MGMT 20134 Business Ethcis and Sustainability

Individual Assignment ( essay)

Assessment Due Date Week 6 Friday (24-Aug-2018) 23:55 PM AEST

Return Date to Students Week 8 Friday (09-Sep-2017)

Weighting 40%

Word Guide: 2000-2500 words

Essay Task

Students are required to discuss the following:

Many managers, when working overseas in particular in developing countries, engage in bribery and corruption as a way of securing contracts or ensuring that business transaction occur in a timely fashion. They often argue that whilst they would not engage in such practices in their home country, it is a common accepted practice and part of the culture of many developing countries.

• Explain what is bribery, corruption and its link to ethics.
• Examine bribery and corruption using ethical relativism. Can such practices be seen as part of a nation’s culture? If so what are the implications.
• Contrast bribery and corruption from the perspective of consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics and how a manager would use to explain, defend or refute the practice.
• Contrast the Australian legislation that addresses the bribery of foreign officials with at least 1 other country’s approach.
• Based on the above discussion, draw your own conclusions as to whether you believe bribery and corruption is or is not ethical.

Assessment Criteria

Students are to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter by:

• Defining key terms and concepts related to ethics, morality, personhood and moral accountability
• Advancing a resolution to the ethical dilemmas using ethical theories and concepts with examples to illustrate
• Demonstrating a breadth and quality of research by using a minimum of 27-30 academic sources
• Correctly using of the APA in text referencing system to correctly citing academic sources.

These are the minimum requirements. Students should note that satisfactorily meeting the minimum requirements will typically result in the minimum pass grade being awarded.

As Masters students you are required to engage in research as per the Australia Quality Framework (AQF) guidelines.

Two specific requirements need to be considered.

1. Students need to demonstrate “a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice, and
2. Students must demonstrate “knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to a field of work and/or learning”.

Each unit in the MBA has a number of required weekly readings in terms of academic texts, journals and business publications that represent the appropriate body of knowledge and recent developments referred to by the AQF. In order to demonstrate the ability to engage in appropriate research, students should read and utilise these texts and journals and publications. As Masters students you are expected to research beyond this minimum standard through additional texts, journals and studies to demonstrate an ability to engage in independent research.

Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism. THE WORK OF OTHERS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS SOURCE (a full list of references must be submitted as part of the assessment).

Referencing Style American Psychological Association (APA)

Submission Online

Hard copy

“Persuasion” Please respond to the following:

• You hear a very powerful speech delivered by a member of a community-based activist group that advocates for the less fortunate in your town. The community activist delivering the speech is pleading with community members to join the protest of all stores in order to save the community homeless shelter from being torn down to build a new upscale hotel.
• What effective persuasive speech methods do you need to see or hear in order for you to feel convinced that this is a cause worthy of your support, and why? Choose one of the following, and provide an explanation of your choice:
  • Promises of change (speaks to wants, needs, and emotions)
  • Humor and enthusiasm (influence through attitude and beliefs)
  • New solutions and Ideas (provides evidence, results, and ideas)

“Business Models and Consumer Choices”  Please respond to the following:

• Debate It: Take a position on the following statement: Copyright laws protect rights of creative independent artists against a large corrupt music industry. Support your views with one or two reasons and / or examples.

Where Do the Rules Come From? Who Impacts Accounting?

Throughout your studies, you have heard of the “big names” of the organizations that impact accounting. But what do they really do? How do you know what the hot topics are? How are they influenced? What do they have to do with the financial reports you have been studying all quarter? How could this impact how financial reports are produced? For example, consider how a change in the way leases are recognized may impact the liabilities on a balance sheet and expenses on an income statement (which would then impact owner’s equity).

