Stakeholder Term Papers Samples For Students

EXAM QUESTIONS ON BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

1. To what extent are companies justified in claiming that they are good corporate citizens?
The key goal of any business enterprise is to maximize profits and minimize cost. The management must safeguard the social welfare of the employees. In addition, the company must respect the social and cultural values as well as providing quality products and services to the consumers. Therefore, corporate citizenship is the understanding of all stakeholders in a company or business enterprise that it has social responsibilities to the employees, the surrounding society and the consumers, who indirectly influence the company’s performance in regional ...

The major ethical dilemma for the company is that it is trying to figure out whether to outsource the company’s telecommunication department, or whether to continue producing the telecommunication requirements themselves. The analysis prepared by an assistant controller of the company has failed to reflect some of the fixed costs amounting to $300,000 per annum. The chief financial officer is aware of this, and her fiancé is the head of the telecommunication department. The dilemma to her is to whether to give the correct analysis to her boss. The addition of $300,000 in the analysis is ...

Balance Sheet:a)What components of stockholders' equity do each of the companies disclose?

Referring to the balance sheet of both the companies, below is the information relating to stockholder equity:
Meiji Holdings:
The company during 2013, has total stockholder equity of $3242.84 Million with the components of stockholder equity as follows:
- Common Stock(Authorized and Issued)
- Capital Surplus
- Retained Earnings
- Treasury Stock(at cost)

General Mills Inc:

Noted from the balance sheet of the company for the year 2013, the total stockholder equity of the company was reported to be $3242.84 Million with the component of stockholder equity as follows:
- Common Stock(par ...

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section is a review of academic research and studies on corporate theories, positions and counter-positions. The second part discusses the two theories – stakeholder value theory and shareholder value theory. This section evaluates key arguments associated with each theory. In the third part, the paper evaluates why value-driven stakeholder approach should be embraced by managers of corporations. The paper finalizes the discussion by concretizing the arguments in a summary and offering submissions for future managers.
This paper hypothesizes that profit maximization is no longer the only priority of organizations; other non-economic features ...

Howard Schultz-The CEO of Starbucks

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Introduction

Starbucks was founded in 1971 and from this time it opened its first retail store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. The book Moby Dick inspired the formation of the name Starbucks attached to the romance of high seas plus the tradition of coffee traders spending their life at the sea (Schultz & Gordon, 2011). According to Starbucks Coffee Company, (2013) the company has over 18,000 stores in over 60 countries with United States having 13,279 coffee houses. The company provides varying products such as coffee and other hot and cold beverages, sandwiches, ...

Introduction

Multinational cooperation must retain a strong presence in their homeland. Basing my argument on, first, the role they have to play in their country, two, the historical dimensions of their past and the rules of offshoring, thirdly, the level of development in the investing country, such as learning and experience, technology and capabilities and the possible use of power to control them and fourthly, the domestic political situation. Is there a secure business environment, what is the political outlook of the country? Such questions need answers before making an offshoring decision.
Multinational cooperation has a duty to maintain a strong presence in their home. ...

Quick Store is a medium sized company which specializes in merchandising. It has a branch network of approximately thirty stores which are situated in ten states across the United States. Over the years, the management of the company has been leading the company from the front on matters pertaining to social responsibility. This is because the management acknowledges that there is a need for companies to contribute to the community. Over and above that, the management attributes the success of the company to the members of the different communities in which the company operates. This is because in most of the states ...

Ethical situations require that people make choices out of competing interests. It is in the best interests of people to foster virtue oriented ethical mindset. The paper will explore various ethical issues dealing on equality. The paper proposes the argument that the development if a universal law governing ethics is difficult. Realization of ethics thus depends on the virtues of the practitioners in the areas of businesses. Still, the paper fosters the argument that ethics is individual born, and depends mostly on how individuals respond to situations.
The exact meaning of ethics is hard to capture. What is “ethical” ...

