Essays on Reputation

The case study on Salt Lake City, the Olympics, and Bribery manifested a complex scenario, which demands a critical valuation. The case involved the perceived default by professional heads of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee (SLCOC) and members from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who have the full understanding of the ethical and legal stipulations of their work. The analysis of the case requires exclusive consideration of all facets ranging from the activities, circumstances that led to the occurrences, the individuals involved and the required rules as well as the regulations governing the corporates. Therefore, the analysis would Continue reading...

Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION:
Ethics is defined as the set of characteristics, patterns of doings and right or wrong conducts possessed by a human being. Ethics can easily be influenced by human behaviours and attitudes and can have an impact on the surroundings, and the places where the person belongs. It can be a workplace, home, school, institutes or any other place (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011).
Ethics is an essential concept that shapes the human personality, culture, values, mind-sets and one’s perceptions. These traits directly influence the corporate culture in the long term and affect the well-being of an organization. When Continue reading...

General Electric (G.E) is an American corporation that is a leader in industrial diversified production of such goods as jet engines, plastics and medical imaging, power generation equipment and financial services. General Electric (G.E) highly diversified product line is meant to reduce the company’s business risk (Forbes).

General Electric has a number of strengths. Among the most notable ones include the following:

Industry reputation.
General Electrical is recognized strongly within the diversified industry. Considering the energy infrastructure industry as an example, G.E leads in the areas of development, enhancement and implementation of goods and technologies that focus on gas, oil, wind and water. Most precisely General Electrical is among the leading providers in Continue reading...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of bullying in the workplace. It was established that Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Healthy Workplace Bill regulate interpersonal relationship and prohibit bullying in the workplace. The types of bullies and their activities are the focal points of the research paper. Since workplace assault poses a tremendous threat to physical and psychological well-being of victims, mental, emotional and physical consequences of bullying were given a particular focus in the concluding part of the project.
Keywords: bullying, workplace, victim, physical, mental, abuse
It so happens that people are split into two Continue reading...

D. D. Guttenplan's decision to make Irving David’s libel suit against Lipstadt Deborah and Penguin Books his subject matter in his book entitled “The Holocaust on Trial” seems to be quite challenging. It is, however, eventually justified. The American writer, Guttenplan who currently resides in London was present in every day of the trial that took place in the year 1999. There were two things of varying importance at stake: the status or the position in the legislation of the Holocaust and its constituents that were definable and the overall outlook of David Irving reputation. On the face Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The current research relates McDonald’s – the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world. Nowadays, the company is operating in many countries and succeeded to develop a strong brand. The current tendencies of the food industry include healthy nutrition that is inconsistent with the concept of McDonald’s. The company faced the necessity of changing menu towards more healthy, introducing more healthy products, and changing its concept (IBIS World, 2014). The current paper contains SWOT analysis aiming to analyze the situation and make propositions related the new concept of McDonald’s. There were suggestions related the new products Continue reading...

Business Ethics

Business Ethics are the moral values and principles that guides businesses the way, they should behave. These ethics help organizations to make right decisions by distinguishing between the right and wrong. The common ethical business practices equal employment opportunities, follow rules regarding child labor, bribery, and copyrighted materials and processes. However, it is not always easy to decide between the wrong and right or to follow an ethical behavior. Since, organizations also have to make competitive profits for their shareholders, carry out fair practices for employees and also perform other important set of responsibilities.
Ethical behavior also requires businesses Continue reading...

Questions A

A 1
Product defect is a serious problem. Doug told me that he had already researched the cost of fixing the defect. To calculate whether it is reasonable to fix the defect, Doug should have calculated the approximate amount of consumers, who could probably be damaged. If the sum of money to refund the damages to the customers is higher than the amount of money spent for fixing the problem, it is reasonable to present a new model for western southern regions of the country. In this case, I would provide the company with a new report that contain Continue reading...

