1.  Contrast sustainability in the United States vs. sustainability in third world countries.  What aspects of successful “sustainable developments” that have been accomplished in the United States can be transferred or implemented in a third world country? 

 

Be specific with responses to all of the questions.  Must be 200 words in length.

 

2.  Summarize the framework involved concerning sustainability.  Provide an example of a third world country that implemented a sustainable development project that has achieved some success.  (Example:  Dr. Wangari Maathat of Kenya founded the Green Belt movement in 1977 in her native Kenya.  In 2004, she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work – the first time that the award was given for an envrironmental action.)

 

Be specific with responses to all of the questions. Must be 200 words in length.

DUE TOMORROW BY 5PM, MUST PASS GRAMMARLY AND TURN IT IN!!

 

According to the text, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is a body of law that governs U.S. Federal Government’s procurement process. The FAR is prepared, issued and maintained under the joint command of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services Administration (GAO) and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. You may visit Acquisition Central’s Website to obtain additional information regarding the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

 

Imagine that you are a contracts officer for the Internal Revenue Services, and that your supervisor has tasked you with the procurement of a new software system for processing tax returns. Use the Internet to research one (1) scandal related to government procurement that has occurred within the past four (4) years.

 

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

 

1. Analyze the FAR, and conclude whether or not these regulations overall offer adequate protection of the collective buying power of the American people. Prepare an argument in support of your position.
2. Based on the scandal that you have researched, determine whether or not the executive branch is the proper one to effectuate change that would provide checks and balances for the purchase of good and services for the government. Provide a rationale for your answer.
3. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

DUE TOMORROW BY 5PM

 

Imagine that you are the owner of a small floor refinishing business that provides a specialty coating product for ceramic tile and marble floors. There is no other local flooring business that provides this service. Having recently received a patent on your product, you are ready to expand your business by competing for Navy contracts at the local base, which is located a few miles away. The service you want to sell is the specialty coating, the application of the coating, and a regular maintenance schedule. Your company consists of you, one office assistant, and two production employees. 

 

Note: You will be referencing this business throughout all five assignments for this course. Please use “First Name, Last Name, Inc.” as the name of your company throughout these assignments.

 

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

 

1. Develop your company’s acquisition and planning strategy for obtaining a contract. 
2. Analyze the manner in which utilizing SmartPay or a similar program in electronic contracting will assist your company and the Navy. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Use at least three (3) quality references Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Assignment 2: Discussion: Measures of Central Tendency

By Saturday, July 18, 2015, post your response to the prompt in the Discussion Area below. Your initial response should be 1-2 paragraphs. Through Wednesday, July 22, 2015, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Discussion Question

Simply reporting measures of central tendency or measures of variability will not tell the whole story. Using the following information, what else does a psychologist need to know or think about when interpreting this information?

A school psychologist decided to separate some classes by gender to see if learning improved. She looked at student scores on the final exam and obtained the following information: Students in boy-girl classrooms obtained an average of 71.4 on their final exams with a standard deviation of 10.8 whereas students in single-gendered classrooms obtained an average of 75.9 on their final exams with a standard deviation of 8.2. She concludes that the single-gendered classrooms lead to better learning.

 

Assignment 3: Research Design Questions

Suppose you were going to create your own study to examine what course-delivery format (online, blended, or face-to-face) leads to the best performance in a psychological statistics class. In a paper identify the following for your study:

• What is your research question?
• What is your hypothesis (both null and alternate)?
• Is this a qualitative or quantitative design (based on type of variable collected) and why?
• Is this a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why?
• What would be an example of a variable for this study that could be measured on a nominal scale? Ordinal scale? Interval scale? Ratio scale?
• Once you have collected your data, would you use inferential or descriptive statistics and why?
• Create a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Choose either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explain your choice.

By Monday, July 20, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

 

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Identified an appropriate research question	3
Correctly identified the null and alternative hypotheses.	6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a qualitative or quantitative design and why.	6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why.	10
Provided an example of a variable for this study that could be measure on a nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale, and ratio scale.	13
Explained whether inferential or descriptive statistics would be used to analyze the data collected and why.	6
Created a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Selected either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explained choice.	20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

 

As older people and their families have become more aware of the cost of long-term care, middle-class families have found ways of qualifying for Medicaid (Moody & Sasser, 2014).

 

By divesting their assets families have tried to avoid the harsh requirements of Medicaid spend-down often times in an effort to leave an inheritance to their children.

 

Critics argue that this form of Medicaid planning is socially irresponsible. When Medicaid spend-down becomes a form of estate planning, critics say, it is a means of cheating the government and using public money intended for those in genuine poverty (Moody & Sasser, 2014).

 

Elder law attorneys on the other hand believe that families should realistically plan ahead for nursing home costs and that this planning may involve Medicaid. Planning ahead to qualify for Medicaid, they believe, is not immoral or illegal (Moody & Sasser, 2014).

 

In your post, take a position for or against Medicaid planning and defend it.

