Discuss at least 2 reasons why globalization affected the supply chain. Respond to at least one of your classmates
Define suppliers and explain their interests and power, especially as related to lead firms.
Discuss at least 2 reasons why globalization affected the supply chain.
Respond to at least one of your classmates. Explain how your answers compare to your classmates and professionally support/defend your position. Please keep in mind, there is no right or wrong answer.
Analyze and apply the concepts of ethical decision making, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
Uber is largely hailed as the advent of the gig economy, which is the idea that people will not work for any one employer, but instead will work on projects for any variety of companies desiring their services. While creating a new type of entrepreneurship for individuals, it raises a host of new legal questions for companies around the law of agency.
An investment firm has asked you to evaluate Ubers legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers.
Write an interoffice memo in which you:
Summarize the main principles of agency. Analyze the circumstances under which Uber might be liable for the conduct of its drivers. Identify the steps Uber can take, if any, to limit its legal exposure for the conduct of its drivers. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Your news brief or memo should include a heading, summary statement, background and recommendations. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Analyze and apply the concepts of ethical decision making, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Analyze and evaluate the employment-at-will doctrine and the statutory protections afforded employees. Analyze and evaluate laws and regulations relative to product safety, liability and representations. Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.
Examine the major benefits that this report can provide for the organization, and suggest two (2) uses for the information contained therein.
Assignment 2 Successful Domestic Company Goes Global Imagine that you are the CEO of a successful domestic company. In the last 6 months, many potential clients in foreign countries have expressed a desire to conduct business with you. You know that in order for your company to grow, you will have to expand overseas. You have recently attended a local three (3)-day international trade exposition and have gathered many brochures on the foreign companies interested in doing business with your company.
After meeting with the Executive Committee of your successful domestic company, you decide that you will need to identify a minimum of two (2) countries for expansion and two (2) expatriates whom you will send into the chosen countries. The selected expatriates will learn about the countries cultures and business activities there. You must prepare a report for the potential employees who may want to take an overseas assignment, the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors.
Use the Internet and Strayer Library to research possible countries for expansion. Next, conduct research on leveraging expatriates over country nationals for business overseas. Finally, research books that could help expatriates in their transition to working overseas.
Note: You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:
Create a guide to leveraging expatriates. The guide should include four to six (4-6) sources that address benefits and challenges of sending expatriates to other countries.
Examine the major benefits that this report can provide for the organization, and suggest two (2) uses for the information contained therein. Justify your response.
Analyze the major factors (e.g., distance, cultural background, knowledge of the related countries, languages spoken, relatives who may live in another country, etc.) that would influence your choice of countries into which your company would expand. Recommend two (2) countries for expansion. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine three (3) criteria that you would consider when deciding which employees to send abroad. Justify your response.
Propose the major methods and / or incentives you would use in order to encourage the selected employees to become expatriates. Provide a rationale for your response.
Recommend one (1) strategy to ensure that both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors are committed to the expansions. Justify your response.
Recommend two (2) books that the selected expatriates should take with them when they go overseas. Provide a rationale for your response.
Outline a guide for expatriates who will reside within another country for one to two (1-2) years. The related guide should cover the following topics: selecting items to pack, accommodating a vehicle (i.e., leave behind or send overseas), shipping or selling furniture, moving pets, and arranging accommodations for children and / or family residing in another country for the discussed length of time.
Develop a framework for your presentation. The framework should include the following:
Relevant visuals
Statistics that support the decision to expand into the identified countries
A feasibility study of your companys proposed expansion to the countries in question
Information related to renting or buying land or a building
Any other information relevant to the case for expansion
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
create a press release in response to the second round of testing that came back positive for high levels of melamine.
Press Release
Review Example 6.4 on pages 98-101 of your textbook. Assuming the role of the public relations director for King Car,
create a press release in response to the second round of testing that came back positive for high levels of melamine.
The press release must
show you relied on the 10 lessons in Chapter 5 as a guide to develop the content of the press release,
include any relevant information described in the case study (conduct additional research on the case as needed),
follow this press release format/template
include at least one quote from a King Car representative (attribute the quote to yourself as the PR director for King
Car).
