How do the requirements for coverage for domestic partners, such as length of the relationship compare with requirements for benefits of married couples?

Research two companies in the Fortune 500 that offer partner benefits. Compare and contrast the companies as you answer the following questions:

 How do the requirements for coverage for domestic partners, such as length of the relationship compare with requirements for benefits of married couples?

 Do companies usually require a waiting period after dissolution of a marriage (divorce) before a new spouse can become eligible for benefits?

 What factors, such as legislation, may influence the inclusion of these stipulations?

 Can any of the terms you defined above be applied to either company based on other information you learned about them? Why, or why not?

Use the following terms in your discussion and include appropriate examples for each one:

 Glass walls

 Sticky floor

 Glass escalator

Write a minimum three-page paper using APA formatting, and include in-text citations and reference page.

Could this incident happen today with the regulations we have in place? Why, or why not?

Use the CSU Online Library to research a hazardous waste incident such as the Love Canal or Minimata Bay incident. Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation on the incident you choose. You should thoroughly describe the details of the incident and analyze the causes and effects. Your presentation should address the following

 Provide a brief history of RCRA and what aspects of waste it regulates.

 What was the cause of the incident? What types of waste were involved?

 What were the environmental and human health consequences?

 What regulations were in place at the time of the incident? Were they followed?

 What do you think could have been done to prevent the incident?

 Could this incident happen today with the regulations we have in place? Why, or why not?

Instead of using speaker’s notes, you will write a script and create a voice-over for your presentation. All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Be sure to include in-text citations on your slides, and provide a reference slide that lists all of your sources.

Please follow the Unit I Success Center Power Point Presentation Guide for developing your PowerPoint as it contains the best practices and strategies for creating your slides. Click here to access the Success Center Guide, Creating a Scholarly PowerPoint: Best Practices and Citation Information.

If you are unsure how to add an audio recording to a PowerPoint Presentation, please see the following tutorial. Click here to access the Success Center Guide, Adding Audio to a PowerPoint.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Explain the role of the U.S. government in terms of dealing with the problems of income inequalities.

Answer the following questions using examples and applications from the readings. Justify your answers using economic concepts and ideas as they apply. Each response should be between 100-200 words.

Questions:

The demand for labor is said to be a “derived” demand. What is the meaning of a derived demand? How does this concept help to determine the demand for labor?
What are some of the factors that determine the supply of labor in a market? What significant factors have changed the supply of labor over the last twenty years?
How does a firm determine its prices and the quantity of labor required in the resource market during a specific period?
Why do income inequalities exist? How are income inequalities measured? How have income inequalities changed from 1980 to the present?
What is the role of the U.S. government, in terms of dealing with the problem of income inequalities? What are the arguments, for and against, government involvement in this area?
Why do nations trade? What is meant by the concept of “Comparative Advantage”? Could a nation be better off economically, if it practiced an isolation policy?
The United States has had a significant trade imbalance for several years. What are the problems associated with having a negative trade balance? What can be done to correct the imbalance?
How are exchange rates determined? What is the significance of currency devaluations to the home country? To other countries?

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from books, articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA style

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Explain the meaning of a derived demand.

Explain how the concept of derived demand helps to determine the demand for labor.

Identify factors that determine the supply of labor in a market.

Research and explain which significant factors have changed the supply of labor over the last twenty years.

Explain how a firm determines its prices in the resource market during a specific period.

Explain how a firm determines the quantity of labor required in the resource market during a specific period.

Explain why income inequalities exist.

Explain how income inequalities are measured.

Research and describe how income inequalities have changed from 1980 to the present.

Explain the role of the U.S. government in terms of dealing with the problems of income inequalities.

Discuss the arguments for and against government involvement in dealing with problems of income inequalities.

Explain the reasons why nations trade.

Explain the meaning of the concept of “comparative advantage.”

Discuss whether or not a nation would be better off economically if it practiced an isolation policy.

Identify the problems associated with the United States having a significant trade imbalance for several years.

Explain what could be done to correct the trade imbalance.

Explain how exchange rates are determined.

Explain the significance of currency devaluations to the home country.

Explain the significance of currency devaluations to other countries trading with the home country.

Standard presentation components (15%)

Style: Tone, audience, and word choice

Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure

APA Elements: In text citations and references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of style

Explain how the Fed’s use of its three tool of monetary policy affect supply and demand in the market for reserves and the equilibrium federal funds interest rate.

