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Assignment: In 3 pages or less (double spaced), describe how you are going to research your topic and produce quality outcome measures. For

instance, if you are going to design an Emergency Department, identify (3) challenges that current Emergency Departments face in today’s health

care environment and outline how your design will aim to solve these challenges as well as post occupancy quality outcome measures that can be

applied to your design solution. This must be conducted in APA format.

In summary:

Map your strategic, cultural and research goals. Each one of these should be (1) paragraph. – 10 points

Describe three challenges that your end users face that can be solved with design (Project Drivers)– 10 points

Describe how you are going to solve them with your innovative design (Hypothesize Outcomes & Innovate) – 10 points

Describe quality outcome measures that can be derived from your solving the challenges – include qualitative and quantitative information

gathering (Improved Outcomes & Implement Translational Design/ Design for Improvement)– 10 points

You must have read through Chapter 4 in the text to complete this assignment.
the book: evedence based healthcare design / rosalyn cama
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Patient with chest pain
Please note that this Capstone project is not a research paper where you pick a topic and then write about it.
Instead, you need to pick an actual patient from your clinical rotation. Interview and assess that patient.
All the information on page 3 of your syllabus must be included in your project.
1. However, to get started, the first part you need to do is to introduce the patient, describe the case, interview the patient (collecting subjective data, history of present concern, personal health history, family history, life style and health practices, a complete review of systems)
2. Then physical assessment (assess the patient by collecting Objective data of all the systems).
3. Then review all medications and lab results.
4. Develop differential diagnosis
5. what diagnostic testing is needed and why?
6. Then conduct a literature review, utilize theoretical framework.
7. Provide patient education and teaching for primary problem and all comorbidities, health promotion plan.
8. Case outcome (include outcome/goals).
9. Discussion.
10. Conclusion/ Summary.
11. References.
12. Please note that the abstract can be added when the entire project is complete. Also, the H&P would then be rearranged as appendices when the project is completed.
Read page 3 -7 of your syllabus for more clarity.
**FYI: this is a 2-semester project:
NUR 757 completed by end of Fall,2017 (complete # 1- 5, start #6, and introduce the framework)
NUR 758 completed by end of Spring, 2018 (complete #6-12)

THE SCHOLARLY PAPER

The scholarly paper expected for this course is one in which the author addresses a topic utilizing scholarly literature and analyzes, synthesizes and/or critiques this literature supporting his/her topic. The paper requires you to present a Case Study of a patient as seen in the clinical areas. It will be important to analyze and synthesize the literature as well as critique it, rather than just present it.

OUTLINE OF PAPER
All necessary content comes from the guidelines below. This is the outline and are suggested headings for the paper

Abstract (in APA format). The Abstract will be placed in the student’s academic file.
Overview/Introduction

Literature Review

Theoretical Framework

Description of Case (description of health problem; details of patient including all medical, social determinants of health such as cultural, economic factors, etc.)

Physical examination – the full H& 4 will appear as an addendum to the final paper)

Differential diagnosis

Diagnostic testing

Patient Management and Health Promotion Plan

Case Outcome (includes outcome/goals)

Discussion (in depth related to case; role/practice of NP impact on future of advanced nursing practice and policies related to practice)

Conclusions/Summary (includes need for further evidence; specifics on how NP can facilitate/influence these future needs).

References

Appendices -Complete H&P and if applicable any tables

Tables (signs and symptoms; differential dx; pertinent socio/demographic issues/problems etc. – if applicable to highlight the case,

General Guidelines

a. Submission must be typed according to the following specifications:
1) Written in Microsoft Word in 12-point Times New Roman font (or equivalent)
2) Top and bottom margins must be 1” wide and side margins must be 1” wide
3) Text must be double spaced
4) The paper should be 20-25 pages in length
5) Pages must be numbered

b. Must be submitted both electronically and final paper and abstract hard copy

c. Spelling, grammar, neatness and style will be considered.

d. It is the student’s responsibility to allow adequate time to address such problems as lost data, time conflict with other coursework due dates, etc.

e. Use of Wikipedia: As information submitted to Wikipedia is not vetted by professional sources, it is not considered appropriate academic reference material. Therefore,
references to Wikipedia entries are not permitted.

f. APA format for style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
(latest edition is 6th) will be used. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

CASE STUDY FORMAT
Grading Rubric:

