Author: chris

FACTS:  The Organization for Animal Rights (“OAR”) is a newly formed organization whose mission is to bring about positive changes in the use and treatment of research animals, by working in various “policy venues”.  They are most active in the State of Maryland, which is where the organization is located.

PART 1 (8 points of the 22 available for the whole assignment)

1. (2 points of the 8) As a preliminary matter, OAR wants to determine if there are any current legal protections for research animals. What sources of law would they research? For each one you name explain why you think there might be protections in this source of law. NOTE: Do not do actual research to find specific law.

2. (3 points)  Suppose they find no legal protections and decide that they will try to get a law passed. What institutions would they need to interact with and what kind of interactions will they have?

3. (3 points) Suppose they find that there is federal law about research animals. It is worded rather broadly. How is this law implemented? What kind of interactions could the group have with any institutions implementing this law?

PART 2 (10 points of the 22 available for the whole assignment)

1. (2 points of the 10)  Some members of the group want to stage a protest in front of one of the research labs. What kinds of law would affect whether they could stage this protest? Explain.

2. (4 points) Assume the protest does actually take place. During the protest one of the lab technicians parks his car near the lab and walks toward the entrance. A protestor stands in front of him blocking the way. The technician pushes the protester aside to get by him and enter the building but the protester falls and suffers a broken arm. The protest occurred in the State of Maryland.  The protestor wants to bring a civil lawsuit against the technician. Since he does not make much money at his part time jobs, he wants to handle the matter himself without the assistance of an attorney. A law school friend told him that he could sue under the tort of battery which is the unconsented to contact which causes injury. He wants to be reimbursed for his medical costs (he has no insurance) and his friend also told him about damages for pain and suffering. He wants the technician to pay him $5000.00.  So:

a. What court will he be using within the State judicial system?

b. What must the injured protestor do to get the lawsuit started?

c. How will the technician learn that he is being sued and what must the technician do if he disagrees with what the protestor is claiming or if he claims it was an accident and the protestor put himself in the tech’s path.

d. If there is a jury trial in this civil matter, must their verdict be unanimous? How do they learn about the law on which they must base their verdict?

3. (4 points)   Now, assume that after the protestor falls, 3 other protestors jump on the technician and punch him around his head. When the other protestors drag them off, the technician is bleeding profusely and is taken by ambulance to the hospital. The police were not called. The technician believes they committed a crime and is more interested having those protestors punished.

a. What must the technician do to initiate the criminal process and how will the protestors learn about this?

b. What court proceedings will take place before a trial is held?

c. If there is to be a jury trial, how will the jury be selected? How many jurors will there be for the trial?

d. How do the jurors learn about what happened and what both sides are claiming?

PART 3 (2 points of the 22 available for the whole assignment)

The concern about animal cruelty is not limited to research animals. Cruel treatment of animals exists in many contexts, and animal rights groups have been active on many fronts within the legal system. Find one article that discusses a court case related to animal cruelty in any context except animals used for research.  So:

a.         Be sure to provide the title and author of the article and the direct URL link to the article.

b.         What was this case about and what did the court decide ?

c.         If you quote from the article be sure to use quotation marks.

How does Aristotle’s list of virtues and vices differ from our modern conceptions of vice and virtue?

How might we determine  which is  better: Aristotle’s system or our own

Complete an APA-formatted two-page paper (not including the title and reference pages)

answering the following questions.

1. Organizations that decide to issue bonds generally go through a series of steps. Discuss the six steps.
2. An alternative to traditional equity and debt financing is leasing. Leasing is undertaken primarily for what purposes?
3. Discuss the two major types of leases.
4. Discuss the terms short-term borrowing and long-term financing.
5. What are the primary sources of equity financing for not-for-profit healthcare organizations?
6. The capital budgeting process occurs in several stages, but generally includes what?
7. Discuss and list the three discounted cash flow methods.

Instructions  APA format  1/2 pages each at min 2 sources each

Discussion 1

 

Which do you believe presents the greatest threat to civil society: a corporation that commits crimes (e.g., murder, environmental crimes, or bribery, etc.), or persons who commit crimes that harm businesses (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, or larceny, etc.)? Defend your response, using at least one example from current events.

 

Discussion 2

Choose either A or B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKe70AAU_lc

After viewing the Chinese Imports & Food Safety Video, consider whether U.S. retailers that utilize products or raw ingredients that are imported from China and that are poorly regulated should be liable in tort for injuries to consumers who are harmed by those products. Answer parts 1 and 2 of the following question:

1. Answer part a or part b

a. If U.S. companies should not be liable, then they could be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. consumers.

b. If the U.S. companies should be liable, then those companies would not be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. businesses.

