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General Duty Clause

Unit 3 discussion
OSHA will use the General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1)) of the Act to cite violations that are not covered by specific regulations. Any citation using the General Duty Clause must meet specific criteria, which are summarized starting on Page 4-14 of the FOM. Review the criteria and discuss a situation that you believe could be cited by an OSHA compliance officer using the General Duty Clause. Provide sound reasoning for your answer, including a discussion of why the situation you chose would be cited using the General Duty Clause and not some specific OSHA regulation.
Properly cited APA. 100-250 words
Unit 3 discussion
Under the guidance of workers’ compensation law, the basic rule is that if you are temporarily disabled on workers’ compensation, the employer may not discriminate against you by termination or layoff. One exception to the rule might be if it is clear through medical evidence that you will be unable to return to your usual occupation. Another exception is if your employer needs to replace your position because of business necessity, though the burden on the employer is very high; they may instead hire a temporary employee rather than replace you.
What are your thoughts around this basic guidance? Should a worker lose his/her job if they are out of work and on workers’ compensation? Is it ethical to terminate an employee based on the two exceptions mentioned above? Should the employer be able to make the best business decision and replace the worker? Why, or why not?
Properly cited APA 100-250 words
workerscomppdfbook.pdf
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compensability and dispute process

 
In Unit VI of this course, you will be tasked with writing about the dispute process when workers believe that they are treated unjustly. For this assignment, research and solid references need to be found within the Waldorf Online Library (https://www.waldorf.edu/faculty-staff/departments/library/library-resources). For this assignment, you will be creating an annotated bibliography of resources on the dispute process.
The resources you identify in this bibliography will be used in writing your assignment in Unit VI. By locating the necessary resources in this bibliography, you will be prepared to write your paper in Unit VI.
Generally, a workers’ compensation dispute is a disagreement between the system participants (e.g., the injured worker, the employer, the employer’s insurance company) that must be settled by the state-specific workers’ compensation board. Most (but not all) disputes generally involve three main areas:
· an indemnity dispute involving compensability or liability,
· a medical fee dispute for healthcare already provided where the payment has been reduced or denied, or
· a medical necessity dispute, disputing if a medical procedure is actually medically necessary.
Using these common disputes as well as others, create an annotated bibliography, and show how those resources will support your paper by briefly describing the content of each article or referenced source.
When writing your bibliography, think about the different types of coverage available to employees and the fundamentals of claim management. Be sure to include information about these in your bibliography.
There is no minimum page count for this assignment, but you must include six-to-ten sources in your bibliography and your entry for each reference should be at least 250 words. Each source should be from the Waldorf Online Library, and the assignment should be formatted in APA style
Unit V PowerPoint Presentation
You are the safety manager for a company that produces widgets in the state of Kentucky. Your business has a solid reputation and is growing and looking to expand to Texas and Georgia in the next few years. The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) wants a better understanding of what insurance coverage they need to have for workers’ compensation moving forward in these three states.
You have partnered with the workers’ compensation manager, and you want to give the SLT a feel for how much money they have spent the past few years and what they should consider for future workers’ compensation insurance coverage. Using information you have learned thus far in the course, make a proposal to the SLT on items they should consider, based on fairly hard facts. Do this by using the OSHA “Safety Pays” Program found here:
Last year, your company had 12 sprains, four cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, one crushing incident, and the loss of vision for three employees. Your company also has a 6.7% profit margin. Your company pays the first $100,000 aggregate for each category of injuries, and then the insurance company pays the rest.
Use the data displayed above, create slides that discuss the following:
· Discuss how many compensable injuries happened last year. Explain how many incidents and how much and what could happen if the workforce doubled.
· Estimate the total direct costs, indirect costs, and the amount of sales of widgets that are needed to cover the total cost of all the company accidents.
· Provide guidance on which states should be considered 3A states and 3C states in the workers’ compensation insurance policy.
· dentify if these projected three states would practice extraterritorial and reciprocity with the main state, and explain to the
· SLT the impact of these statutory guidelines.
· Determine if the employer would need any other extra insurance (insurance that would cover a workplace accident not covered by workers’ compensation) or if they should they just pay out of pocket.
Your PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of eight slides, not counting the title slide or references slides. You must use a minimum of two resources (including the OSHA Safety Pays website) for your presentation. You should include a combination of text and diagrams and pictures if they add value. All in-text citations and references should be displayed in appropriate APA style.
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OSHA