Complete this essay in a Microsoft Word document, answer each of the 2 essay questions with a minimum of 300 words; 600 total, APA formatted and 5% similarity.Make sure you use adequate, credible and reliable APA source 2 citations to support your work.

Answer each of the 2 essay questions below with a response that is at least 300 words in length. The total submission for this week should be 600 words in length.

1. Explain how the Fed’s use of its three tool of monetary policy affect supply and demand in the market for reserves and the equilibrium federal funds interest rate.

2.Explain why banks, which would seem to have a comparative advantage in gathering information, have not eliminated the need for the money markets

Define and explain the educational trend you chose as it currently exists. Include the demographic or target groups that are impacted by this trend, and to what extent diversity is addressed or is not addressed in this trend.

Requirements : apa format ,12 font , double space , cites , references cover page.Please follow instruction as implied to the fullest need to cite at least 5 cites and 5 resources required.

Define and explain the educational trend you chose as it currently exists. Include the demographic or target groups that are impacted by this trend, and to what extent diversity is addressed or is not addressed in this trend.
Predict what you foresee happening in the next 5, 10, or 20 years with this educational trend. Will diversity and diversity consciousness be important to the group of people involved in this educational trend?
Describe at least two challenges for addressing diversity in the context of this educational trend.

Use at least five outside sources as well as concepts from the text to support your ideas. The following is a suggested organizational format for your paper:

Introduction
Attention-getter
Summary of topic
Thesis statement: This should include the topic and how this trend will impact people, schools, or organizations in the future (5–20 years).

Body Paragraph #1
Transition or topic sentence
Example
Supporting research
Commentary

Body Paragraph #2
Transition or topic sentence
Example
Supporting research
Commentary

Body Paragraph #3
Transition or topic sentence
Example
Supporting research
Commentary

Conclusion
Transition or topic sentence
Restated thesis statement
Summary of the paper’s key points

The final paper needs to be correctly formatted according to APA style and should include at least five in-text citations and references. Two of the references can be from websites;

This assignment represents your Major Assessment for this course and addresses the BS in Educational Studies program Learning Outcome, “Evaluate the potential impact of educational programs and practices on diverse populations

Develop at least one question for each characteristic of the target market that will be important for you as you determine the marketing strategy for this new product.

Use the same company from your Week 2 assignment.

Your company has decided to launch a new line of products.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper and include the following information:

Choose the target market for your product, and describe your target market in detail.

Create a new product which would appeal to your market.

Develop at least one question for each characteristic of the target market  that will be important for you as you determine the marketing strategy for this new product.

Recommend the best methods of conducting marketing research to answer these questions. Be sure to include why you chose these particular methods.

Once you have finalized your product concept based on the findings of your market research, outline the steps you will take to bring your product to market from idea generation to commercialization, using a multi-step product development process.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Determine if innovative products, such as Google X, iWatch, or the new Cardboard Bike, can be linked to transformation or transnational leadership.

Listed below are the names of some of the world’s top technology-related innovators. They have also been called leaders, entrepreneurs, disrupters, or good old-fashioned trouble-makers. They have gone against the odds, rattling stale industries to build new ones. Recognize their names? Not likely, though you may instantly recognize their product, technology, or scientific inventions, which have made headlines. However, their success would not be possible without the effective management of team members. For this assignment, you are required to choose two people from the list and create a PowerPoint presentation.

First, choose two leaders from the list below:

Caleb Chung
Cory Booker
Craig Venter
Dan Olschwang
Diane Greene
Hjalmar Winbladh
Jeremy Stoppelman
Mark Gorton
Russell Simmons
Sunil Shaunak

Now, respond to the following:

Utilize your research and identify the methods these innovators or leaders are using to communicate through technology in an effort to remain relevant in their industries.
Explain how technology has advanced each of their businesses, leading to growth.
Determine if innovative products, such as Google X, iWatch, or the new Cardboard Bike, can be linked to transformation or transnational leadership. Defend your position.
Self-managed teams are often used to hide inventions from public view. Utilizing your research, identify ways managers and project leaders working under constraints can accomplish this.

