Directions
Follow the directions carefully for each part. Complete each of the boxes across the 5 parts.
Preparation

If you haven’t already, before completing the worksheet for this assignment, watch A Class Divided from your Reading List.
This video discusses the famous blue eyes/brown eyes exercise developed by schoolteacher Jane Elliot in the aftermath of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination in 1968.
You will also need to review the Psychology and DEI and Language Bias pieces to support your writing and thinking about the concepts in this worksheet.

Part 1: Connecting Concepts

Scoring Criterion: Describe the effects of culture, ethnicity, and diversity on the human experience.
Purpose: Identify related pieces of information in two different sources. Then put the two pieces together to create a stronger paragraph.
Directions: Read the directions and fill in all blocks in both tables.

Accounting and Finance StrategiesWe will address organizational performance from a money perspective. How do accounting and finance functions support a company’s goals and help it move forward according to plan?SLP AssignmentStrategies by the NumbersAccounting and Finance professionals work tirelessly to keep an organization on track.

This SLP will delve into how those departments work with others across the company. Use quality research published within the last year. Articles from the library databases are a good choice. Library databases allow searching by date.

In Google search, click “Tools” and enter the date range.Strategic Financial PerformanceExplain the role of accounting and finance in maintaining an ethical organization. (3/4 of a page; research required).Explore how accounting and finance support and interact with the human resources function. (3/4 of a page; research required).

Describe how data analysis and business intelligence rely on accounting and finance. (3/4 of a page; research required).

Define how accounting and finance interact with economic analysis in an organization. (3/4 of a page; research required).

Discuss how accounting and finance support the marketing function. (3/4 of a page; research required).

Overall Accounting and Finance StrategyClarify the importance of a strong working relationship between the accounting and finance departments and other functional areas. (3/4 of a page; research required).

At the latest DHS Senior Leadership staff meeting, there was a round-table discussion about the concept of “criticality” in the context of the U.S. infrastructure and, subsequently, the status of U.S. critical infrastructure capabilities from both a national and state-by-state perspective. This discussion was raised based on the DHS Secretary reviewing the latest quadrennial release of the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure document authored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Based on the round-table discussion, the DHS Secretary thought the senior staff members could use a brief white paper that discusses America’s critical infrastructure from the perspective of “criticality” as well as a national/state perspective. The white paper would then serve as a tool to broaden DHS senior leadership’s awareness of the U.S. critical infrastructure in support of upcoming DHS representation at Congressional testimonies, budget meetings, requirements and priority ranking negotiations, etc. Since the DHS Secretary believes the national perspective has been covered with the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure document, the Secretary has requested the CIRRUS Division Team point paper focus on the state perspective that will serve as some illustrative real-world, present-day examples of U.S. critical infrastructure status from a state-level perspective.
As a result, the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) Director has tasked the

CIRRUS Division to develop a point paper that provides our team’s brainstorming thoughts in response to the DHS Secretary’s tasking action.
I’ll use your discussion inputs and comments to develop our CIRRUS Division point paper back to the CISA Director’s staff for action closure.
RAPID RESPONSE TASKER #1

Part 1: From a national perspective, discuss the concept of “criticality” as it relates to critical infrastructure.

How is criticality defined in terms of critical infrastructure; that is, what makes a critical infrastructure critical? Do you agree that all of the current 16 critical infrastructure sectors make sense in terms of meeting the criticality definition, or is it time to delete and/or add to the current 16 critical infrastructure sectors?

Part 2: From a state perspective, review the infrastructure report for one of the 50 U.S. states of your choice. (See the link below where you can select your chosen state to access that state’s latest infrastructure report.) After your review, provide two (2) key highlights/takeaways of your chosen state infrastructure report that you believe DHS senior leadership should be aware of as background information for future testimonies, meetings, discussions, etc. For this part, the DHS Secretary has only asked that several U.S. state reports be addressed – not necessarily all 50 U.S. states.
The following links serve as starting points for some potentially relevant information to this tasking.
2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Chapter 3

Write a one-page reflection on the readings given. You may write about something new that you learned or
something you’re curious about and want to learn more about. The reflection piece should be one page
(approximately 400 words), double-spaced, and written with proper grammar, spelling,
and punctuation.

Uploaded to Nexus Reflection Question

Write 300-500 words, double-spaced on ONE of the following questions:
Were you surprised by the impact that charities have on the Canadian economy? What part of it stood out for you?
One of the challenges that nonprofits often face is regarding how much of their resources to put into overhead. What do you think about Dan Pallotta’s assertion that a higher overhead can lead to a higher impact? Do you agree? As a donor, how would that impact your giving decisions?
What stands out to you from what you read?

Many people and organizations exhibit the characteristics of resilience or have proven to be resilient despite disasters or critical incidents. Identify a person or organization that you think demonstrated resilience following a critical incident. What were the key characteristics or actions that made them resilient? What characteristics or actions were not displayed that would have promoted resilience?

Your posts should demonstrate you have read and understood the lecture and the assigned readings and also that you have read all prior postings by the instructor and other students. Post your response as a new thread and comment on the opinions of at least two classmates.

REQUIRED: Post a substantive initial response to the discussion question. Your posts must be based on factual academic information (not personal opinion) supported with citations to at least two (2) academic or professional references (located through the Internet or the UMGC Library) in addition to the course materials. Please use the correct APA 7th Edition format in citing any source material you use. Refer to the APA 7th Edition Manual link posted in the Discussion area.

Due: You are encouraged to post your initial discussion response as early in the week as possible.

However, your initial response (posting) is due no later than 11:59 PM ET, Saturday of each week Post substantive comments on at least two (2) of your peer’s responses no later than 11:59 PM ET, Tuesday of each week.