Exploring subtle forms of service discrimination against black diners
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BUSN311 Week 5 Assignment Worksheet Student Name: DEMO SAMPLE Date: XX SUBMIT THIS COMPLETED WORKSHEET TO THE WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT DROPBOX. YOUR INSTRUCTOR WILL SCORE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THIS IS A GRADED ASSIGNMENT WORTH 115 POINTS. Please remember to include your name. Instructions:
- This Week 5 Worksheet is designed to assist your preparation of the Week 7 Assignment, Course Project. 2. Before attempting to complete this Worksheet, read the Week 7 Assignment thoroughly. 3. Read the Grading Rubric for the Week 7 Assignment Course Project. 4. Choose the company for your Week 7 Assignment Course Project. 5. On the Worksheet Chart you have a list of questions. Your brief answer to the question goes in the first column. The second and third
columns are reference sources. These are research sources for your Course Project pertaining to the subject matter of the question. The Course Project integrates analysis of the business decision making process when confronted with an ethical dilemma and an understanding of how ethical frameworks inherently operate in those decisions. Complete the following chart in Microsoft Word. This chart organizes your work for the Course Project with identification of key concepts and research sources. The spaces will automatically adjust with input, but citation URLs should be provided through use of the hyperlink function in Word to preserve column formatting. Clicking on the hyperlink will take your instructor to the reference source. A sample chart with commentary is provided for your guidance as an attachment to Assignment 5. Note that you may use a reference more than once in the chart so long as it qualifies for the purpose you are citing it. Bear in mind that for the Course Project you need more than 7 credible references at the Exemplary level of the Week 7 Assignment Rubric. For more information on peer-reviewed and scholarly sources: How do I find peer-reviewed or scholarly sources?
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(5) Provide complete APA7 reference citation from Trefry Library that is a peer- reviewed or scholarly source (HYPERLINKS FOR LIBRARY URLs)
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(1) Identify company you have chosen for the Week 7 Course Project:
Denny’s Restaurant NOT REQUIRED McGuire, S., Mahdavian, B., & Yavari, A. (2015). Denny’s learns to manage diversity. I- Manager’s Journal on Management, 9(4), 48-72.
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(2) Ethical dilemma: 1.Identify one option (course of action) the company had. Answer in one phrase or sentence.
Enforce civil rights laws with respect for all employees/customers & disciplinary action for violations of policy
Chapter 3.3, Business ethics. Openstax. [Week 4 eReserve]
McGuire, S., Mahdavian, B., & Yavari, A. (2015). Denny’s learns to manage diversity. I- Manager’s Journal on Management, 9(4), 48-72.
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(3) Ethical dilemma: 2 Identify the company’s other option (course of action) in the dilemma. Answer in one phrase or sentence.
Ignore racial and other incidents of discrimination in service at Denny’s Restaurants
Chapters 1.3, 3.3, Business ethics, Openstax [Week 4 eReserve]
McGuire, S., Mahdavian, B., & Yavari, A. (2015). Denny’s learns to manage diversity. I- Manager’s Journal on Management, 9(4), 48-72.
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(4) Ethical dilemma: State in one phrase or sentence the option the company chose.
Allowed racial discrimination to proliferate at Denny’s Restaurants
Chapters 1.3, 3.3, Business ethics. Openstax. [Week 4 eReserve]
Brewster, Z., Lynn, M. & Cocroft, S. (2014). Consumer racial profiling in U.S. restaurants: Exploring subtle forms of service discrimination against black diners. Sociological Forum, 29(2), 476-495.
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(5) Ethical Framework 1: Which ethical framework is illustrated by the company’s
Egoism American Public University System. (2021). BUSN311.Lesson 5, Corporate ethics: Other ethical theories, egoism.
Wooten, L. & James, E. (2010).When firms fail to learn: The perpetuation of discrimination in the workplace. Journal of Management Inquiry, 13, 23-
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decision in the ethical dilemma? You must select one of the following frameworks: *Free Market Ethics, *Utilitarianism, *Egoism
- DOI: 10.1177/1056492603259059.
