you have to read shoalts writing on Hearne and Mantoabee.he wants us to write two paragraphs response identifying two exmaples in which he helped the reader build their understanding on ethical dimesion. explain whenever he made an
explicit or implicit judement
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International banking and finance assignment
Please to to the link below and respond to the question raised by me:
https://www.economist.com/business/2017/03/04/a-corruption-probe-raises-uncertainty-over-the-future-of-enis-boss
Do you agree or disagree with authors? Please respond with your reasons for doing so.
What did you learn from it? Any other comments?
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO RESEARCH ON 3 SITES IN ADDITION TO THE ONE GIVEN HERE TO GET FULL PERSPECTIVE BEFORE POTING YOUR RESPONSE.
Eni questions
A corruption probe raises uncertainty over the future of Eni’s boss
The Economist, March 4, 2017
Oil giant’s response also raises corporate-governance concerns
WHEN Eni, Italy’s oil major, this week revealed a return to profit in the fourth quarter and a long-term commitment to keep the barrels flowing, there was much to cheer. Three years on from Claudio Descalzi’s appointment as CEO, Eni has made spectacular oil and gas discoveries even as its peers retrenched amid the oil-price slump. Sanford C. Bernstein, a research firm, says only half in jest that it is “evolving into an actual oil company”.
But a cloud hangs over the firm, which is 30% state-owned—and over Mr Descalzi (pictured) personally. He is caught up in an Italian probe into alleged corruption in a deal Eni struck in partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria, just as he is seeking reappointment as CEO in April. The company’s response to the scandal, especially its treatment of independent board members, raises questions about its commitment to good corporate governance.
In 2011, Eni and Shell jointly paid $1.3bn for a huge offshore oil block, known as OPL 245, which has more than 9bn barrels of probable reserves. Over $1bn of this flowed to a shell company. That firm, Malabu, was widely known to be owned by a former Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, who had acquired the rights to OPL 245 for a song while in office.
The companies have always insisted that their deal was with the government, not Malabu. However, it is clear that some executives knew it was a two-part affair in which they paid the government, and the government funnelled the money to Malabu. Nigeria’s then attorney-general has since described the government’s role as that of an “obligor” in a transaction between a unit of Shell, Eni and Malabu. In January Nigerian authorities seized the OPL 245 oil block, labelling it the “proceeds of crime”. The country’s anti-corruption commission alleges that Eni and Shell “conspired” to send payment as a “bribe”, and is seeking charges against their local subsidiaries. They deny wrongdoing and have appealed against the seizure.
Last month, after a long investigation, Italian prosecutors led by Fabio De Pasquale, who secured the conviction of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, for tax fraud, requested that five current and former Eni executives, including Mr Descalzi, face trial for corruption. Also on the charge sheet are several middlemen, Mr Etete and Eni and Shell themselves. Separate charges are being sought against four men who worked for Shell at the time, including its then head of upstream, Malcolm Brinded. A judge in Milan must now decide whether to indict the accused. The first hearing is scheduled for April 20th.
The allegations are eyebrow-raising. Prosecutors allege that over $500m ended up in front companies for Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s then president, with $466m diverted to a chain of bureaux de change in what might be the biggest-ever cash transaction. Mr Jonathan denies wrongdoing. A “notification” filed by prosecutors also describes “retrocessions” (ie, kickbacks) allegedly received by Eni and Shell executives, including a $50m cash delivery to one Eni executive’s home in Abuja.
The accused all deny wrongdoing. Eni’s board has expressed “total confidence” that the firm and Mr Descalzi are innocent. After drawing on the prosecutors’ full dossier, an American law firm commissioned by Eni has found “no evidence of corrupt conduct”, the company says. A Shell spokesman says: “We don’t believe a request for indictment is justified and we are confident that this will be determined in the next stages of the proceedings.”
Despite the allegations, Eni continues to attract “buy” recommendations from many analysts who would like to see Mr Descalzi reappointed. There has, however, been disquiet over Eni’s treatment of board members who ask difficult questions. Some investors expressed dismay when Luigi Zingales, an independent director, left the board in 2015, citing “irreconcilable differences of opinion”, apparently over how the company tackled corruption risks. Mr Zingales, a professor at Chicago’s Booth School of Business, had joined the board hopeful that he could help change things. He left disillusioned.
More worrying still is the treatment of Karina Litvack, another non-executive director with strong governance credentials—and a tendency to ask tough questions about alleged graft. Last year she was removed from a board control-and-risk committee that has access to OPL 245 case files. The reason, Eni said, was that Ms Litvack had a possible conflict of interest, because she has been implicated in a case of alleged defamation against the company. But that case is full of oddities. The defamation is supposed to be against Eni and Mr Descalzi, but it is not clear who the allegations came from (Eni says it was not from the company). Intriguingly, Eni wants the defamation case file to be admitted as evidence in the main OPL 245 case, despite not having seen its contents.
To many outsiders, the episode looks trumped-up. One investor says the defamation case appears to be a “brazen attempt to silence board critics”. Eni denies this. Another notes that it smacks of double standards for Eni to allow executives accused of corruption to stay in their jobs while insisting that a director ensnared in a vague defamation case relinquish a role.
