Describe the challenges financial managers can face regarding working capital management (WCM) in short-term planning.

Analyze the relationships between capital structure, risk, and cost of capital for informing financial decisions that can optimize the value of corporations
Analyze challenges financial managers face regarding short-term and long-term planning for informing decision-making
Analyze the relationship between the value of corporations and ethically and socially responsible corporate behavior for informing financial decisions
Prompt
Your risk management and ethical analysis should analyze the prevalent risks associated with your corporations, the challenges financial managers face in tryingto attain short- and long-term goals, and the various considerations that must be made during financial decision making
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Corporate Overview: In this section, you will summarize the industry and corporate overview you created in the first part of your final project. Be sure tofocus on the industry trends and issues, as you will expand upon them throughout this report.
II. Risks and Challenges: In this section, you will expand on several forms of risk and explain how each impacts corporate value and decision making.
A. Describe the challenges financial managers can face regarding working capital management (WCM) in short-term planning.
B. Analyze economic and political risk in relation to your chosen corporation for potential impact on shareholder value maximization. If there areno current risks related to economics and politics facing the industry or your corporation, analyze economic and political risk in general terms,discussing how they could impact shareholder value in general.
C. Analyze industry-specific riskssuch as competition, supply chains, and technological disruptionsfor their potential influence on financialdecision making within your chosen corporation. Provide examples to illustrate your claims.
D. Analyze company-specific challenges that could impact corporate success in the long- or short-term. These challenges may include things likeaccess to key talent, facilities, natural resources, or patents.
III. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics: In this section, you will discuss the importance and impact of corporate social responsibility and ethicsin financial decision making and a corporations value.
A. Identify the key CSR and ethical issues involving your companys major stakeholders: investors, customers, employees, suppliers, communities,and the environment.
B. Explain how the identified issues can impact the corporations value.
C. Discuss the role that financial managers should play in monitoring and managing these issues.D. Reflect on the importance of ethics and CSR in financial decision making, explaining reasoning.