Category: Business

 
Please don’t type or repeat or retype the question at the beginning of papers.The answers should present understanding and opinions of arguments otherwise it won’t be accepted. Each question need to be answered 1 full single spaced page. There are 8 questions;

1. HB Fuller/Kativo Industries finds itself in quite a bind regarding the sale of Resistol in Honduras. Fuller/Kativo’s product is causing harm to the children the media have called “Los Resistoleros.” The moral theorists we have studied this semester, from Aristotle through Donaldson, would all have something to say regarding this situation. Some would agree with each other, though many would be diametrically opposed in their views. Those who do agree would probably offer very different justifications from their fellows.
Question: Is it morally permissible for HB Fuller to continue to sell Resistol with its current composition or should Fuller remove the product until an acceptable composition is formulated? What sort of moral reasoning directed you to your conclusion and why is this reasoning most relevant? (Put differently, this second question asks: Why should a reasonable person agree with you?)

2. Not too long ago, Milton Friedman argued that the only moral responsibility of managers in a capitalist system is to increase the owner’s investment through profit maximization, with precious few (if any) moral limitations. Many have claimed that a justified sea change occurred when Ed Freeman started arguing to rebuild, revitalize, and re-conceptualize stockholder managerial capitalism to transform it to stakeholder managerial capitalism.
Question: How revolutionary is Freeman’s theory when applied to managerial decisions? When we move from Milton Friedman’s Stockholder theory to Ed Freeman’s Stakeholder theory – does this shift in theories end up telling managers to take different actions, or do they simply disagree about the justifications for roughly the same actions? Feel free to use “real life” to answer this question.

3. Doormen, Maitre D’s, bellmen, taxi drivers, cops, jurors, building inspectors – people in all of these positions receive payments which ordinary language refers to as one of the following: tips, grease payments, gratuities, service charges, and even bribes. Of course, these are not a list of synonyms and a good analysis should be able to distinguish the terms on the list. What is the wrongful and distinguishing element in a bribe? Is Natasha guilty of offering a bribe in the “When is a tip…?” case?

4.Ellen Moore will cost more to employ in Saudi Arabia than an equally qualified man, though no such male candidate exists at the time of the case. Ellen will not only cost more to employ, but the General Manager believes she has a lowered chance of success because she is a woman. Felice N. Schwartz presents arguments to convince businesses regarding the rationality of hiring women even though women cost more to employ. What is Schwartz’s argument against sexism in hiring and promotions, and is this a good argument? Why should a business be blind with regard to sex?

5.Boss Bill has asked his Employee Marge to dinner on more than three occasions. On each occasion, Bill compliments Marge on her appearance and how her choice of clothing accentuates here figure. Marge has never explicitly nor implicitly indicated any sexual interest in Bill, nor has Marge ever openly or willingly discussed any personal matters with Bill. Marge always says “No, thank you” to Bill’s dinner invitations, and she either ignores his compliments or changes the subject to more work-place appropriate topics.
Question: Are Bill’s actions morally impermissible? Why?

6.Bernard and Charles are both applying for an entry level accounting position at HAL, an accounting firm. HAL requires applicants to have at least a 3.0 GPA. Bernard has a 3.3 GPA and is African-American. Charles has a 3.5 GPA and is white. Bernard and Charles are identical in all other relevant ways, such as quality of undergraduate educational institution, etc. What argument best justifies hiring Bernard instead of Charles? Consider and answer an objection Charles may raise for being passed over in hiring.

7.Thomas is the single proprietor of a large management consultancy – PPCP&S. Anders is the highest performing sales person at PPCP&S for the last 5 years. It comes to Thomas’s attention that Anders is a fan of the NY Mets baseball team, so much so that Anders has a tattoo of the NY Mets logo on his shoulder though this is not visible in Anders daily work attire. Thomas fires Anders with merely a “pink slip” and no explanation. The unvoiced motivation for firing Anders is that Thomas hates the NY Mets as much or more than Anders loves the NY Mets. What argument best justifies Thomas’s right to fire Anders? Consider and answer an objection to this argument.

8. Carr argues that bluffing in business is a morally permissible part of the business game because bluffing in business is exactly analogous to bluffing in poker.
Question: Do you agree with Carr regarding the analogy between business and poker? What is wrong with lying (morally impermissible instances of stated deception) that would not be wrong with bluffing (merely speaking falsely)?

 
8) Individual Project (or optionally with One partner)
a) The grade on the individual project will be assigned by YOU. You will provide me with a 3
point range that you believe reflects your performance on the paper. If you give yourself 17-19
points (the maximum), and your paper is not of high quality, then I reserve the right to veto your
grade and select a grade that reflects your paper’s contribution relative to the rest of the classes’.
Please see the quality guidelines in the appendix. Maximum of 15 double spaced, 12 inch, times
new roman, 1” margins. Diagrams and charts are part of the page count. Note: Anything less
than 13 pages will not be sufficient for 17 points. Late papers will not be accepted.
b) Topic(should include the following)
i) Select a country that you would either like to work with or in. Ideally this is tied to your
language study (e.g., Mexico for Spanish speakers)
ii) Select an industry that you are interested in working (e.g., Food service).
iii) Select a firm in that industry here in MISSOURI (or the state that you come from if you’d
prefer) that is currently or could possibly do business in that country (e.g., Urban Chestnut).
Alternatively, if you have a job waiting for you, you may select that company.
c) Writing the paper. The paper should contain 4 elements:
i) A history of the company and its competitive advantage here in the domestic market.
(1) You might also put relevant sales, profits, trends, countries in which they’re doing
business in here. Anything relevant about the company that a potential investor might
want to know when evaluating your project.
ii) An overview of your selected country and industry.
(1) You could give the relevant numbers for the country here as well as cultural differences
and the implications of those differences on doing business in that country. Also, any
concerns about doing business in this country (e.g., security, fraud, government red tape)
iii) Can your company compete in your country? Can it transfer its competitive advantage to
your country? Challenges of your company in that market.
(1) This is the most critical part of the paper. Be honest with yourself here. Can your
company really pull this venture off? If not, what can you do to reduce the risk (e.g., joint
venture instead of acquisition). If it was your company, what would you do?
iv) Proposed action steps in order to move forward.
(1) What would you do next? Get into the details here. Do you do more research? Do you
send someone down with the Governor during a trade mission? Do you find a partner?
What about a timeline? Is this year ideal given the state of the company and country?

 
The part that I want you to do is part 3 which will be the report. Part 1 and part 2 will be uploaded as an attachment, please seem them carefully and then do part 3. for part 3, I will also upload a template along with the rubric. please put in mind that this is a QUALITATIVE research and I chose to collect my data by conducting an interview with 2 employees working with me at Dubai Foundation for Women and Children and this is their website www.dfac.ae. Also please use mapping and coding using Nvivo I will upload 2 PDF files for you to see how its done and there will be youtube links to guide you, please do it as SIMPLE as possible.

A brief info about the topic:
I am working at dubai foundation for women and children as an executive purchasing, and i am doing a research of how it is hard to work without having a system because i am having difficulties tracking the LPO numbers and many important documents.

For part 3 follow the template provided and this:In Part I of this project, you would have completed a Research Proposal.
Part II: you would have developed a set of questionnaire for survey or a list of questions for interviews; or both.
The tools you developed is depended on your research proposal and design in Part I.

Part III of this project is a follow-on from your proposal.
You shall conduct the study, run the analysis and write a report on the findings

 
Please, use simple words.

Essay Cause and Effect