Stephen Davis of Harvard Law School and the International Corporate Governance Network, an investor-led organisation, sees the case as “a test of the responsiveness of Italian public companies to a changing world”. He notes that Italy’s voto di lista mechanism, which guarantees minority investors the right to nominate directors and to communicate with the board, gives shareholders a voice they don’t have in, say, America—in theory at least. Investors say that Eni’s chairman, Emma Marcegaglia, has listened to some of their concerns. Minority investors plan to renominate Ms Litvack to the board in coming weeks (as one of three they are entitled to put on the slate). But whether she will be reinstated to the control-and-risk committee remains to be seen.
The cloud of alleged corruption will hang over Eni for some time. The judge who must decide whether to send the suspects to trial in the main case may not make the decision until the end of the year. The good news is that since the OPL 245 deal, new rules in Europe have forced public companies like Eni and Shell to disclose payments in such transactions. The bad news is that in America, Republicans have repealed a rule requiring listed companies to do likewise.
Nursing Critical Reflection -See Instructions & follow the marking rubric
During your Bachelor of Nursing you have likely faced many
challenges – juggling work, life, study, placement, and not to mention
doing all this during a global pandemic! There are so many things that
you have achieved through this degree and some areas you may feel
need further exploration as you go into your final placements and
whilst you continue your lifelong learning journey. Unfortunately after
you complete your degree the challenges are not over, however we
hope that you feel equipped to facwwhat lies ahead and you may
have some creative suggestions for how we can invest in nursing.
This year’s International Nurses’ Day theme was “A Voice to Lead:
Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health” focusing
on the need to protect, support and invest in the nursing profession to
strengthen health systems around the world.
“Nurses have suffered tremendously throughout the pandemic. They have
been unnecessarily exposed to the virus, faced attacks from the public,
suffered from extreme workloads, and continue to be underpaid and
undervalued. If go vernments continue to put off investing in the health
workforce, it will be to the detriment of health systems everywh ere. There
is no health without a health workforce! ” (ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano, 2021)
For this reflective piece we invite you to celebrate what you have
achieved and share your ideas on investing in the future of nursing
with a critical reflection on the following:
• A Voice to Lead (approx. 300-350 words)
How have the challenges you have faced during the last few years
built resilience, helped you growand driven you personally to
become a voice to lead?
• Investing in Nursing (approx. 650-700 words)
What are your ideas for investing in the nursing profession?What
aspects of nursing are critical to invest in? How will you protect,
supportand invest in the nursing profession?
You may use first person and headings for this reflection. You may also
include pictures if you like (such as comparing your first day to where
you are now – just remember copyright/privacy).
Please include QUALITY references that support your reflection. You
do not need to use a reflective model but can if you like.
NU672 Unit 12 Assignment – Grief and Loss
NU672 Unit 12 Assignment – Grief and Loss
In this assignment, the case study questions will be answered in a 2-3 page paper following APA guidelines.
CASE:
Patient B.F. schedules an appointment because her friends tell her she’s depressed. She lost her husband of 43 years to COVID two months ago. B.F. becomes tearful as she recounts the events of his passing. She reports that some days are good days and she can go about her daily activities and maybe even do something she enjoys, such as crafting. She describes that some days she feels so angry that he’s gone she feels as though her heart will beat out of her chest. She confides that she feels angry, too, at her granddaughter since she gave them COVID. She has lost some weight but reports her children take her out to eat often. She asks if she is depressed and tells you she doesn’t really want to take any medication.
• Review the DSM-V and determine if a diagnosis of depression is warranted and provide rationale.
• Using a minimum of two scholarly sources, describe the stages of grief and if this patient is exhibiting abnormal grief.
• Reviewing what you have learned so far, which type of therapy would be of most benefit to this patient?
How could you check in with them on this? What kind of self-care strategies should they be using?
Mellmis gives us these 5 rules for recovery: 1) change your life (recovery involves creating a new life where it is easier to not use); 2) be completely honest; 3) ask for help; 4) practice self-care; and 5) don’t bend the rules. Expound on what this would mean for you working with a client. How could you check in with them on this? What kind of self-care strategies should they be using? What rules should they be honest about not bending?
What is the major rational for instituting a peer services component to your treatment program? Why are these services an important part of recovery? You can rely on the Stage of Change Tool Kit to inform your answer. Speaking of the kit – what was your biggest takeaway from reading that?
Briefly, why are FQHCs an important part of SUD treatment? You can use the Enhancing the COC reading to answer the above question.
“The central focus of ROSC is to create an infrastructure or ‘system of care‛ with the resources to effectively address the full range of substance use problems within communities.” What’s that all about? What does it even mean to you?!
Course Project: Issue Review
This week, you will conduct an issue review for your selected topic for your project. Present a brief report of your research on both sides of the issue. This should include the following:
Citation of your sources
Links to the sources where available
Brief description of the content of each of the sources (50 to 80 words for each source)
Your research review should address at least three (3) aspects of the issue that is the subject of your paper and must present at least one pro and one con article review on each aspect. Sources should be scholarly or of very high substantive quality.
