Scenario: You are the director of safety and security at a major manufacturing plant. The plant has 1,800 workers and runs three shifts a day. The night shift has about 400 workers on it and runs from midnight to 8 a.m. The security supervisor for the night shift reports to you that there are some unusual activities going on during the night shift involving three of the younger male employees. You decide that you will visit the plant during the night shift to observe this behavior for yourself. The night you arrive, you realize that you know one of the three young men involved, and he has always been a good worker and a very serious person. You note right away that all three men have an extraordinarily high energy level. They are having a hard time settling down at their assembly points on the line. They are whooping and hollering all the time over the noise of the shop. They are aggressive to the point of pushing other employees around physically. You notice extreme cases of acne and body odor on all three men when you walk by them. Their eyes are glassy and dilated. At their 3:30 a.m. lunch break, they cross the street to an all-night diner. You notice that they sit with a man wearing a motorcycle jacket with local gang colors. They do not eat, but only have coffee. You see them pay cash to the man with the jacket and he hands one of the three men a small package. When the man with the motorcycle jacket leaves, he mounts a motorcycle and rides off. The three men go to the men’s bathroom in the diner. They are in the bathroom for almost 10 minutes. When they come out, they are boisterous, agitated, and overly animated with their movements. In your paper, answer the following questions based on the scenario: How does the drug use in this company affect the coworkers, safety, and company production? What is the likely drug being abused by the three workers under suspicion? Why was that drug identified? Would it be better to involve the police immediately? Why or why not? Should you refer the workers to the Employee Assistance Program? Explain your decision. Does the association of the motorcycle gang with the company workers affect the company? What type of liability could the company face if it does not take definitive action concerning this situation?

Step 1: View and ReadDO a Google search on David Foster Wallace to provide context for him and "This is Water."READ and LISTEN to "This is Water" by David Foster WallaceDavid Foster Wallace: "This is Water" (the PDF of "This is Water is at the bottom of page 15.2)Step 2 - Post your response to the discussion board on Friday by 11:59 pm (6 points)This Discussion Post is set up like a reading guide. You have several questions to respond to about David Foster Wallace and "This is Water." Read each question carefully. Please number your response to each question !!What did you learn about David Foster Wallace in a Google search that helps you to better understand his message in "This is Water"? Share one item of contextual information here.What does the "fish story" symbolize in paragraphs 1-2?What does Wallace mean by "default setting" (first mentioned in para. 8 and then referenced throughout). To support your response, include a piece of quoted evidence from "This is Water."What is Wallace's "average adult day" example (begins in para. 13) evidence for -- what claim does it support? To support your response, include a piece of quoted evidence from "This is Water."WHAT does Wallace mean in paragraph 25: This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship." In your response, focus specifically on what Wallace means by "worship." WHAT would you consider to be the "golden lines" from this text? Golden lines are significant sentences and/or passages in the text that illuminate an author's main message. To support your response, include at least two pieces of quoted evidence from "This is Water."WHAT does Wallace mean by "this is water" -- this is the title of his speech and he also repeats "this is water" in his conclusion?WHAT is Wallace's main message/major claim (THINK about his themes of education, awareness, choice, empathy...)HOW does Wallace's main message relate to our other discussions this semester -- on community, race, justice...

Perceptions and ReactionsThis discussion assesses your ability to:Analyze ethical practices aligned to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act that can best support students with disabilities, andCharacterize the ethical and legal conflicts regarding instructional decisions for students with disabilities.This discussion also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 4, 5, and 6 and 7 and the MASE Program Learning Outcomes 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8.According to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), part of being a well-prepared special educator includes “developing relationships with families based on mutual respect and actively involving families and individuals with exceptionalities in educational decision making” (Council for Exceptional Children, 2015, Special Education Professional Ethical Principles, E). This includes advocating for parental involvement by providing information on educational rights and safeguards in a way that creates accessibility and transparent IEP meeting procedures (Council for Exceptional Children, 2015). Hammond, Ingalls and Trussell (2008) investigated the experiences of those family members who attended an initial IEP meeting and then subsequent meetings over the next four years. Their findings indicated that the overwhelming majority of the 212 family participants agreed that the child needed special education services but had negative emotional responses to the initial team meeting. Some of the most beneficial information collected included acknowledging the emotions tied to having a child initial diagnosed with a disability; stronger communication skills by education professionals during the team meeting; and additional measures to better prepare parents for the team meetings (Hammond, Ingalls, & Trussell, 2008). Similarly, the article, Building Parent Trust in the Special Education Setting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Wellner, 2012) was written to emphasize the importance of trust building strategies to avoid costly due process hearings and to maximize relationships with all involved in making decisions on behalf of the student with special needs.Initial Post: After reading the article, After reading the article, The 5-Point Plan, reviewing the Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC) , reviewing the Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC) Special Education and Professional Ethical Principles and Practice Standards (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and reading Building Parent Trust in the Special Education Setting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. you will create an initial response depending on the first letter of your last name.If your last name begins with the letters A – M: You will respond as one of the parent participants in this the Hammond, Ingalls and Trussell study. Begin by explaining how you felt attending your child’s first IEP meeting, using the article and the Instructor Guidance as a foundation for your narrative. Then, describe how future IEP meeting experiences changed (improved or declined) and why. Finally, using the CEC Professional Practice Standards for Parents and Families (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Building Parent Trust in the Special Education Setting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., provide at least three suggestions to the special education team leader for how to improve this experience for parents of newly diagnosed children with disabilities.If your last name begins with the letters N – Z: After reading the three articles listed above, respond as the lead special educator, who has been tasked to create an improved the parental IEP meeting experience Then, using CEC Professional Practice Standards for Parents and Families (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Building Parent Trust in the Special Education Setting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. provide at least three suggestions for how education professionals on the IEP team can improve this experience for parents of newly diagnosed children with disabilities.