Day: April 26, 2018

Locke maintained that each of us has the power to decide which religious community to join, if any. He also maintained that no religious community has doctrinal jurisdiction over any other, and maintained that those communities and their members should tolerate the existence of diverse communities with diverse doctrines. Finally, he believed that no individual should be subject to civil prejudice or penalty due to his or her religious convictions and that religious authorities should have no special civil powers or authorities.

Locke also believed that governments do not have — and cannot be given by the consent of the people — the right to force its members to hold specific religious beliefs or to engage in specific religious behaviors.

Please discuss Locke’s conception of religious toleration and the separation of church and state in an essay that answers the following questions:

Do you find Locke’s expansive vision of toleration useful and ethical? Why or why not? Do you believe that there are ever cases where it is acceptable for a society to decide not to tolerate religious communities whose beliefs or practices seem ‘too extreme’ to be tolerated. If so, what considerations or principles can help one to determine exactly which religious communities should be treated as intolerable? Do you believe that it is ever acceptable for individuals’ religious beliefs to affect the administration of law? Why or why not? Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence. Your essay should be 600-900 words long

Please help me find the right track to approach this problem, I am lost and need some insight whether or not what models to use or what resources to use in order to find the particular answer, it is so very confusing, any help with the matter to get me the right start and a hint on the design of what they want and what to hear would be great. I need to present this to a group and need to make it professional, managed and reach the right answers otherwise I am stuck and I will get a bad overall grade and a bad participation grade, any help will be wonderful, thanks!

Power Byte Computers

Chang Yung Chong is considering whether to open a new computer store called Power Byte Computers in West Lafayette, IN. Mr. Chong wants to proceed cautiously since the market potential for another computer store is uncertain. He can either open a small store now, open a large store now, drop the idea now, or else have a market potential study conducted and then decide whether to open a small or large store or do nothing. A marketing research firm has offered to conduct a market potential survey for $5000.00. The survey would suggest either a favorable or unfavorable market for a new computer store.

Based on Mr. Chong’s calculations, he believes that if a small store is opened he would earn a first-year profit of $30,000 in a favorable market, but would lose $10,000 the first year in an unfavorable market. If a large store is opened he believes he would earn $60,000 the first year in a favorable market, but lose $35,000 the first year in an unfavorable market. Without the insight from a market potential survey, Mr. Chong believes there is a 50 percent change that the market will be favorable.

In initial discussions with the marketing research firm, the marketing analyst guessed that there was a 60 percent chance that a survey would suggest a favorable market. Reluctantly, the analyst admitted that marketing surveys do not always assess markets correctly. Upon further prodding by Mr. Chong, the analyst estimated that if the survey suggested a favorable market then the chance of the market actually being favorable was 90 percent. But if the survey suggested an unfavorable market, there would still be a 15 percent chance that the market would actually be favorable. Mr Chong is feeling rather perplexed by this time.

Assignment:

1. Why do you think the decision of what to do seems difficult to Mr. Chong?

2. Construct a decision tree representing all possible actions, events, and payoffs.

3. Analyze your decision tree, computing all the expected values, and recommend what Mr. Chong should do (Explain completely).

4. With your recommendation in Number 3, what is the best-case and worst-case first-year net financial result to which Mr. Chong would be exposed?

5. If Mr. Chong has now decided that he does not want to be exposed to any first-year net loss over $25,000. This means he no longer wants to consider opening a large store. What would you recommend to Mr. Chong now?

You have been asked to consult with a large architectural firm with over 200 employees that has a problem. The company has been analyzing their turnover, and has determined that the main turnover occurs from people leaving the company in the first six months.

The company has had a one hour orientation, but the Human Resources Director thinks that they might need a better orientation to the job. The CEO believes that if you craft a new training program, the turnover will stop.

A. What would you put in an orientation program? What would you deliberately leave out? Design an orientation schedule addressing everything that you think this company needs, explaining the content of the schedule using a paragraph for each item you put on the schedule.
B. Do you think that your orientation program will solve the problem? Do you think there might be other issues? List five other things that may be contributing to the turnover, and explain how you would find out whether the items you have listed are actually a problem. Indicate what you think the main issue is likely to be?

Plant Lab Report Form Procedures: 1. Visit http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html; Introduction to the Plantae: The green kingdom, University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. Click the Systematics link and learn more about a group you desire to begin researching for this lab. Note: The boxes without images have not yet been developed. 2. Visit a number of websites (a few starters are listed below) that deal with the great diversity of plants and their biological, ecological, and economic impacts on life and human society. Gather (and cite!) information and images to allow you to prepare a poster or PowerPoint presentation. 3. In your poster or PowerPoint presentation, you will need to detail the classification of the group of creatures you are detailing. Include the time of first occurrence, fossil record (if any), economic and societal impact of the group, and its evolutionary importance (for example the green algae are not terribly important save as a stem group for the evolution of plants). Example sites:http://www.tolweb.org/tree/ Tree of Life Web Project. Maintained by scientists and collaborators, this site organizes over 5000 web pages about the classification and relationships of the domains and other taxonomic groups. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/index.html Links for Systematics. This site compiles many links to aid your research.