(6) Ethical Framework 2: Identify an ethical framework that, if followed, could have led the company to make a different decision. You must select one of the following frameworks: *Virtue ethics, *Blanchard-Peale, *Deontology, *Ethic of care
Ethic of care Halbert, T., & Ingulli, E. (2008). Law & ethics in the business environment. Chapter One. (6th ed.). South-Western Pub. [Lesson 5]
Elley-Brown, M. & Pringle, J. (2021). Sorge, Heideggerian ethic of care: Creating more caring organizations. Journal of Business Ethics,168(1), 23- 13.
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(7) Legal Issue Identify a legal issue from our studies related to the company’s decision.
Constitutional Law – Commerce Clause & Civil Rights Act of 1964. Race discrimination serving customers
Chapter 4 in Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business. (Week 1 eReserve)
Brewster, Z., Lynn, M. & Cocroft, S. (2014). Consumer racial profiling in U.S. restaurants: Exploring subtle forms of service discrimination against black diners. Sociological Forum, 29(2), 476-495.
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(8) What did you learn? Based on your analysis of this case study, recommend one business practice for any business for smart and ethical operations — (not specific to your chosen company)
Establish a top down policy of equity and inclusion that includes company-wide involvement in workshops and positive communication
Best practices for employers and human resources/EEO professionals. (n.d.) U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. [Week 6 eReserve]
Yang, K. & Konrad, A. (2011). Diversity and organizational innovation: The role of employee involvement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32(8), 1062-1083.
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Your neighborhood laundromat is for sale and a friend is considering investing in this business. Your friend has asked for your financial advice regarding this endeavor.
For the business alone and no other assets (such as the building and land), the purchase price is $250,000. The net cash flows for the project are $30,000 per year for the next 5 years. The plan is to borrow the money for this investment at 5%.
You will need to submit a presentation sharing your recommendation. You will need to address the following questions:
What is the net present value of this project? Use the calculations covered in this week’s Video to calculate the net present value.
Calculate the simple payback period for this project. Your desired payback period is 5 years. How long is the payback period for this project?
How would you evaluate this investment? What would be a good price at which to purchase this business?
Prepare the calculations to determine if the laundromat is a good investment. In a 15 slide presentation, show your calculations and recommendations on whether to purchase the laundromat. Be sure to address the questions above in the presentation.
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Your neighborhood laundromat is for sale and a friend is considering investing in this business. Your friend has asked for your financial advice regarding this endeavor.
For the business alone and no other assets (such as the building and land), the purchase price is $250,000. The net cash flows for the project are $30,000 per year for the next 5 years. The plan is to borrow the money for this investment at 5%.
You will need to submit a presentation sharing your recommendation. You will need to address the following questions:
- What is the net present value of this project? Use the calculations covered in this week’s Video to calculate the net present value.
- Calculate the simple payback period for this project. Your desired payback period is 5 years. How long is the payback period for this project?
- How would you evaluate this investment? What would be a good price at which to purchase this business?
Prepare the calculations to determine if the laundromat is a good investment. In a 15-slide presentation, show your calculations and recommendations on whether to purchase the laundromat. Be sure to address the questions above in the presentation.
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Content:
Write an introduction and summary of what you’ve learned from this reading. Make sure to include a conclusion.
- Introduction to the problem faced by iQmetrix
- Overview of how you addressed this problem (your research and the questions that arose in it). Creates an Executive Summary that identifies the issues, and why they are important to the client.
- Presents a conclusion that recaps the issues and the recommendations. Recapitulate what you have done in this paper; if relevant, what learnings from this course assisted you?
Requirements:
- 2 Pages
- At least two credible sources for your references.
- Provides clear statement of issues to be resolved. Performs clear and complete analysis of iQmetrix’’s position in its industry. Provides clear comparison of iQmetrix’s value proposition with those of principal product/service substitutes. Makes a clear and accurate connection between iQmetrix’ s issues and its position in the industry.