Click on the following link to view an example. The first aspect is written out completely, with APA citation and brief description of content. The next two aspects should be completely written out by you in your report, including correct APA citation and brief description of content.
Link: Example Issue Review
Because the topics vary widely, the nature of your research will also vary. If you are writing about gene therapy, for example, you will have to support your points with scholarly medical opinion. You may need to review researching techniques. Visit the research links provided in the Required Resources section in this activity for more information.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 1-2 pages (not including title page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page
Love Letter BUSINESS discussion
Write a 400 word essay describing what love is and why its important to our society.
Evaluate the use of the scientific method in the development of vaccines. Has this type of technology improved the overall health of the population?
Read the following article on the history of vaccines and respond to the question below.
The Scientific Method in Vaccine History https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/how-are-vaccines-made/scientific-method-vaccine-history
Evaluate the use of the scientific method in the development of vaccines. Has this type of technology improved the overall health of the population? Provide specific evidence to support your reasoning.
In addition to your main response, you must also post substantive responses to at least two of your classmates’ posts in this thread. Your response should include elements such as follow-up questions, further exploration of topics from the initial post, or requests for further clarification or explanation on points made
pros & cons on why vaccines should be mandatory
Five to seven pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, one-inch margins.
You must use a minimum of five sources with only one source (or none) coming from an Internet website.
All documentation must be in MLA format.
All information and ideas within your paper that are not your own must be properly cited.
There must be an accurate Works Cited page at the end of the essay, and it must be mistake-free.
No dictionaries or encyclopedia can be used as one of your five main sources. (If you have more than five sources then you may use a dictionary or encyclopedia citation.)
Direct quotes of four lines or less: no more than FOUR allowed.
Direct quotes of five lines or more: no more than TWO allowed.
Structure and Organization:
Introduce the issue by providing a brief background that defines and explains the issue or controversy.
Clearly assert your thesis.
Within the body of your essay remain consistent to your introduction: first to your thesis statement, and then to the facts and assertions set forth which will support your thesis.
Continue the development of thesis and facts with the use of quotations, paraphrases, analyses, and summaries of your sources.
Summarize the counterclaims against your position and thoroughly address the opposition:
a)identify the opposition
b) acknowledge the opposition
c) anticipate what the opposition might argue against any point of yours
d) refute the opposition
6. Do not “sit on the fence.” Take a stand!
7. State claims that support your thesis and refute the counterclaims.
8. Provide evidence for each claim your essay makes and explain the significance of that evidence.
9. Avoid logical fallacies.
10. Make sure that each paragraph of your essay contains a topic sentence relating that paragraph to your thesis statement.
11. Avoid using the personal pronouns “I” or “me.” They may be used in the concluding paragraph if needed.
12. Conclude by restating your thesis, now synthesizing your claims into a concise summary of your case. Do not introduce anything new in your conclusion.
To Kill a Mockingbird and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Prompt:
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus states that “… it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” (119). For the Final Essay of the semester, you are to answers two parts: first, define what a Mockingbird means in this context; and second, choose one character from To Kill a Mockingbird, another character from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
You are to state why they are Mockingbirds. You must use the context from the novels to support this. There have to be reasons in the book why you chose these two characters.
This should look familiar to you so far. This is the same prompt as a previous essay. However, instead of writing a paragraph about this prompt, you are now going to write an argumentative essay.
If I were you, I would review the paragraph you used earlier in the semester and use this as a foundation for the essay. However, if you have changed your viewpoint since that assignment and have chosen a different Mockingbird, then start fresh for the essay.
Requirements:
This essay should be at least four to six pages or at least 1000 words. This does not include the works cited page.
You must include at least six in-text citations. You should use at least two different sources.
The Essay is due by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, July 29- which is also the last day of the semester.
Possible Essay Formatting:
Ways to format an argumentative essay Download Ways to format an argumentative essay
How would I structure this essay:
Intro/Thesis: I would start with an introduction that lists both novels and their authors. Give some context/background of the novels without giving away too many details that can be further used in the body paragraphs. Be sure to include what a mockingbird is in this context. This way, your readers will know what you mean by a mockingbird when they read your thesis statement.
Intro/Thesis: Then I would finish the introduction with a thesis statement that clearly states who I think is the true mockingbird from both novels. However, I would make it clear which of these two mockingbirds I have chosen as the overall mockingbird. This mockingbird will be your pro.
Body paragraphs: I would then talk about my pro, who is the person I chose as the overall mockingbird. Pro stance. This may take a few paragraphs. Give your readers examples of what happened to them in the novel for you to make this decision.
Body paragraphs: Then I would bring in my con, who is the second person I would choose as the mockingbird. I would argue in their favor as I oppose. Then I would make sure that I refute this person and make sure that my first choice comes out stronger in the end.
Conclusion: Summarize the essay.
Again, these are my ideas. You do not have to follow them.