Introduction

This study, in particular, would tend to gain insight and relevant information on the insurance industry. In order to do so, the history of the insurance would be first taken into consideration. This would significantly help to gain basic information regarding the industry and the target market and target audience of the industry. In addition, the corporate stakeholders of the industry would also be evaluated along with the issues being faced by the stakeholders. For an industry to prosper and flourish in the market, it is essential to take the issues that are being faced by the corporate stakeholders ...

Strategic planning refers to a process where an organization identifies its targets and goals, and determines how it will accomplish them. It is vital for organizations to determine their goals so as to ensure they have a clear path towards achieving their goals (Bixby et al, 2011). As part of strategic planning, organizations need to determine who should get involved and how they will become involved in the planning process. This paper, seeks to identify and specify the roles of stakeholders involved in a strategic planning process for a non profit organization for tutoring children.
Successful strategic plans require input from external ...

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Thomas D. Cook is affiliated with the northwestern university. He is also a faculty fellow at the institute for policy research . At the Northwestern University, Thomas Cook is a professor in the fields of psychology, sociology, education and social policy. Thomas Cook’s major area of concentration is the methodology of program evaluation. He has written many books and articles in his stellar career and for his efforts and contributions, he has been awarded several awards. Some of the awards he has received are the Myrdal prize in 1982, the Rossi Award in 2012 and the Campbell prize ...

Statement

Since social enterprises are a business form on its own, there should be a code of corporate governance specifically to govern social enterprises.

My stand: I disagree with the statement

Introduction
In every corporation, quality management is essential to ensure that all the activities are well carried out and the involved parties, which include; stakeholders, employees, directors and the managers enjoy being associated with the company. All activities in an organization should run according to the corporate laws whereby the organization holds the accountability and responsibility towards its stakeholders as it conducts its businesses in an ethical manner. All organizations whether large, medium sized or small, possess a ...

Executive summary

Mcbride Financial Services Mortgage Company has an objective of offering a low cost mortgage services through incorporating the state-of-art technology. The most targeted locations are Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and Dakota. On the other hand, the company’s management has an aim of achieving high financial outcomes and developing more profitable services within the first six months of their business. For the company to achieve this objective they require to design a perfect management plan that will address all the issues in the company. In doing so, they have to make use of the present technology in carrying out various operations ...

The capital structure of any company is a very important factor that the managers of any organization are expected to manage. Capital structure generally determines the value of the firm in combination with other factors (Moyer, 47). Capital involves a cost to a company and therefore proper management of capital is necessary to ensure that the cost of capital of an organization is not too high. Texas industries Inc is a company found in the United States. This research paper will evaluate the capital structure of the company and recommend how it can change the capital structure if need be to ensure that ...

Background of the Case

In 2007, Peoples Company acquired a large manufacturing plant from Lexington, Inc. The new manufacturing plant was run by one of Peoples' subsidiary companies, Choice Manufacturing LLC. They built upon the acquired management team, diversified the client base and made significant investments in the plan. Choice Manufacturing LLC has consistently exceeded expectations for Peoples Company. Since acquiring the new plant from Lexington, they have been able to attract new non-Lexington types of manufacturing. They also considered taking the company public. Choice Manufacturing was the premier business until they ran into a cash flow crisis two and a half years later. They sought ...

Organizational Theory Midterm

Organizational environment is the number of factors that create an impact. They can be either threats or opportunities. Organizational structure basically is the way an organization positions people and their jobs. Organizational structure and design majorly depends on the environment for it to operate nicely (O’leary, Fiorino, Durant & Weiland, 1998, p. 64). The conditions constituting the environment are like economic, legal-political, natural environment, social cultural and technological factors.

These environmental factors can either be dynamic or stable. When the environment is stable, it is when the customers’ wishes are well taken care of and probably they will stay ...

A buy/sell agreement is good because it ensures that the business interests are transferred in an orderly and acceptable manner. The agreements reduce the misunderstandings between the potential and existing shareholders. It eliminates any conflict between the shareholders and any heirs in the business. Furthermore the company prevents unwanted persons from becoming shareholders. With the agreements, the company is able to monitor and control the people who can become shareholders (Mercer, 20100. The agreement should be in writing. Oral agreements are not enforceable in a court of law in some countries or states. The agreement serves to protect the shareholders. ...