- Provides all the relevant tables, charts, or diagrams. All visual aids are easy to interpret and directly related to the client’s issues, position in the industry, etc
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- The Sun (by Li Bo)
O Sun that rose in the eastern corner of Earth,
Looking as though you came from under the ground,
When you crossed the sky and entered the deep sea,
Where did you stable your six dragon-steeds? Now and of old your journeys have never ceased:
Strong were that man’s limbs Who could run beside you on your travels to and fro.
The grass does not refuse To flourish in the spring wind; The leaves are not angry At falling through the autumn sky. Who with whip or spur Can urge the feet of Time? The things of the world flourish and decay,
Each at its own hour.
Hsi-ho, Hsi-ho, Is it true that once you loitered in the West While Lu Yang raised his spear, to hold The progress of your light; Then plunged and sank in the turmoil of the sea?
Rebels against Heaven, slanderers of Fate; Many defy the Way. But I will put | the Whole Lump | of Life in my bag,
And merge my being in the Primal Element.
- When The Rose Has Faded (by Rumi)
When the rose has faded and the garden is withered,
The song of the nightingale is no longer to be heard.
The BELOVED is all in all, the lover only veils Him;
The BELOVED is all that lives, the lover a dead thing.
When the lover feels no longer love’s quickening,
He becomes like a bird who has lost its wings. Alas! How can I retain my senses about me, When the beloved shows not the Light of His countenance?
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It is widely known that knowledge management systems are key to success in multinational companies. Imagine that you are vice president of a company that is ramping up to go global.
Your task is to design a comprehensive best-practices policy list for managing existing knowledge and any new knowledge as it becomes available. The best-practices policy should include a task list that will help your company to handle unexpected events such as earthquakes, demonstrations, and bomb threats as well as mundane issues of conducting business in any country or countries into which you will be expanding. The policy list should also take any unique challenges that your company may face into account.
Please choose one of the following industries for this assignment:
Jewelry.
Apparel.
Chemicals.
Consumer electronics or electronic components.
Medical supplies or equipment.
Bins, totes, crates, material handling.
Food products.
Pharmaceuticals.
Children’s clothing, toys, and other products.
Design a comprehensive best-practices policy list that includes policies on the following:
Sanitation (hand washing, toilet facilities, etc.).
Eating and drinking (at desks, on the company grounds, inside in the manufacturing area at designated locations, etc.).
Conflict resolution (mediation and/or arbitration with designated mediator on staff, etc.).
In-house team leadership and meeting management (e.g., minimum meeting times, scribes, appointed leaders).
Online team (24-hour coverage on phone due to time differences, etc.).
Security (e.g., leaving doors open, locks, key return policy for departing workers).
Emergency evacuation procedures.
Determine the key benefits of creating such policies. Provide a rationale for your response.
Speculate on the major ramifications if such policies are not created. Provide a rationale for your response.
Predict the significant ways in which the best-practices policy that you created will contribute toward the long-term sustainability of the company. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine whether your best-practices policy would provide a competitive advantage over other international companies. Provide one example of a company’s best-practices policy to support your response.
Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
PLEASE NOTE SIX to Eight Pages
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- A) Select a portion of a website that you are interested in. – Walmart.com
- B) You are to perform a heuristic evaluation of that Website or product. You are required to use Nielsen’s 10 heuristics for this assignment, available online at: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/
- C) To guide you in your complete analysis of the usability analysis, you are required to identify at least one scenario that reflects how a user is likely to use your website or product in real-life. Try and replicate the user experience as part of the study heuristic evaluation.
- D) This can be very general — if you were evaluating a hotel or airline website, for example, you might think about someone trying to cash in all their frequent “traveler” points, or someone trying to trade in their points as part of a transaction. Your goal here is to develop a basic scenario that will guide your heuristic evaluation.