Your press release must be at least one page, but no longer than two pages in length. Adhere to APA Style when creating
citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.
You can conduct a search for press releases to use as examples. Review the press releases only only to familiarize
yourself with the structure and overall format. To complete the assignment, you must write an original press release.
What type of suicide did he commit?
Respond to the prompt in a double-spaced 2-3 page essay.
Prompt 3:
This unit we watched the film Black Panther and we also learned about Durkheims different types of suicide. At the end of the film, supervillain Killmonger (played by Michael B. Jordan) commits suicide. What type of suicide did he commit? Use supporting evidence from the film to defend your answer and in the course of your response allude to and explain Durkheims concepts of integration and/or regulation.
Discuss at least two challenges (physical, spiritual or other) that are associated with the burdens and benefits of caring for patients during end-of-life treatment.
Discuss at least two challenges (physical, spiritual or other) that are associated with the burdens and benefits of caring for patients during end-of-life treatment. Specifically reference reading 1 and/or reading 2. If possible, relate the challenges you chose to your own experiences as a healthcare professional.
Prepare a SWOT analysis of Panera Bread and discuss what your analysis revealed about the overall attractiveness of the companys situation.
You have been hired by Panera Bread Company as a consultant to assess their internal and external environments in relation to their current competitive strategy. You are scheduled to meet executives at Panera Bread this week to discuss your assessment and recommendations. In preparation for your meeting, discuss the following in 2-3 pages:
Prepare a SWOT analysis of Panera Bread and discuss what your analysis revealed about the overall attractiveness of the companys situation.
Does the company possess core competencies or distinctive competencies? Support your response with examples.
What recommendations will you provide to the executives regarding the actions Panera Bread needs to take to strengthen its competitive position?
What diagnostic testing may be used to further evaluate the symptoms and what might this test tell the healthcare provider?
Response#2 What diagnostic testing may be used to further evaluate the symptoms and what might this test tell the healthcare provider?
Henry, a 58 y/o male, recently reports waking up in the middle of the night with burning abdominal pain. Symptoms occur several nights a week with occasional discomfort in the middle of the afternoon. A bland diet or drinking milk do seem to help and spicy foods aggregate the symptoms.
PMH: non-contributory
SH: Works in a grocery store, divorced, non-smoker, drinks 1-2 beers/day
Allergies: none
Meds: 1 325mg ASA daily for cardiovascular prevention
ROS:
Constitutional: Decrease appetite and 5% weight loss; denies fever
ENT: Denies sore throat or drainage
Lungs: Occasional dry cough at night
Heart: Mid sternum chest burning intermittently
Abdomen: Epigastric burning and tenderness, denies constipation or diarrhea
Whats new is sometimes really old. Discuss this statement in light of changing patterns of drug taking behavior over the last fifty years
Answer the following two essay questions.
1) Whats new is sometimes really old. Discuss this statement in light of changing patterns of drug taking behavior over the last fifty years. You can reference information from other resources as well as your textbook. Make sure you cite your answers appropriately.
2) The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a system for presorting drug-related emergencies in U.S. metropolitan hospitals. These occurrences are referred to as drug-related Emergency Room visits. Picture yourself as an ER physician at a metropolitan hospital that participates in the DAWN reporting system. What questions would you ask an incoming patient who is displaying symptoms that might be drug-related? What circumstances might prevent you from making an accurate record of the role drugs may have played in these symptoms. You can reference information from other resources as well as your textbook (Chapter 2). Make sure you cite your answers appropriately.
To what principle or principles does each argument primarily appeal (freedom, equality, community, justice, utility, etc.)? Who makes the more reasonable argument?
Compare (i) LaFollette and (ii) Hughes and Hunt on gun control. What is the issue according to each?
Describe the single strongest argument of each essay. To what principle or principles does each argument primarily appeal (freedom, equality, community, justice, utility, etc.)?
Who makes the more reasonable argument? Why?
Conclude with brief reflections on the emerging vigilantism issue: what policies and principles might help?
