Category: Organization

How social media companies have permeated into the lives of citizens

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This will enable you to understanding the extent to which social media companies have permeated into the lives of citizens, and the commodification of personal data of users of social media platforms.

 

 

American pride themselves of their privacy and freedom. But to anyone who is conscious of the advancements in technology, these claims of privacy and freedom are becoming increasingly illusive.

Identify and explain 2 of the underlying reasons for the shifts in attitude and tolerance about the invasion of our personal privacies.
Identify and explain 2 ways you are under surveillance by your own technologies that you use routinely. It is important to be specific and precise.
To what extent is your awareness of being watched by the technology you use modulating your behavior? Are you conscious of this? Why, or why not?
Research and write about what someone had broadcasted or posted on social media came back to hunt them at a crucial point in their life.

 

Anti-U.S. Sentiments and The Good Neighbor Policy

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By the 1930s, Latin Americans had much to protest. The United States had intervened in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Panama. They had also occupied Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Several U.S. interventions installed leaders who became long-term dictators, corrupt petty tyrants, known for their greed and their obedience to U.S. policy. As we learned, Latin America’s greatest writers such as Rubén Darío and José Martí began to protest during the late 19th century, and this critique in literature would continue well into the 20th century with writers like Pablo Neruda (whom we will discuss in the next module). It was clear that these respected voices had begun to question the U.S./European model of Progress. The warnings against US influence had sunk in as the tide of nationalism rose in country after country.

As a result, the U.S. policy toward Latin America also changed during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt who saw Latin America as an important ally in the changing world of the 1930s. He did everything possible to cultivate Latin American goodwill, and he announced his Good Neighbor Policy to improve relations in Latin America. In 1933 at the Seventh Congress of Pan-American movement, Roosevelt’s representatives publicly swore off military intervention, and for a brief time, relations between Latin America and the United States became friendlier than ever before or since.

 

 

Comparing cultures

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Select a culture other than your own (USA). Compare and contrast your selected culture with your own on these dimensions in terms of how they influence communication:

Core values
Religious belief systems
Gender roles
Verbal and non-verbal communication
Communication context

Then, analyze how characteristics of both cultures influence communication in the following settings and identify the issues and opportunities that exist for each:

Education
Healthcare
Business settings
Finally, formulate strategies for improving intercultural communication in these settings including the development of cultural intelligence (CQ)

 

The Equal Rights Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed almost a century ago and has still not been added to the United States Constitution. It is supposed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It was first introduced to Congress by Alice Paul, leader of women’s suffrage movement in 1923. Compare/contrast the Equal Rights Amendment with the Fourteenth Amendment. Did they deal with separate concepts? Explain your answer.

How privatizing functions affect the constitutional rights

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Consider the positive and negative effects of profit in the context of several different areas of public bureaucracy. What is gained and what is lost by privatizing functions such as education policy, trash removal, criminal incarceration, and national defense? How might privatization affect the constitutional rights of citizens who deal with the private companies?

 

The Intelligence Community’s role

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Identify the Intelligence Community’s role and public service mission (private corporate mission if applicable)- provide intelligence to decision-makers (political, defense, diplomatic, development, law enforcement, corporate) (2.5 points)
What is the intelligence organization (Agency or organization) being conveyed (fictional or real life)?
Who is the intelligence customer?
The relationship in the film between the intelligence professional and the decision-maker (individual, organization, etc.) (2.5 points)
Consider the intelligence cycle through the film (is the film considering planning and coordination, collections, processing, analysis and production, reporting and dissemination) (2.5 points)
Consider the substantive scope of the intelligence being produced (diplomatic, military, economic, operational, estimative, etc.) (2.5)
Consider the intelligence discipline(s) being introduced through the film (humint, sigint, osint, imint, geoint, socimint, etc.) (2.5)
Contemplate and internalize the moral/ethical dilemma for the intelligence professional or policymaker (2.5 points)
Consider the challenge of balancing transparency and accountability in a democracy, public safety and security, and protecting sources and methods (to include operators/operations in the field) (2.5 points)
Evaluate the policymakers consideration of the threat and risk to the “public” (2.5 points)
Evaluate the intelligence professional’s consideration of threat and risk to country (or organization), the mission (process), and/or the intelligence data or finished report (product) (2.5 points)

 

 

Individual rights vs. rights to society

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when is the 1st amendment good and when is it not? and what is the balance of that?

2nd amendment- constitutional? Can convicted felons carry? and what is the balance?

can the police just come in your house break your down and search your house?

4th amendment- what is the balance? can the police just get you off the streets and search you?

5th amendment- questioning/ interrogation. what is protected under Maranda rights

 

The concept of Victorian masculinity as depicted in Alfred Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters” and “Ulysses.”

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Discuss the concept of Victorian masculinity as depicted in Alfred Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters” and “Ulysses.” Compare Ulysses’ avowal that he “cannot rest from travel” to the enervation depicted in “The Lotos-Eaters.” Yet note that Ulysses keeps referring to his advanced age and his approaching death. So what?