- E) Using the scenario, you will then systematically evaluate the interface – screen by screen on a transactional basis of your chosen site or product, checking to see which interface elements you encounter (if any) result in problematic experiences. Once you experience challenging experiences, you will document these areas and identify ways in which these areas can be improved potentially to avoid violating any of Nielsen’s heuristics.
Note: You should work from your scenario, and not work from the heuristics (i.e., don’t take each heuristic one at a time, looking for heuristic violations on the site).
The paper should be 4-6 pages in length. You must cite all sources using APA format. It is strongly encouraged you integrate at least 2-3 screenshots of your user experience to include the outputs of your study. When responding, make sure to answer each of these questions:
Questions
- Identify the website or product you have been assigned (including a screenshot), and briefly describe the reason you selected the section of the Website evaluated.
- Describe the scenario you used to focus your evaluation and explain how you approached the site/product with respect to the usability heuristics.
- Provide a detailed analysis of the usability flaws you found for this site, along with a) the heuristics each flaw violates, and b) an explanation of why this flaw violates those heuristics.
- Discuss some possible design recommendations that could improve the site, explaining how each recommended change would address the usability flaws you identified above.
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Peer Review Critique Guidelines
Essay 3
Length Requirement: At least 250 words. Use the points below to help write your critique. You
must address each of the issues outlined below. Please respond thoroughly, and give your
peers’ essays the time and attention you would like for your own work. One- or two-word
sentences are not acceptable. Don’t just say, “It’s good,” “I liked it,” or “It flows.” These
statements are not descriptive enough. Quote specific sentences and explain what words or
concepts work well, and why.
Your Assignment: Read your peer’s essay AT LEAST twice. On your first read-through, do not
make any notes. Read simply for content, to understand the points the author is trying to
communicate. On the second read-through, check the text for any frequently repeated
spelling/grammar/sentence construction errors. Any mechanical writing errors should only be
noted if they happen frequently. If this is the case, quote the sentences where these occur in the
essay. Do not be concerned with noting every single error. Specific words, sentences, or even
whole paragraphs are likely to change significantly before the final draft. No need to correct
something that will be re-written later. It is most helpful to explain to the author what you
believe the message of the essay is, and how they may go about developing that message and/or
make it clearer. Lead your critique with positive feedback, and end with suggestions for
improvement.
Guidelines for Critiques:
- Explain your understanding of the author’s thesis (i.e. – What conclusion has the author come to as a result of their research? Quote the essay in your response).
- What statements, if any, does the author make that include personal opinion, bias, or argumentative/persuasive language (Quote the essay in your response)?
- In what parts of the essay, if any, does the author use a first-person voice (i.e. – uses words like, “I,” “me,” or “my”) instead of maintaining an objective viewpoint (Quote the
essay in your response)?
- What source information used in the essay, if any, does not appear credible (Quote the essay in your response)?
- How does the source material specifically support the author’s thesis (Quote the essay in your response)?
- What are the strongest aspects of the essay (Quote the essay in your response)?
- What parts of the essay are difficult to understand (Quote the essay in your response)?
- How could the author improve the introduction?
- Is the structure of the essay laid out in a logical manner? How would you describe that structure?
- What aspects of the instructor’s formatting requirements (font style and size, margins, header, title, page numbers, word, and page count minimums) does the author fail to
adhere to?
- How does the author fail to adhere to MLA or APA guidelines? Address the use of in-text citations and their Works Cited page (Quote the essay in your response).
Objectives:
This assignment is designed to address the following Learning Outcomes:
- Produce texts that: have a clear purpose; respond to the needs of intended audiences; assume an appropriate stance; adopt an appropriate voice, tone, style, and level of
formality.
- Use reading and writing for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating; analyze relationships among writer, text, and audience in various kinds of texts; use various
critical thinking strategies to analyze texts.
- Understand writing as a series of recursive and interrelated steps that includes generating ideas and text, drafting, revising, and editing; recognize that writing is a flexible,
recursive process.