Abstract: (5 pts) – APA format
Organization of paper; Grammar/Writing Style: (35 pts)
Paper is logically organized:
Paper proceeds from introduction to summary and appropriate thoughts/literature are presented in each sub-topic area
All sections of paper outline are discernable
APA format for scholarly paper – proper use of headings; professional writing style (no jargon, etc.); Ideas should be logically presented; No typos / spelling errors present.
Synthesis and Analysis (45 pts)
Literature is analyzed, critiqued and /or synthesized; use of theoretical framework; application/relevance of all interventions/patient management plan, patient outcome, patient social factors relevant to the case and role of nurse practitioner.
References (10 pts)
APA format. A variety of references are used incorporating literature form the major scholarly journals in nursing and healthcare. Current references within past 5 years (unless classic information is presented). Sometimes the literature is “weak”, or even non-existent, on a particular topic. If so, this should be stated.
Contribution (5pts)
Does the paper make a contribution to advanced practice nursing? Is it publishable? Does it extend the knowledge/thinking that exists? Is the view taken creative, innovative, etc.?

GUIDELINES FOR CONTENT OF PAPER:

The guidelines below are for the student to follow to inclusion of appropriate content to be included/discussed in the final capstone paper.

These are not assignments but rather a guide. Course instructor will look for this content.

Establish timeline for drafts completion/submission – Communicate well and meets regularly with instructor as appropriate. Plan to submit at least 3 progressive drafts of final paper per semester. See outline for paper below.
Introduction to the project
• Identify the problem (Choose a complex case seen in clinical sites)
• Establish draft outline
Comprehensive Summary of Problem and Case Description
Description of the health problem
• Theoretical framework that informs this case
• Description of the case (patient – medical, social, cultural, ethical, legal and economic factors/social determinants of health)
• Elements relevant to the case
• Discuss in context the relevance to the NP role
Evidenced-based Systematic Review of the Literature (literature that used to support problem, case description
• Description of search process (keywords, databases searched, exclusion and inclusion criteria, search engines used, etc.)
• Use of multiple databases and wide breadth of data sources
• Literature review of documents and journal as pertains to case problem
• Supporting Statements & Critique of literature used
• Start initial APA Reference List
Formal H & P Format (will be Addendum in Final Paper)
• Include
1. Biographic Data
2. CC/HPI
3. PMH
4. PSH/PFH/Social Hx
5. Meds/Allergies
6. ROS
7. Physical Exam
8. Review of labs and diagnostic imaging studies
Include all pertinent positives and negative
Discuss pertinent findings ONLY in the body of the paper and discuss any differential diagnoses and management plan – in-depth discussion of differential and plan in FINAL PAPER. THE FULL H&P WILL BE AN ADDENDUM TO THE PAPER.
Students are to ensure the Integration of all previous Core Course work (Core, Specialty) – it is incorporated throughout the paper – it is not written as a separate section of the paper. Course instructors will look for these as they are discussed or utilized throughout the paper.
• Theory, Statistics, Research, Informatics, Health Policy and Specialty Courses
Differential diagnostic evaluation on patients with undifferentiated condition Comprehensive Discussion of Differential Diagnoses for health problem of case study
• As related to patient findings
• Based on evidenced-based research from literature/scholarly reviews from both semesters
• Suggestion of likely diagnosis with evidence-based rationale
• . Include rationale for priority rule in and rule outs and your initial impression of the diagnosis.
Evidenced-Based Patient Management Plan using multiple modalities of care – must use the evidenced-based literature to support management plan
• Method of treatment including pharmacologic therapy, referrals, diagnostic work-up, collaboration with interdisciplinary health care providers is incorporated
• Describe follow-up plan for each active problem based on evidence-based medicine – must include expected outcome/goals at time of follow-up visits
• Discuss patient social determinants of health – social, cultural, ethical, legal and economic factors that have relevance to patient care management and health outcomes
• Address the clinical implications and treatment plan of patients with complex co-morbid conditions. Include follow-up plans and education.
• Referral decisions and collaborative networking. Decision-making that utilizes recommendations and documents theoretical patient follow-up and desired outcomes. Describe how collaboration/communication would be facilitated. Management and coordination of care for patients with complex co-morbid conditions utilizing specialist, other disciplines, community resources, family, including shared decision-making and teaching.
• Assessment and intervention for a patient/family with a condition that incorporates principles of epidemiological process or environment factors, contributing to risk/incidence of disease in a patient or family being served.
• Chronic illness management/coordination utilizing community resources and family, while including shared decision making and teaching.
• Identification of a potential genetic risk, diagnosis of a genetic condition, and intervention for risk reduction for the individual and implication for the family.
• Identification of gaps in access/reimbursement that compromised patient’s optimum care.
• Guiding the process for planning end of life care for a patient/family.
Discuss in depth of the following
• Relevance to the Nurse Practitioner Role and Practice
• The limitations of evidence-based research on this health problem and need for further research
• The future of the advanced practice nurse’s role in the context of the IOM Report on the Future of Nursing (must reference specific sections of report) and current health care policy changes (Affordable Health Care Act and Accountable Care Organizations)
Case Study Part 1

