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SHG LLC Software and License Usage Policy
POLICY PURPOSE
The purpose of the SHG LLC. Software and License Usage Policy is to ensure that SHG LLC employees are properly trained on appropriate procedures surrounding safe and legal use of company-owned software. Furthermore, this policy is intended to discourage inadvertent (or deliberate) violations of the terms of our organization’s software license agreements and applicable laws when installing and/or using software on computers owned by SHG LLC or private computers used to perform work related to SHG LLC.
BACKGROUND
SHG LLC purchases and licenses software from a variety of sources. Any duplication of software except as permitted by related license agreements is a violation of federal copyright laws and is therefore prohibited.
Installing unauthorized software on a computer system, workstation, or network server within SHG LLC can lead to potential system failures, system degradation or viruses. Unauthorized installations also place SHG LLC and its employees at risk for civil and criminal action, which can result in punitive measures imposed on all involved parties. The installation of unauthorized or illegal software carries civil fines of up to $150,000 per copy of unlicensed software and criminal penalties of up to $250,000, or a five-year jail sentence, or both.
SHG LLC employees that use computer systems for work-related purposes must therefore agree to the following conditions for the use of software:
To purchase, install, and/or use only software that has been authorized for use on SHG LLC computers.
To obtain proper documentation for all work-related software purchases.
To abide by the terms of all license agreements as they pertain to the use of software on SHG LLC issued computers, as well as on “at home” or personal computer systems used for SHG LLC related work.
Not to reproduce or duplicate software, in any way, except as provided by the license agreement between SHG LLC and the software manufacturer.
SOFTWARE AND LICENCE USAGE POLICY
Authorized Software
Only software authorized by SHG LLC may be purchased, installed, or used on SHG LLC issued computers.
Personal software, or software that an employee has acquired for non-business purposes, may not be installed on SHG LLC issued computers. The only software permitted for installation on SHG LLC computers is authorized software for which SHG LLC has been granted a license.
Software Purchases
Only software on the “authorized applications” list may be purchased by SHG LLC employees. If you wish to purchase an authorized application, the following procedures must be adhered to:
A copy of the software license must be provided to I.T. department of SHG LLC for completion of registration and inventory requirements.
Licenses must be registered in the name of SHG LLC and not in the name of an individual end-user.
3.0Duplication of Licenses
Software shall not be duplicated, reproduced, or installed on more than one machine without prior written authorization by SHG LLC.*
If a software license states it is eligible and approved for home use**, the following conditions must be adhered to:
Use of the software is limited to SHG LLC business.
The software must be removed from the computer if the individual is no longer employed by SHG LLC.
If the software has no valid license for the software users must report this to the I.T. department of SHG LLC
* Most software is licensed for use on one computer at a time with a provision for making a single backup copy of the software, but in order to protect individual employees and SHG LLC written consent to do so must be obtained by I.T. department of SHG LLC.
** Most software licensed to SHG LLC cannot be run on home and work computers simultaneously. Some software vendors, however, permit employees, who are licensed to use the product at on work-issued computers and on a “home” computer under certain limited conditions. SHG LLC has no specific policies prohibiting such use, assuming it is permitted under the terms of the license agreement.
4.0 Retirement or Transfer of Licenses
The following rules apply when a license or licenses are replaced by newer versions or are being transferred from one user to another:
Licenses may not be uninstalled from one user’s machine and re-installed on another user’s machine without written permission from I.T. department of SHG LLC.*
All software and documentation for releases or versions that have been replaced by newer versions are to be returned promptly to I.T. department of SHG LLC.
All software and documentation for those products no longer required should be returned promptly to I.T. department of SHG LLC and the software must be uninstalled promptly from the computer.
* In most cases, software licenses are not transferable without prior authorization from the vendor. This is especially important as it relates to the disposition of previous releases and the disposition of software licenses that have been upgraded. For example, it is almost always a violation of the license agreement to give anyone an older version of Microsoft Windows after receiving a Microsoft Windows upgrade. Even if a new license (not an upgrade) has been obtained, it may be still be a violation of the license agreement to give the old copy to another person. Under some conditions, SHG LLC may have rights to transfer software from one user to another. I.T. department of SHG LLC will review license agreements and limitations for each software product, and if appropriate, authorize acceptable transfers of licenses.