2016 Presidential Election Nominees
2016 Presidential Election nominees

Introduction:

After two consecutive Democratic Party victories in the Presidential Election (2008 and 2012), the Republican Party will be looking to regain the country’s top Executive position although they face significant challenges in doing so. President Barack Obama remains relatively popular although he has taken quite a battering on the healthcare reform issue with the Republicans fighting tooth and nail to deny him any progress in this field. His final two years will also be significant, since Congressional elections in 2014 will probably see the Republicans take over the Senate, thus Continue reading...

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Introduction/Background
Shell is a Global Energy Company which operates in 70 different countries. The company employs ninety two thousand (92,000) employees world-wide with its corporate headquarters is in The Hague, Netherlands. Shell operates thirty refineries and produces three point two (3.2) million barrels per day. Shell’s mission statement is: “Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Our aim is to meet the energy needs of society, in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally viable, now and in the future” (Shell 2014). 

Shell operates in sixteen (16) key segments:

- Credit Card Services
- Motor Sports
- Aviation
- Fuels
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Aggressive Equity investors

Aggressive equity investors play their equity game both actively and vigorously. They spend most of their time and effort in managing their portfolio better than their conservative counterparts. The aggressive equity investors are inclined towards taking greater risks, although in a calculated manner, in order for them to earn superior rates of return. They seem to enjoy the pleasure and adventure of playing the equity game (Chandra, 2008). The following guidelines are relevant to for aggressive equity investors for investment decisions.
If equity investors wish to manage their investment well they should know that they should have knowledge of Continue reading...

Introduction

Advertisers, graphic designers, and organizations in general that aim to advertise or promote follow principles, practices, and techniques in order to accomplish their objects. Often, the objective of advertisers, graphic designers, and organizations is to communicate a specific message to the audience (Barker, Valos, & Shimp, 2012; Shimp & Andrews, 2013). Similarly, the message often intends to stir a positive and productive response on the part of the audience. Within the context of consumerism, the objective of advertisers and graphic designers that work for business organizations would be to create images in advertisements that would appeal to the audience as consumers. Continue reading...

Introduction

Analytically, Softwood Ltd has been experiencing growth in the recent years thanks to its large client base. In its effort to expand, the business should make sound financial decisions to avoid a possible decline of its current position.

In their endeavor to expand, Softwood Ltd has various sources of finance to rely.

1. Internal sources
Internal sources encompass all sources of finances within the company. These could be retained profits, proceeds from sale of furniture of the company’s property and personal savings by the owners of the venture (Dlabay, 2008).Examples of internal sources are;
- Retained profits
- Tighter credit control
- Reduce inventories
- Delay paying trade payables
2. External Continue reading...

Anne Crowther’s Why Women should be Nurses and not Doctors compare the differences between female doctors and nurses with respect to a classic example of two of the most prominent figures in their respective fields: Florence Nightingale and Sophia Jex-Blake. The paper starts with the author describing how Nightingale, on return from the Crimean war and already a legend in her field, set up the Nightingale school for nurses. Even though the school was never considered a success, it was able to keep up a good reputation in accordance to the reputation she had made amongst the public. Continue reading...

Abstract

Blink brow bar operates in the service industry where is offers plenty of services to its clients. The luxury services offered serve a variety of clients with specific needs. The service provider has a distinct promise to the clients. This paper addresses various aspects concerning the level of service provision. This will edge towards the company’s promises to the clients as stated in the goals and objective statement of the business. The company has a special promise to its clients, which involves serving them appropriately by ensuring provision of beauty services for affordable terms. The service provider employs Continue reading...