Case Study
Identifying Data:
Mr M is a good reliable historian. Speech is clear and coherent. Mr. M had appropriate eye contact throughout entire exam.

Chief Complaint:
Mr. M chief complaint is left elbow /knee pain as well chest pressure at night
HPI:
Mr. M is a 56 year old white male who presents with two complaints. The first complaint is pain in his left elbow and left knee a 56 year old white male who presents with two complaints. The first complaint is pain in his left elbow and left knee. The patient states the pain has been gradually worsening over the past three months. The pain is located on his left medial elbow as well as his left knee under the kneecap. The pain does not radiate upwards to his shoulder or downward to his lumbar or lower extremities. The pain is described as being sharp at times and dull at other times. The pain is constant, worsens with increased activity and is relieved with rest and Advil. The pain at its worst is 5/10 and is usually a constant 2 for the past 5 days.
The patient’s second complaint is him waking up at night with a feeling of pressure on his chest. The patient denies the pressure being accompanied by any pain either in his back or left arm (other than his previous complaint of elbow pain). The patient denies any shortness of breath as well as any palpitations. The patient states that after taking some deep breaths and an Advil, the pressure went away gradually over a 15 min period. The patient states that this is the first time he has felt this kind of pressure on his chest.

Review of Symptoms
The patient has a contributory past medical history. Patient states he was hospitalized in 2002 for a cardiac stent/ablation, acid reflux and hypertension. Pt states his current medical regimen is as follows: aspiring 81mg daily, metoprolol 100mg daily, advil PRN pain. Pt denies any allergies to medication or food. Pt family history as follows: mother died at age 82 of natural causes and father died at age 56 from MI. The patient states that he is a chef at his own restaurant. He works seven days a week. Pt is married with three children who have all moved out. Pt denies smoking and drinks 3 glasses of wine per day, usually towards the end of his work shift

General- Patient is well groomed and alert and orientated times three, denies any shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations.
Allergies: Denies allergies to medication or food
PMH: cardiac stent/ablation 2002

References
1-https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12013-015-0553-4
2-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0062989/
3-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4133436/
4-http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1542356505008608?via%3Dihub
5-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665123/
6-Http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620508000605?via%3Dihub
7-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887618509001339
8-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1828319/

Write an essay of 750-1,000 words in which you:

1. Describe the structure and function of the electoral college.
•How and when was it created in the U.S.?
•Why was it created, and by whom?

2. Compare the electoral college to a popular vote approach for elections.
•How does the electoral college system operate/function?
•What are consequences of using an electoral college system versus a popular vote? Use the 2000 presidential election as an example.

3. Assess the value of an individual citizen’s vote under the electoral college system.
•Why does the U.S. still use the electoral college for presidential elections today?

Design a traditional PR campaign plan for a Colorado Parks and wildlife that wants to promote a cause. This campaign can be targeted at

the city, state, or national level.
Your plan should start with an executive summary and then outline the steps it will take to execute the program: 1) situation, 2)

objectives, 3) audience, 4) strategies, 5) tactics, 6) calendar, 7) budget, and 8) evaluation.
The tactics or “how to do it” section will be heart of the plan. In addition to writing the plan, you should also write:
• a press release
• a series of social media posts for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• a blog post
• either a Public Service Announcement or a brief speech that an expert might give as part of your campaign

Examine the two case studies you did not choose for Written Assignment 2. listed below In a 2- page (550
words):
Demonstrate how the issue raised relates to contemporary events, citing well-selected sources to support
your position.
Identify the ethical standard(s) you believe should be employed in addressing the issue raised. Explain your rationale for selecting the

standard(s).
1- Privacy Violations Using Microtargeted Ads: A Case Study
2- Social and News Media, Violent Extremism, ISIS, and Online Speech: Research Review
APA style and citations with sources as needed.