Agency Theory in Supply Chain Management

Introduction

The agency theory has been around for quite a long time, but formalization of theory dates back into the 70s. In the past, there have been researches done on this topic such as the one done by Rechner and Dalton (1989) to examine the effect of management duality on risk and its effects to the share price. Others include but not limited to (Grover and Malhotra, 2003; Slack et al, 2004; Mabert and Venkataramanan, 1998; Pannirselvam et al, 1999; Selen and Soliman, 2002). In supply management, the agency theory implies that the retail chain is a series of agreements between ...

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Introduction

This seeks t review the Enron’s code of ethics. In the process it assesses the company’s implicit and written code of ethics by comparing it to the APA and SHRM codes of ethics. From the comparison, the paper will seek to reveal inconsistencies in Enron’s code of ethics that are likely to lead to ethical violations. After revealing the inconsistencies, the paper will seek to make important recommendations based on scholarly justification. After which, a revised code of ethics for the company will be developed based on the conclusions made.

Assessment of Enron’s code of ethics

The Enron’s code of ethics focuses ...

Lexus is a luxury automobile brand that belongs to Toyota Motor Corporation. The brand was established in 1989, and it has gained global market popularity over time. Lexus remains the best selling brand in Japan’s premium cars. The brand name ‘Lexus’ is derived from two words ‘elegance’ and ‘luxury’, which represents the highest quality and technological image of the product. It has a mission to deliver high quality product that exceeds the customers’ expectations; this is accomplished through the provision of personal facility design and comprehensive consultation to the firm’s dealers. This mission is essential in ensuring that the ...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THMIS document gives the procedures for use by the emergency room wing of a hospital in planning and carrying out the design of strategies and operational plans for strengthening the health management information system available to emergency room wing in a hospital.

The document is designed to help apply and implement the concepts and principles presented in the Health Metrics Network frameworks and Standards for Country Health information Systems. The document is based upon the guiding principles defined in the HMN frame work for guiding health information system design, planning and implementation by using broad based consensus and stakeholder involvement and ...

Introduction 3

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development 3
Role of CSR in Developing Nations 4
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Financial Performance 5
Ethical Behaviour 6
The Role of the Financial Sector 6
Conclusion 7
Introduction
Under the conventional economic theories the businesses have been operating with the sole purpose of profit maximization and the increase in shareholders’ wealth. According to the classical view of business operations, the managers are liable to use the available resources in the best optimum manner to generate the revenues for the organization, while following the relevant legal ...

Every organization is developed through formulation of a plan. The plan can be either arbitrarily present in the mind of the founder or well documented by a panel of experts after due deliberations. The size and operational level of the organization determine the extent to which expertise are applied for the formulation of the organizational plan. An organizational plan forms the basis of an organization through defining its mission, vision, values, structure, size, type, processes, resources and strategies etc. The organizational plan for a fictional company named zRock Inc. is developed in this paper that requires detailed considerations to be undertaken due ...

“Leaders are not born, but made. Leadership qualities are forged in times of distress. It is quite easy to take a sip of coffee while sitting with feet up on the desk dictating theories to subordinates but quite difficult to lead when the business is on the verge to collapse” (Lee Iacocca).
Acquiring fame, money and power may be thrilling for others, but to Iacocca, all these outcomes did not matter much. To Iacocca, these outcomes were mortal that would vanish with time. Iacocca has always focused on leaving quality impression through his zeal and contributions. Making a difference in ...

PART 1

Society and institutions are key concepts in sociological studies. From as early as the 1980s, there have been attempts to revise the key sociological concepts of institutions giving rise to ‘New Institutionalism” or “Neoinstitutionalism.” At first, the ideas were based on organizational theory but the ideas quickly broadened to include micro sociology or individualism and global sociology. In sociological studies, institutional analysis is conducted for understanding how institutions affect and influence individual and collective human behavior. Conclusions can be made through empirical approaches or inferential analyses, which give various scientifically admissible conclusions on the subject. Past studies have shown ...