 

Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

 

 

 

• Ethics in an Aging Society (Moody, 1996)

  • Chapter 5: The Long Good-by: The Ethics of Nursing Home Placement

  • Chapter 6: Ethical Dilemmas in the Nursing Home

• Read

  • Long-Term Care Ethics – Ethical Issues in Long-term Care Decision-Making Retrieved from http://medicine.jrank.org/pages/1063/Long-Term-Care-Ethics.html

  • Medicaid Planning: Can It Be Justified? Legal and Ethical Implications of Medicaid Planning (2002), Retrieved from http://open.wmitchell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1598&context=wmlr

  • Should Families Provide for Their Own? (2010), Retrieved from http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/26809_5.pdf
    NOTE: ONLY PAGES 200-215 ARE REQUIRED READING

 

 

Select one of the scenarios below. Discuss the ethical dilemma it presents and how you would work to resolve it. Consider professional ethics and finding a balance between paternalism and autonomy in your decision-making process.

 

Scenario 1:

 

Mary, age 83, moved into the nursing home one month ago. She is physically frail but cognitively intact. She raised six children with a kind and supportive husband who died 10 years ago. Her daughters told the staff that she has never been one to join in on group activities.

 

Mary goes to the dining room for her meals and is pleasant to those at her table. However, outside of her time in the dining room she is spending a lot of time alone in her room and staff is concerned about her.

 

Do you, as a staff person, allow Mary to continue to spend much of her time alone in her room or do you try to engage her in activities?

 

Scenario 2:

 

In the dining room residents are assigned to tables of four. Pete has been a resident of the nursing home for two years. Recently a new resident, Bob, was placed at Pete’s table. Bob is a stroke victim and is unable to feed himself thus a staff member assists him. Pete has become very vocal about not wanting Bob at his table and has been very rude to Bob. Pete has requested that Bob be moved to a different table.

 

How will you handle Pete’s behavior and request?

 

Scenario 3:

 

Betty is 79 years old and is in the early stage of Alzheimer’s. She is a high fall risk and uses a walker. For safety reasons staff assist her getting in and out of chairs and bed. She has always waited for their assistance to do so. However the Alzheimer’s is advancing and Betty doesn’t always remember to ask for assistance. She has fallen twice trying to get up out of a chair without assistance. Fortunately she has not sustained any severe injuries.

 

Betty’s son has asked the staff to restrain her in a wheelchair to prevent any future falls that might result in a severe injury.

 

At a care management meeting staff discuss his request. How should this be handled?

 

Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

 

Click here for information on course rubrics.

 

References

 

Moody, H. (1996). Ethics in an Aging Society. Baltimore, John Hopkins.

 

 

 

 4c Advertisers face TiVo DVR challenge.docx  Click link and read the article on the subject of “TV Ads and DVR Technology”. It presents an interesting perspective on our growing ability to “skip” the advertisements when we watch our favorite TV shows (TIVO, DVR, etc…).  Now, answer the following questions:   1. Is it fair to the company sponsoring the show to skip TV ads? Explain…   2. What about those who can’t afford the technology to skip ads on TV? Should they be stuck having to view the ads that some viewers have the money to  “escape” from…   3. What can sponsors do to still get their TV advertising message across?  Do you have any other thoughts on this subject?

No plagirasim, no short answers.

Econ Essay – Unused/ Original Work 900 word min

Due Tuesday 6/19/14 – before midnight eastern time.

 

The financial crisis of 2008 caused macroeconomists to rethink monetary and fiscal policies. Economists, financial experts, and government policy makers are victims of what former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan called a “once in a century credit tsunami”—in other words, nobody saw it coming.

Based on the analysis of the data, share your thoughts on what caused the financial crisis and whether the United States is going in the right or wrong direction with its current policies.

Focus specifically on the following:

• Monetary policy
  • What monetary policies do you think caused the crisis?
  • What were the effects of the policies implemented in reaction to the crisis?
  • Do you think the solutions worked in the short term? In the long term?
• Fiscal policies
  • What fiscal policies do you think caused the crisis?
  • What were the effects of the fiscal policies implemented in reaction to the crisis?
  • Do you think the solutions worked in the short term? In the long term?

Make sure you include the following concepts in your analysis:

• Interest rates
• The financial services industries (CDOs, CMOs, the stock market, credit flows, money markets, etc.)
• Tax rebates
• Stimulus
• TARP
• Government debt and deficit
• Inflation
• Unemployment
• GDP

In your opinion, did government intervention help or harm the economy before and after the panic of 2008? Would you have done anything differently?

Make sure you use research to back up your argument.

It is the management’s responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth as it is based on the organization’s future cash flows. To accomplish this, managers have to understand how to use financial statements for analysis.

In this assignment, you will explain the importance of the statements to the financial reporting process and management decisions.

Tasks:

• Locate the financial statements of a publicly-traded company of your choice by visiting the organization’s Web site or the investor section of the following Web site:
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/.
• Review the information presented in the financial statements of the company you selected.
• Using the company you selected, calculate one ratio for a three-year period from each category located at http://www.netmba.com/finance/financial/ratios/.
  • Describe what the trends you see might mean for your company.
  • Compare your company’s ratios with those of the industry it is in.
• Analyze the financial reporting information and the financial health of the company with the help of the calculated ratios. Describe the information you did not see in the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements.

Write a 2–3-page research paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Due Wednesday June 18th 10:00pm central time