2. Regardless of your response to part 1 of this question, assume that U.S. retailers do have legal liability for defective products. What steps could U.S. retailers and manufacturers take, when using products imported from China that would minimize their liability exposure? For example, they could warn consumers about the potential, though speculative, dangers when using products comprised of poorly regulated ingredients or components. Given your strategy, what challenges would exist for U.S. businesses that implemented your strategy?

1. (a) Define the slack and surplus variables. What do they represent? What is (are) the difference(s) between a slack and a surplus variable?

 

(b) Briefly describe the important parts of each step needed to make a decision using decision sciences models.

 

(c) What are the different types of special situations that may occur while solving a linear programming problem? Briefly describe each of these special situations.

 

 

(d) What are the important properties of a straight line? Briefly describe each property. What are the different types of slopes possible for a straight line? Briefly describe each type of slope and give one example for each type.

 

6. Determine whether the following linear programming problem is infeasible, unbounded, or has multiple optimal solutions. Draw a graph to find the feasible region (if it exists) and explain your conclusion.

 

How does Aristotle’s list of virtues and vices differ from our modern conceptions of vice and virtue?

How might we determine  which is  better: Aristotle’s system or our own?

Effective management of human resources contributes to mission accomplishment and vision achievement. Given that a vision is the future preferred status for an organization, it is critical to align people with the processes and resources necessary to propel the organization forward. As easy as this may seem to the uninformed, there are many challenges as pressure is applied to consistently reduce costs while delivering superior goods and or services.

Whether you are part of a small entrepreneurial start up, a civil servant with a mature and large government entity, or a volunteer for a non-profit organization, someone is fulfilling the role of HR oversight. No matter what type of organization you are working for the HR functions typically associated with building human capital are: analysis and design of work, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, personnel policies, compliance with laws, and strategies for supporting the mission.

This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Assuming you are Juanita, answer the following questions:

• How can human resource management strategically contribute to the organization’s mission and vision on a daily basis?
• What skills might Juanita have to develop to better fulfill her role?
• How might Juanita engage line managers to become more involved in what has traditionally been HR’s function in this organization? Why?
• Which aspects of human resource management would she want to entrust to specialists? Why?

Paper: White-Collar Crime

 

For this assignment, we will focus on the various tools and techniques available to the security professional in order to mitigate white-collar crime.

 

Select two of the white-collar crimes listed below.

 

(a) Computer crimes

(b) Credit card fraud

(c) Embezzlement

(d) Workman’s Comp fraud

(e) Environmental crime

(f) Securities fraud

(g) Healthcare fraud

 

Discuss (a) how these crimes are committed, (b) their impacts on organizations, and (c) the tools a security professional has available to reduce opportunities for such crimes to occur.

 

Locate an example of one of your two white-collar crimes. Please make sure it is current, that is, within the past 2 years. Analyze the crime and how it was discovered, then discuss possible measures that could have deterred those found guilty.

 

For this assignment, you are required to prepare a report of three to five pages (excluding title page and reference page), and post it in the respective Dropbox for this week.

 

Remember to include at least two authoritative references. They must be cited within the paper as well as listed on a reference page. See the APA citation tutorial in the Course Syllabus.

Read Ross, S.A. (2013)  Fundamentals of corporate finance (10^th ed). New York, NY:  McGraw Hill/Irwin Chapter 9.

After reading the 9th chapter of the text and doing some research on the internet regarding how a company makes capital decision

 

You should be able to explain and support your reactions to the following questions:

• What is the difference between NPV,IRR, Payback analysis and how are these methods related?
• What are examples of opportunity costs and incremental cash flows?
• How does the cash flow of a project impact whether or not a company pursues a certain project?
• Give an example of how you would employ the different capital budgeting techniques to a real life situation or a situation you can envision. How would you differentiate among three different projects if you could only pursue one of those projects?

Fitness Factors

1. Explain each health-related factor of physical fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition)

2. Give at least three (3) examples of specific exercises to improve each factor.

Please separate each factor into a new paragraph.

3. List and define the Skill-related of fitness (i.e. Balance, agility, power, etc…).

4. List 15 specific physical benefits of exercise (i.e. lower resting heart rate and blood pressure, etc…).

5. Explain the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

6. What are the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. 7.

Explain the difference between aerobic and anaerobic AND give three (3) examples of exercises that are aerobic as well as three examples of exercises that are anaerobic.

8. Explain how you could gage the proper intensity for your workout (i.e. Training heart rate, etc…). What is your personal training heart rate range and explain how you determined that range?

9. Explain the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

10. Explain the following methods of determining body composition: bioelectrical impedance , hydrostatic weighing, skinfold measurements, and Body Mass Indexing (BMI).