Sample Essay Questions

Overtime Pay Go to the website of the Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov Do a search for “overtime pay.” Select a topic from the list of regulations. Take notes on what you find. Be ready to share your findings later in the week. It’s time to share your findings! Summarize them in a paragraph

Identify and discuss the roots/history of modern policing. What are the major challenges facing law enforcement agencies today? Be specific and provide examples to underscore your main points.

I. What are the responsibilities of your current (or most recent) employer with regard to the Family and Medical Leave Act?   II. Using the Library or other Web resources, identify and describe a case in which an employer’s activities were restricted due to religious rights of employees. Be sure to explain how the U.S. Equal […]

Argument Paper Section 1 Your local town is addressing the following issues in its law-making: 1. Should people under 18 be subjected to legal curfews or restricted driving privileges? 2. Should libraries be required to install filtering software or otherwise censor the materials that they provide? 3. Should insurance companies in your state be required […]

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was designed to protect workers with disabilities against employer discrimination. As a group discuss the following: In actual practice, how well does the Act achieve this goal? Explain. Support your answer with examples from recent court decisions. Submit a summary of the your consensus.

Types of Misconduct In a 2-3 page, APA style paper, describe the types of misconduct by community corrections professionals and provide some of the explanations for this misconduct. Examples include: Accepting gratuities for special consideration during legitimate activities and for the protection of illicit activities. Mistreatment/harassment or extortion of inmates. Misc. abuses Arbitrary use of […]

For your fourth essay, please write a two- to three-page (600-900 word) response to the following question: In “In Praise of Big Brother” (pp. 203-215), James Stacey Taylor argues for the optimistic conclusion that, with the right legal and procedural safeguards, large-scale governance surveillance would have many positive consequences. What are Taylor’s best reasons for […]

ETHICS CASE SPRING 2015   FACTS: THE Decision Sciences Institute, Inc. sent email ballots to its members for their use in amending their Constitution. The Members were not required to sign their ballots. A review of the membership roster used to send the email ballots disclosed that 18 members did not receive ballots.  The Decision […]

Reply to Taylor’s Case Choose and respond to one of the following questions: Question A Imagine Stanley and Steinhardt had the opportunity to reply to Taylor’s case. Compose that reply. Note: This prompt requires that you are able to summarize Taylor’s reasoning and point to particular disagreements, then articulate reasons to reject some of Taylor’s support. Question […]

There can also be ethical issues associated with American companies selling products overseas.  There have been cases where products banned in the U. S. are sold in other countries and vice versa. Can you find some examples?   If an employer denies and concealed weapons permit carrier from bringing the firearm to work, is this […]