Terri Ann Masters, sales manager for Rudolph Manufacturing, was wrestling with a critical issue related to one of her longtime and until recently, most talented salespeople, Jason Benjamin. With the company for nearly 15 years, Jason had been one of its top salespeople for 11 of those years. At first, Terri Ann thought it was just bad luck and Jason would be able to turn it around. Now however after four years of seeing Jason miss sales targets and hearing increasing complaints from customers, Terri Ann knew somthing was wrong.

This was especially critical for Rudolph because Jason called on some of the companys biggest clients. Jason had worked his way up in the company and had been given these accounts seven years ago. During his first threee years with the accounts, Jason generated substantial new business from his clients. Management at the customers had actually gone to the trouble of calling Terri Ann and complimenting Rudolph on the relationship Jason had established. The end result was that Jason frequently exceeded his sales quotas and recieved healthy bonuses.

In the last few years however, there was very little new business coming from Jasons accounts. At the same time, Terri Ann knew these companies were growing and were taking business to other competitors. It was not that Jason had lost the accounts; they were still doing a reasonable business with Rudolph. Rather Terri Ann recongized there was additional business the company was not getting for some reason.

Of even greater concern was the number of complaints about Jason that had been coming in to Terri Ann. Jason certainly did not have the greatest number of complaints, but given his history, they were high. In addition, Jason seemed to be less motivated. When Terri Ann would call his office on Friday afternoons, she would find that he had already left for the weekend. The “old” Jason was one of the hardest working salespeople in the company.

The problem was coming to a head. Management had a big push on inside the company to increase productivity. Terri Ann also had several younger salespeople who were eager to move into larger more demanding and higher potential accounts.

Questions:
1. You are Terri Ann Masters. What would you do about Jason Benjamin?
2. What would you do with these younger sales people who are looking for new opportunities inside the company?
3. Offer ideas on why Jason’s performance might have slipped after all these years with the company?

Social and behavioral intelligence is crucial to presenting yourself as a professional and collaborating successfully with your peers and supervisors. In Units 1 and 2 you explored and learned about what defines a professional presence. You reflected on your own current professional image and where growth and change would strengthen it.

In this Assignment you will create a standard PowerPoint presentation representing yourself as a professional. Be sure to reflect on what you have learned thus far in the course as you complete this Assignment. Instructions for creating a PowerPoint are listed in the Unit 3 Learning Activities.

Instructions:

Your PowerPoint presentation should include a total of 5 slides using the following format:

•Slide 1: Cover page that includes your name, course, section number, date, and the Assignment title. •Slide 2: Introduction – who you are and your chosen professional field. •Slide 3: A brief overview of how you perceive yourself professionally. You may include a photo. •Slide 4: A description of attributes which contribute to professionalism in your chosen field such as professional attire, communication, and behavior. •Slide 5: Cite all sources you have used. Save the PowerPoint in .ppt format and submit it into the Unit 4 Dropbox. When you are ready to submit it, go to the Dropbox and complete the steps below:

•Click the link that says Submit an Assignment

Assignment 1: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage Due in Week 3 and worth 300 points Review Case 21 “How Amazon.com became the leading online retailer by 2011”, and Case 23 “Is Yahoo!’s business model working in 2011?” located in the textbook to complete this assignment. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Describe, in brief, the histories of both of Amazon.com and Yahoo.com, and determine the core business of each. Determine the key strategic differences that have impacted the relative success of both Amazon.com and Yahoo.com. Provide two (2) specific examples of such strategic differences to support the response. Compare and contrast the approach to strategic planning that each company has pursued in order to achieve a competitive advantage. Focus specifically on both intended and emergent strategies. Analyze the manner in which each company’s distinctive competencies help to shape the strategies that each company pursues. Provide a rationale to support the response. Recommend one (1) functional level strategy for each company which prescribes the essential ways in which each may achieve superior efficiency, quality, innovation, and customer responsiveness. Provide a rationale to support the response. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Guests of innkeeper Dave would be surprised to learn that inside the headboards of the beds are embedded recording devices. Dave, who has owned the inn for ten years, enjoys sitting at a console in the front office, tuning in to the private conversations of guests in the rooms. Once his devices picked up the words of a married man named Pete. Dave heard Pete confess to his wife, in response to her questioning, that he, Pete, had been molested by a priest when he was young. Dave repeated this gossip to mutual acquaintances, causing injury to Pete.

Can Dave be liable to Pete?

The model Mona, standing nearly six feet tall, weighs 150 pounds. Although she appears slender, she has earned significant praise in the media for being “sensible” and “reasonable” in her size, in contrast to other models deemed “too thin.” Journalist Dan uncovered a bit of dirt about the “sensible” Mona: ten years ago, as a teenager, Mona had weighed 105 pounds and was hospitalized for eating disorders. Mona has learned that six months ago Dan repeated this truthful story about her to a circle of journalists. No media announcements have emerged. Mona has asked you to advise her about a possible action against Dan alleging invasion of privacy.

