Describe a cultural diversity policy for the firm expanding overseas operations.

Assignment 2: Do Civil Rights Apply to U.S. Companies?You are a business consultant to the National Minority Supplier Development Council. An international petroleum products distribution company, based in the U.S., consults with you on cultural diversity matters. It faces some complex choices at its overseas locations.  While equal opportunity, affirmative action, and individual civil rights are the law of the land in the U.S., this frequently is not the case in other countries. Therefore when moral and legal issues run counter to host-country customs, problems are bound to arise.Prepare an executive summary, briefly discussing the following specific topics:Should U.S. civil rights laws apply to U.S. companies’ foreign operations? Express your opinion on this issue.Describe a cultural diversity policy for the firm expanding overseas operations. Highlight any differences that might arise in some Middle Eastern countries where a distribution center is currently being built.Explain the value of understanding the importance of, and complying with, the other country’s legal system while operating in a foreign country.Americans tend to believe that the U.S. legal system is better than that of most other countries.

Discuss the ramifications of this belief in an overseas, culturally diverse operation.Create a two-page executive summary in Word.

Use at least three resources to justify your responses. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.  Include a title page and reference page(s) in addition to the summary

Describe the legal issues that may arise when hiring personnel in emergency management.

Journal
Reflect on a company or organization where you have worked before or where you currently work. Did the company or organization employ methods of motivation to help increase employee morale or retention? If so, describe the activity and whether or not you believe it achieved its goals. If not, describe an activity that you think would achieve these goals.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary
Incident Action Plan: Phase 2
This assignment is Phase 2: Establish Incident Objectives of the IAP. As previously stated, the IAP contains five phases with the final submission due in Unit VIII. See the Unit VIII assignment instructions for more details about the final requirements for the IAP. You will complete Phase 2 in this assignment. Refer to the FEMA Incident Action Planning Guide, specifically Phase 2.
For this assignment, you will begin establishing incident objectives of the IAP. Incident objectives are the period of time that drive the incident organization as it conducts response, recovery, and mitigation accomplishments in the IAP. Chapters 5 and 6 of the textbook National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice (pp. 55–66) discuss planning and logistics for establishing incident objectives and the specific incident mission requirements needed to begin Phase 2.
Also in this assignment, you will prepare a well-organized and thoughtful summary/narrative consisting of two sections. The first section will consist of a one-to-two-page narrative for Phase 2 of the IAP. This narrative should expand on what you are learning during Phase 2, so you can understand the issues from the emergency services and emergency management.
Your narrative will replace the face-to-face meeting that normally occurs during an incident. Discuss immediate direction to staff, and articulate any guidance on how incident operations should proceed. The narrative should provide the following information:
• objectives for the upcoming operational period;
• description of the current situation;
• status of concerns or issues;
• any constraints, limitations, or shortfalls;
• and establish incident objectives and strategies.
The second section of your summary/narrative will consist of at least two pages in which you summarize the following issues regarding human resources management within your fire service and/or emergency management organization and customer service within your community.
1. Describe the functions of human resources personnel within emergency management.
2. Describe the legal issues that may arise when hiring personnel in emergency management.
3. Outline motivation methods that can be used to retain personnel in emergency management.
4. Explain the importance of customer service to the community, especially in times of distress or grief that may occur after a fire or other emergency incident resulting in loss of life or property.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?

Write a  500 to 800-word summary describing using three different social media platforms with the objective of networking within your career field.
Reflect on and respond to the following:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of easily obtainable information?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?
How might knowing these advantages and disadvantages alter how you might use social media in your career?
What credibility issues can arise from information you present on the Internet?

Write a  500 to 800-word summary describing using three different social media platforms with the objective of networking within your career field.

Write a  500 to 800-word summary describing using three different social media platforms with the objective of networking within your career field.
Reflect on and respond to the following:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of easily obtainable information?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?
How might knowing these advantages and disadvantages alter how you might use social media in your career?
What credibility issues can arise from information you present on the Internet?