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Discuss the term “clinical death,” especially with respect to when not to initiate CPR. Discuss what is meant by a “peaceful death” and a “good death,” including goals for End-Of-Life care. How would you feel if you knew your patients did not want CPR but the family insisted on it?
Using Chapter 16, “America’s Gilded Age, 1870-1890,” in the textbook, Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner, write an essay that answers the following question:
Do you believe future historians will find similarities between the Robber Barons of this time period and our current technological giants of Facebook, Google, and etc.?
Instructions
Please view the Newsy video on the “Rise and Fall of US Labor Unions,”
https://www.newsy.com/stories/the-history-of-us-labor-unions-and-how-they-look-today/
Discussion Questions
Why do you think union membership in the U.S. has declined?
Do you think the decline in union membership in the US is a positive or negative trend? Explain your position.
Would you want to be an HR professional in a unionized organization? Why or why not?
Consider the idea of “institutional discrimination,” which is described in your text as a form of discrimination that is embedded in the way social institutions function, regardless of whether or not the actors involved are personally prejudiced or intend to commit discriminatory actions. Do you think racism is a problem of personal prejudice or institutional discrimination? Why?
Why do so many litigants, “like moths to a flame,” want to litigate in the United States?
Michael Ghannoum, a resident of Texas, was hired to work as a pilot for Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways is entirely owned by the government of Qatar. Ghannoum’s employment was based in Qatar, where he resided under a Qatari resident permit. Qatar Airways’ chief eecutive officer Akbar Al Baker allegedly terminated Ghannoum without cause and refused to pay Ghannoum for one months work. Qatar Airways subsequently cancelled Ghannoum’s residency permit which prevented him from leaving the country to interview for jobs with other airlines. Ghannoum was subsequently deported from Qatar and was unable to return to the country for two to four years. Ghannoum filed a lawsuit against Qatar Airways for tortious interference with prospective relations, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and defamation. Qatar Airways moved to dismiss on the basis of forum non conveniens, contending that Qatar was a more convenient forum for the resolution of the claims. Qatar Airwas conceded that Qatar would not be an adequate and available forum if Ghannoum was not permitted to reenter to Qatar. However, Qatar Airways promised the court it would do everything within its power to facilitate Ghannoum’s reentry into Qatar to allow him to file and pursue his claims there.
Under the circumstances, is Qatar an adequate alternative forum?
What are the private and public interest factors at stake?
How do these factors balance in this case?
Discuss in what ways the United States was an “unfinished nation,” and how the accomplishments of the Civil Rights era completed the process. In your opinion, is the United States currently a “finished nation” or is there still “unfinished business” that needs to be addressed?