Internal Theft: Instituting Package Control Procedures to Protect Organization Assets

Instructions
No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.

Resources should be summarized or paraphrased with appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.

Project 2: Legal Challenges Confronting Private Security Operations: Administrative Searches

Scenario:

You accept a position as the Corporate Security Director for ACME Electronics, a company that manufactures different devices for a variety of well-known brands, including cell phones, cameras, camcorders, stereos, computers, tablets, video games, and more.  At any given time, many of these products are fully assembled and stored at the plant awaiting shipment to the vendors.  Also stored at the plant are the expensive components used to manufacture the devices.

During the first week of your new employment, you learn that significant device and component inventory shortages have occurred over the past year resulting in substantial company losses.  You suspect widespread internal employee theft and have begun considering the various physical, procedural, virtual, and other security control options available to address the theft issue.  One of the security controls you contemplate employing is an administrative search procedure, which is often referred to as a package control program.  From your discussions with colleagues in the security profession, you know that some employers have instituted administrative, non-coercive, care taking search programs that have very effectively mitigated internal theft losses.  You believe that such a program would achieve similar results for ACME Electronics if properly implemented at the ACME facility.

You meet with corporate attorneys to discuss the feasibility of initiating an ACME Electronics administrative search program because you know these programs are controversial and sometimes result in significant legal issues with considerable potential for civil lawsuits filed against the company and its security operatives.  After a brief introductory discussion with the attorneys, the corporations Chief Counsel provides you with a case study dealing with the implementation of a new package control system at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City and asks that you become completely familiar with the legal issues presented in the court case; the legal positions the plaintiff and the defendant advanced to the court; and the courts ruling and rationale, including the important features of the search procedure instituted by the hospital.  The Chief Counsel also asks that before any further corporate group discussions take place regarding the implementation of an administrative search program at ACME Electronics, you evaluate how this court decision might impact your facilitys security operations and how the results of this court decision would be used in any administrative search policy proposals you make to the corporate executives. 

Writing Assignment:  After reading and evaluating Judge Edward Weinfelds opinion in Chenkin v. BELLEVUE HOSP. CTR., NYC, ETC., 479 F. Supp. 207 (S.D.N.Y. 1979), linked below, consider the case in its entirety, particularly the courts opinion, and respond to the following:

(1) Write a strong introduction, first stating the purpose of the paper, then providing a succinct recitation of the significant facts in this case.

(2) Describe the issues related to the search program the court needed to resolve.

(3) Explain the positions that Chenkin and Bellevue advanced to the court regarding Chenkins claim that the hospitals package control system was unconstitutional.

(4) Provide details of the courts ruling and rationale and describe the important features of the Bellevue search procedure cited by the court in rejecting Chenkins claims.     

Based on your understanding of the Chenkin v. Bellevue Hospital court case, in addition to the independent research you complete using at least two additional sources, respond to the following in preparation for your follow-up discussions with the Chief Counsel about the implementation of an administrative search program at the ACME Electronics facility:

(5) As a practical matter, evaluate how this court decision might impact security operations.  Be specific and comprehensive.   

(6) Explain how the results of this case would be used in any policy proposals you make to the corporate        executives.

Court Case Link:

http://www.leagle.com/decision/1979686479FSupp207_1658/CHENKIN%20v.%20BELLEVUE%20HOSP.%20CTR.,%20N.%20Y.%20C.,%20ETC.#

Note: Other source material relating to different types of workplace searches can be located in the online classroom.  Go to: CONTENT>COURSE RESOURCES>LINKS TO PROJECT 2 RESOURCES.

Formatting Requirements:

Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style manual in writing this paper.

Paper should begin with an appropriate introductory statement about the topic and a reference page.