- Work with others to improve your own and others’ texts.
- Employ appropriate conventions for structure, paragraphing, mechanics, and format.
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Jack Wall
Intro to Writing
Koss
11/17/2021
// waiting on additional article
Fuel alternatives
Biofuels have an opportunity to change the future with their qualities like renewability and cost of production. The Fast depletion of fossil fuels is starting to demand an dire need to carry out research to find out the practical alternative fuels. Bio-fuels are typically made of a substance that resembles vegetable oil in composition. “At present, USA uses 50 million gallons and European countries use 350 million gallons of bio-diesel annually”(Murugesan 654), this goes to show that countries think bio-fuels are important enough to produce 400 million gallons worth.
Biofuels are better for the environment. To start off bio-fuels are renewable which is very important long term. One day fossil fuels will no longer be a sustainable option, and these vegetable oils will replace them. In addition to being renewable they are also less toxic. They produce less greenhouse gases than regular fossil fuel oil. Acquiring these fossil fuels burns fossil fuels and also emits a ton of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Efficiency is a major problem for current fuel. The equipment required to mine is expensive and you need many permits. With bio-fuel you can just buy more land and grow more crops to be turned into oil saving money. Furthermore, with this cheaper cost of production the oil can be more efficient. A consumer may not have to buy oil as frequently or as much as they do.
In conclusion, biofuel is better for environment. It is also a renewable resource so it is better for a more sustainable alternative. Bio-fuel also has a opportunity to be more efficient.
Work Cited
// need to find full first name
- Murugesan, C. Umarani, R. Subramanian, N. Nedunchezhian. “Bio-diesel as an alternative fuel for diesel engines—A review.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 13, Issue 3, 2009, pp. 653-662.
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Cook 2
Christopher Cook
Mr. Koss
Writing as Inquiry 073
19 November 2021
Unprepared and Outsmarted
In recent times, hacking incidents have uncovered gaping holes in the United States’ methods of cyber security. John M. Donnelly, a writer for S&P Global, explains that “numerous experts say America’s ability to fight offensively or defensively in cyberspace is inadequate.”[footnoteRef:1] There is an overwhelming lack of knowledge in the strategies used in cyber-attacks and extremely weak defenses of our critical infrastructures across the country. The United States government’s efforts towards cyber security defenses are weak and are leading to attacks that greatly threatened the wellbeing. [1: John M. Donnelly, Gopal Ratnam. “US Is Woefully Unprepared for Cyber-Warfare.” Accelerating Progress, 26 June 2019,www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/us-is-woefully-unprepared-for-cyber-warfare-52560026. ]
This past year, the United States government discovered Russia was behind a string of cyber-attacks on the U.S. government. These attacks were a colossal threat not only to the U.S. government, but also the private sector. USA Today states that, “the attacks launch back to March”[footnoteRef:2] and that “it remains unclear just how long operatives have been lurking in [the] government’s most critical agencies.” Furthermore, USA Today also writes that U.S. officials said the tactics used by the Russian hackers were unlike anything that had ever been seen before in past attacks. This cyber-attack demonstrated that the United States was drastically behind in their knowledge of defense tactics to counter cyber-attacks. The U.S. government was unprepared defensively for this large-scale cyber-attack and remained unaware of this assault for over six months. [2: Johnson, Kevin. “U.S. Formally Links Russia to Massive ‘Ongoing’ Cyber Attack; Scope of Hacking Unclear.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 6 Jan. 2021, www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/05/u-s-formally-links-russia-massive-cyberattack-hack-ongoing/6552803002/. ]
Critical infrastructures are assets the United States government deems as critical for our society to run properly. These infrastructures consist of dams, electrical plants, water treatment plants, and hospitals. Without heavy protection of our infrastructures, our country is in great danger of being completely shut down, putting U.S. citizens in serious risk. There have been attacks in the past that have shown the detrimental outcome of these assets being shut down.
