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make use of the readings by Moss and LaPointe to engage with the following prompt: to what extent do the interests of large corporations conflict with the interests or well-being of individuals? Do the readings point to a need to rebalance the profit motive with a concern for the public good? Or do the products offered by food and drug companies justify maximum profit-seeking?While these two readings deal with very different subject matter, they both consider the question of how the profit-motive should be balanced with the well-being of the public, and thus making connections and engaging in synthesis between the two readings should be a priority.Please make use of the article. thankThe paper must be properly cited using APA methodology.

In Discussion Forum 6 post your response to the following discussion topic. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the Course Calendar.Suppose that a business conducts operations in both horizontal and vertical markets. When adding products or services to either market, leadership may consider diversification. What are the strategic alternatives to diversification? Under what circumstances might these alternatives yield better results than diversification?

Scenario 1 Gary, an estate planner, works on a contract basis for our clients at “State of Estates”. On occasion, we contract Gary to handle a specific client for a specific estate planning job. Per our contract with Gary for these specific clients, he is paid commission on a weekly basis based on the overall fee received by the firm. When working for these specific clients, Gary is able to use our office space, equipment, and any supplies necessary to complete the job. To ensure consistent work product and regulatory compliance, Gary submits his work to a supervisor, who approves it and send it to the client on behalf of our firm. Recently, we had to lay Gary off in the middle of a job and he filed for unemployment compensation. What legal tests could be employed to determine whether Gary is an independent contractor or employee? Based on these tests, what is your conclusion as to Gary’s status: independent contractor or employee? Scenario 2 Susan, a financial products representative in our Nebraska office, landed a major Mutual Fund client just six weeks before planning to retire. In the interim, and before her commission was paid, she was let go by our firm. We did not have a contract for employment with Susan. She is now suing us for wrongful termination. Would any exceptions to Susan’s at-will employment apply under these circumstances? Does it make a difference if Susan was employed in our Florida office? Apply the concept of employment at-will and its various exceptions, including differences in approach to at-will among the states.   Write two 175-word memorandums based on the scenarios in one document. The memos should be written in third-person voice, and include citation of references (both in-text and at the end of the memo) in APA format.   Submit your assignment.   Resources Center for Writing Excellence Reference and Citation Generator Grammar and Writing Guides Copyright 2019 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Use this space to build your submission. You can add text, images, and files. Add Content Details & Information

Identify instances where supplemental disclosure in financial statement footnotes may be requiredPrompt: The balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows for the typical entity are highly summarized hence the need for supplemental financial statement disclosures. In this discussion, we are going to get a sense of how much financial information is disclosed in the number financial statements vs. the footnotes.Select two publicly traded for-profit entities for whom inventory is material amount. Go to their most recent annual reports.In your first discussion post, list the quantity of numbers pages vs. the quantity of footnote pages and include comparative lists of the companies’ footnotes, including the Footnote 1 subheadings. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between your two companies’ footnotes and provide a brief commentary on whether you think the disclosures are excessive, just about right, or too brief. It is best to choose two companies in similar industries (e.g., Ford and GM).To find a company’s annual report, use a search expression like “[company name] investor relations” or “[company name] annual report.”Parameters: The initial post should be approximately 100 words of narrative accompanied by the lists. Please include complete URL’s for your source(s) and include standard Florida Tech guidelines, using APA for citations and references.