Introduction

Human behavior can sometimes be understood from varied perspectives. 12 Angry Men and The Invisible War are films that provide a broad converse over which a number of social issues can be understood. Social life in every society comes with its own challenges with respect to the manner in which norms and regulations are established. Both of the movies have a basis from different set ups; hence, their understanding can only be understood from the context where they are set up. Although the films are drawn from different set ups, aspects of human behavior analysis can still be ensured.
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Introduction

For any organization to maintain its well being, then risk management is very vital. Ideally, risk management guarantees the security of the organization spending and security control measures are observed keenly. For any organization to carry out risk management, appropriate and competent comprehension of the risks pertaining risks should be considered. That is; efficiency and effectiveness to observe the risks of the organization are essential. Taking into consideration the Justice and security organizations, there are myriad elements that are expected to cause operational constraints (Kolb, 2008). The performance of most justice and security organizations is assessed through its definite Continue reading...

Introduction

Interpretive journey refers to a step by step technique to equip an individual realize the intention of God conveyed in a particular passage or verse of the scripture. The technique enables the reader to discern, evaluate and reach into a conclusion about the intended meaning within God’s context. This paper will analyze the book of Acts, chapter six verses one to seven (Acts 6:1-7) applying the five steps of the interpretive journey process.
Acts chapter six and seven is when Luke begins to discuss the Gentile mission. The Jerusalem church had become and was increasingly becoming bigger. It Continue reading...

The corporate reputation of any company is significant in determining the role concerning the social responsibility and organizational performance of the company. A corporation’s complete achievement or failure mostly depend on the reputation it creates among its clients and the society in overall. Definitively, in corporate philosophies, the company reputation can be demonstrated as, “one of the establishment's paramount intangible assets with tangible, significant value” (Ferrell, 2011). This emphasizes that even though an enterprise’s status may be accepted to the public, the company’s public image is obviously more important to the stakeholders than any other thing. Continue reading...

- In the case “Fraunhofer and MP3” case (Opening case, Chapter 9, Schiller, 2013), what industry conditions lead to the revolution in audio distribution described in the case? Which stakeholders stand to benefit most (or least) from this revolution?
The innovative culture of technology is one element that cannot be controlled when it comes to its manner of embracing the concept of progress. It could be realized that through the different advancements in technology, the manner of creating and distributing music has changed through time. Among such developments include the creation of several music files into particular formats that Continue reading...

Sexual harassment is an unnecessary and undesirable sexual behavior that makes a person feel being offended, intimated, and humiliated, a woman in particular. It should be known that sexual harassment is not a healthy interaction, friendship, or flirtation that is mutual and consensual. Sexual harassment is sex discrimination, and it takes many different forms; it can be obvious or indirect, verbal or physical, repeated or just a curiosity and done by women and men against others of the same sex or opposite sex. Sexual harassment pollutes the environment and it has a devastating effect to the health, morale, confidence, Continue reading...

The business environment is a constantly changing environment where new business ventures erupt with new ideologies. These new businesses might either flop or remain relevant to the industry with their new ideologies and economies of scope. When these firms remain relevant to the latter, their implications to the new firms, therefore, are either to embrace the changes or fight them through the old existing strategies. Technological advancements are the most dynamic economic ventures. New businesses and business ideas are constantly developed in the industry to ensure that new inventions are made to satisfy the constant needs of the customers. Continue reading...

__ March 2014
- Executive Summary
Aware of the challenges in the industry and competition scenario in the back drop of economic uncertainty, this business plan provides crucial competition and marketing strategies that will enable the company achieve its objectives.
With these business strategies, the company is projecting to grow revenues by an average of 36% per year based on its existing portfolio of clientele and potentially new ones within the business and government sectors. The average return on equity is about 29% while debt-to equity ratio is maintained at an average of 0.47, and current ratio at an Continue reading...

Essay for Lesson 9: The Student Movement and German Terrorism

Introduction
The Second World War brought forth not only physical destruction to Germany, but also cultural destruction, particularly in its film industry. The film industry of West Germany, in particular, went under the inevitable control of the United States (US). American films became popular among the West German public, while prominent West German directors and actors chose to leave West Germany to pursue their careers in Hollywood, with many of them becoming highly successful. Yet, it did not take long for West Germany to become self-reliant in terms of reinvigorating its domestic film talents amidst the continued dominance of Continue reading...