Over the past few years, the United States has seen a shift in the goal of cyber hackers. Recently, the initiative of hackers was “directed at destruction rather than on criminal activity to make money.”[footnoteRef:3] In other words, hackers now want control and to cause chaos with disabling things such as critical infrastructure. This poses a much greater threat to the United States. [3: Lohrmann, Dan. “How Vulnerable Is Critical Infrastructure to a Cyberattack?” Government Technology State & Local Articles – E.Republic, www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/how-vulnerable-is-critical-infrastructure-to-a-cyberattack.html. ]
Along with Russia, China has also been viewed as a massive threat regarding hacking into the U.S. government and critical infrastructures. In the past three years, China has been using, “publicly available information sources and common, well-known tactics, techniques, and procedures to target U.S. government agencies.”[footnoteRef:4] This information being publicly available to everyone emphasizes the lack of effort the United States is putting forth in this field. Moreover, China has been able to greatly damage critical infrastructures all over the United States. An example of these hacking methods was seen when China shut down the power grid in Mumbai, India. The New York Times claimed that with this attack, “trains shut down and the stock market closed as the power went out in a city of 20 million people [and that] hospitals had to switch to emergency generators to keep ventilators running amid a coronavirus outbreak.”[footnoteRef:5] This incident demonstrates the damage Chinese hackers can do with unprotected government information and expose [4: Holmes, Aaron. “Hackers Working for China Have Successfully Compromised US Government Systems, According to a Federal Cybersecurity Agency.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 15 Sept. 2020, www.businessinsider.com/chinese-hackers-compromised-us-government-systems-fbi-cisa-say-2020-9. ] [5: Sanger, David E., and Emily Schmall. “China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/us/politics/china-india-hacking-electricity.html. ]
The threat of nuclear weapons and the tension surrounding them has grown colossally in recent years. This is due to the increased threat of hackers and their capabilities with being able to take over infrastructures. The concern stems not from the hacker’s sabotage or exploding the nuclear weapons, rather from the hackers intercepting or jamming communications during a nuclear crisis. Dr Beyza Unal, a senior researcher at the International Security Department, states, “The vulnerability relies on the communication channel, and based on misinformation, the decision maker makes a faulty decision.”[footnoteRef:6] This could lead to the United States military firing or not firing a nuclear weapon. This would lead to the United States deciding that hackers are controlling, which could be catastrophic if it had the wrong outcome. The lack of communications during a nuclear emergency could pose a significant danger to U.S. citizens. With no communications, nations are left completely vulnerable which puts many lives at risk. [6: Will Dunn Follow @willydunn !function(d, et al. Can Nuclear Weapons Be Hacked?, 7 May 2018, www.newstatesman.com/spotlight-america/cyber/2018/05/can-nuclear-weapons-be-hacked.]
The United States government was recently hacked by Russia. This was discovered by the government months after the attack had happened. Furthermore, the tactics and software that were used by these hackers were unfamiliar to the U.S. The attack highlighted not only the lack of defense the United States currently has against the sophisticated methods of hacking, but also the poor cyber attribution techniques. Cyber attribution is, “the process of tracking, identifying and laying blame on the perpetrator of a cyberattack or other hacking exploit.”[footnoteRef:7] It took the United States over six months to discover Russia was behind the large-scale cyber-attack on the government. This was due to weak and inefficient cyber attributions. [7: Rosencrance, Linda. “What Is Cyber Attribution? – Definition from WhatIs.com.” SearchSecurity, TechTarget, 31 Oct. 2017, searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/cyber-attribution. ]
Due to the methods of attack constantly evolving, it is pivotal that the U.S. remain prepared defensively in terms of cyber security. The focus must be on defending against cyber-attacks and having effective cyber attributions in order to track the source of the attack. Our country is fighting conflicts in a different time than it was. The methods of war are changing dramatically from ground combat to cyber warfare and the United States must put forth a great effort in order to be prepared and to protect our country against cyber-attacks of significant consequences.