In this discussion, you will share your thoughts and reactions to the week’s readings by engaging in conversation around a set of prompts. You should discuss at least 2 of the prompts in a meaningful way and contribute at least total 3 posts. You may also discuss any general thoughts or questions about this week’s reading and assignments. As this discussion is intended to be a conversation, try to write posts that respond to others as well as contribute new ideas.Some general guidelines for online discussion forum netiquette (Links to an external site.) from Peter Connor can be found here. The prompts for this week are as follows:Discuss the 4 abuses of percentages (3 from the textbook and 1 from the Ellenberg excerpt). Why are they considered abuses? Can you create your own examples of each? Have you personally seen percentages misapplied in any of these ways?Use the National Ocean Service website (Links to an external site.) to find both the average depth of the ocean and the deepest depth of the ocean. If you scaled these depths using the HO model train scale (1/87) and built a model ocean, how many feet below a model train platform would you have to build? Compare these measurements to something else to try to give perspective on how deep that is.Find a Fermi problem online that interests you. Write the problem here and cite your source. You may also solve the problem if you like.How do significant digits help in reporting numbers that are uncertain? Give some reasons to be cautious when reading or viewing numbers in the media.Explain some of the errors involved in creating the CPI. Why might these be a problem, and how might they be corrected?Based on what you know from the Bible about our human nature, what does it say about us that we feel the need to quantify everything and place such trust in numbers? With numbers reported deceptively or misinterpreted so easily, is there any value in quantitatively analyzing things (politics, medical tests, crime, etc.)?https://tilt.colostate.edu/TipsAndGuides/Tip/128https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceandepth.htmlPlese if you could just do your best and give me something to turn in thank you. Links for the assignment are provided above.

You work as a communication specialist at Warby Parker, reporting to co-CEO David Gilboa. Using the skills you’ve been practicing in this course, respond to this challenge:You’re helping Gilboa prepare a report about the company. Gilboa characterizes the report as a “public business plan,” in that it will discuss the company and its objectives, strategies, and operations without disclosing the sort of confidential information that a typical business plan includes. The secondary audience includes potential investors, employees, and business partners.To help overcome shoppers’ reluctance to buy eyewear online, Warby Parker has been test marketing the concept called Home Try-On, in which people in the South Florida test market can order five pairs of frames, keep them for five days at no cost, then decide which pair they would like to order, and which they will send back. This gives shoppers lots of time to try on the frames they are considering and get the opinions of family and friends.On the job (Internal, Unsolicited Proposal)Write a 2-3 page (2 if single-spaced, 3 or more if double-spaced) internal proposal, in memo form, to Mr. Gilboa, with your evaluation of the test market results and your recommendation how the company should proceed with this concept based on that test. Remember to include headings or sub-headings for each section in the proposal that explain this program-e.g. Background, Solution, Recommendation, etc. Make sure to correctly identify and analyze your audience, as well as any possible secondary audiences. Remember, Mr. Gilboa, the person to whom you submit your proposal, is in a position to order the implementation of the change recommended.It is important that you develop this memo with your own thoughts and input. You can make the test market experience good or bad, and base your recommendation on that. Make up any information you wish to bolster your case; in the real world, you would have this kind of data and information before you would write this memo.Here is an example: A rough outline for a favorable recommendation:Subject: Home Try-On Market Concept TestBackground: As you know…profits down, store rents rising, we are seen as an old-fashion, undynamic company by the general public. Question: is the internet the answer? Marketing came up with concept of Home Try-On, and began test marketing it in South Florida in November of last year.Perceived Risks Prior to Test Market: Concept too confusing for public? What if customers did not return the 4 pair of frames they did not want? What sort of breakage might be expected? Would postage and handling be too costly?Test Market Results: Public seemed to love the concept. Orders very high. 98% return rate on 4 pairs they did not want. Virtually no breakage. Minimal shipping and handling costs, because customer had to agree beforehand to absorb these costs.Recommendation: Expand test market to entire East Coast for an additional 4 months. Prepare to go nationwide if results from that test equally encouraging.

Select a publicly-traded company and utilize the economic concepts discussed in class to discuss this company.  The body of the paper (not counting title page or references) must be double spaced and at least 5 pages in length using 12-point font, 1-inch top and bottom margins, and 1-inch side margins. Don’t forget to put the title of your paper and your name on the front page. You should use at least three sources for your references. Your sources can be a journal, a book, a newspaper article, or a magazine article. At least one source must be your prescribed textbook for this course. Use the American Psychological Association (APA) style for writing to organize your paper. Bold the content headings. Research paper WILL NOT be accepted after Monday, December 7 at 11:59 PM ET.Suggested contents include:Company Profile: Briefly describe the company, and why you selected this company. Include the size of the company and the mission and vision statements.Product analysis: What types of products are traded in this company. What are the substitutes and complementary products within the firm and within its industry?Demand and Sales: What strategies have the firm used to increase its sales? (Review the firm’s annual report or business publications.) Indicate which variables you would use to forecast this particular firm’s demand curve; this industry’s demand curve.Elasticity: How price elastic are the firm’s products?Suppliers: What suppliers does this firm/industry use? What external factors might affect supplier product/service availability?Competitor analysis: What type of market structure is applicable to the firm’s industry? What would a typical demand curve look like for this firm? What type of strategies would be used by firms in this market structure? Comment on any strategies that this firm has used based on business publication articles.Profitability analysis: What strategies have the firms deployed or plan to deploy to increase profitability? What were the results? Based on the type of market structure that the firm operates in, what is the optimal strategy to increase profitability for this type of firmTry to use this link as one of your sources please-https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-economics-2e

