Introduction:

The Code of Hammurabi was a very influential early code of law, and it influenced other systems of ancient law. The Code of Hammurabi is significant because it allowed all classes of society to read and understand the laws that governed their lives. However, the law treated different people differently, rather than holding them as equal. Thus studying the law allows us to try and understand the approach of Ancient Mesopotamians to justice, and also their worldview more generally.

Required Primary Source Reading:

Please read the Lawcode of Hammurabi before completing this discussion assignment: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

Initial Post Instructions:

For the purposes of this discussion, please select ONE role, and investigate how you would have fared under Hammurabi’s laws. Your options are the following:

• a chieftain
• a free woman
• a child (son or daughter)
• a freeman
• a doctor
• a judge
• a slave
• a priest
• a farmer
• a merchant or trader
• an aristocrat
• an elder
• a criminal
• a victim of crime

QUESTIONS:

1. Based on the Code, what rights, responsibilities, and protections do you have?
2. From the point of view of your role, does the Code provide equality for you relative to other members of the society given the culture of the times and place? Please provide examples to support your answer.
3. Was it a just code in the context of the times and place? What does it show us about the Mesopotamian worldview? Cite specific examples from the Code to support your position.

Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).

The discussion assignment for this week includes a review of the Key Assignment Outline completed by one of your classmates, as well as a substantial response to at least two other students.

Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week.

Respond to Another Student: Review at least 1 other student’s Key Assignment Outline and provide meaningful feedback. Refrain from general feedback, such as simply stating “good job.” Your feedback to other students is most helpful if you not only point out weak areas but also offer suggestions for improvement. The best feedback takes a three-stage approach to identify what was done well, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Making
decisions as a group can be very challenging. It can lead to conflict
and take up huge amounts of time, and often it is difficult to come to
an agreement. Fortunately, several different techniques have been
developed to overcome some of these difficulties. No one technique is
considered the best for all situations, as all of the techniques have
advantages and disadvantages.

For this assignment, first
thoroughly review the background readings and pay close attention to
three group decision-making processes—the Delphi technique,
brainstorming, and the Nominal Group Technique. Pay close attention to
the discussion of these methods in Rao (2009), Bolland and Fletcher
(2012), and Sims (2002). The Anderson (1990) article will be helpful as
well.

Below are three different scenarios. For each scenario,
explain which group decision-making technique you would choose out of
brainstorming, nominal group, or Delphi. Justify your answer with
references from the required background materials. Your paper should be 1000 in length:

1. The company you work for is in crisis.
   Several new competitors have been rapidly growing and taking away your
   customers. Your company’s sales are steadily dropping. You and the rest
   of the top management team know that creative new strategies are needed
   in order to keep up with the new competitors. Nobody is sure what needs
   to be done, but it is clear something drastic and original needs to
   happen in order to keep the company afloat. The top management team
   members are all extroverts who are not afraid to speak up at meetings,
   but they are often prone to conventional thinking. Which group
   decision-making technique do you recommend? Explain your reasoning, and
   use references to Rao (2009), Bolland and Fletcher (2012), or Sims
   (2002) to support your answer.
2. Your company is facing cost
   overruns and needs solutions on how best to cut costs. The top
   management team includes both introverts and extroverts, with the
   extroverts usually dominating the conversation at meetings. Furthermore,
   meetings with this group often go off the agenda and drift into
   tangential subjects. A quick decision needs be made with input from all
   members of the team. Which group decision-making technique do you
   recommend? Explain your reasoning, and use references to Rao (2009),
   Bolland and Fletcher (2012), or Sims (2002) to support your answer.
3. Your
   company needs to purchase a new software system as the old one is out
   of date. Your team consists of IT managers from all of the company’s
   overseas divisions. These managers are highly skilled and very
   knowledgeable about the different software options, but it is difficult
   to arrange a meeting with them due to the time differences and their
   very busy schedules. The decision is not urgent, but you need to make a
   decision within the next three months. Which group decision-making
   technique do you recommend? Explain your reasoning, and use references
   to Rao (2009), Bolland and Fletcher (2012), or Sims (2002) to support
   your answer.
4. Conclude your paper with a discussion about which
   of the three group decision-making processes (nominal group,
   brainstorming, or Delphi) is the most useful for the largest number of
   situations. Explain your reasoning, and use references from the
   background materials to support your answer.

3 days ago

Offer an example from the diseases and conditions provided in the course text. Finally, when reviewing the diseases and conditions in the text, categorize which you believe is a disease and which you believe is a condition at the end of your essay ( a simple list will suffice). You are required to follow APA 6 formatting guidelines for in text citation and references. This paper should be between 600 and 750 words in length (not including references) and contain at minimum 3 references used in support of the points made. Please double space, use 12 pt. font size and 1 inch margins for this assignment.

First thing, I want you to do before you answer that question. Read those instructions I send you and follow them. Open the link!

In Chapters five and six we read about political white-collar crime. All too often elected officials are charged with crimes. These officials range from small town mayors to United States Senators. In the below link, the Boca Raton Mayor was arrested for corrupt misuse of public office and perjury.

Link

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boca-…

for this week’s assignment, research a recent elected official that has been arrested for a crime related to their duties as an elected official.

Discuss the following:

• 1) What are the charges?
• 2) How were their crimes uncovered?
• 3) What is the evidence against them?
• 4) Was there a plea offer or are the waiting trial?
• 5) Did they stay in office, step down from their position or were they removed from office?

REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS:

You must answer the questions thoroughly and cite all relevant assigned readings for that week (using APA format).

You may also refer to outside sources as long as they are scholarly (e.g., peer-reviewed journals) and/or reputable (e.g., article, chapter from another textbook). DO NOT refer to or incorporate information from extremely unreliable sources (e.g., Wikipedia, TMZ, and The Onion).

Posts must be well written, free of grammatical errors, relevant to the topic, and demonstrate critical thinking and analysis.