You may access the following UMGC website as a reference for APA style requirements:

http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/gethelp-citing.cfm

Paper should be a minimum of 1,000 (minimum) to 1,500 (maximum) words

Double space
12 pt. font
1 margins
Use APA citations for all sources
Include reference page using APA format guidelines (not included in word count)

Additionally –

Create a cover page for your assignment (not included in word count)
Include your name
Course title and number
Project title
Date of submission

The Dutch India Company and the Arts

Write about a critical selection of a piece of work that reflects the themes and ideas that are relevant to the contexts and ideas discussed about the Dutch India Company and the arts: Still-life painting due to Protestant church being iconoclastic, symbolism of items in paintings, the emergence of Genre Painting, exotic fruits (citrus) and flowers (tulips, etc) seen in paintings because they prove wealth, and imports of Chinese porcelain, etc. The work chosen must illustrate a major artistic, cultural, and/or political development and its impact on the arts.

Please make the date, title, and artist clear, and your artwork must be in chronological order.

Analysis of Canadian and the specific region of restaurant market

The paper has three major components:
1.Market assessment for the Canadian restaurant market and Montreal & Quebec City region. (This part is occupied 30% of the paper)
2.The impact of COVID-19 on restaurant on-line reviews. (This part is occupied 40% of the paper)
3. COVID-19 response (This part is occupied 15% of the paper)

Data research including primary and secondary research is needed.
The format should be like
1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. literature review
4. Methodology
5. Findings
6. Conclusion
The first 3 documents are the requirements for this paper, and the following 3 documents are the supporting resources. You can find useful information or data from there. Please read through them carefully if necessary and then start! Thank you!

This link gives an intro and explaining the product
https://www.loom.com/share/afb301fc14d64b198a7659b26ebbb235

The Ingredients of Research

This week, you will choose a topic for your research essay due at the end of Module 6. Please follow the steps below before making your initial discussion post. In your post, you will communicate the topic and question that you have developed by going through this process.

Step 1: Start by identifying a topic, issue, or problem related to your field of academic study or your work. Since your research essay must persuade your audience of something, rather than merely providing them with information, it is important to select a topic or problem that does not have a simple, easy answer. Since your research essay should be 4-5 pages long, make sure that you select a topic that can be covered well in this amount of space. If your topic is too broad, you may need to focus on just one part of it. If your topic is too narrow, you may need to select a different topic where there is more to write about.

Step 2: Do some preliminary research on your topic by searching for related terms (keywords) using the OneSearch function on the Excelsior Library Web site. (Links to an external site.) One way to find good sources is to check the box under the OneSearch entry field next to the words Limit to Peer Reviewed Journals. If you are having trouble finding high-quality sources, contact the Excelsior College Librarians. (Links to an external site.) They should be able to help you with this.

Step 3: Finally, you should develop a research question based on your topic. Your research question is the question that your research essay will attempt to answer. For example, if your research topic is clinical depression, you might use one of the following research questions:

            What causes clinical depression?
            What is the impact of clinical depression on the American economy?
            What role does depression play in the educational achievement of American school children?

Notice how each of the examples above takes the broad topic (clinical depression) and narrows the focus to something that is more manageable in a short research paper. There are many ways to narrow down this topic:

            You could focus on depression in one particular population group (teenagers, college students, postpartum mothers, women, men, the elderly, etc.).
            You could focus on a particular environment (the military, schools, businesses, etc.).
            You could focus on different aspects of depression: causes, effects, treatments, etc.
            You could focus on one particular theory or approach, for example, cognitive behavioral therapy and the treatment of depression.

Once you have worked through the three steps above on your own, make an initial post in this weeks discussion. In your initial post, include the following:

            Share your research essay topic with the class.
            Share your process of preliminary research that led you to choose this topic. What research did you do, and what kinds of sources did you find?
            At the end of your first post, share your research question for that topic.

Your initial post is due by Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. You will not be able to see posts written by your classmates until you create your initial post.
Connect With Classmates

Respond to at least two classmates providing feedback on their research essay topics. Do the research topic and question fit the assignment requirements? If so, why? If not, why not? You may also offer tips or suggestions for how to find good sources, based on your experiences during the week.

Please respond to two classmates by Sunday 11:59 PM EST