1. Unit IV Assignment – Due 2-14-18
Based on the Citation and Notification of Penalty letter you received in Unit III, prepare a document that summarizes at least five actions you would take as soon as possible after you reviewed the letter. For each of the actions, you must state the following:
·  the exact action,
·  why you believe the action is required for the citations and penalties,
·  how you believe the actions will assist in responding to the citations and penalties, and
·  resources you would use to accomplish the action.
You must support your actions with reliable sources. Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited, and a reference must be provided using APA style.
1. Unit V Assignment – Due 2-21-18
You managed to schedule an informal conference with the area director at the regional OSHA office four days after you receive the Notice of Citations and Penalty. Based on the citations and penalties you received in Unit III, prepare a document that lists the citations and penalties you wish to discuss with the area director. You should summarize what you are trying to accomplish in regard to each citation/penalty you choose, to include:
·  the information you will use to try and accomplish your goal,
·  the information you will take with you to the meeting, and
·  who will accompany you to the meeting.
You must support your actions with reliable sources. Your grade will be based on your ability to present a case to your professor (serving as the area director) to reduce either the severity of some citations, or the amount of some penalties. If you simply state that you accept the citations and penalties as written, you will receive a minimal score on the assignment.
Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. You must use at least one reference in the paper. All sources must be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style.
1. Unit VI Assignment – Due 2-28-17
You fail to reach an informal settlement agreement with the area director. You file a Notice to Contest within the required 15-day period. Your case is assigned to an administrative law judge (ALJ). Prepare a document summarizing the case you will submit to the ALJ. The document should discuss the following at a minimum:
·  which citations and penalties you would contest,
·  the reasoning behind each contested citation and/or penalty,
·  documents you would bring to the hearing,
·  individuals you would use at the hearing,
·  how the case before the ALJ differs from the informal conference,
·  what information will be presented before the ALJ that was not presented in the informal conference, and
·  what information you would request from OSHA as part of discovery.
You must support your actions with reliable sources. Your grade will be based on your ability to present a case to your professor, serving as the ALJ, to reduce or vacate either the severity of some citations or the amount of some penalties. If you simply state that you accept the citations and penalties as written, you will receive a minimal score on the assignment.
Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style.
1. Unit VII Assignment – Due 3-7-18
Assume that a fatality occurred at your facility one month prior to the OSHA inspection. Review the citations and penalties that were assessed to your facility, and respond to the following questions:
·  Which of the citations could be referred to the U.S. DOJ for criminal proceedings?
·  What conditions would have to be met before the citations could be referred for criminal proceedings?
·  Which individuals working at your facility could face criminal charges under the Act?
·  What would be the maximum prison sentence and fines that any individual would face?
·  What would be the maximum fine that the company would face?
·  If you were facing criminal charges under the Act, what would be your best defense?
·  How could you involve the OSHRC in the criminal case(s)?
Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style.
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Using MaxQDA Assignment Resource

MaxQDA


College of Doctoral Studies

RES-850 Using MaxQDA Assignment Resource

MAXQDA is a software tool designed to assist in the analysis of qualitative data. It should be noted that MAXQDA does not create codes or perform analyses independently; the researcher must create the necessary codes and manipulate the data to gain insight. However, MAXQDA simplifies the analysis process.
After completing this assignment, you should plan to further explore MAXQDA to gain familiarity with this software. It will be used in subsequent courses.
Follow the steps below to complete the assignment, “Using MAXQDA.”
1. Download the MAXQDA software from DC. When prompted, enter the license code found on the MAXQDA page in DC. When the download is complete, open MAXQDA.
2. View the “Getting Started Tutorial” in MAXQDA (see below). The video is approximately 7 minutes in length. This video also demonstrates the code system. Though the assignment will not require the importing of documents, this video offers a good idea of how the software program works. A more in-depth webinar, “Optional: MAXQDA Webinar,” is also available in the Loud Cloud course materials for this topic.
3. Download the “MAXQDA Getting Started Guide” as shown below. Review the Guide to gain an understanding of how the interface works as well as explanation of the standard toolbar and the key words you will need to understand prior to reviewing data. Pay close attention to pages 20-25 as they show how to code and activate documents.
4. In the MAXQDA Welcome dialogue window, click “Open Examples”.
 
5. Then, click on the file “ENG/Life Satisfaction.mx18”, the first project file listed under the drop-down menu. If prompted, do not back up the project (click “No.”)
 
