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Ethical Theories to Apply: Utilitarianism, Universal Ethics, Golden Rule, Virtue Ethics

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Developing and Screening Business Ideas on (Barringer, 2015) Write a short essay of 300 words to explain the three most common sources of business ideas.

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Ratio Analysis - Locate the note in the most recent financial statements that reconcile IFRS to U.S. GAAP. If results are available for both U.S. GAAP and IFRS, calculate the following ratios using both standards and explain any differences. If results are available using only one standard, prepare a five-year trend analysis for each ratio, and explain the results of your analysis.  Ratios to be calculated
:i.Current Ratio
ii.Quick (Acid-Test) Ratio
iii.Gross profit marginiv.Net profit marginv.Return on equity (ROE) 
vi.Return on assets (ROA) 
vii.Leverage ratio: liabilities/assets

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Are issue committees dominated labor organizations?

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Competencies
Evaluate the challenges and benefits of employing a diverse workforce.
Design a plan for conducting business and managing employees in a global society.
Critique the actions of organizations as they integrate diverse perspectives into their cultures.
Evaluate the role of identity, diverse segments, and cultural backgrounds within organizations.
Attribute different cultural perspectives to current social-cultural dimensions.
Analyze the importance of managing a diverse workforce.
Scenario Information
Your company has been nominated for a national diversity award associated with your efforts and dedication to diversity initiatives in the workplace and their impact on the organization and community. You have been asked to summarize your efforts for the year in a slide presentation for the diversity committee who selects the winner. Be sure to include details of the changes you made in your organization and the impact the changes made.

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As part of your nomination, you have been asked to create a slide presentation.  Remember your audience when giving your presentation and include the following slides:

Title slide
Highlighting the importance of workplace diversity
Discussing the points that were included in your diversity plan
Describing how culture and inclusion impact your organization
Providing examples of how diverse workgroups work together in the workplace
Gives examples of strategies used to incorporate Hofstede's cultural dimensions in a global workforce
Provides best practices for managers associated with managing a diverse, global workforce
Conclusion slide that includes a summary of why you should win this award
Any additional, relevant information
References

rubric
Highlighted the importance of diversity in the workplace using clear examples and a well-defined synopsis of the presentation.
Discussed the main points that were part of the diversity plan for the company using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Discussed how culture and inclusion impact the organization using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Provided strategies using Hofstede's cultural dimensions in a global workforce and how these different workgroups worked together using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Provided an overview of best practices for managers using clear examples and well-defined reasons.
Presentation included all appropriate slides, references if needed, and concluded the presentation with a summary of why the company should win the award using clear examples and well-defined reasons.

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To be an effective communicator, you must master the core competency of listening. A willingness to listen during an interaction allows you to understand others, respond appropriately to what they say, and provide helpful feedback. Bevan (2020) describes the ideal listening as active and empathic. In this discussion, you will take a listening quiz, and then explain how using active empathic listening can help you improve as a communicator in your personal and professional relationships.

In your initial post,

Using and citing Bevan, define active empathic listening. Report on both the meaning and significance of the definition, in your own words.
Complete this listening quiz (Links to an external site.) and report your results and feedback to the group. It is possible you will have to click an icon that says, “Run Adobe.” If you cannot access this resource, take a similar, text-based version in Bevan (Section 8.3) titled “Self-Test: Bodies’ Active-Empathic Listening Scale.”
Explain how you can use active empathic listening to help you improve your communication in your personal interactions or in the workplace.
Provide at least one example of exactly how you can change your listening habits and how you will benefit from this change.
For this discussion forum, your initial post should be 300 to 350 words in length.

video to watch
https://cfvod.kaltura.com/p/1501441/sp/150144100/thumbnail/entry_id/0_7tox5fiv/version/100002/width/400

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What is the current business climate in Canada? What elements in this current environment might support business and what elements might be barriers to businesses? This is a business opinion report so be sure that you use your own voice and write in an essay report format using full sentences. Provide one example for each of the six business environment elements and explain the impact on the current business climate in Canada. You need to show that you understand the following business terms and how they can impact on the success of a business in Canada.
-    Legal
-    Economic
-    Technological
-    Competetive
-    Social
-    Global

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Part I (This part helps prepare you to gather information, kind of like a prewriting exercise. This part is not turned in.)

First, review in your mind the rhetorical principles of ethos, pathos, and logos.

Then, surf the Internet and choose one site you feel is effective and one that you feel is ineffective.  (I use quotation marks because there is no such thing as a completely effective or ineffective website; these are just general impressions.)  You may even choose from the list of websites you analyzed previously when exploring technical information online.

It might be easier if you chose sites that were similar in topic and scope.  Also, try to choose websites that are either home pages or that are at a similar link level.  That way, you wouldn't be comparing completely dissimilar things.

Now, compare and contrast the two sites, making notes on your observations.  You might choose to focus on some of the following areas or just a couple of them:

Ways each site addresses the rhetorical concerns of ethos, pathos, and logos
Color and its relationship to the sites purposes
Ways text and graphics complement (or don't complement) each other
Overall document design (Refer to the textbook for ideas.)
Kinds of words used
Available links
Tone of the text
Sentence length
Jargon

Part II (This is the formal write up of the assignment that you should submit to a peer and turn into the Assignments Folder, after you've received feedback and made revisions.)

Now that you've analyzed, it's time to write it up formally.  Instead of writing in essay form, though, like you did for the technical document analysis assignment, I'd like for you to write using technical writing conventions.  There are some similarities to an essay, though. THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY

Your analysis should be relatively brief (about one page).
Single-space your document, double-spacing in between sections or paragraphs.
Include headings.
Include a brief introduction and conclusion.
Use bullet statements to compare and contrast the sites.
Attach the sites you have analyzed. Or include the URLs in your paper.
Be sure to compare and contrast!  Many times, writers do only one.  Use comparison/contrast words such as "like," "different from," "similar to," "in contrast," "as opposed to," etc.
NOTE:  Since I'm your audience, you know that I would be very happy for you to discuss rhetorical concerns.  This means that you can discuss

Audience
Persuasive elements
Ways the website authors are trying to convey a persona (or ethos) through the sites
Ways the website authors are trying to appeal to the Internet audience (Here, you might have to think briefly about characteristics of web users.)
Ways logical design or reasoning might have been used in the sites
You might choose to use a rhetorical element as the context for discussing website characteristics, such as color, organization, or word choice.

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The New Democratic Party began as Canada’s labour party. Is the NDP still a labour party? Does it represent the interests of Canadian workers? Why or why not? Should the Canadian labour movement support and form alliances with the NDP or should it use strategic voting instead? 

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Consider a market transaction that you have undertaken (or considering) as a consumer which was notable because it is particularly recent, large or unusual. Analyze this transaction from a micro-economic standpoint:
a. Explain how & why (from the perspective of the supplier), the good or service in question was created, and the reason you entered the market to secure this product or service (demand side).
b. Discuss in general terms the factors on the demand and supply side that will have influenced the price you paid for this product. Show what might happen to the price of the product if one of these factors changes.
c. Assess whether the product in question is likely to be price elastic or inelastic at the current market price. Following this assessment describe the likely impact on the supplying company’s revenue following an increase in the price they charge (ceteris paribus)



Additional Material:
Books
Economics - N. Gregory Mankiw, Mark P. Taylor 2017
Essential economics for business - John Sloman, Elizabeth Jones 2020

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Think back to publicity you have heard recently about a company or its products. If it was good publicity, how was it generated and what media were used? If it was bad publicity, where did you learn about it and how did the firm try to control or neutralize it?