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You will create this assignment following the Assignment Detail instructions below.
Review the tutorial How to Submit an Individual Project.
Using the company research you conducted in your Unit 3 assignment, write a paper about the company you chose that describes the firm and its strategy. Using information from AIU’s Library, IBIS World, and the Internet and feedback from your instructor on your PowerPoint slideshow from Unit 3, address the following points in a 6-page paper:
For this assignment, suppose that you work for a consulting firm, and that you have been asked to research a company and write a paper for your client.
For the paper:
Choose a large U.S. company;
Research the company and the market(s) in which it competes; and
Prepare a six page paper for your client, not including the title page and reference page.
Using information from the business press, AIU’s Library, IBIS World (through AIU’s library) and the Internet, address the following in your paper.
Describe the firm, including such information as its
products or services
annual sales, and
market share (This information is readily available in the library’s IBIS World database).
Describe the product market(s) in which it operates.
For instance, does it operate within an oligopoly or monopolistically competitive market, a perfectly competitive market, or is it a monopoly? (Choose the closest fit.)
Explain.
Does it operate in only one region of the United States? Does it operate nationally or internationally? Explain.
Who are its competitors?
Give a brief overview of the other businesses in the market.
Identify and explain at least 2 economic concepts that this firm seems to use to its advantage.
Examples might include product differentiation; attainment of economies of scale; advertising; whether the firm is regional, national, or international; and so on.
You may include an explanation of how any significant recent events or changes in this market have affected this firm. Examples are mergers and acquisitions, technological change, legal issues, whether market demand is expanding, and so on.
Provide your evaluation of how this firm might better respond to the challenges it faces.
Please include an explanation of how any significant recent events or changes in this market have affected this firm. Examples are mergers and acquisitions, technological change, legal issues, whether market demand is expanding, and so on.
Provide your evaluation of how this firm might better respond to the challenges it faces.
For your paper:
Utilize at least 2 credible sources to support the arguments presented in the paper. Make sure you cite appropriately within your paper and list the reference(s) in APA format on your Reference page.
Your paper should be 6 pages in length, not counting the Title page and Reference page. In accordance with APA formatting requirements, it should be double-spaced and include a running head and page numbers.
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Read “ This Is Water, ” the 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address, delivered by David Foster Wallace (abbreviated here as DFW). Then pick 2 of the following questions to answer in at least 6 sentences each. Be sure to support your insights and analysis with specific quotes from the text.
- According to DFW, how is it “within your power to experience a crowded, hot, slow, consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down” (8)? What, specifically, is required to experience it as such? And why is doing so of the utmost importance?
- DFW asserts that “the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted” is that “you get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship. Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship” (8). Thinking of worship in this way: notin its religious sense but as finding something meaningful and holding it in reverence and regard, what have you recently and consciously worshipped/ found meaningful? Alternatively, what have you recently and consciously decided is not worthy of worship/ meaning? Why?
- DFW acknowledges that “there are different kinds of freedom” but the most important kind “involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able to truly care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day” (9). Why, in his opinion, is this the most precious form of freedom? Does this even sound like freedom to you? What is “freeing” about it?
- DFW claims that “the real value of a real education… has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: ‘This is water.’ ‘This is water’” (9). First, what does he mean? What exactly is “hidden in plain sight”? Why does being aware trump all? Second, why is it “unimaginably hard to do this” (10)? Furthermore, do you agree?
- How does this speech (for college graduates) compare to McCullough’s speech (for high school graduates). On one hand, what do they have in common (e.g. in terms of messages)? On the other hand, what distinguishes or differentiates them?
STEP 2: Read this week’s critical thinking tip–” The Doubting & Believing Game “–and explain, in at least 5 sentences, how it relates to DFW’s speech. More specifically, how does DFW encourage us to play this game? As usual, be specific, quoting from the text in order to provide concrete examples and help illustrate your points.