Develop a 4–6-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Include detailed speaker notes in your presentation. Utilize at least two scholarly sources (in addition to your textbook) to complete your research, referencing sources within the text and at the end in a reference list. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Discuss how this experience may affect the child as he/she ages through childhood and into adulthood.

A typically developing 10-year-old becomes trapped, unable to move, in an inaccessible location. It takes rescuers over 10 hours to find and rescue the child from the location.

1) Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

a) This assignment uses a grading rubric .

b) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

c) You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

2) Include the following in your paper:

a) Discuss how the child cognitively and emotionally responds during the confinement

i) from Piaget’s sensorimotor perspective

ii) from Erickson’s psychosocial perspective

b) Discuss how this experience may affect the child as he/she ages through childhood and into adulthood.

Assignment Two

Details:

For this portion of the assignment, you will write a Mini Research Prospectus of 1,600-2,150 words in length using the Purpose Statement approved by your instructor in Part 1 of this assignment.

1) Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

a) This assignment uses a grading rubric that can be viewed at the assignment’s drop box.

b) Use your approved Purpose Statement from Mini Research Prospectus Part 1. In its final form for inclusion in this part of the assignment, the statement should be 100-150 words in length.

c) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

d) You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the

directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

2) Perform the following tasks to complete the assignment:

a) Write a concise review of literature of 750-1,000 words that accomplishes the following:

i) Identifies the main contributors to and the key theories in the research topic.

ii) Critically examines the quality of prior research as well as the existing empirical issues, theoretical issues, and conflicts.

iii) Critically examines the methods used to investigate the problem of interest and analyzes the differences in methodologies that may have contributed to varied research results.

iv) Develops the research question and guides the selection of the method.

b) Write 750-1,000 words that describe the method you will use and that detail the steps you will take to answer your research question. This section must accomplish the following:

i) Presents the design of the study and justify the use of a specific research method.

ii) Describes and justifies how the data is to be collected, including the

(1) Population (subjects) to be studied.

(2) Data collection instruments to be used.

(3) Data collection plan to be employed, which specifies the conditions under which data are to be collected.

(4) Specific activities to be conducted that are intended to reduce bias and increase validity.

iii) Specifies the intended data analysis procedures and analytic tools to be used.

Research Question: “Multilevel marketing: A legitimate business or just one of those pyramid scheme”

Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the unethical practices involved in the multi-level marketing business and provide a clear understanding on how to choose the right company when opting for a career in this field.

Logic:Many educators simply want students to avoid the multi-level marketing because there have been a lot of unethical problems in this industry. Even if a multilevel marketing company is fulfilling its legal obligations, that does not mean all its practices are ethically correct even if company seems to be legalon the surface (Muncy, 2004).

Question under Investigation:Are multilevel marketing: A legitimate business or just one of those pyramid scheme?

Significant of the study: When job seeks inquire about multi-level marketing opportunities, they should be given the right advice as to how this industry operates and factors that legitimize companies in this industry. Common questions that should be asked or thought about are; how does the company generate revenue? Does the company provide clients or is it the duty of the employees to solicit clients? Potential candidates should ask how their position in the company contributes to the overall goal of the company. How much work needs to be done in their position to generate income? How much will the cost be to get involved with the company? Etc.

2. Research Question: “Effects of Failure on Subsequent Performance in Multi-level Marketing”

Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this study is to observe the positive and negative effects of employees’ performance within a multi-level marketing organization.

Logic:There may be a variety of reasons for failure such as unethical practices indoctrinate in multilevel marketingoperational structure; or conflict streaming from a combination of interpersonal relationships like mixing friendship with business. It is very important to recognize the causes of failure and adopt self-defining goals.

Significant of the study: Education and guidance in multi-level marketing need to be provided to students seeking a career in this field. Students need to be aware of the unethical and illegal practices that exist in this industry and the differences between legitimate marketing opportunities and those that are illegitimate. Multilevel marketing is a huge, global industry. Estimates of worldwide sales are as high as ninety billion dollars annually (Dyer 2001). Failures mostly lead to underperformance, mitigating reasons of failure stems from many different sources within multi marketing industry.

References:

Dyer, W. Gibb (2001), “Network Marketing: An Effective Business Model for Family-Owned Businesses?” Family Business Review, 14 (2), 97.

Muncy James A.(2004), “Ethical Issues in Multilevel Marketing” “Marketing Education Review” vol.14

Summarize what you have learned about psychosocial development through these observations/interviews.