Social media has set in a new wave, in the business world. As per the recent study carried out by Internet Advertising Bureau UK, a business having social media presence is likely to attract 80 percent more customers in future (The Guardian, 2013). Especially for small firms having limited time and budgetary constraints, it is important to chart out an effective social media marketing policy to give the required boost to the business expansion. There are different purposes for different small scale business organizations to use social media. Major ones are discussed holistically in the essay.

Maintaining the Organization's Presence and Identity

A study carried Continue reading...

Recommendation on approach to follow in the installation of a company real-time vehicle locator

In a medium-sized town from the west, the system of vehicle-locating should rhyme with the geographical size of the town. Some of the factors that are supposed to be considered are the strength of the signal, which will lead to viability of the location process of the vehicles that are installed with the tracking device within the town. Ideally, there are a number of issues that should be identified and solved. In a dense urban centre, there are factors that are essential before determining the strategy to install the system. These include the density and structures of buildings are Continue reading...

Introduction

The case dwells upon a decision, which is to be taken by the Global Positioning System Navigator (GPSN) Manager Wally Wizard at the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States, Behemoth Motors Corp (BMC). The scope of the decision looks at two alternatives: 1) in-house production of 8,000 units of GPSN per months to be installed on the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV), and 2) outsourcing of this production volume to reasonably new Far East Enterprises (FEE) Company under the terms of two-year contract. There are three critical aspects that should be considered as part of the decision-making process: Continue reading...

Introduction

Human Relations implies the study of human problems and issues that occurs in the professional and interpersonal relations. It focusses on the analysis of human behaviour and aims at the betterment of interpersonal relationships among employees. The study of human relations involves understanding of the ways in which people satisfy their needs of growth and accomplish their career goals within the organisation (Dalton, 2010). An important aspect in this case is the fact that employees’ personal life that they have outside their workplace has a crucial impact on their performance at the workplace.
It has been observed that there Continue reading...

Arguably, the best approach to getting treatment for Schizophrenia is getting the correct diagnosis. Schizophrenia is usually characterized by profound disruption both in the emotional and cognition facets, thus affecting the most fundamental personal attributes such as thought, perception, language and a sense of self. In America, effective diagnosis of Schizophrenia is made possible through the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, which is popularly abbreviated as DSM-V. This tool serves as the universal authority for the various psychiatric diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
In most cases, the individual diagnosed with Schizophrenia will experience Continue reading...

Business Culture Inside and Out

Book Review: Reflective Reaction on the Compare and Contrast of Readings
Introduction
Business is business, the new world tends to define business as something that is rather considered more as an institution that tends to bring better culture and better opportunities to members of the society. However, when it comes to the actual value of business, the industry of commerce defines business as a machine that brings in the different resources altogether to create a system that tends to manipulate operations for the sake of earning more money and gaining more profit from whatever could be gained from what Continue reading...

Introduction

The two advertisements are based on the use of women as figures or means of advertising products in the market in order to attract the attention of both women and men in buying the product. In the both advertisements, it is shown clearly that the women are used as the main channel of advertising cigarettes in the US. The potential and women who are renowned are used in the adverts in order to attract most buyers or customers in order to purchase the product being advertised in the advertisements. These advertisements portray the women using cigarette, and how it Continue reading...

Introduction

The film titled ‘I am Sam’ directed by Jessie Nelson is a story of mentally retarded and autistic man called Sam Dawson who fathers a child, Lucy, with a homeless woman. Lucy’s mother ran away soon after her birth leaving her in the custody of her developmentally retarded father. Sam is considered to have a mental ability of a seven year old, but, has a determination of a mature adult. He works at a coffee shop and is obsessed with beetle. Despite his developmental challenges, Sam manages to raise her daughter with the help of friends that include Continue reading...