Select two (2) of the organizations below and write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:

           FASB               PCAOB             GASB               SEC                 COSO

            IFRS                 AICPA              IMA                  IIA                    FEI

• Briefly explain the mission or focus of the two organizations you selected and cite at least two (2) sources for your information. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as appropriate sources. It is recommended that you refer to the organization’s websites or excerpts from their established publications.
• Select a topic that one of the organizations is currently focused on, or one that they consider a pressing issue or “hot topic.”
• Summarize what the organization you selected is doing to address the issue you identified.
• Explain how the issue you identified impacts how financial reports are produced.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe and evaluate the importance of the professional environment of financial accounting, the functions of related organizations such as the SEC, the AICPA, the FASB and its predecessors, and the creation of Financial Accounting Standards, the conceptual framework, and other sources of GAAP.
• Analyze the functions and the main sections of the four (4) primary financial accounting statements: the income statement, the statement of retained earnings, the balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows.
• Prepare the main sections of the four (4) primary financial accounting statements: the income statement, the statement of retained earnings, the balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows.
• Describe and evaluate the importance of the functions of international financial standard-setting organizations such as the IASB, IFRIC, IASCF, and the IFRIC, the hierarchy of IFRS, and international accounting convergence.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in intermediate accounting.
• Write clearly and concisely about intermediate accounting using proper writing mechanics.

Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 13, 2018″  How many of those vulnerabilities can be converted into a potential attack for a website – say my website “http://www.consultantgurus.com” ? You have to evaluate WITHOUT PERFORMING ANY ATTACK on the site.

This is the website

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB18-232

Need 1-2 page report with APA 6 format

Assignment 2: Challenges in the Administration of Juvenile Detention

Here’s What Happened . . .

You are the superintendent of the Centervale Juvenile Detention Center. Centervale’s mayor has been discussing juvenile justice policy with several advisors and has now requested your input. Specifically, the mayor is interested in your thoughts on the various justifications for correction, challenges associated with running a detention center, and steps that might be taken to address those challenges.

Here Is What You Need To Do . . .

Part I

Using the memo template, prepare a memo to the mayor that examines the following:

• The mayor is aware that different rationales for the correction of juveniles exist. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the four primary models of corrections and make an argument for the one that should be utilized at the Centervale Juvenile Detention Center. Indicate which primary model will represent the best interests for the youth and the Centervale community. Compare the selected model to the other three models of corrections, identifying the pros and cons of each. Use examples from empirical research as foundational support for your case.
• The mayor has been advised at different points on a number of challenges currently facing juvenile corrections, particularly juvenile detention. Based on your knowledge of detention facilities, identify the single greatest challenge to successfully administering the Centervale Juvenile Detention Center. As superintendent, you have unique insight into the struggles of the administration, staff, and detained youths. Describe and analyze the various challenges and point out one that is the most critical. Using empirical research to identify three or four other challenges, examine and explain the significance of these challenges as they relate to successfully administering the Centervale Juvenile Detention Center.

Click here to download the template.

Part II

As the detention center superintendent, you are responsible for choosing from a wide variety of programs and services for implementation within your facility, each with its own goals, processes, and methods. Based on the challenges you outlined in Part I, which program, policies, or initiatives would you select for your detention center? Remember, advocates from multiple programs and initiatives that claim to address the various ills of the justice system routinely approach the mayor touting a particular course of action. As the superintendent, it’s your job to educate the mayor on which program best fits the unique challenges of your community.

Using empirical research, identify and analyze several possible initiatives that would best fit the Centervale Juvenile Detention Center, making sure to point out the strengths and weaknesses of each along with your recommendations. Remember, too, that your recommendations must fit within the general tenets of the correctional rationale you selected in Part I for utilization at the detention center. Also, remember to point out how the programs you recommend might affect the community as well as the youths being housed in the detention center.

Submission Details:

1. Save the document as M3_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc.
2. By the due date assigned, submit your document to the Submissions Area

Veterans Affair hospital…Identify the top two litigious areas for your selected health care organization and provide examples on how risk can be managed for those areas.

The marketplace can impact competitiveness and profitability. Describe your view on how best to maintain an acceptable level of sustainability and the primary tools/resources available to you.

Consider a scenario where the contingency planning management team (CPMT) of your organization has designated you as the disaster recovery team leader, and the preparation and planning of this component of the security program is now under your purview with a team of 11 employees including yourself.

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

1. Detail the DR team roles, responsibilities, and sub teams that would be implemented, and construct an organizational chart for the team through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Describe the proper procedures and policies that would be implemented specific to the DR team personnel as well as special equipment that would be required.
3. Draft an executive summary to the DR plan and explain the purpose of the plan and high-level specifics for upper management.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.