Essays on Ikeda

Speech 2 Outline: Gun Control

Introduction The issue of gun control is an emotive issue that raises legal and political questions every time it is brought up. Being a sensitive issue of personal safety and security, this issue requires a sober and bipartisan approach to help come up with common sense gun control legislation that will ensure the safety of gun owners and at the same time uphold their First Amendment rights. With the recent spate of gun violence, mass shootings and gun attacks on Americans in public places, gun control debate has never been so important than it is now. Past studies reveal ...

In the current paper, the healthcare system of the United States and Japan will be enlightened and compared in accordance with their access to the population, medication coverage, referral requirements and financial implications. The U.S healthcare system is incorporated by many organizations, mainly comprising of Medicare, Veteran’s Health Administration, Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides easy access of healthcare services to the children at low-cost (Andersen & Newman, 2004). Medicaid provides healthcare services to underprivileged families, which eventually provides healthcare services to children who belong from underprivileged families. This program ...

Communication: Speech Preparation

Source 1: Guns in the US: The statistics behind the violence

Value: High Credibility: High Source 2: Guns in the home and risk of violent death in the home: Value: High Credibility: High

Source 3: An Exploratory Analysis of Guns and Violent Crime in a Cross-National Sample of Cities

Value: High Credibility: High

Supporting Materials

I will use supporting materials such as statistics on gun violence and mass shootings in the US, testimonials on gun violence, speeches from those involved in gun control. For example, according to the BBC, based on statistics from the Mass Shooting Tracker, there were 372 incidences of mass shootings in which more than 1800 people were wounded and 400 others killed. This ...

mmmmm dd, yyyy Harvard Business Review and Dell worked together on a survey to find out the current business priorities among the companies. One striking finding came out which is that there was a 13% drop in the valuing of reducing or optimizing costs. Previously, this was held as a pillar among objectives as financial health would keep businesses surviving until they figure out the winning plays. Businesses were looking less at efficiency and more on growth-driven values like innovation and customer relationships. One insight is that companies have to be more circumspect about cost-cutting strategies which may turn-out ...