expect better health care services and hospital systems are concerned about maintaining their overall image. There is also attention to ways in which patient satisfaction measurement can be integrated into an overall measure of clinical quality. To begin, review the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (H.C.A.H.P.S.) available at (http://tinyurl.com/4272s7l). Next, visit the Hospital Compare website (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov), and follow these steps: 1. Type in your zip code   2. Ensure that â€Å"general search† is selected for the search type 3. Click on the â€Å"Find Hospitals† button 4. Select one of the hospitals by checking the box next to the hospital name and click on â€Å"Compare† 5. Review the survey of patients’ hospital experiences For the selected hospital, identify one satisfaction measurement criteria that you recommend for improvement. In your opinion, how might this customer satisfaction factor relate to quality outcomes? Provide a concrete example that supports your opinion. Additionally, identify at least three barriers that exist in the health care setting that could have an impact on the customer satisfaction score you selected. Be sure to state at least one structural barrier and one process barrier and describe the barriers you identified. (Refer to pg. 156 of your textbook for definitions of structure and process barriers) Finally, review the quality improvement tools presented in Chapter 3 of your textbook. Select a tool that a health care organization might use to study a process barrier related to the customer-satisfaction factor you identified. Explain why you selected the tool and how it could be used. Your paper should be two to three pages (excluding title and reference pages) and should contain at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library. It should be formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Mysterious Motives How Lying And Deceit Shape Detective...

Mysterious Motives: How Lying and Deceit Shape Detective Stories The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett both exemplify classic detective stories. With secrets and red herrings behind every corner, Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes try to pinpoint a culprit and solve a case. However, their stories become more complicated when their own secrets are thrown into the mix. When it comes murder, everyone has something to hide, and anyone could be guilty of committing the crime. Even the motives and actions of the story’s â€Å"heroes† are called into question. In this paper, I will explore how everyone--from the detectives to the victims--has something to hide, and why this makes interactions and criminal cases so intriguing. Early on, Watson and Holmes are introduced to the Baskerville case by Dr. James Mortimer. For centuries, they discover, the Baskerville estate has existed in the gloomy shadow of the Hound, a cons tant threat that looms over the family. Centuries earlier, Sir Hugo Baskerville had died under mysterious circumstances- his death attributed to the hound. His descendant, Sir Charles, died under similar circumstances recently. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson make it their responsibility to protect Sir Henry Baskerville from the omnipotent hound. At first, the readers immediately suspect Barrymore, Sir Henry’s butler. Watson and Holmes become suspicious when they find out that he plans to leave his job.