Aquatic Science
Names____________________
____________________
Date______________Per.____
Beachcombing Science from Bath Toys
by Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer
Overview: This is a true story how bath toys fell off a container ship and washed up on beaches around the world. Using
a world map, identify, locate, and record the dates and places where the toys were found. Write a hypothesis about how
the rubber toys made their way to the various locations identified.
Pre Reading Questions:
I. DEFINE: 1) Derelict -____________________________________________________________________
2) flotsam-____________________________________________________________________
3) jetsam-____________________________________________________________________
4) gyre- _____________________________________________________________________
5) rupture-___________________________________________________________________
6) Write a hypothesis about how the rubber toys made their way to various beaches
around the world.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
II. a) Using the world map find the information in the story about where the rubber bath toys were found.
b) Locate the places on the map and record them along with the dates that the toys were found.
An atlas or the Internet can be used to help locate any places that are unfamiliar.
c) Color Code Areas and Plot Names and Dates on the Map on the back.
III. How did rubber bath toys, lost overboard in the Pacific, travel to beaches many miles away? (Refine your
hypothesis at each step and use key vocabulary words and concepts from the Reading.
IV. Conclusion summary:Beachcombing Science from Bath Toys
by Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer
Twelve years and counting — the saga of the tots’
tub toys continues. On January 10, 1992, 28,800 turtles,
ducks, beavers and frogs packed in a cargo container —
called Floatees by the manufacturer — splashed into the
mid-Pacific, where the 45th parallel intersects the
International Date Line (44.7°N, 178.1°E).During AugustSeptember, 1992, after 2,200 miles adrift, hundreds
beached near Sitka, Alaska. Twelve years later, in 2004,
beachcombers were still finding the bath-time critters.
At Sitka’s second annual beachcomber fair held on
25 July 2004, Dean Orbison and son Tyler Orbison, 22, exhibited a hamper full of
111 toys they’d beachcombed nearby Sitka during 1993-2004 The basket held
comparable numbers: 18% turtles(blue), 35% ducks (yellow), 26% beavers(red), and
21% frogs. During years at sea, the ducks and beavers faded to white while the
turtles and frogs remained original blue and green, respectively. Animal bites and the
surf smashing them against rocks had ruptured many. Through the years, Dean
patiently recorded the date and location where they found ninety of the fist-sized toys
This astonishing record reveals peak recoveries in five years with intervening gaps of
2, 4, 3, and 3 years, i.e., 1992–1994–1998–2001–2004. Each year, Dean and Tyler
conducted comparable beachcombing effort so the peaks in the time line are not the
result of differing times spent along the shore. The first peak occurred before the
Orbisons began recording, but a year in which other beachcombers reported hundreds.
We may safely assume an initial peak in 1992, the year the playthings first invaded
Sitka.
Jim Ingraham’s computer simulation of ocean surface currents known as OSCURS
(Ocean Surface CURrent Simulator), provides an understanding of the peaks in toy
recoveries. OSCURS applies because its trajectories around the North Pacific
Subpolar and Subtropical gyres have compared well with those of many drifters,
including numerous satellite-tracked buoys, migrating salmon and a sea turtle, many
MIBs, several derelict vessels, hundreds of Nike sneakers and hockey gloves, and the
floatees.
After the tub toys first arrived in Sitka, flocks headed west along coastal Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands where— 3,500 miles from the spill — hundreds invaded
Shemya, as reported by Chrystle White. Many continued on westward to
Kamchatka, Japan, then redoubled the Pacific back to Sitka completing the 6,800
mile loop around the Pacific Ocean’s northernmost gyre, the North Pacific
Subpolar Gyre (hereafter the Gyre).OSCURS demonstrated the tracks the toys took, rounding the Gyre to Washington,
where Karen Gerber and Verne Krause recovered a turtle and duck, respectively. In
the Queen Charlotte Islands, Guthrie Schweers found two turtles and four frogs.
Remarkably, after three years, all three beachcomber finds agreed with OSCURS
trajectories around the Gyre.
The Orbison data indicate that flocks of toys completed four orbits of the Gyre. The
first (2 years) may be faster than the latter three (4, 3, 3 years), because the toys
developed holes but continued floating full of water buoyed by the low specific gravity
of their plastic.
Historic MIBs — Messages In Bottles — provide confirmation of the Gyre’s orbital
period as evident in the Orbison time series. In the 1950s, into the Gulf of Alaska
Canadian oceanographers hurled 33,869 MIBs in12-ounce brown beer bottles. Twelve
drifted around the Gyre in 1.9-4.2 years, matching the interval between the Orbison
peaks (2-4 years). The toys, plus MIBs, provide twenty estimates, indicating the mean
time to orbit the Gyre equals 2.9 years. As to speed, the mean orbital period equates to
6.9 miles per day over the 6,800-mile course around the Gyre.
Subpolar and Subtropical Gyres of the North Pacific Ocean. Heavy lines, average drift
path; small arrows, local currents; dots, Great Garbage Patch. Currents carry drifters along
the heavy lines around the Subpolar Gyre in three years, and around the Subtropical Gyre
in six years. Flotsam may circulate in the Garbage Patch for half a century.Dean and Tyler beachcombed an important contribution to