STEP 3: Come up with your own question for discussion, and answer it in at least 5 sentences. Be sure the question is an open-ended discussion question rather than a fact-based question. In other words, it should encourage conversation and needn’t have a clear answer; instead, it should value exploration over verifiability. It is your responsibility to get your group to really think about and answer your question as you will be graded on the depth of the discussion as well as the quality of your question and response.
STEP 4: Comment constructively on the responses of at least 2 peers in at least 5 sentences each, going beyond mere acknowledgement and/or flattery, furthering an exploratory and analytical discussion that complicates–rather than simplifies–the subject matter at hand.
MLA Tips:
- MLA in-text citation for a speech
- Download MLA in-text citation for a single sourceMLA in-text citation for a single source HYPERLINK “https://bc.instructure.com/courses/2101979/files/178265507/download?download_frd=1”
Ground Rules :
- When challenging your peers’ interpretations or offering alternative views, try to refer to evidence from the text to support your ideas.
- Be respectful. Don’t put down the ideas of another student.
- Ask questions if you do not understand what someone has said.
- Remember this is a discussion first and foremost (characterized by inquiry, participation, and communal spirit), as opposed to debate (characterized by persuasion, prepared rebuttals, clear sides).
Goals:
- Help one another understand the ideas, issues, values, and rhetorical features reflected in these texts. Through a process of listening, making-meaning, and finding common ground, work toward shared understanding rather than trying to prove a particular argument. A Socratic seminar, like this one, is not used for the purpose of debate, persuasion, or personal reflection, as the focus is on developing shared meaning of a text.
- Have a robust discussion. In such a seminar, the participants–namely, you–carry the burden of responsibility for the quality of the discussion. Good discussions occur when participants study the text closely in advance, listen actively, share their ideas and questions in response to the ideas and questions of others, and search for evidence in the text to support their ideas.
Submission Guidelines : Be sure to number the questions you responded to, single-space your answers, and proofread your work carefully for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
To post Steps 1-3, click “Reply” at the bottom of the screen. You may either (a) copy & paste your pre-written response in the text entry box that appears, or (b) click “Attach” (bottom-left) and upload your pre-written response. Then, click “Post Reply.” Keep in mind that you must post before you can see other replies.
To post Step 4 (your peer responses/ discussion contribution), find at least 2 reading responses that pique your interest and click on “Reply” at the bottom of each post.
Rubric & Grading: To view the grading rubric, see below–or click the toggle button on the top-right-side of the screen (above the light blue bar) and select “Show Rubric.”
Otherwise, consider that the following criteria will be used for assessment…
- preparation (does the student’s work reflect a close reading of the text?)
- engagement (did the student thoughtfully engage with their peers?)
- respect (no interruptions or put-downs)
- meaning-making (students understand the text more deeply at the end of the seminar)
- use of evidence (student comments always refer back to specifics from the text).
Keep in mind that I will be assessing each of you by these means. So, failure to prepare and engage, be thoughtful and respectful, or support your ideas with evidence, will result in a reduction in your grade.
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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 11
- Lesson
- Minimum of 2 scholarly sources
Instructions
Develop, in detail, a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty.
- Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous forum.
- Articulate (and then assess) the ethical solutions that can found using “care” (care-based ethics) and “rights” ethics to those problems.
- Assessment must ask if the solutions are flawed, practicable, persuasive, etc.
- What health care technology is involved in the situation?What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Explore such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
- Say how social technologies such as blogs, crowdfunding, online encyclopedias can be used in either case. What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Develop such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
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Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 11
- Lesson
- Minimum of 2 scholarly sources
Instructions Develop, in detail, a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty.
- Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous forum.
- Articulate (and then assess) the ethical solutions that can found using “care” (care-based ethics) and “rights” ethics to those problems.
- Assessment must ask if the solutions are flawed, practicable, persuasive, etc.
- What health care technology is involved in the situation?What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Explore such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
- Say how social technologies such as blogs, crowdfunding, online encyclopedias can be used in either case. What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Develop such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.