What are some things Dr. Petersiliar says is wrong (not working well) with current risk assessment tools used in California?

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Risk Assessment video and discussion

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After watching the following video on risk assessment, provide an initial post addressing the following questions (250 word minimum in initial post).  Then reply to at least two different students in the class.

Joan Petersilia presents Sentencing, Risk Assessment, and Re-Offending. Stanford, March, 2013 (Links to an external site.)Joan Petersilia presents Sentencing, Risk Assessment, and Re-Offending. Stanford, March, 2013

Questions:

1.  What does Dr. Joan Petersiliar say about the “peril” of risk assessment?  In other words, what is the “peril” of risk assessment in the Dr. Petersiliar’s opinion.

2.  What are the benefit’s of using actuarial risk assessments according to Dr. Petersiliar?

3.  Why did California better fund risk assessment tools over (instead of) treatment programs?

4.  How have computers helped in the use of risk assessments?

5.  What are some things Dr. Petersiliar says is wrong (not working well) with current risk assessment tools used in California?

6.  What does she mean by Time and Context sensitive factors with risk assessment tools….give a specific example for each – “time” and “context” sensitive issue.

7.  What is the bias in using past arrest as a predictive indicator of recidivism?  What is Dr. Petersiliar’s concern here?

Notice the following about this assignment. There are four parts.

Within each part there are “sub-parts” which are indicated with lower case letters.

a, b, c and d. e. then, within each subpart, there are steps, indicated by numbers. please follow the step to complete the assignment. please answer the assignment parts by part. zero plagiarism.

Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) that describes how to use the method of ethical decision making, reviewed in the module, to help resolve this ethical dilemma. Address the following to generate your conclusions about how you would proceed:

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Scenario: A 96-year-old male patient is admitted to the ICU with terminal liver cancer. He is confused and disoriented, very skinny and appears underfed, and is covered with bruises, which are common in patients with liver disorders. His daughter, who is a naturopathic physician, insists that she can cure her father by administering unknown substances, some of which smell like feces and look like tar, down his NG tube. He is clearly in pain after she does this. She insists that these are life-saving interventions on her part, but the nursing and physician staff caring for the patient are very upset and concerned that she is hastening his death. They have come to you for help.

1) Write a paper (1,250-1,500 words) that describes how to use the method of ethical decision making, reviewed in the module, to help resolve this ethical dilemma. Address the following to generate your conclusions about how you would proceed:

a) What are the dimensions of the ethical dilemma?

b) What are the issues?

c) Apply the four core ethical principles and the process of ethical decision making.

2) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

3) This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

How would you pair people to work together? What would help them to learn about their emotions so they can be productive in the workplace?

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Part 1:

Emotions are powerful responses! Sometimes emotions can find themselves in the workplace. A sales person with intense passion can convince someone to make a purchase. On the other hand, an angry manager can deliver an unfair review as their emotions get brought into the workplace. In this discussion, you are asked to help your team to understand and manage their emotions in the workplace. Review the following article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intense-emotions-and-strong-feelings/201012/it-or-not-emotions-will-drive-the-decisions-you

Assume that you are a team leader, and your team is under a deadline to get a lot done. You have noticed that some of your team members tend to get overwhelmed and make emotional decisions. Other team members seem to thrive in those situations and are motivated by the deadline.

Based upon this article, make a list of things you can do as a manager to help your team to understand and manage their emotions so they all can be productive. For instance, what could you teach them about emotions? How would you pair people to work together? What would help them to learn about their emotions so they can be productive in the workplace?

*** Be at least 10 sentences ****

Part 2:

Respond to this discussion post below.

“If I obtained a position of power like this, I would try to incentivize each worker based on their needs. For example, I would set the deadline, but I would encourage workers to finish early by adding some time of bonus. I would also try to pair motivated workers with anxious workers. The motivated workers would most likely inspire the anxious workers. Additionally, the workers should be informed. I would try to explain why some anxious workers feel that way, and how they can redirect that anxiousness into motivation. All of these tactics would create a better work environment.”

