Part 1, Social Stress Personal Analysis (2-4 pages)

Research stress inventories on the Internet and write a critical analysis of the site. Include the URL, name of the inventory, how long it takes to complete the inventory, and your opinion of the results. Answer the following questions in your analysis:

1. How do you explain that an event that you might find stressful may not be identified as a stressor by someone else?
2. Discuss what the term stress means to you. Is it different from anxiety?  What are your current stressors?  Which ones do you have control over?  What do you do to cope with the stressors you have control over?  What do you do to cope with the stressors you have no control over?  Which stressors are harder to cope with? Why?

SHARE #2 WITH YOUR GROUP.  Identify the themes discussed in your group.

1. The text points out Cooley’s looking-glass self. Discuss how you believe others see you, and how that may lead to distress.

Part 2, Social Stress and Race, Class and Gender (3-5 pages)

Using scholarly sources and a critical sociological perspective (not blaming the victim), Research how race, class, and gender impacts stress, stress-related illnesses, treatment of stress and coping strategies.  Answer the following questions in your analysis (3-5 pages):

1. Without stereotyping, discuss the various social and psychological ways in which different people with different backgrounds can combat social stresses. Include the importance of extended families, friends and peers, religious organizations, support groups, and telephone hotlines.
2. Using the feminist perspective, discuss why there is gender disparity in stress.
3. How would you explain this statement: “Research has demonstrated that black individuals have higher rates of psychological distress than white individuals.” Include information about systemic and institutionalized racism, police violence, high incarceration rates, etc.

Conclusion (1-2pages):

Discuss how society, especially the medical society, can provide better support in helping people handle stress. Give solutions and resources.  What changes/improvements can you make in your own life to better handle social stress? 

Use in-text citations from your research, journal articles, websites, the text etc. to support your statements. Include a Reference Page.  Paper will be written in APA format.

his assignment will require student to provide a PowerPoint presentation that offers the following information:

Content 

Identify three (3) specific security threats of your choosing that have been addressed in the book, Introduction to Security. Regarding each one, provide insight regarding security strategies, countermeasures, etc. to prevent and/or mitigate these threats. Lastly, provide insight regarding challenges to carry these efforts out and steps the security manager can take in addressing them in an effective manner.

PowerPoint Presentation

The presentation is to consist of the following slides:

• Title slide
• Introduction
• Main content
• Conclusion

A minimum of three slides should be devoted to each threat. A minimum of 400-500 words must be devoted to each threat and placed in the notes section at the bottom of the slides. A minimum of six (6) academically acceptable sources are to be utilized.

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE:

• Provide at least six (6) scholarly sources in your presentation.
• Students will follow the APA 6 Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework for this class. See  http://www.apus.edu/content/dam/online-library/resources-services/Fuson_2012_APA.pdf
• Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize: books, peer reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc. (may be electronic of course and the APA manual lists all the types of possible resources and reference formats, hint…hint), and valid web sites (use caution with these).

APA format is required – USE THE APA TEMPLATE.

Building on your case project, for week 6 you will research best practices in IT governance and methods for building an IT security culture within the organization. Follow the video links provided and research ITIL and COBIT systems, and determine which may best work for your organization. If your organization already utilizes one of these systems, describe how it has been deployed and what the impacts have been on the organization overall. In addition, following the required reading for this week, evaluate the importance of establishing an IT security culture within your organization and describe your basic plan for getting started. If your organization already employs best practices in security culture, describe what they do and how it works.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages (not including the cover page or final references page), including in-text headings for the topics addressed, and in-text citations matching the references given at the end of the paper.

Different people have very different ideas about the general social obligations of business.

On the one side, Milton Friedman argued that the most important social obligation of business was simply to be profitable. He maintained that all other goals had to be considered secondary. As Friedman saw it, businesses are set up specifically by their owners to achieve business goals which cannot be achieved without profits. A business that loses money cannot meet its obligations to its owners, to its employees, or even to the government in terms of taxes. While Friedman felt that philanthropy and social goals were fine for businesses, he argued that those could never be achieved anyway unless the business was first profitable. On the other side, some proponents of the stakeholder view of business argue that businesses have equal obligations to all stakeholders, including bystanders and society at large, and thus that profits should not be the primary goal of business.

Those kinds of underlying differences in attitudes towards the social obligations of business notwithstanding, it is certainly true that many businesses see the prepping up of their social reputations as an important aspect of their marketing strategies. Touting specific charities and other forms of philanthropy, espousing environmental concerns, or supporting social outreach programs can affect good will and sales. Thus, the businesses who most promote their philanthropy and social responsibilities may also just be trying to maximize their profits using all the tools at their disposal. Indeed, it seems that the businesses who are the most likely to be affected by their social reputations are often also the ones most likely to tout their social responsibilities.

In this context,  is first to identify some specific recent business philanthropic and social endeavors (including charity support, environmental actions, social outreach and/or community support, etc.)  Next, your task is to carefully consider the full motivations of these efforts and their likely impact on the bottom line for the businesses in question and for society at large.