oceanographic
science. The toys provide 40% of the orbital period estimates and the MIBs the
remaining 60%. How many more trips around the Gyre will the toys make in future
years? After four circuits, by mid-July 2004 Dean and Tyler found four toys; Kim Elliot
located a faded blue turtle. The Orbison data show numbers decreasing six-fold in a
decade from 25 in 1994 to four in 2004.
Prior to the Orbison data, OSCURS had suggested that the Subpolar Gyre could trap
flotsam like its neighbor to the south, the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, famed for
its Texas-sized garbage patch. In 2003, beachcombers found flotsam half a century old
— a rubber ball and two glass fishing floats — which had been circling the Subtropical
Gyre for as many as eight circuits. The Orbison data indicate flotsam wheeling round
the Subpolar Gyre for up to four circuits. I wonder if Floatees will appear through
five. Other toys spun out of the Subpolar Gyre south into the Subtropical Gyre
where Lucy Keith recovered a turtle (Kure Island; July 1996), and Walt
Pich reclaimed a beaver and frog (Lanai Island; March 1997). Under the tropical sun,
many disintegrated to plastic shards of the size displayed by Richard Lang and Judith
Selby on the cover of this Alert. Ultimately, the toys will turn to dust, joining the scum
of plastic powder which rides the global ocean.
Statistical notes: time to drift around the Gyre equals 6,800 nautical miles divided by
the speed between the drifter’s start and ending observed time and position. Speeds
between start and end points: 20 estimates; mean = 6.93 mpd; standard deviation =
2.06 mpd; coefficient of variation (standard deviation/ mean) = 0.30. Time to complete
a single-circuit around the Gyre (6,800 nautical miles): 20 drifters; mean = 2.93 years;
standard deviation = 0.86 years; coefficient of variation = 0.29; 95% confidence limits
on the mean = ±0.40 years (there’s 95% certainty that the mean lies between 2.5-3.3
years); median = 3.0 years; range = 1.9-4.5 years. Gyre rotations, with a fifth peak
anticipated in 2007?
What became of the thousands of toys
beachcombers never reported? Some, the surf
buried and others spun out of the Gyre.
According to OSCURS, the currents transported
a number through Bering Strait into the Arctic
Ocean, where the pack ice conveyed them
onward over the North Pole into the North
Atlantic Ocean. Bethe Hagens observed a
duck in Maine (July 2003); and Sonali
Naik observed a frog in Scotland (August
2003). These drifts agree with a score of historic
transarctic drifters, including bottles, barrels, and
plastic drift cards.Interesting Facts about Ocean Waves and Currents
Read/Hilight/Annotate
1. The tallest wave ever measured was 1719 feet at Lituya Bay, Alaska.
2. The tallest wave recorded in the open ocean was 95 feet during a storm near
Scotland.
3. Surface currents are important to ships as they can make it easy or difficult to travel
depending on the direction of the current.
4. Some marine animals take advantage of currents to migrate thousands of miles to
and from breeding grounds.
5. Ben Franklin published a map of the Gulf Stream in 1769.
6. Water takes around 1000 years to travel all the way around the whole globe
a. The oceans not only have waves, tides and surface currents — they also have
a constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature
and salinity.
b. Known as the global ocean conveyor belt or thermohaline current (thermo =
temperature, haline = salinity), this deep ocean current gets one of its “starts”
in the polar region near Norway.
c. As sea ice forms, the water left behind becomes saltier and denser and begins
to sink, making room for warmer and less dense incoming surface water,
which in turn eventually becomes cold and salty enough to sink.
d. The cold dense water flows along the ocean bottom all the way from the
northern hemisphere to the Southern Ocean where it merges with more cold
dense water from Antarctica and is swept into the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
e. Eventually it mixes with warmer water and rises to the surface before finding
its way back to the Atlantic. It can take 1000 years to complete this cycle.