“Ethics should concern all levels of life: acting properly as individuals, creating responsible organizations and governments, and making our society as a whole more ethical” (A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions, 2019). Being honest and ethical is used daily in our lives, not only at home or college, but even in our careers

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Classmate 1

Ethical decision making is when two different standards conflict with each other (Fisher, 2017). The philosophy of ethical decision-making influences our everyday lives by making us reevaluate our decisions to make sure we are choosing the ethical decision for that situation. An example of this in research is call the consent paradox. This is when deception is used in research and the participates are not fully aware of the experiment, so their consent is not ethical (Fisher, 2017). So, two different standards conflict, the issue of informed consent and the outcome of the experiment being true. When this arises then the ethical thing to do is evaluate if the outcome outweighs the informed consent. The participate must not be in any danger during the experiment for this to have any ethical ground. In the scientific setting, scientists must make sure their research questions are ethically, and the processes taken in their research follows the ethical code put into place. As a student I can ensure that I maintain academic honesty throughout my graduate academic career by not plagiarizing. Most students understand plagiarism but there is also self-plagiarism that is less noticeable to a student because it was our work that we are using. According to Bruton (2014), self-plagiarism is a concept that has been argued to be ethical and unethical. An example of self-plagiarism if when a student uses a paper they have already written in the past for a current assignment. It is the students own work, but it is not original to the assignment. This is the same for research. Using the same research for different studies is self-plagiarism because it is not original to the present research.

Bruton, S. V. (2014). Self-Plagiarism and Textual Recycling: Legitimate Forms of Research Misconduct. Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance, 21(3), 176–197. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/08989621.2014.848071

Fisher, C. B. (2017). Decoding the ethics code. Thousand Oak, CA: SAGE.

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Classmate 2

 

“Ethics should concern all levels of life: acting properly as individuals, creating responsible organizations and governments, and making our society as a whole more ethical” (A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions, 2019).

Being honest and ethical is used daily in our lives, not only at home or college, but even in our careers after college. We would not want to be dishonest on a job application to get the career we are looking for after college or prior to graduating. Being dishonest is unethical and we were raised to have morals and ethics.

To maintain my academic honesty throughout my academic career would be to work hard, be honest, and put in the hours needed to complete my assignments on time. Cheating or using plagiarism on my assignments, not only will this affect my ethics but will affect my grades. The feedback that is provided to me from other classmates or the instructor will only help me to grow and learn.

We do have resources at Grand Canyon University to provide us with the ability to succeed in our course. We can reach out to our counselors or the Learning Advocates (LEAD) that will work with you one-on-one on our toughest subjects. The Learning Advocates will help with students who take online courses, if you feel like cheating or being unethical in any way, reaching out to the LEAD can provide you with positive feedback and help to succeed honestly and with integrity.

Reference

A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions. (2019). Retrieved from Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/academics/science-and-technology-studies/framework-making-ethical-decisions

Classmate 3

 

According to Fisher (2016) the development of a dynamic set of ethical standards for psychologists’ work-related conduct requires, a personal commitment and lifelong effort to act ethically; to encourage ethical behavior by students, supervisees, employees, and colleagues; and to consult with others concerning ethical problems, APA (2010b, Preamble). With that said, ethical decision making is a personal commitment or obligation to do what is right, with integrity especially when other alternatives or options arise. Ethical decision-making encompasses making the choice to do right. Many individuals, including myself, base values, code of conduct and standards upon the Word of God (both Old and New Testament). Being honest, truthful and holding true to ethical principals, codes of conduct and moral standards and making ethical decisions is a philosophy which will affect those around us and who we associate with. I have found that when making ethical decisions, good relationships were built and produces a level of  trust from others.

When I began attending GCU, and throughout my academic career, academic integrity was stressed. Many professors insisted that we read (within the Student Success Center) and sign, acknowledging we had a full understanding of academic integrity and university policies on the topic. Academic dishonesty, and plagiarism is a serious offense that can adversely affect a student life academically as well as professionally. I think it is essential when writing papers, to ask questions were there may be some confusion and continually review proper/acceptable ways of citing sources according to GCU.

Classmate 4

The philosophy of ethical decision making can have an effect on our everyday lives in a number of ways. Personally, the biggest one would be the deciding what is confidential and what is not. Almost all of us have friends that at one point have said “don’t tell anyone” or “I’m telling you in confidence”. That friend is trusting that whatever it is that they are about to say will be kept between them and the person they are telling.

That same idea can (and is) applied to the ethics of psychology – confidentiality. While we can lose a friend, or break a treasured trust/bond, if a psychologist can lose much more. “Disclosure of confidential information can result in criminal or civil liability or financial or social damage to participants” (Fisher, 2017).

Building a trust between people is important for any relationship. Confidentiality is one of the biggest ways to either build or break that trust. As a student, we can ensure that we maintain academic honesty by not breaking the trust that the instructors and the college have put in us. They trust us not to plagiarize, they trust us not to steal information from one another (or other sources). We can maintain that trust by simply not doing such things.