Analysis of “Your Pocket is What Cures You” by Foley, Ellen

Introduction
Medical anthropology and public health are fundamental aspects within the global health since they provide adequate understanding on the requirements of global health. Notably, global health includes the health of all the individuals, communities, societies, and nations within the global arena. Nevertheless, like many other aspects of the global economy, the contemporary global health experiences various dynamics and challenges. The dynamics within the health care organizations have continued to pose challenges to practitioners and stakeholders in regards to offering health care facilities and services.
Consequently, there have been interests within the stakeholders in respect to global ...

Accounting and Financial Management

Question 1.
A. Taking into account Centro management experience, there are three main issues that are to be addressed, namely: company directors do not have to consider signing financial reports as formality and remember that they are the ultimate authority which controls financial statements; overload with information cannot be used as an excuse for absence of control over the accounting process; there must be a person who would check financial reports in the company (internal financial auditor) and consult top management regarding financial issues.
B. Eight former directors of Centro were accused in failure to disclose short-term debt ...

Strategic planning is the process in which an organization defines how to achieve its objectives using the allocated resources and necessary priorities. Strategic planning is fundamental for non-profit and public organizations as it ensures that there is continued viability and effectiveness. In short, it helps the non-profit and public organizations respond appropriately to new developments and situations. The decisions in a strategic plan center on the mission, mandate and service or product level of an organization or initiative (Bryson, 2011).
In a planning process for a group home for teen boys, initiation and championing process of strategic planning is critical. This ...

Ratio refers to a comparison between two variables, ratios is an important component in day to day business as it enables the shareholders and other stakeholders to check the performance of business in comparison to the previous year’s which refers to trend analysis it can also be used for cross sectional analysis which involves comparing the performance of business with other business within the same industry. Other financial ratios such as liquidity ratio plays a very important part in managing working capital in that a business will be able to predict the cash required to manage day to day transactions, in ...

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the Clorox Company financial research. The research includes analysis of financial statements, analysis of financial ratios, bonds and stock valuation methods, calculation of dividends growth rate, description of constant-growth model, calculation of beta coefficient of stock, calculation of standard deviation of stock, calculation of weighted average cost of capital. The computations are based on the data collected from annual reports for the years 2007-2011. Calculations were made using appendices and excel spreadsheets. The arguments are supported by analysis of financial performance of the Company.

Introduction

In accordance with Bloomberg (2012), Clorox Company is a large manufacturer ...

Starbucks Corporation is a coffee company from the United States. The company that houses a chain of coffee houses has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks enjoys the pride of the entire world as the global largest coffeehouse. The company is operational in 64 countries with nearly 23187 stores. The largest operational base of the company is the United States with approximately 12973 stores. The company serves hot and cold beverages, pastries, snacks, instant coffee among others in its line of business. The company also deals with pre-packaged food items.
The company was founded by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and ...

Human resource management operation entails the identification and classification of the differences between human resource policies, procedures and business goals Human resources policies address a critical issue with the organization operation while procedures guide employee on how to execute the policies. All these must be presented as statements or organizational guiding rules. Effective policies and procedures ensure compliance with legislation, support fairness, transparency and consistent treatment of employees and ensure implementation of best practices based on training, effort, new technology and compensation (Harden et.al, 2006). They also protect employees and the company from the pressures of expediency and assist in ...

Introduction

Revenue recognition is an accounting principle which stipulates the exact time on which revenues from an activity can be recognized in the financial statements of a company. According to this principle, the appropriate time for revenue recognition is when the service has been rendered, as opposed to when the revenue is collected from the client. Explained in practical terms, Trackon ltd, company that sells consumer goods and commits to a transaction in the last month of an accounting year, whereas the revenues are collected in the next accounting period, in the books of account Trackon ltd will record the income in ...