 

*write a well organized response to the education debate*
Views you must consider:
1. the system should be preparing students for the world of work and is failing to do so.
2. is the system failing this generation of students to be life long learners and successful citizens?

 

 

•Many envision a US healthcare system that includes the ability to productively engage patients about their health care.
•Patient portals can serve as a tool to electronically interface with patients and Meaningful Use has explicitly included several areas to address. But

just as electronic health records need to work for those at the point of service, so do systems to engage patients.
•What specifically might portals do to engage patients? Lay out a strategy to drive patient adoption by offering compelling functionality that is not

included in the Meaningful Use requirements. Provide detail and examples

 

1. List the website (remember these should be a.edu, gov,.net etc) typically a “.com” URL is not trustworthy information
2. why did you chose this website? What “attracted” you to it? ( be specific)
3. What information was provided? (did it extend your learning? why/ why not- give a brief synopsis of the information provided
4. What have you learned about DIDS? What has made you curious?(share your opinions ,personal stories , reflections here

 

Question 1
1. Ace Tool Company’s decision-makers view a particular risk in the use of Ace’s product as open and obvious to consumers. Continuing to market the product without explicitly telling consumers of the risk very likely would NOT be justified from a perspective of
Machiavellian ethics
Kantian ethics
Ethical Egoism
Utilitarian ethics
0.5 points
Question 2
1. Ethical business leadership consists of:
a. Creating, communicating, and securing acceptance of a vision.
b. Energizing, challenging, and inspiring followers to realize the vision.
c. Having a vision that is an inherently moral one and having the personal moral strength of character to pursue the vision in a moral manner.
d. All of the above.
0.5 points
Question 3
1. Which of the following is true about modern business corporations?
The societal expectation is that a corporation should just make money legally and not worry about the local community or society.
Since the corporation is not a real person it can never be judged from an ethical point of view.
The corporate vice-president of ethics has the power to veto what he or she considers as immoral corporate actions, but the veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the board of directors.
None of the above.
0.5 points
Question 4
1. In order to be considered a profession what attributes of a profession does management have to work on and develop?
Autonomy and self-governance.
Codes of ethics that apply to management as whole and are “policed” and enforceable.
An oath with an appropriate ceremony when entering the management profession.
All of the above.
0.5 points
Question 5
1. When it comes to doing traditionally and conventionally “bad” actions in business, such as deceiving and misleading, Machiavelli would likely say:
Do not do them since they are probably illegal.
Do not do them since people may condemn them as immoral acts.
Do them only if absolutely necessary and do them in a smart, clever, and crafty way.
Do not do them since they are regarded as wrong and transgressions by religions.
0.5 points
Question 6
1. Fran, an executive with Global Sales Corporation, has to decide whether to market a useful product that nonetheless might have undesirable side-effects for a small number of users. What ethical theory would the Sophists advise her to use so that her firm can morally market the product?
Kantian ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility
Utilitarianism
Last Resort theory.
0.5 points
Question 7
1. Today, the term “corporate governance” encompasses:
Legal restrictions on corporate behavior, particularly from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Moral restrictions on corporate behavior, particularly from company codes of ethics.
A societal expectation that a corporation today must be a “socially responsible” one.
All of the above.
0.5 points
Question 8
1. As chief executive officer for Consolidated Industries, Inc., Stephanie engages in personal activities and business activities on and off the firm’s premises. Compared to personal activities, business activities involve
Higher ethical principles since business is generally immoral and not “above the law”
Lower ethical principles due to the well-known fact that business is all about profits
The same fundamental ethical principles
No ethical standards since most business people are amoral anyway.
0.5 points
Question 9
1. Paying a bribe may be a moral act pursuant to the following ethical theories EXCEPT:
A. Ethical egoism if there is an arguable legal “loophole” and it benefits the company in the long-run.
B. Ethical relativism if paying bribes is considered to be a customary and appropriate practice in the host country.
C. Ethical emotism if one feels good about paying the bribe.
D. Kantian ethics when the bribe is necessary to advance one’s career.
0.5 points
Question 10
1. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A theory that says that morality and ethics should be based on law is called Legal Positivism.
When a person looks to an outside source for moral rules or commands, he or she might be characterized as an ethical emotist.
An ethical theory that maintains that people must choose the action of follow the rule that provides the greatest good to society is called Utilitarianism.
An ethical theory that says that people owe moral duties that are based on universal rules is called Kantian ethics.