Budgeting

- The Make Way Foundation

Why the Funding of the Children’s Summer Expense Project was Overlooked

Fund management is critical especially for non-profit or charity organizations with limited resources, and dependent on private or public donations. Competing priorities could lead to misallocation of funds. In the case of Children’s Summer Expense Project, its omission in the Foundation’s list of priorities could be one of the reasons why funding was insufficient. In many cases, programs to be funded are based on how strong their proponents are in advocating for their cause(s). If a program has no assigned proponent to lobby for its full financial support, it will be Continue reading...

Abstract

The mission of the United States police force on terrorism and threats from countries in the Middle East such as Afghanistan is to foster peaceful coexistence within states and other nations. Their involvement in the provision of humanitarian support to the civilians in Libya during the military crackdown in 2011for instance was contributed to by the foreign policies that arose after the Second World War (Beasley, 2013).

There are international incidences that have involved operation of the United States police force in the past five years include:

- Provision of humanitarian support to the Libyan civilians during a military crackdown in response to the uprising curfew in Gadhafi’s reign.
- The war and threats against nuclear terrorism in Continue reading...

Integrity

Introduction
Warren Buffet, who is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, stated "In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first one, the other two will kill you" (Anderson 2012). Indeed, integrity is that special virtue of one's character that makes a person trustworthy to others. Integrity is the very foundation of principles and values that form the core of a person. Integrity means adherence to moral and ethical principles and the path of honesty. Integrity is extremely valuable and has become a rarity in Continue reading...

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was more successful as a writer and traveler than he was as a conquisidator. He was an early explorer, exploring the New World hailing from Spain, as well as a protoanthropological author. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz in the year 1490 into a wealthy family. Orphaned at a very early age, Cabeza grew up under care of his maternal aunt. Pedro de Vera, his grandfather, had conquered the Canary Islands and would serve a large shadow in Cabeza de Vaca’s ambitions in ‘the new world’ America. His name cabeza Continue reading...

Summary : Managing business ethicsLinda K. Trevino & Katherine A. Nelson. Wiley; 5th edition

Chapter 4 – Addressing individuals’ common ethical problems

Ethical issue when people work together (privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment or simply how people get along. Key is fairness meaning equity, reciprocity, impartiality
- Equitable is when something is divided between 2 people according to the worth & inputs of the 2 individuals. Most people think it’s unfair when 2 people have performed the same duty but receive a different share of the reward
- Reciprocity: “if you do this for me I’ll do this for you”. Most ppl think it’s unfair if one Continue reading...

Organizational ethics refer to a set of standards that express the values of an organization in relation to employees and other entities absent governmental regulations and the law in place. Ethics is central among other core issues that an organization strives and endeavors to uphold. Matters of ethics remain a global concern; various organizations and institutions seek to address and uphold the same. There is always a constant drive for organizations to set conducive ethical atmospheres that promote a healthy working climate that enhances the performance and reputation of the organizations. Ethics is critical as it helps the employees Continue reading...

Haier group is one of the leading and most accomplished home alliances manufacturers in China. It has established its global reputation the over the years. The company was founded in 1984 as the Qingdao Refrigerator company. The group had an estimated global sale of $16 Million in year 2007. With its core business as manufacturers of white goods and the refrigerators as it’s most accomplished products. The company soon earned the trust of its consumers within and outside China. Other White goods include freezers, microwave ovens, dishwasher, cleaners, room air conditioners and washing machines. The group subsequently diversified Continue reading...

This scandal took place at the time of Iraq War from late 2003 to the early period of 2004.This scandal entailed cases of human rights violation by the soldiers and the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. The soldiers tortured the prisons in Abu Ghraib prison. The prisoners were tortured, raped, sodomized, physically and sexually abused by the military personnel of the U.S Army. This scandal came to the attention of the media early in 2004 when the Taguba report was released. This attracted the public attention in April 2004.The aspects of torture and abuse by the military of Continue reading...