Simulated Legal Memo

Your 3-5 page Memorandum (1.5 spacing and 1 inch margins all sides)

Draft a document (3-5 pages) advising the Athletic Director, the Board, or members of the sport organization of the law, its key elements, essential factors and timeline for implementation/change, and other mitigating factors and potential outcomes for the selected sport organization (If you do not have a familiar sport organization, then you may use a hypothetical organization).

PART 1

As a healthcare professional, you are among a group of frontline workers. Frontline workers are the backbone of effective health systems. In fact, according to Frontline Health Workers Coalition (2018), “frontline workers play a critical role in providing local context for proven health solutions, and they connect with families and communities to the health system.” Successful policy advocacy and creation is often encouraged by frontline healthcare workers since they are the individuals who interact with the consumers (patients) the most. Your knowledge and perspective are vital to policy and lawmakers as a voice for healthcare consumers and for providing validation/opposition to laws and policy.

Recently the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced the “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division” of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The office’s stated goal is to “protect institutions and people who refuse to provide medical assistance based on religious objections.” As noted by HHS (2018), the office is intended to protect religious beliefs. As with most policies, there are opponents and proponents. In general, supporters advocate that the office will protect against religious discrimination while opponents believe the bill will allow for open discrimination against women and LGBTQ individuals.

Information about the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division can be found at the following source: https://www.hhs.gov/conscience/index.html

Conduct additional research on Conscience and Religious Freedom. For your Module 1 SLP assignment, you are to use reasoning (from a healthcare professional perspective) and ethical principles to compose a 2-page letter to your local Congressman/Congresswoman either in support of or opposition to Conscience and Religious Freedom. This should not be opinion (e.g., avoid “I think” in your paper), but a supported analysis. You must cite your sources. Your letter should address the following:

1. Effectiveness or ineffectiveness of Conscience and Religious Freedom to the population that you as a healthcare professional serve.
2. Rationale for your support/opposition.
3. Ethical principles that support your position and supporting rationale for your position.
4. Suggestions or recommendations, including how the rights of the provider are balanced with the rights of the patients
6. PART II
7. For the Module 1 Case Assignment, review 2 cases from the AMA Journal of Ethics (http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/site/cases.html).
8. In a 2- to 3-page paper complete the following:
   1. Identify each case that you have selected.
   2. Explain in detail the ethical issue of each case.
   3. Identify the ethical principle(s) that are relevant in the cases from the 4 basic ethical principles (justice, autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence).
   4. Explain from a healthcare professional perspective what you would have done differently in the case, or if you agree with how it was handled, explain your reasoning. This should not be opinion but a supported ethical analysis.

   You are to support your analysis and views with at least 3 scholarly references (e.g., peer-reviewed journals).

Films Media Group (2012). Nonverbal Expressions of Power and Dominance (01:53) From Title: TEDTalks: Amy Cuddy—Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are. Watch/read link then comment. This is a discussion question, not a paper. Minimum of 150 words. Cite all work. Username: trudnick; Password: Redeemed12

Case Analysis. Select one of the cases studies from the Johnson text. Pick one that inspires you to show thoughtful analysis. Write a 6-8 page analysis of the case by answering the discussion probes associated with the case. On your title page include the case number, case title, and text page number of the case. Begin your paper by telling why you picked that particular case over the others in the text. Include each discussion probe as a heading. You may use first person voice in your assignments in this course. Include a reference at the end to your case in the text. Example: Johnson, C.E. (2015). Case study 1.1, pp. 27-30, in Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage