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Access the Internet to acquire a copy of the most recent annual report for the publicly traded company used to complete the Financial Reporting Problem, Part 1 assignment

Analyze the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions:

Are the assets included under the company’s current assets listed in the proper order? Explain your answer.
How are the company’s assets classified?
What are cash equivalents?
What are the company’s total current liabilities at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?
What are the company’s total current liabilities at the end of the previous annual reporting period?
Considering all the information you have gathered, why might this information be important to potential creditors, investors, and employees?

Summarize the analysis in a 700- to 1,050-word paper in a Microsoft® Word document.

Include a copy of the company’s balance sheet and income statement

Overview
This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either

Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel, Page 312,or

Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, Page 342.

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1 Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.

2 Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.

NOTE: Each question asks multiple sub-questions. Be sure to answer the ENTIRE question to get full credit.

Case 8.4, page 312; Have gun, will travel.

1. Do you have a moral, not just a legal, right to own a gun? Assume (this means accept the fact)that either the Second Amendment or state law gives you a legal right to keep a gun in your car when you drive. Do you also have a moral right to do this? Do you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned public parking lot regard- less of what the lot’s owner wants? (3 questions)

2. In your view, do employees have either a moral or a legal right to park their cars with guns in them in the company parking lot? If so, what about the property rights and safety concerns of employers? If employees don’t have this right, would it be good policy for companies to allow them to stow guns in their cars anyway? Do companies have good grounds for being concerned about weapons in their parking lots? (4 questions)

3. Do you agree with the NRA that if companies ban guns from their parking lots, this restriction would take “a wrecking ball to the Second Amendment” or nullify the right of people to have weapons for self-defense? Explain why or why not. In your view, have gun advocates been guilty of politicizing this issue? Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to settle? (4+ questions)

4. Because the work place is the company’s private property, the company could choose, if it wished, to allow employees to bring guns not only into the parking lot but also into the workplace itself. Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable, or would the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be guaranteed a safe working environment? (2 questions, last sentence)

5. What would a libertarian say about this issue? What considerations would a utilitarian have to take into account? What conclusion might he or she draw? (3 questions)

6. If you were on a company’s board of directors, what policy would you recommend regarding handguns, rifles, or other weapons in employees’ cars? In making your recommendation, what factors would you take into account? Would it make a difference how large the company was, the nature of its workforce, or where it was located? If you support banning firearms from the parking lot, what steps, if any, do you think the company should take to enforce that policy? (4 questions)

7. Explain whether (and why) you agree or disagree with the following argument: “If employees have a right to keep guns in the parking lot, then they also have a right to bring them into workplace. After all, we’re only talking about licensed, responsible owners, and the same rationale applies: An employee might need a weapon for self-protection.What if a lunatic starts shooting up the company?” (1 question)

Case 9.1, page 343; Unprofessional conduct.

1. In concerning itself with Pettit’s off-the-job conduct, did the Board of Education violate her right to privacy, or was its concern with her lifestyle legitimate and employment related? (1 question)

2. Was Pettit’s behavior “unprofessional”? Was it “immoral”? Did it show a “lack of fitness” to teach? Explain how you understand the terms in quotation marks. (4 questions)

3. Was the Board of Education justified in firing Pettit? Explain. (2 questions)

4. Was the court’s verdict consistent with its earlier handling of the case of the homosexual teacher? (1 question)

5. If teachers perform competently in the classroom, should they also be required to be moral exemplars in their private lives? Are employees in other occupations expected to provide a moral example—either on or off the job? (2 questions)

6. Which of the following, in your view, would show unprofessional conduct, immorality, or lack of fitness to teach: drunken driving, smoking marijuana, advocating the use of marijuana, forging a check, resisting arrest for disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer, being discovered in a compromising position with a student, propositioning a student, cheating on income tax, or calling attention to one’s openly homosexual lifestyle? Explain your choice. (2+ questions)

7. Under what conditions do employers have a legitimate interest in their employees’ off-the-job conduct? (1 questions)

3 Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

c Abstract page.

d Cite your textbook as a reference.