Instructions You are creating a proposal for a client.  Think of this proposal as a pitch to your client.  The proposed project scope should be three to four pages. Select an organization and define what you want to study or propose as a change initiative. State why you want to study it.  What is the purpose of the study?  What is the outcome? i Define the level of change (first-order or second-order), What diagnostic models will you use? Who would be part of your change initiative (stakeholders)? This is the team you would build. Please address the cultural and/or global impact (if appropriate) while discussing the stakeholders.  You will use the topic you choose for the Change Initiative Proposal and the Final Project Change Initiative Proposal and Presentation.  Make the paper look professional.  This is your time to be creative and see what you can do. With any change project clarity in communication is a key element that can make a project a success or failure.  Write from a perspective of clarity for the stakeholders the project will affect. Think about what is the most effective way to communicate the project.  One way to do this is to state the key points and then give detail and supporting materials rather than building your case with supporting materials and then stating key points. Here is a brief template with some deeper explanation.  This template is not creative.  Feel free to use it and make it creative or feel free to not use it.  This is meant for guidance.  The template does have some explanations under the headings. Project proposal template.docx

Task: You have been appointed as the new Management Accountant for Electronic Arts Limited. Considering the increased competition in the sector as well as the COVID-19 pandemic implications (people spending more time at home), you were asked to advise the Board of Directors on a number of issues in order to inform decisions which would support Electronic Arts Limited’s (EA) future growth. Please ensure that your report is informed by EA’s strategy and business model (please check EA’s website and Annual Reports for this information).   Required: Produce a management report to the Board of Directors outlining the following: Standard costing and Variance Analysis. Analysing the performance for the last financial year, EA has realised there were deviations from forecasted budgets. Advise on which variances should the company focus on, what are potential issues with using standard costing and how standard costing can be used to assess and improve managerial performance. (500 words) – 20 marks Ratio analysis. Choose FOUR categories from the list of five categories of financial ratios below and use ONE financial ratio from each category to assess the financial health of EA using past 3-year financial information (2017-2019). Discuss the problems and limitations of financial ratios as a tool of financial analysis before making recommendations to the board of directors regarding the investment decision. The ratio categories are as follows: Profitability Efficiency Liquidity Financial gearing Investment (500 words) – 25 marks   Develop a Balanced Scorecard for EA and critically evaluate how (whether) it could be used to support future growth; (500 words) – 25 marks Divisional performance. EA currently uses Residual Income (RI) to compare divisional performance and market price for transfer prices between divisions. Advise on the advantages and limitations of these methods and, if appropriate, recommend alternative methods for setting transfer prices and measuring divisional performance. (500 words) – 20 marks

1. Evaluate Tremblay’s experience, skills, and other job-related qualifications and personality characteristics. Based on your evaluation, was she the right fit for the General Manager position at Citrine Solution’s Vietnamese subsidiary?2. Evaluate Tremblay’s performance as the General Manager of the subsidiary (note: make sure to support your evaluation with data). Was Tremblay’s standardization strategy the right choice for this market? Why or why not?3. Outline your recommendations about what Tremblay should do to improve the subsidiary’s performance? What, if any, changes should she make to the existing strategy in order to ensure future success? Provide strong justification for your recommendation even if you do not suggest changes to the strategy.4. Evaluate Tremblay’s management of the cultural differences she encountered in Vietnam. Should she expect her team to adapt to the norms of the company’s corporate culture or should she be more sensitive to the local culture? Be specific in your answer. For instance, if you believe Tremblay should adapt to the local norms, be specific in identifying which norms.Reference and any tables and/or figures should be included at the end