Financial Outcomes Paper: Walgreens

Walgreens Financial Initiatives

Walgreens is a United States based company and the largest drug retail store in the country. The company currently has 8, 300 retail stores in all 50 states as of 2012. The company was founded in 1901 in Chicago, Illinois and currently headquartered in Deerfield (Walgreens.com, Web). As of 2012, Walgreens posted a total revenue of US$71. 633 billion derived from its two operating divisions, the Walgreens Health Services and Walgreens Health and Wellness. The current President and CEO Gregory Wasson were happy to announce the company's revenues composed of US$ 3.464 billion total of operating income ...

Real Madrid CF

Real Madrid is a Spanish, professional football club founded in 1897, and with upwards of thirty Spanish League (La Liga) titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, nine European Championship Cups and two UEFA trophies, it is easily one of the most successful football clubs in the world ( Real Madrid, 2012). It was voted the 20th Century’s most successful club by FIFA and by the close of 2011; it was the richest club in the world, with annual revenues reaching upwards of $695 million and $204.0 million in operating revenues. The club, which is entirely owned and controlled by its members, is ...

Introduction

There are certain differences between internal and external financial accounting. Internal financial accounting is also known as managerial accounting. The main differences between the two activities are the users of the financial statements, the types of information, the frequency of preparing the statements and the regulatory oversight of the accounts. The external financial information is a summary of the historical data of the company and it is mandatory for the accountants to prepare these statements. On the other hand internal financial accounting is detailed in nature and tends to be futuristic in terms of projections, budgets and estimations. It is ...

Airline firms that do business need to understand the forces that may impact on their survival. This will enable them understand these forces and how they may impact their performance. This will enable these firms to implement strategies to counter these effects in order to maximize profits. This can assist companies to carry out feasibility studies when planning to enter a new market. This will help it analyze different market segments and assist such companies implement business models that are profitable. Bargaining power of buyers This threat is high because most customers ever search for better deals. As such, commercial ...

Introduction

"Never underestimate the other guy's greed." This isn't just a classic line from the 1983 Brian De Palma film Scarface, which was written by Oliver Stone. It also reflects the attitude that has caused the economic disaster we're now clawing ourselves out of. It is safe to say that at least part of the reason for the economic crash of 2008 can be attributed to a lack of ethical conscience on the part of the leaders in business, such as the executives, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and everyone else whose decisions affected the financial well- being of other people. In this regard, ...

Abstract

Several drug policies in the United States have been implemented in a move to try and eradicate drugs out of the streets and schools due to their negative effects on the lives of users and family members. The involvement of drugs in the country has been for a long time and the fight to control the vice continues where several government agencies have been mandated with ensuring that the society is free of illicit substances and drugs. Drug abuse has been a menace in the world and there is need to find lasting solution to this problem that affects the weak and ...

Houston Insurance Holdings is a leading specialty insurer based in Texas, USA. However, its scope of operation extends beyond the United States of America and has offices in the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The insurance company underwrites 100 classes of specialty insurance products in 180 countries around the world. The company has five underwriting segments namely: Professional liability, U.S Property Casualty, Accident and Health and U.S Surety and Credit International.
The firm engages in the diverse business portfolio in order to ensure consistent underwriting results irrespective of the market cycles. This has contributed to an impressive performance of ...

Businesses are entities that are initiated with an aim of generating profits. However, the objectives of various businesses changes depending on the owners. Businesses owned by the government may have other objectives apart from maximizing profits. Some businesses may also be started with an aim of utilizing the available resources. However, most of the businesses are started mainly to ensure that the wealth of the owners are maximized. This is through investing in profitable projects that result in the highest profits. All other activities are carried out with an aim of ensuring that the businesses survive in the market ...

FIRMS AND THE FINANCIAL MARKET

Financial markets play an important function of channeling funds from agents who have saved money and are willing to lend it out to agents who need funds and are also willing to borrow. Financial market is defined by Brigham E.F & Ehrhadt, M.C. (2011) as what brings together people and organizations needing money with those having surplus funds. There are many financial markets in a developed economy or a geographic location. In contrast to physical (real or tangible) asset markets where products like machine parts, automobiles, real estate, computers and machinery are sold, the financial asset market on the other hand is ...