Include a reference page.

Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length

Assignment 4: Diversity of Approaches

According to the textbook, there are at least two (2) approaches to the SDLC, two (2) approaches to software construction and modeling, and many techniques and models. The following could be possible reasons for such a diversity of approaches:

The field is young.
The technology changes quickly.
Different organizations have different needs.
There are many types of systems.
Developers have widely different backgrounds.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Analyze each reason listed above as a reason for a diversity of approaches to software construction and modeling, and give your opinion on whether or not each reason is valid.
Propose at least one (1) additional reason why you believe such diversity of approaches exists. Provide support for your recommendation.
Use at least three (3) quality resources outside of the suggested resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze and present methods to initiate, specify, and prioritize information systems projects and determine various aspects of feasibility of these projects.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in systems analysis and design.
Write clearly and concisely about advanced systems analysis and design topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions

Risk Management

 

Identify the key risks (both positive and negative) associated with embarking on a graduate program. Describe the likelihood and the potential impact of such risks

Research the process of producing an expensive product (assume that it is something that must cost at least $1,000). After learning the steps that must be accomplished to produce such a product, address the following:

What would you expect the layout of a producing facility to look like (in other words, what is the process layout for such an operation)?
What would determine when someone had finished working on one of these products (in other words, how would someone know that it was time to work on producing the next unit)?
How would the efficiency of the production operation that you have envisioned be calculated (your answer should be specific to the type of product you selected, not just a general discussion of efficiency)?
From your research, are there any ways in which the production of the product could be made more efficient than the way that it is normally produced? If so, what recommendations could you make? If not, describe another way in which the product could be made, even if it was inefficien

Visit the U.S. Government Web site, TradeStats Express: http://tse.export.gov/TSE/TSEReports.aspx?DATA=NTD

 

1. Find National Trade Data.
2. Determine the trade balance between the U.S. and China for the most recent five year period.
3. Illustrate the trend over this period with a graph of the data.

 

Based on the data provided, create a report in Microsoft Word discussing the trade balance between China and the U.S. for the most recent five year period. In your discussion, include an analysis of the effect of such trade balance on the economies of China and the U.S., both individually and comparatively. Justify your discussion and analysis by using appropriate examples and references.  Include in your report an analysis of the impact on the U.S. economy of the situation where China holds such a large amount of the U.S. debt.

 

 

 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Accurately determined the trade balance between China and the U.S. for the most recent five year period. Illustrated the trend over this period with a graph of the data. Cited the source.
Researched and analyzed the impact of foreign trade between the two countries and their economic growth during this period. Discussed the issues, concerns, and ramifications of the trade balance on China’s economy. Discussed the issues, concerns, and ramifications of the trade balance on the U.S. economy. Compared the impact of trade balance between China and the U.S. for this period. Used appropriate terminology.
Provided adequate and appropriate examples and references to justify conclusions.   Used a variety of credible texts, Web sites and other references.
Discussed the nature and possible future effects upon the U.S. economy. Discussed the ability of the U.S. to sustain growth and development. Justified these conclusions with appropriate data and other resources.   Used appropriate terminology.
Organization: Introduction, Transitions, and Conclusion Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence structure APA Elements: Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations

Regarding the development of values and meaning in life, which factors do you believe are most influential in fostering prosocial behavior and antisocial behavior? Explain why you believe these factors are important, and back up your opinion with examples, resources, or studies.

Needs to be 200-300 words at least one citation. Due in 10 hours

For this phase of the course project, you will research a bank to use as the subject of your project. The bank that you select should be a publicly traded bank, which means it will be traded on one of the stock exchanges such as NASDAQ or NYSE.

