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Managing Business Ethics

1. Identify reasons a business organization should be concerned about its ethical culture.
What key management policies/programs help to determine a strong or weak ethical
culture?

2. Define trust and its importance in a business ethical culture? What happens when trust
is lost?

3. Put yourself in the role of the Recall Coordinator for Ford Motor Company in the Pinto
Case study:
(a) Is a cost benefit analysis (define it!) appropriate where human life is part of the
cost calculation? Why or why not?
(b) How would Milton Friedman (profit/shareholder maximization) view cost benefit
analysis in this situation? How would Ed Freeman (stakeholder) view it? How
about the Golden Rule, would there be a different result?
(c) Where do you draw the ethical line on product safety?

4. In the Pinto case study, as the Recall Coordinator:
(a) Identify the ethical dilemmas and ethical conflicts and who are the
affected parties (stakeholders)?
(b) What decision would you make? .Which theory would it be based upon – the
consequential (utilitarian) or the deontological (Kant’s Categorical Imperative) and
what would be the impact of your decision? Be sure to define the theory you
would use.

5. What conditions would have to be present for you to blow the whistle about unethical
conduct you observed at work? How would you go about it by identifying the specific
steps to take and implications (risks) for you?

6. In this case scenario, Green Company–an environmentally sustainable company–has
offered to hire you as a consultant to design an ethics communication and training
program for all Green Co. employees. Your meetings to date have been ONLY with
head of human resources. As you begin your research, Green’s corporate counsel
informs you that you will not be allowed to ask employees about ethical dilemmas that
have occurred at Green. He specifically tells you to get your information from other
sources such as press accounts of problems in the industry, or from other organizations
with which you’ve worked. In addition, the head of human resources has told you that
you’ll not meet the three most senior executives because they’re busy negotiating
a large acquisition. You will have access to other high-level managers who can tell you
what they think the senior leadership would want.

Based on what you have learned about business ethical cultures, identify the problems
presented in this case. Should you take the job? Why or why not?

7. One way to tell if business decisions are ethical is to put them through an ethics check
by asking three questions: (1) Is it legal? (2) Is it balanced? (3) How will it make me
feel? Apply each of these three questions to the following ethical dilemma: your best
friend forgot about a term paper due tomorrow, has not researched or written it and
asks if he could copy a paper you wrote for another instructor last semester. What is
your decision and why?

8. Ninos and Ninas, Inc. is an adoption agency in Massachusetts that specializes in
speedy adoptions of poor Hispanic-American infants. These poor infants, if not
adopted, would end up abandoned on the street or malnourished in orphanages because
their mothers cannot afford to care for them. The adoption fee charged by the agency is
$15,000. You have been accepted for adoption by the agency with a non-refundable
deposit of $10,000.

Two months later, Carmen, the agency’s director of adoption
services, informs you that a baby girl is now available. She then gives
instructions to you to place in post office box the final $5,000 of the fee and an
additional $2,500 in cash in a sealed envelope, marking the envelope for “Senior Jose.”
Carmen further explains that once the $5,000 adoption fee balance and additional cash
payment are paid, you can come to the agency the next day to pick up your little girl.
When you question the additional odd cash payment, Carmen tells you that “Senior
Jose ”is an official in the social agency who handles adoptions and it is the way Ninos
and Ninas, Inc. has been doing business for 10 years.

How would you characterize the additional cash payment and does the benefit to the
infant girl justify the method for accomplishing that benefit? Would you go forward
with the adoption? What ethical and/or moral theories would help in your decision?

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Human Resources Strategic Plan

 
You will create a strategic plan that aligns the human resources (HR) function with the organization’s mission, vision, and objectives. The overall scope of the Portfolio Project is to create a “Shared Services” structure for HR that will be housed at the organization’s corporate offices.
Required Topics – Be sure to cover the following:

Strategic Contribution,
Personal Credibility,
HR Delivery Metrics,
Key Performance Measurements (KPM),
Action Plan for each functional area,
HR mission statement,
HR vision statement and objectives.
Your strategic plan should include:

Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Body of your plan
Conclusion
Reference Page
Appendix (optional)
Submission requirements:

Ten pages minimum (not including the title page, table of contents, reference page or appendix) will be needed to complete the project.
Support your analysis and recommendations with 5 credible sources documented in accordance with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.

