Some consumers might consider purchasing a new car with a car loan, while using credit cards to cover other purchases, and making only the minimum required payment to the credit card company each month. What is your opinion of this strategy?  In addition to your opinion, what does the text or other sources recommend? 

One source must be Billingsley, R., Gitman, L. J., & Joehnk, M. D. (2020). Personal financial planning. Cengage Learning.

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text book:
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. Vincent B. Leitch, et al, eds. Norton, 2010.

Q. write a brief response around 400 words
reflecting on Plato Theory
and making connections to your experiences or observations of life and the culture(s) you are part of.

Plato, the material world in which we live is a copy of the world of Forms and Ideas, so poetry representing or capturing this material world in words is a copy of a copy, which we should be suspicious of as it can be a bad influence. His concern with the influence of poetry in the selections we read from Republic comes in because he is designing a sort of ideal education for youths he plans to educate to become respected guardians of society. To this end, his speaker, Socrates, argues for banning certain types of literature on a range of grounds and dictating what poets may write about. This fear over literatures influence on youth is not an issue left behind in Platos day! Write a contemporary response to Platos ideas. Here are some questions to get you thinking (you dont need to answer them): Where have you heard these concerns in your lifetime? What do you think of the idea of banning certain texts? In an American context, freedom of artistic expression and free speech are celebrated. Is this ever problematic? Are you familiar with Banned Books Week (search it if youre not)? What set of rules (spoken or unspoken) does our society have for texts assigned to young people? Please use examples to illustrate your answer.

This week we are addressing the topic of Covid-19 and exploring some of the challenges and dilemmas that this pandemic has brought. You are required to read the article that is located in module #3 titled: “COVID-19: The Struggle, Success and Expansion of Social Work”. You are also to read the NASW Code of Ethics that are place in module #3 as well. This is not an APA assignment. The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. This Code includes four sections:The first Section, “Preamble,” summarizes the social work profession’s mission and core values. The second section, “Purpose of the NASW Code of Ethics,” provides an overview of the Code’s main functions and a brief guide for dealing with ethical issues or dilemmas in social work practice. The third section, “Ethical Principles,” presents broad ethical principles, based on social work’s core values, that inform social work practice. The final section, “Ethical Standards,” includes specific ethical standards to guide social workers’ conduct and to provide a basis for adjudication. This week you will be addressing the following ethical dilemma that is noted in the article. However, YOU are a social worker and Rory’s family are your clients. To add to the dilemma, be aware that this family is of a culture that has deeply rooted rituals that take place over the body within the first few hours after death (candles, oils, sage lighting, prayer etc. …)This is not an APA assignment. a). You are to make the decision of if you are going to tell the Garcia family where her body is. (1-point) b). Select 2 of the 6 core values of the social work profession that you feel apply to your decision to disclose the information or not. (2-points) c). You are to review the NASW Code of Ethics and select at least 2 codes that will support your response. You are to “quote” the code and the code number in your submission and explain how the NASW code supports your responses. (2-points) Case scenario“Rory Garcia, an elderly woman has died of COVID-19. She leaves behind a grieving family. A husband, a son and his wife, and 5 grandchildren. She was especially close to Emily, the second oldest grandchild. Mrs. Garcia’s body is stacked with many others in a church awaiting burial. Freezer trucks are in route in order to serve as temporary morgues until the bodies are able to be buried. Her family is unaware that Mrs. Garcia has died, and family members are asking you where she is. You are concerned that if you tell them they will break the city’s curfew and will attempt to reclaim her body from the church in order to perform cultural rituals associated with death. You know a little bit about their culture but still have much to learn.”

Healthcare today is complex and growing more complex every day. Systems thinking provides a model that helps organizations analyze the relationships between the systems parts for better decision-making (Cordone, 2013).
Select one systems thinking theory from the following list to evaluate and interpret external environmental factors that are currently impacting the health industry.
System Theories

Catastrophe theory
Cybernetics
Chaos theory
Complex adaptive system (CAS)
General systems theory
Integral theory
Learning organizations theory
Machine system
Path dependency theories
Punctuated equilibrium (in social theory)
Theory of systems
Thinking system

Translate your interpretation into a list of critical action items for your healthcare organization or one of your choosing. How could you appraise each element on the list in terms of how it should be addressed by the healthcare organization (e.g., strategic planning, directional strategies, external or internal environment, organizational culture), noting that critical list items may affect more than one area of the organization (Ledlow & Coppola, 2014).
Length: 23 pages (excluding title page, references page, and any appendices)
References: Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly resources.
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your assignment should also reflect graduate-level writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral Universitys Academic Integrity Policy.