5.0 Computer Reassignment
The following rules apply when a computer is being transferred from one user to another:
The computer reassignment must be authorized by the I.T. department of SHG LLC
The intention to transfer the computer must be reported to I.T. department of SHG LLC at least 72 hours in advance to allow for proper documentation.
If, after the transfer, both users are using the software, an additional license must be obtained according to the guidelines specified above.
MONITORING
To ensure adherence to the Software and License Usage Policy and related federal laws and statutes, SHG LLC reserves the right to monitor software installations and usage all computers owned by SHG LLC as well as any privately-owned computers when used to conduct SHG LLC related business.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
There are no exceptions to this policy. Any employee found violating this Software Usage policy in any manner is subject to disciplinary action (in conformance with SHG LLC disciplinary policies) including possible termination of employment, and/or legal action.
SIGNED AGREEMENT
There are no exceptions to this policy. Any employee found violating this Software and License Usage Policy in any manner is subject to disciplinary action (in conformance with SHG LLC disciplinary policies) including possible termination of employment, and/or legal action.
I, _____________________________(print name) have read the SHG LLC Software and License Usage Policy, dated ______________(print date). I understand it and agree to abide by it.
Signed,
__________________________ (signature)
By implementing a Software and License Usage Policy at SHG LLC it will let all the company employees and stakeholders, know and understand what is and is not acceptable uses for software and there license’s at SHG LLC. “Formal software usage policies help facilitate effective software license compliance, digital rights management, and other types of initiatives aimed at adhering to contracts and legal guidelines. (Riley, n.d.)” The policy also is a clear warning for violators of the policy and clearly details what the consequences might lead up to. This policy is important documentation and can be used to safe guard the company in the court of law and can help the company avoid legal actions.
This policy will impact all of the stakeholders and protect there interest.” Primary stakeholders are the people or groups that stand to be directly affected, either positively or negatively, by an effort or the actions of an agency, institution, or organization. (Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests, n.d.)” Implementing this policy works out in a positive way because it is sets good ethical company standards for the company. It also show what happens to violators of this policy. It will help the company who made the software, because they know that every single users of the SHG LLC knows the consequences of violating this policy and the policy was signed by every single user in the company so if someone is caught using their software without a licenses for the software this signed policy can be used as a binding contract. This policy makes sure that the technicians installing the software makes sure that they do have available licenses for the software or they can be held accountable for installing software that should not be placed on the workstations.
If this policy is not followed the employee who violates the policy could be facing terminations depending on the situation. But if too many employees don’t follow the policy, the terms of the policy will be up for review. But the policy is used to protect the company and its stakeholders who will be left with the financial issues if an employees does get caught violating federal laws. ““Although software usage is governed by a contractual license, the software industry generally relies on the stronger protections afforded by the federal Copyright Act of 1976. The act provides stiff penalties for copyright infringement—up to $150,000 per violation if the infringement is willful (Scott, 2014)”
Works Cited
Identifying and Analyzing Stakeholders and Their Interests. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/encouraging-involvement/identify-stakeholders/main
Riley, N. (n.d.). The Importance of a Software Usage Policy. Retrieved from Samanage : http://www.samanage.com/blog/2009/12/the-importance-of-a-software-usage-policy/
Scott, R. (2014). Surviving Software Audits. Retrieved from law firms.
Shayna Valentine
Shayna Valentine
Dr. Nabours
American History II
September 18, 2021
The Reconstruction Era
The “the Reconstruction era” was a duration within the American history that persisted from 1865 to 1877 after the American Civil War, marking a profound chapter in the United States’ history of civil rights. For instance, the Reconstruction era brought an end to slavery as well as ending the Confederate secession in the Southern states with regards to the directives of the Congress. The Reconstruction era also introduced a period where the black people were freed as citizens and accorded similar civil rights as other Americans according to the three constitutional amendments that include, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Furthermore, Reconstruction also establishes the efforts by Congress to reform the former eleven Confederate states and the United States’ role in this process.
Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, who led the Republican party in opposing slavery and fighting the war, Vice President Andrew Johnson took office. He had been a strong Unionist in the South, but suddenly embraced the ex-Confederates and became the Radicals’ and Freedmen’s most powerful opponents. He wanted to leave the rights (and destiny) of former slaves in the South primarily in the hands of the returning states. While Lincoln’s final speeches outlined a big vision for Reconstruction, including freedmen’s suffrage (the ability to vote), Johnson and the Democrats were fiercely opposed. Johnson’s Reconstruction measures were largely successful until the 1866 congressional elections, which came after a year of violent attacks against black people in the South, including rioting in Memphis and the killing of freedmen in New Orleans. Republicans won a majority in Congress in the 1866 elections. They were now in a position to push for the 14th Amendment’s adoption. They centralized the preservation of equal rights for freedmen and dissolved rebel state legislatures, mandating the adoption of new state constitutions across the South that protected freedmen’s civil rights.
Republican coalitions took power in nearly all of the former Confederate states and immediately set out to reform Southern society by deploying the Freedmen’s Bureau and the United States Army to construct a free-labor economy to replace the slave-labor economy. While negotiating labor contracts and establishing schools and churches for freedmen, the Bureau secured their legal rights. Thousands of Northerners moved to the South to serve as missionaries, teachers, businesspeople, and politicians in the social and economic reconstruction efforts. Many “shortcomings and failures” of Reconstruction have been noted by historians, including the failure to protect many freed blacks from Ku Klux Klan violence prior to 1871, starvation, disease, and death, and the brutal treatment of former slaves by Union soldiers, while offering reparations to former slave owners but not to former slaves. [3] Reconstruction, on the other hand, had four major achievements: the restoration of the Federal Union, limited retaliation against the South immediately after the war, black property ownership, and the establishment of national citizenship and legal equality.
Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction, and Radical or Congressional Reconstruction were the three phases of Reconstruction, which finished with the Compromise of 1877, when the US government withdrew the last of its troops from southern states, effectively ending the Reconstruction era. The presidents conducted the first phase of Reconstruction, which lasted from 1865 to 1877. Abraham Lincoln had led the North admirably through the war and sought to bring the country back together. His assassination, however, put an end to his hopes for national unity. He was succeeded by Vice President Andrew Johnson. Radical Republicans. After the 1866 elections, the second phase of rebuilding began, with Congressional Reconstruction, 1866-1873, stressing civil rights and voting rights for freedmen. Erstwhile Confederate States of America
During the Reconstruction era, racist violence and arduous labor played a part. Black people were essential in the rebuilding phase since they built their own institutions and more. They were also employed in the war against the Indians. “The anti-black terrorism that marked the era was condoned – and frequently sponsored- by local governments.” Despite the fact that the age was supposed to be the end of slavery, it was nevertheless practiced. I had assumed that racism existed even after the ‘abolition’ of slavery, and that black people continue to face discrimination to this day. Every victory, though, was marred by bloodshed. African Americans rebuilt their families, went to school, and established their own institutions. During the presidential reconstruction, black men did not vote. Many African American men exercised their citizenship privileges in 1867, during Congressional rebuilding. After the civil war, the period of reconstruction promised black independence and civil rights. “Those enslaved can marry, earn income, change employers, and earn property,” according to legal freedom. African Americans forged their own path to liberation through their own education. Only men were able to vote at the time, but politics piqued the interest of entire families and communities.
The 1876 Compromise effectively put an end to the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats failed to keep their commitments to defend black people’s civil and political rights, and the decline of federal involvement in southern affairs resulted in widespread voter disenfranchisement. Money allocated for reconstruction projects was misappropriated by individuals. The focus of Reconstruction was shifted due to a lack of government unity. Southern states were unable to administer Reconstruction projects due to their poverty.
Reference
Kolchin, Peter (2018). “The Business Press and Reconstruction, 1865–1868”. Journal of Southern History. 33 (2): 183–196.
C. Gabriel Jackson(2017), “The ‘Voting Rights Act of 1867’: The Constitutionality of Federal Regulation of Suffrage During Reconstruction”, 82 North Carolina .