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Reflective Journal aborginal

 
The reflective journal component of this assessment requires you to write two (2) reflective journal entries, 300-words each, demonstrating that you have responded to the feedback from your tutor and have acquired a deeper understanding of the issues discussed and presented throughout the semester. •
• Reflective Journal Entry 2: Workshop 5 presented the issues of Past Policies & Practice; review the Northern Territory Intervention (NTI) and analyse its impact on Aboriginal communities’ health and well-being. Read both sources and critically reflect upon the given information in relation to the NTI and its stated aims.
Reading One: Chapter One (1) in Eckermann, A-K., Dowd, T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R, and Johnson, S. (2010) (3rd Ed) Binan Goonj: Bridging Culture in Aboriginal Health, Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier
Reading Two: Chapter Two (2) in Eckermann, A-K., Dowd, T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R, and Johnson, S. (2010) (3rd Ed) Binan Goonj: Bridging Culture in Aboriginal Health, Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier

• Reflective Journal Entry 3: Articulate an understanding of the concept of Cultural Safety and working with Aboriginal Communities through an exploration of the relevance of culturally safe practice in a health setting for both Aboriginal peoples and yourself.
Reading One: Rising to the challenge in Aboriginal health by creating cultural security, Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, pp 22-24
Reading Two Reducing racism in Aboriginal health care in Australia: Where does cultural education fit? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(1), S87-S92
Note
• The references listed for each journal entry must be included in your journal; additional references can be included.
• Word counts DO NOT include the reference list or the contents page.
• Word counts DO include in-text citations.
o Demonstrate that you have thoroughly read the readings. Your personal response and opinions to the information begins your journey of critically reflecting upon the topic/s.

SUMMARY/CASE STUDY – 1000 words:
The Case-Study (Russell Nelly, Workshop 10 – Week 12) is central to the summary. Summarise your knowledge and understanding of the unit’s key concepts through the life story of Russell Nelly.

Validate your position with evidence from the unit’s text book (Eckermann et al, 2010) and peer-reviewed academic articles, as well as other sources.

Consider your engagement and interaction with Aboriginal people as a future health professional
• A minimum of 5 academic references for Summary/Case Study
• APA 6th referencing style required.
• Connect aspects of the course to your own experience and/or understanding.
• Explore and identify similarities and differences between your culture and that of Indigenous people.
• Relate the knowledge and content to how this might be relevant or applicable to your future professional role
Submission: Assessments are to be submitted electronically to Turinitin on Blackboard via the submission point under the ‘Assessments’ menu. Please keep your Tii receipt for proof of submission.

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cell receptor binding modes and the boundary between self/non-self

 

Please flow the provided file precisely, please focus on
-tcr binding modes autoimmunity.
-Who do T cells fail at times?
-The Conventional Topology of TCR Binding to Peptide/MHC Complexes

Please use the links that i have uploaded, as i have already used them in my Annotated bibliography which is part of this dissertation.
Please could you also provide the flowing as urgent?

1) the question/topic you will address in the paper: the subject matter,
2) the objectives of the paper: the question/s you will attempt to answer and/or the gap/s
in knowledge you aim to fill, and
3) the way in which you intend to address the objectives: the arguments you intend to
make and the evidence you will use to support these.

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Determining Training Outcome

 
Assignment 2: Determine Training Outcomes (Human Resources Management)

• The writer will use the TNA( Training Need Analysis) prepared previously by your company to complete this assignment. The paper is uploaded as an attachment to the order. The teacher’s grading rubric is also listed below so the writer can use it as a guide to what the teacher will be grading on. The instructions will also be uploaded as an attachment for better view.

• This assignment builds on the previous one (paper will be uploaded). Use the TNA (in the uploaded paper) to identify performance gaps and establish specific training outcomes. This constitutes steps 4 and 5 of the TNA:

• Step 4: Identify performance gaps and detail how training can close those gaps

• Step: 5 Include at least there training outcomes based on the TNA(in the uploaded paper)

• The paper should have an introduction and a conclusion

• All references cited must be in APA format, dated within the last 5 years and from scholarly or acceptable outside sources US source. They are to be cited within the text APA style, and you must include a hyperlink(if available ) to view the source.

Assignment 2 Grading Rubric

Exceeds Expectations
15 points Meets Expectations
10-14 Points Meets some Expectations
6-9 Points Does not meet
Expectations
0-5 Points
Training Outcomes Training outcomes are specific and aligned with organizational goals; there are at least three outcomes There are at least three training outcomes;they address identified needs Outcomes and their relationship to training needs are weak There are no outcomes, or those included are not relevant to training needs.