Arguably, 2000-2009 was the most difficult moment in the world economy. The financial crisis that took place in United States and the world became the worst financial munch to ever occur in the world. The financial crisis took place in the late 2008 at a remarkably speed, whereby most economic factors were fully disturbed. Mortgage-related securities, which had fully spread in United States as well as global financial systems collapsed. As a matter of fact, this crisis undermined several largest and renowned financial institutions in United states and the world. Additionally, the crisis damaged stronger economies and financial systems in the ...

Company Overview

Lowe’s (LOW) is a home improvement company that was founded in 1946. The company was then incorporated in 1952. Lowe started as insignificant hardware store to become the second largest home enhancement retailer in the world. Lowes is ranked 54 Fortune’s top 500 companies list. As of February 2012, 1, 745 stored in the United States, Canada and Mexico were operational. The company’s customer includes homeowners, renters, and commercial business customers. The company offers a range of products that include maintaining, repairing, modeling, and home caring. In addition to offering appliances, the company also sells different companies products ...

Question 1

a). Calculation of variances
The material price variance is calculated as the budgeted price less the actual price. The standard per cost is 3.8 dollars per kg (£15200/4000=£3.8) while the actual per unit cost is £14742/3780=£3.9 per kg. This means the material price variance is £0.1 per kg.
Material usage variance is the budgeted quantity of materials and the actual quantity valued at the budgeted per unit price. The budgeted per unit price is £3.8. The difference in the two quantities is 4000-3780=220kgs. This valued at £3.8 gives a material usage variance of £836. The labour rate ...

According to the first scenario, Sowell talks of the housing boom, which affected most parts of the United States. Peculiar situation arise which changed housing economics in the United States for the first time- ever increasing supply of housing units. The reasons, notes the author was the fact that the mortgages were unregulated, making it easy for most people to enter in to the housing business.
The drop in interest rates of mortgages in this scenarios, also lead to the housing boom. Individuals who never had sufficient collateral were also allowed to get subprime loans. The issue was ...

Instruction

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process of scheduling, selecting/picking, and evaluating a healthcare information system (Agarwal & Mohan, 2011). According to Garmany, Walker and Clark (2005) these four stages have a number of tasks within each stage. Garmany et al. (2005) indicates that, in this stage, problems are identified and picked as opportunity for advancement. Notably, the organization at this level is determined by whether the new system is required and if needed, is it financially feasible in the current time. After determining that the new system is needed, the requirements of the user are put into consideration. The process is ...

Abstract

The paper is all about analyzing and interpreting the financial condition of ABC Company, a manufacturing company that has specialization in making of cedar roofs and siding shingles. They are expecting sales revenue of $ 3 million in the next year by introducing new projects. Different project evaluation tools have been taken into account to the computing the necessities for the project like Net Present Value (NPV), Contribution Margin, Depreciation and Break Even points.

Introduction

Having a perfect financial position is a like a dream for every organization in the world, and it is the same aspect due to which many organizations of the world ...

Business communication issues in an international business situation

Introduction
According to Ireland, Hoskisson & Hitt (2008), communication is a vital aspect in any transaction may it business or any other activity. Most people, especially entrepreneurs do not understand the importance of acquiring effective communication skills leading to many problems when it comes to doing business both locally and internationally. The issue of business communication has been discussed by many experts trying to educate business people on how to deal with customers through good communication channels. Business communication in an international business situation requires a lot of experience and skills because it involves an interaction with people from different ethnicities ...

VaccinationsName

Vaccinations: A public health controversy What is vaccination? Immunization is the point at which an infection, or microorganisms, is deliberately managed to you (for the most part by infusion) so that your resistant framework can plan to battle a future contamination. The ideal approach to do this is to open your body to murdered or debilitated infections or microbes (or parts of them), that can't result in disease. How can it function? • Most antibodies hold a smidgen of an ailment germ that is powerless or dead. Antibodies do not hold the kind of germ that makes many debilitated. A few antibodies ...

WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program refers to the policy passed to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to the age of 5 who are at a nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement their diets, information on healthy eating and referrals to health care (Oliveira et al. 2 ).
The policy’s focus is on providing nutritional assistance to pregnant and breastfeeding women who must eat nutritional foods during the critical times of a child’s growth and development, as well as providing infants with supplemental nutritional foods to prevent future developmental or medical problems ...

