Create a competitive pay and benefits plan, in 5-6 pages, using the same company as the one in the previous assessments.
Introduction
Organizations need a thoughtful compensation program to remain competitive and to attract and retain top talent. Companies are having a tougher time than ever sourcing and retaining enough skilled talent to fill all of their needs. To overcome this hurdle, many organizations are focusing on building an employer brand, which includes a robust benefits package and greater incentives to reward performance.
Companies must create their overall philosophy of how they compensate their employees with their pay and benefits. A compensation philosophy is a formal statement that explains the company’s position on employee compensation. It explains the why behind their pay practices and it creates a structure for consistency. Employers also use their compensation philosophy to attract, retain, and motivate employees. Companies must also develop their benefits and compensation budget. Budgeting doesn’t have to be too complex, but it should be realistic and comprehensive enough to encompass all areas of an employee’s total rewards.
Instructions
For this assessment, use the same company as the one in the previous assessments.
Assume you have already created a budget for your pay and benefits program.
In 5–6 pages:
Create a compensation philosophy statement for the organization.
Address the following questions and justify your responses using the job you selected in Assessment 2.
Will this position be full time or part time, and exempt or non-exempt?
What will the pay for this position be?
Will there be incentive pay as well?
Analyze the major laws with which your compensation program must comply.
Describe the legally mandated benefits you will include in your benefits package. Identify the state in which this business operates and identify any specific state-mandated benefits as well.
Describe the discretionary benefits you will include in your benefits package.
Analyze the major laws or acts with which your benefits program must comply.
Analyze the employer cost of benefits as a percentage of the total compensation package.
Analyze the trends that affect the cost of benefits.
Evaluate the effectiveness of your compensation and benefits program to attract and retain talen

 

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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