You should advise her that she is:

The town of Laguna remembers the case of Deviant George, an old man who lived alone at the edge of town. A teenage girl arrived at the police station and claimed she had escaped from George’s house, where she had been kept in a basement dungeon. She showed the police the house. When they entered, they found six other girls in the basement. George had kidnapped and sexually abused them. On the testimony of the girls, whose names were kept from the public, George was convicted and sent to prison, where he died. The town still talks about the trial. Last week the local newspaper ran a story about television actress Doris Daid, age 26. According to the news story, Daid had been one of George’s victims. The story is true. The newspaper learned the information from civil court records; two years ago Daid filed a quiet, low-profile civil suit against the estate of George, and received a settlement from his limited assets. Daid is embarrassed and distressed by the newspaper story.

Which of the following statements best describes Daid’s possible claim against the newspaper?

Donna runs a “business intelligence” consulting business. Her work consists of attempting to learn her clients’ competitors’ trade secrets and other informational assets kept from the public. In May, posing as a charities solicitor, Donna gained entry to the factory floor of Toys Inc., a manufacturer of children’s toys, and surreptitiously took pictures of the top-secret Christmas line. Donna sold the information to Giant, Inc. which used this information for competitive advantage against Toys, Inc.

In an action by Toys, Inc. against Donna for invasion of privacy, Toys Inc. should:

Stephanie is a famous actress. Which of these behaviors would give Stephanie her strongest claim for “appropriation of the plaintiff’s name or likeness”? Assume that Stephanie has not consented to any of them.

Senator Box thought nobody was nearby while she and three friends, guests in her condominium, smoked marijuana using her elaborate water-cooled pipe. As luck would have it, however, the building’s smoke alarm went off and the building was evacuated. A television news crew came to the scene, and Box’s friend Ted was videotaped clutching the pipe. Ted told all who would listen whose pipe it was and what it was used for. Box suffered damages related to professional disgrace.

Her lawsuit against the television station for invasion of privacy should fail because:

Tina is a famous golfer. Bois, a manufacture of golf carts, used Tina’s photograph in an advertisement for their golf carts. Although Tina does own a gold cart manufactured by Bois, she did not consent to the use of her picture. Tina brings an action against Bois fro invasion of privacy. Tina will

The Connection is a local newspaper in a small town which publishes local information about births, graduations, marriages and deaths. The Connection published, in a recent issue, “Mary Higgins just gave birth to twin girls.” In fact Mary is not married and has not given birth. Mary has suffered ridicule and embarrassment because of the news reported by the Connector. If Mary brings a cause of action against the Connector she will

Newman is a host of a national talk show. Newman is very controversial and specializes in exposing celebrities and politicians. Newman decided to exploit his notoriety by marking a series of CD’s entitled “The Lifestyle of the rich and famous.” The CD where comprised of old interviews that he had given and an overview of his opinion of the person he interviewed. Newman, although he recorded every interview that he had ever done, never listened to the recordings. On the CD there was a statement made by Newman after he interviewed the vice president’s wife Allie Gorbie. He stated Allie Gorbie was a lesbian, and loved to be the man in the her relationships. In fact the story was a complete fabrication. Newman made the statement after the interview because he was angry since he could not happy with the interview. Over 10, 000 CD’s have been sold. If Allie brings a cause of action she will:

Lee, who had been a party in a bench trial before Judge Bright, was dissatisfied with the outcome of the case. After the trial was concluded, Lee held a press conference and told Reporter Judge Bright is a very unfair judge.” Judge Bright reads the article in the newspaper the next day. If Judge Bright brings an action he will

Locate and review an article related to topics covered in this unit (e.g., ergonomics, health and temperature extremes, personal protective equipment and/or clothing, etc.). The article you select must be at least two pages long and no more than five years old. Write a summary of the article. Include the purpose for the article, how research was conducted (if any), the results, and other pertinent information. How does the article relate to what you are learning in this course? Discuss the meaning or implications of the article’s contents, as well as any flaws you find in the article. What could have made the article better? Was any information left out? How could the author expand on the results? Does the article’s information relate to your professional or personal life? How? Your review must be at least two pages long, not counting cover page and reference page. Use proper APA formatting for all sources

In this assignment, you will create an Annotated Bibliography consisting of five sources. Each entry will consist of a reference list citation that precedes a 100-150 word summary of the source.

• The entries should be ordered in alphabetical order according to the first substantive word in the reference list citation. • The entire Annotated Bibliography should be double-spaced, with no additional spaces between entries. • No reference list should be included with the Annotated Bibliography, as the entries themselves will contain the reference list citation information. • The first line of each reference list citation should be flush left with the left-hand margin (no indentation), and the second and proceeding lines should be indented ½” from the left-hand margin (hanging indent of one-half inch). • The summary paragraph begins on the line following the end of the reference. It lines up with the indented portion of the reference, with the exception that the first line is indented an additional one-half inch.

Each of the five entries should begin with a reference list citation in APA format and be followed by a 100-150 word summary of the source’s information. An Annotated Bibliography summary should include the most important information from the text. Sometimes, this means that you will broadly summarize larger portions of text (as in main ideas of a whole essay); other times, this means that you will focus on summarizing one paragraph out of an entire source. Whenever you quote information, use APA in-text citations.