6. Once you have opened “Eng/Life Satisfaction.mx18” by clicking on it, help is available by clicking on the icon in the top toolbar and then clicking the question mark “Help” icon at the far right of the page near the top.
7. From the top toolbar in MaxQDA, click on “Home.” Explore the available views (Document System, Code System, Document Browser, and Retrieved Segments). Pay close attention to the different data sources that were included in this sample project: documents, a focus group, Twitter data, videos, and images.
Views
8. In the Document System view, right Click on “Documents” (under the tool bar), and activate all documents. The activated document titles change color. This allows the user to click on a document, open it in a new browser window, and see all comments from one person in the document saved under his or her name. A right click on the focus group transcript permits opening the actual transcript.
9. Double click on Joanna’s name to open Joanna’s transcript and take a screen shot for this assignment.
10. In the Code System view, right click on “Code System” (under the toolbar), and activate all codes. The code titles activated will change color. This displays codes, such as People, Assessments, Interviews Main Topics, Word to story prompts, Autocodes, and Autocode Twitter Data. These are preliminary codes the researcher has assigned to his/her data.
11. Under the Codes, you will see subcodes. For example, look at the code “People.” Underneath the code, you see subcodes of grandparents, parents, siblings, friends, and partner. These subcodes represent some further analysis the researcher has done. Click on the arrow to the left of the other codes to reveal subcodes for each.
12. Click on “Interviews Main Topics” code to reveal the subcodes. Then, double click on the “Career” subcode. Finally, click on Jon’s name to reveal the paragraph coded for Jon under the career subcode. Take a screenshot of Jon’s paragraph-long quote on this topic for the assignment.
13. At this point, the researcher has developed codes and subcodes. Review all of the codes and subcodes developed thus far. Right now, all of the information is at the code or subcode levels. Researchers need to find a way to collapse these subcodes into common groups, or categories. Study each of the subcodes by double clicking on the subcode and reading the pertinent information. (See bullet point 11 where you opened Jon’s interview for the Career subcode.) Read through these until you obtain an understanding of what that particular subcode represents. Once you have an understanding of the subcodes, think critically to create and define at least three categories. A category should capture commonalities that group several subcodes together. For example, under the Assessments code, we see subcodes: negative, neutral, positive, unclear/ambivalent. Under the Word to story prompts code, we see subcodes of sadness, happiness, success and failure. Perhaps one category might be “Emotions.”
14. Create two categories that collapse the subcodes in Interviews Main Topics and two categories that collapse the subcodes in People,. Write a brief rationale (250-500 words) describing how you moved from the larger list of subcodes to each category. Note: Your chosen categories do not have to encompass all of the subcodes; but, each category must use a minimum of two subcodes.
In summary, to complete this project you need the following deliverables:
1. A screenshot of Joanna’s transcript.
2. A screenshot of Jon’s paragraph-long quote.
3. The four categories developed from subcodes.
4. A rationale for the process you used to collapse the subcodes into groups, or categories.
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 Homo naledi’s features

1.
For this  discussion, use the information at the following links to answer the questions about Homo naledi.

  • Meet Homo Naledi: http://ewn.co.za/Features/Naledi/Who-is-Naledi (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  • The Evolution of Man: http://ewn.co.za/Features/Naledi/Where-Does-Naledi-Fit (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  • Who Was Homo Naledi?: http://ewn.co.za/Features/Naledi/What-Makes-Naledi-Special (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
  • The Rising Star Caves: http://ewn.co.za/Features/Naledi/Rising-Star-Caves (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

What are some of Homo naledi’s features? What do scientist know about where Homo naledi fits in the hominin lineage? What do scientists know about Homo naledi’s behavior? What is remarkable about where Homo naledi was found? Finally, feel free to share anything else you thought was interesting about this case.
Your post must be written in your own words. Remember to name your sources. If you summarize something from the textbook, you can say, “according to our textbook.” However, if you use quotes from the textbook or any other source, be sure to put them in quotation marks, state where they are from, and include the page number.
Your initial post (2 paragraphs) is due sunday
2.
For this assignment, you need to create a timeline that tracks important information about the hominin lineage beginning 6 million years ago (mya). (Draw a line and label one end 6 bya and the other end 0 or present and then mark each item on it; more details are below). Your timeline should include the following items, which are all discussed in your textbook:

  • early australopiths
  • late australopiths
  • Australopithicus afarensis
  • “Ardi” (fossil)
  • Laetoli footprints
  • “Lucy” (fossil)
  • Oldowan Tradition
  • Homo habilis
  • “Turkana Boy” (fossil)
  • Homo erectus
  • archaic Homo sapiens
  • modern Homo Sapiens

For each item, you should indicate the time range in which they existed and include some basic information about what is known about them. For example, for the late australopithsyou might write:

  • major changes in dentition and food sources – eating more tough vegetables
  • slightly bigger average cranial capacity
  • used simple tools
  • by 1.5mya evidence they controlled fire
  • fossils found on African continent

Depending on the item, you might have more or less information to include.
For your timeline, you may write it on a piece of paper and add to it day by day as you read the assigned chapter and then scan or take a picture of it to upload to the assignment link. You may need to tape Your timeline does not have to be perfect or without crossouts. The point is to create a tool that shows you how the hominin lineage is spread out over time and which you can refer back to as a reference as needed. You may choose to create it using a computer program as well.

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qualitative analysis phase

For this assignment, assume the role of a researcher in the qualitative analysis phase of the study. The data are gathered imported into MAXQDA for analysis. At this point, there are parent codes and sub-codes. However, the software requires human intervention to move past codes to categories and subsequently themes. Clearly, a category of “interview guide topics” cannot be used in the presentation of research results. In this assignment, you will access MAXQDA and practice creating categories and themes.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

  • Refer to the document, “Using MAXQDA Assignment Resource,” located in the Course Materials for this topic.
  • This assignment requires the use of MAXQDA software available in the DC. A link to the software is in the Course Materials for this topic.
  • Refer to “Getting Started Video Tutorial” found in the Course Materials for this topic.
  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
  • This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
  • This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
  • You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:
Complete this assignment according to the directions in the document, “Using MAXQDA Assignment Resource.”

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Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory

Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory explains how, over time, an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or social system. The end result of this diffusion is that people, as part of a social system, adopt a new idea, behavior, or product. Define the term social system as it is being used in this context. Then, discuss the key aspects/elements of these three factors that influence adoption of an innovation. Please provide a couple of supporting examples applicable to each of these three factors:
1 compatibility
2 complexity, and
3 observability