Once you have chosen your publicly traded bank, you will write the introduction to your plan. Be sure to address the following in your introduction:

Briefly describe the bank, its product and service offerings, and components of your plan.
What are the strategic, operational, finance, and compliance risks associated with your bank and the banking industry in general?

Write the introduction to the risk management plan exploring the risks types and risk trends associated with the banking industry with a particular emphasis on a publicly traded bank. Examples: Wells Fargo Bank, Citigroup, or Bank of America.

Write 1 – 2 paragraphs that introduce the topics below:

Risk Types
Risk Trends
Risk Mitigation
Credit Risk
Lending Practices
Capitalization and Solvence

due tomorrow 8am CST

APA format & reference

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Find at least two business research peer-reviewed articles

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you practice identifying the critical first stage of developing any research study:

• State the purpose of the business research for each article.

• Determine the research questions and hypotheses being researched in each article.

• Identify the dependent and independent variables being manipulated or measured in each article.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Business Research On Marketing

Recent Articles, Recent References a Must, 100% original work

Write and submit the introduction and conclusion sections of your analysis paper. Consider the guidelines for Parts I and V of the final project, the topic and references you selected in previous milestones, and peer and instructor feedback.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Topic Background

a. Describe your topic and illustrate its significance in relation to contemporary issues.

b. Summarize notable theories and previous research on this topic, including at least three peer-reviewed studies.

c. Discuss societal views of your topic and whether they have changed over time.

d. Discuss the outside influences addressed in your topic and how they potentially affect development.

Conclusion:

a. Discuss your opinion and draw conclusions on this topic, explaining why you hold this viewpoint.

b. Discuss current research and give examples that support your opinion/conclusions.

c. Discuss areas of future research that could positively impact your topic.

Guidelines for Submission:

Your paper should be one to two pages in length. It should be double spaced and should use 12-point Times New Roman font, oneinch margins, and references in APA format.

Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Proficient (100%)

Topic Background:

Significance Accurately describes the significance of the topic in relation to current issues

Notable Theories and Previous Research Accurately summarizes notable theories and current research on the topic Summarizes notable theories and current research.

Societal Views: Accurately presents current societal views of the topic and notes whether those views have changed over time.

Topic Background: Outside Influences Discusses relevant and appropriate outside influences and how they might affect the current topic.

Opinion: Presents an opinion and explains how the conclusion was drawn and why it is justified.

Future Research: Accurately identifies potential areas of future research related to the topic and discusses their value Identifies potential areas of future research.

Final Paper:

The final project for this course is the creation of an analysis paper. The paper should demonstrate your understanding of one of the nine developmental stages. Analyze your chosen topic within the framework of one of the nine developmental stages. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it allows you to demonstrate understanding, application, and critical evaluation of the major concepts presented in this course. You should demonstrate knowledge of how your particular topic unfolds within the chosen developmental stage. The topic must differ from your short paper topics.

The final submission will be in Module Seven. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

· Articulate and illustrate the typical path of human development using key biological, cognitive, and social-emotional terms and concepts

· Assess the impact of various influences on the developmental process using contemporary theories and themes of development

· Apply the scientific methodologies of developmental psychologists to the analysis and interpretation of real-world research findings

· Examine conventions about growth and change over the life span through critical, collaborative inquiry that reflects a sense of responsibility for the wider implications of various viewpoints

· Draw and illustrate connections between the principles and themes of developmental psychology and their applications to current issues, contemporary problems, and one’s own life.

Develop your own individualized final paper topic, which you should be able to cover thoroughly in 1,000–1,500 words. Some topic examples include:

how exposure to certain hazards during the prenatal period can affect a person at a particular stage of life, gender and cultural development; the effects of peer relationships on development; and the psychosocial considerations of aging throughout the life span.