When considering Erikson’s eight stages of development, the way a person moves through each stage directly affects their success in the next stage. Their personality is being built and shaped with each stage. At each stage, there is a turning point, called a crisis by Erikson, which a person must confront.

In this assignment, you will observe or interview two different people, each at a different stage of development. For a third observation, take a look at yourself and the stage that you are in (this stage must be different from your other two observations).

Record your three observations in a template. Include the following information:
Name
Age
Gender
Current developmental stage
Status within the stage (i.e., identity achievement or role confusion)
Events that have lead to this status

Download a Development Template from the Doc Sharing area to record your observations.

Summarize what you have learned about psychosocial development through these observations/interviews.
Summarize the trends you see in your observations/interviews regarding psychosocial development.
How does movement through Erikson’s stages influence personality development? Again, be specific.
How do Erikson’s stages of development compare to Freud’s stages? How are they similar? How are they different?
Between these two theories, which one do you feel best explains your own personality development? Justify your answers with specific examples.

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Insert your chart at the end of your paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, January 6, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Course Project Grading Criteria and Rubric

How has this case (or its ramifications) continued to affect, inform and influence Asian American/Pacific Islanders’ experiences today?

Topics for your critical paper essays will be posted on Tuesdays (same day as the lectures). Your critical essays will be 4-to-5 pages (minimum), typed, double-spaced and sourced. Your critical paper essays will be due the following Monday. This essay is due on January 4th, Monday, no later than 11:55 p.m.

You will be graded on the following:

1) COMPOSITION: grammar, syntax, spelling, organization

2) CONTENT: information & data

3) CREATIVITY: originality of approach and ideas

4) CRITICAL ANALYSIS: sociological imagination

5) CITATION: sources; references of each textbook, each film clip, online MOODLE posts, class lectures/discussion, bibliography/works cited -page.

You will be required to cite:

1) All required reading materials at least once

2) All MOODLE lectures (Lecture #1 & Lecture #2, Part I & II) at least once

3) At least 2 discussion posts/responses by your classmates

4) At least 1 discussion post of your own

5) At least 3 Required Readings (links from the lectures & syllabus)

6) Any meaningful references, quotes and citations from the textbooks will be treated extra credit.

Extra Credit Citations:

Asian American Politics by Aoki & Takeda,

Asian American Politics: Law, Participation, and Policy, Nakanishi and Lai

7) Outside citations are welcome but they will be in addition to your required citations (not in lieu of your required citations)

ESSAY PROMPT:
By incorporating the first week’s lecture on the history of ethnic studies and Asian American studies, as well as APA historical timelines from week #2’s lecture, discuss the important role of understanding, what it means to be Asian American or Asian Pacific American (APA) as a “pan-ethnic group.” How does being part of a larger “pan-ethnic” group enhance and assist Asian Pacific Americans? How does it minimize or hinder Asian Pacific Americans?

Incorporate your own personal ancestry (whether you are of Asian ancestry, Pacific Islander ancestry or not) into how the organization of “ethnicity” and “pan-ethnicity” as well as your “ethnic identity” (and “pan-ethnic” identity) inform and influence how you understand yourself *and* how you understand what it means to be Asian Pacific American (Asian American, Pacific Islander) in the United States. What is “ethnicity?” How is it different from or connected to “race?” What is “pan-ethnicity?” Are APA’s an ethnic group? racial group? pan-ethnic group? What is the difference between (if any) being part of an ethnic group, being part of a pan-ethnic group, being part of a race, *and* having an ethnic identity? What are the similarities (if any) of being part of an ethnic group, being part of a pan-ethnic group, being part of a race, *and* having an ethnic identity? Give examples about yourself or others you know. They can be personal examples or examples of others you know (or from the media). Support your positions. When stating opinions, they must be “informed opinions.” Be sure they can be supported with logic, reason, and evidence.

Include one legal case in your essay that occurred between 1790 ~ 1898 in which “race” was used to define and restrict the lives of Asian/Pacific Islander peoples in the U.S. (or U.S. territories or what would eventually become the United States). Why was this case important? How has this case (or its ramifications) continued to affect, inform and influence Asian American/Pacific Islanders’ experiences today? Make the necessary and significant sociohistorical connections of this legal case and the social realities and experiences of Asian Pacific Islander Americans today