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Dynamics of Business Discussion Week 5

1. Workers on the manufacturing floor are being replaced by robots and other machines. On the one hand, this lets companies compete with cheap labor form other countries. On the other hand, automation eliminates many jobs. Does this mean that we will see an increase in unemployment and under employment in the U.S.? Or do you see a way for the U.S. to deal with this trend to prevent these problems? Explain your answer.
2. Take a virtual tour of the Hershey Foods Corporation chocolate factor

3. Does Hershey use process manufacturing or the assembly process? Is the production of Hershey’s chocolate an intermittant or continuous process? Explain your answers.
4. What location factors might go into the selection of a manufacturing site for Hershey chocolate?
5. One of the approaches in business has been to let employees work in self-managed teams. There is no reason why such teams could not be formed in colleges as well as well as business. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of dividing this class into self-managed teams for the purpose of studying, doing cases and completing assignments.
6. Would there be any differences between an in-classroom class and an online class – plus or minus?
7. Describe a time when you felt highly motivated and achieved a particular goal that you sought. What was the most significant thing or person that caused that motivation? Has that level of motivation continued for you? Explain your answers.

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Research

 

Develop a EBP question guided by the Question Development Tool Appendix B, and then using this question conduct a literature search to investigate the issue or problem. Gather a minimum of 5 research articles (2010-present) to address the practice question. Please upload the 5 articles. The assignment should be organized in the following 6 parts:

A. Title Page
B. Practice question(Question Development Tool Appendix B)2 pages
C. Develop and Implement a Search Strategy. Please work with a librarian to conduct a literature search. The literature search parameters should be saved and included.1 page
D. Appraise (determine quality) 5 articles using Research Evidence Appraisal Tool(Dearholt and Dang, 2012, pg 240).
E. Explanation of Reference Relevance to the practice question. For each article explain the relevance to the practice questions (3-4 sentences per article)
F. Reference list using APA format

For “D” It is anticipated article Appraisal and E (1 ½ pages per article)

Question Development Tool Appendix B (attached)
Research Evidence Appraisal Tool (attached, follow page 240, pag 238&239 are to guide you)

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Martitime Economics

task. For task 1 you must complete THREE spreadsheets. Then also send THREE spreadsheets with the formulas.

For task 2 you must use the additional/rider clauses to the cal charter party/CoA (Volcoa) sheet. I have also attached other stuff you may need.

You are operations assistant for a dry bulk ship owner, responsible for the commercial operation of the company�s supramax bulk carriers. The company is considering bidding for the annual shipment of coal to Pakistan Steel Terminal at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi.

The tender notice contract invites freight offers (US$ per tonne) for the transport of 850,000 tonnes (�10% CHOPT) of coal to Pakistan Steel IOC Terminal, by shipment size of 50,000t (�10% CHOPT) from three loading ports as follows:
????? Port Gladstone (Australia)
???? Port Newcastle (Australia)
???? Port Roberts Bank (Canada)
450,000 tonnes 200,000 tonnes 200,000 tonnes.
Write a report for the Operations Manager, which includes the following:
TASK 1 (30%)
Calculate the cost per tonne of coal for a round voyage from each load port to the Pakistan Steel Terminal and return, based on shipment size 50,000t plus 10%. Calculate the Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) for each round voyage, assuming CoA freight rate of $25 per tonne from Gladstone and Newcastle and $35 per tonne from Roberts Bank. Determine the maximum ship deadweight on each round voyage and the minimum number of ships required to complete the CoA.
TASK 2 (20%)
Summarise the ship owner�s obligations and liabilities in the �Additional/Rider clauses to the coal charter party/CoA (Volcoa)�, in respect of:
a. Requirements for ships on the CoA.
b. Nominating ships
c. Notice of arrival at the load and discharge ports.
d. Cargo operations in port.
All statements must be referenced to the relevant clause.
TASK 3 (30%)
Recommend, with reasons, whether the company should submit a bid for this contract. In making your recommendation, discuss factors such as ship costs and revenue over the contract period (including the implications of the charterer�s option to ship 50,000t less 10%), clauses of concern, current and future freight market conditions and any other considerations.
REPORT (20%)
The report will be marked on structure, presentation and writing style. Report format is to be used, e.g. Executive Summary; Contents; Introduction; Terms of Reference; Results of Tasks 1, 2 & 3; Conclusions; Reference List and Appendices. Referencing and reference list in Harvard style. The Appendices should include the spread sheets, spread sheet formulae, fuel price list and port cost calculations.

TASK 1 : 3 SPREADSHEETS ONE FOR EACH PORT

TASK 2 : 1 PAGE OF WRITING

TASK 3 : THIS IS THE REMMENDATIONS. 3 PAGES MINUMUM.