After choosing a paper topic, choose a stage of development (e.g., prenatal) that you will focus on when you write about your chosen topic. For example, if you were to choose “development and role of attachment” and “infancy,” your final paper would focus mainly on the development and role of attachment during infancy. More specifically, it might describe and discuss parent–infant attachment styles and how secure versus insecure attachment styles develop. You would also explore ways attachment may unfold or progress in later stages of development as well as the role or influence attachment can play (e.g., relationship development) in later stages of development, including one to two factors that can promote or hinder optimal attachment relationships. If you decide to write about a later stage of development (e.g., adolescence or adulthood), you would then discuss how attachment may have developed or looked like at earlier stages of development and at least one to two factors that could have promoted or hindered optimal attachment relationships in adulthood. The stages of development for you to consider include the following:

· Prenatal

· Postpartum

· Infancy

· Early childhood

· Middle childhood

· Adolescence

· Early adulthood

· Middle adulthood

· Late adulthood

Specifically, the critical elements listed below must be addressed. (Please structure your paper in the order shown.)

I. Topic Background

a. Describe your topic and illustrate its significance in relation to contemporary issues.

b. Summarize notable theories and previous research on this topic, including at least three peer-reviewed studies.

c. Discuss societal views of your topic and whether they have changed over time.

d. Discuss the outside influences addressed in your topic and how they potentially affect development.

II. Development Psychology Stage Rationale

a. Explain your topic in relation to developmental psychology by identifying the biological, cognitive, and social-emotional components.

b. Provide an analysis of your topic as it pertains to developmental psychology, including at least two peer-reviewed studies.

III. History of Topic Within Chosen Developmental Stage

a. Assess the influence of previous developmental stages on your chosen stage.

b. Articulate and provide examples of the typical path of human development for your chosen stage.

c. Appraise your topic according to current developmental psychologists and real-world research findings.

d. Examine conventions about growth and change from the past and present regarding your chosen topic.

IV. Progression of Topic With Chosen Developmental Stage

a. Discuss the expected developmental progression at this stage.

b. Cite factors that could hinder development and explain how they can do so and ways in which their effects can be offset.

V. Conclusion

a. Discuss your opinion and draw conclusions on this topic, explaining why you hold this viewpoint.

b. Discuss current research and give examples that support your opinion/conclusions.

c. Discuss areas of future research that could positively impact your topic.

Final Project Submission: Analysis Paper In Module Seven, you will submit your final analysis paper. It should be a complete, polished paper containing all of the critical elements of the assignment. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course, as well as the topics you studied in Modules One through Six and current research. This submission will be graded with the Final Product Rubric.

Your submission should follow these formatting guidelines:

double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA-style citations. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Value Topic Background:

Significance Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately describes the significance of the topic in relation to current issues.

Topic Background: Notable Theories and Previous Research Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately summarizes notable theories and current research on the topic.

Societal Views Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately presents current societal views of the topic and notes whether those views have changed over time.

Background: Outside Influences Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Discusses relevant and appropriate outside influences and how they might affect the current topic.

Rationale: Topic in Relation to Developmental Psychology Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately identifies the biological, cognitive, and social components of the chosen topic in relation to developmental psychology and provides specific detail.

Analysis Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples thoroughly analyzes the topic with illustrations from two peer-reviewed studies and provides specific details.

History: Influence Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Thoroughly examines the influence of previous developmental stages on the topic and provides specific details.

History: Typical Path Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides specific details Provides relevant examples of the typical development path for the topic’s chosen stage.

Appraisal Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately appraises the topic in terms of current research and real-world findings and provides specific detail .

Conventions Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Discusses conventions about past and present growth and change surrounding the chosen topic in depth.

Expected Developmental Progression Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Clearly articulates the expected progression from the current stage in depth.

Hindrances to Development Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately cites factors that could interfere with development and discusses ways to offset those factors.

Conclusion: Opinion Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Presents an opinion and explains how the conclusion was drawn and why it is justified .

Current Research Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides specific details Gives relevant examples of current research that supports the opinion.

Conclusion: Future Research Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides relevant examples Accurately identifies potential areas of future research related to the topic and discusses their value