Abstract

Outsourcing developed a very high dynamics among the small companies in the 21 century “In the United States, payroll is already outsourced 46% of the time and tax 30% of the time” (Hagel, 2013). According to WTO, “The novelty of 21st trade lies in the quantitative dimension. To illustrate what is really new, it is useful to put 21st century trade into the broad context of globalization” (2011, Baldwin, p.4). There comes a question why should the companies outsource and what they should not outsource? The answer to this question lies in many dimensions with the key tendencies in the field ...

Several people are incarcerated in the United States prisons as well as several other correction facilities in the world. The number of prisoners is in fact increasing as activities that are more criminal continue to be reported. Even so, every person deserves equal treatment notwithstanding where he or she lives, or where he or she is staying. This has brought about the ethical concern that should prisoners be treated like other population outside custody? This ethical concern has elicited several views from different stakeholders including the prisoners, the prison authorities, and several interest groups. The ethics of caring for ...

The city of Richmond, California, has proposed a policy that would entail the use of eminent domain in acquiring the mortgages paid by its residents. Mayor Gayle McLaughlin based her policy on the premise that many residents of Richmond have been suffering from massive homeowner debt brought forth by the decreasing value of houses. Many residents in Richmond have yet to settle their mortgages, many of which are much more expensive than the actual value of their homes and thus called “underwater mortgages”. Mayor McLaughlin explained that the use of eminent domain by her office would greatly benefit Richmond, which ...

Disaster and emergency management have increasingly become challenging in different countries due to increasing complexity, frequency and magnitude of disasters. There are four stages involved in the management of a disaster. These include the mitigations stage prior to the occurrence of the disaster, where various mitigating activities and actions are put in place. Disaster preparedness is the second phase of disaster management, which involves education, outreach programs and trainings to the local communities in planning for disaster. The response phase is the phase after the occurrence of the disaster and involves a response from various involved stakeholders. The final phase is ...

Abstract

Health care provision is a significant concern in the United States; the signing of health laws by president Obama in 2010 supports this. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act make health care a public concern (Shi & Singh, 2012). The citizen funds in taxes flow into the implementation of various policies and improvement of the quality of; care, medication, and equipment. This occurs in a bid to improve the quality of life; it reduces mortality rates. It also reduces other challenges associated with poor health. With the onset of technology, evident changes occur in the health care system. Patient care administration embraces ...

Question 1:

Business Policy is termed as the compositions that encompass subordinates making decisions in an organization. It mandates the subordinate level in an organization to take charge of decisions that would otherwise be taken by the managerial levels. Business policies created to build in guidelines that govern organization action, the limits of decision making and the acquisition of resources that ensure that the organization meets its goals and objectives. Business policy is a discipline of study that deals with the learning of roles and responsibilities of levels of organization authority and sustainability of an organization (Wheelen, T. L., & Hunger, J. ...

PepsiCo Summary

PepsiCo is the biggest food and beverage business in North America and the biggest in the world. Some of its brands in America include Quaker Oats, Pepsi-Cola, Gatorade and Tropicana. In addition, it has Aquifana, Naked, 7UP and Cheetos outside America. Brands that exist in Europe include Mirinda whereas, in Latin America, the popular brand is the Gamesa. PepsiCo has employed over 290,000 employees worldwide in its 700 facilities. These facilities include research and development facilities, manufacturing sites as well as the distribution centers and offices. PepsiCo’s success is attributed to its high standards of performance, distinctive ...

The Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 was passed after the corporate scandals of certain companies such as Enron and WorldCom. The responsibility of the senior management was increased to a higher level. First of all the management are supposed to establish and oversee the implementation of the internal controls of the firm (Strawser, 3). They must accept this responsibility. The acceptance of this responsibility must be disclosed in the financial statements. The management is also expected to disclose whether the internal controls have been effective in the financial reporting process. The Act expects the management to disclose the framework ...