Shaun of the Dead Leaving Home
Shaun of the Dead: Leaving Home
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Shaun of the Dead: Leaving Home
Editing is the act of deciding the shots that should be included within a film and deciding how well to arrange them to create a flow of the story (Magliano &Zack, 2011). It focuses on assembling shots in a preferred order and trimming them until they have the right length required by the editor. The edited content must have a flow of events to provide details that can be understood and ensuring that the audience can focus on the story. Shaun of the dead leaving home was edited to create the flow of events and ensure that the audience was involved in the play and could interpret the events. However, the edited shots would not be complete without sound. Sound can be interpreted differently; hence, the sound is usually based on how they suit the film form and the shaping of the viewers’ experience. Therefore, the combination of editing and sound creates content that can easily be explained, understood, and engages the audience.
Shaun of the Dead is a horror movie on the zombie apocalypse that catches Shaun and Ed unaware. They try to find refuge to escape the disastrous condition of the region. Therefore, the movie is scary and involves dreadful acts of bloody people and frightful events. The sound and editing, thus, depict the scary feeling which engages the audience in the activities. In the first scene of leaving home, Shaun and Ed are seen running from a house to get to the car. As soon as they open the gate, a ball hits Shaun on the head, and they see a boy zombie before them. The events at the time are fast and randomly follow each other showing a dreadful flow supported by the need to save their lives.
In the scene, the camera has a medium shot straight on an angle to show the continuous movement of the individuals and the establishing shot of the surrounding. According to Bordwell et al. (1993), medium shots are left longer on the screen than close-up shots, which give the spectator the time to have a broader view of the event, which contains more details. The shot gives a view of the house in which they live, the stairs, and the neighborhood. Due to the apocalypse, it was important for the viewer to understand the surroundings to which eh character exists and the condition through which they could find safety. Therefore, the medium shot showed their movements, steps, and facial expressions depending on the circumstance.
The editing effects utilized in this shot include a highly mobile axis of action. An axis of action is used to provide the scene space around the centerline or the 180⁰ line (Bordwell et al., 1993). However, the scene utilized a mobile axis which showed the view in different angles hence providing more details. The editor matched the actions while breaking the line, providing the character’s focus and aim based on the scary environment. The pacing is fast and increasing, depicting the dreadful events of the movie. The pacing has been aligned with the soundtrack, which contributes to the overall rhythm of the film. In this scene, the audience concentrates on the characters’ activities, which should be consistent with the sound. The rising pace depicts the movement of the character and the need to move out of the neighborhood to a safe place. With tension in an environment, the movement of the characters must be fast to achieve the intended goal.
Sound engages a distinct sense mode (Chion & Gorbman (2009). The meshing of image and sound appeals to a deep human consciousness and alters the understanding of the images on the screen. Therefore, the alignment of sound and image must be considered to give the required effect expected by the audience and filmmakers. The scene includes different sounds, including the soccer ball sound hitting Shaun’s head. The sound is like a smashed glass, which indicates the danger that the two are exposed to based on the zombie condition. There also exists diegetic sounds based on the story world. It includes increasing tension due to the scene of the zombies around the environment. It is used to prepare the audience for the danger that could occur to the characters. The diegetic sounds engage the audience and enable more concentration on the film as it attracts attention. There is temporal continuity as the sound bleeds over each cut. Therefore, the sound and image create a continuity of storyline, which encourages easy understanding of the events.
The scene inaugurates a narrative problem as it eaves the audience wondering about the danger that the individuals are exposed to. The scene stops after the ball hits Shaun’s head but fails to reveal the source of the ball. It subverts an expectation as the audience has to create an image or determine the source of the ball before the next scene that reveals the boy zombie. It introduces tension and a scary theme which is the basis of the film, being a horror movie.
References
Bordwell, D., Thompson, K., & Smith, J. (1993). Film art: An introduction (Vol. 7). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Chion, M., & Gorbman, C. (2009). The film, a sound art. Columbia University Press.
Magliano, J. P., & Zacks, J. M. (2011). The impact of continuity editing in narrative film on event segmentation. Cognitive science, 35(8), 1489-1517.