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ou will analyze yourself in relation to your ethical dispositions and beliefs. You will then explicate the three primary ethical concepts that you would try to instill in your own workforce were you to run a company or manage people.

Instructions

There are two parts to this assignment. First, you will analyze yourself in relation to a number of questions about your personal ethical beliefs, values, and goals. This portion of the journal will be completed by answering the questions under “Personal Profile” below. In the second portion of the assignment, you will also explain the three fundamental principles you would use to guide a company that you owned or began, and then you will explain why you find those principles the most important for running a company.

Please answer all questions in detail. Because this journal is worth 5% of your final grade, there is a high expectation for your participation. Grades for the journals are based on content, critical engagement, quality of reflection, and detail. Please submit the completed journal via the Assignment Basket found in the Week Three Journal tab on the left navigation toolbar by Day 7.

Personal Profile

Describe and conduct research on yourself (Sachteleben, n.d.). Reflect on the following questions and explain your answers to these attributes and questions in paragraph form.

1. Describe your personality (choose 3 power words)
2. Explain your primary ethical perspectives.
3. What are the ways that you try to live an ethically good life and why do you think that these ways are the best ways?
4. Feel free to include ethical theory and analysis that you have learned about in your study of the text and articles.
5. What are your primary values?
6. What specific activities reflect your primary values? (e.g., “saving money to help the needy” or “protecting the environment”)
7. What are your primary beliefs about life and the way that you interact in your place of business or work?
8. What causes do you participate or hope to participate in?
9. What are your pet peeves?
10. What are your goals, dreams, or plans for the future both professionally as well as personally?
11. Have you ever had any unusual experiences? (e.g., “Worked in the peace corps in the Sudan,” “Went to school in Germany,” “Survived a severe storm,” “Met a famous person,” “Home-schooled my kids.”)
12. Do you belong to any groups or have any affiliations that help to orient your life?

Reference

Sachteleben, M. (n.d.). How to write a profile: Online or off, write about your personal goals and skills. Retrieved from http://www.howtodothings.com/computers/how-to-write-a-personal-profile

Reflection Prompt for Personal Profile Activity

Once you have completed your personal analysis, please reflect on the following and provide your thoughts in paragraph form.

1. If you were running a business, what are the three ethical virtues or principles that you would use to create the optimally ethical environment for your company?
2. Please explain why you chose each virtue or principle and how it would foster good business. Feel free to be creative here and to not abide by common standards of morality if you do not think that it is important to abide by certain standards in business. For example, you might claim that honesty is the best policy. However, someone might claim that it would actually be best to foster deception in order to maximize profits. Either way, explain why you chose the various principles.

xplore criminal profiling, a high-profile issue facing law enforcement. The terms,

are often confused and confusing to many individuals. Write a paper that addresses the following points:

Define, compare, contrast and discuss the terms “criminal profiling” and “racial profiling”.

Identify what is being done to curb or prevent racial profiling in your area/state? Provide and cite specific examples of statutes, laws and/or efforts in your state that attempt to stop racial profiling by law enforcement.

Find an online article with a current event example of “racial profiling” by law enforcement (within the past 3 years). Briefly describe the incident and then post the link to the incident (article, video, news report, etc.) in your paper.

Your paper should be a minimum of

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Dorothy Nevill

“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.” – Mark Twain

Directions: Write a well-developed essay in which you (1) explain the meaning of each quote briefly, (2) argue the relationship of the two quotes in relation to modern day, drawing on observations of society, social media and previously-read materials, and (3) discuss the extent to which the reality expressed by the quotes is accurate or not.

You are NOT to write in singular first-person. Please write approximately 750 words. Make sure you proofread, too.

Remember the Six Elements, in terms of your structure and organization as the grading rubric in this course!

Discussion Topic: Corporate Governance

I have two(2) homeworks: cosnsist of selecting an article from the a newspaper related to global business and write a one (1) page review for each article below using MLA format.

1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Merkel-to-ask-Modi-to-resume-FTA-talks-with-EU/articleshow/49190005.cms

2. ECB President Mario Draghi Says Eurozone Returning to Growth After Policy Moves

Describe the similarities and differences between the ERG Theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy. How have you used either of the two theories in daily life?

located in suburban Connecticut, had just emerged from a board of directors meeting. He was contemplating the instructions he had received from the board’s executive committee to assess the financial feasibility of adding a home care program to the Center’s array of services.
Seabury’s current services consist of two levels of inpatient care, chronic care, and subacute units, and a senior citizens’ apartment complex financed in part by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. In keeping with its mission, Seabury has a reputation of providing personalized, high-quality, and compassionate care across all levels of its continuum.
The CEO and his executive team agreed to meet the following week to plan the next steps.

At its last retreat, the board made clear that, reimbursement and payment systems notwithstanding, Seabury must establish realistic and achievable financial plans that are consistent with their strategic plans. Accordingly, three points relative to integrating strategic planning and financial planning should hold sway:
1. Both are the primary responsibility of the board
2. Strategic planning should precede financial planning
3. The board should play an active role in the financial planning process
Ultimately, every important investment decision involves three general principles:
1. Does it make sense financially?
2. Does it make sense operationally?
3. Does it make sense politically?
The board’s interest in a possible home initiative was guided by these stipulations, particularly as they relate to Seabury’s growth rate in assets and profitability objectives. As a result of the financial downturn, the organization is experiencing declining inpatient volumes, a deteriorating payer mix, and a higher cost of capital, all of which have the potential to weaken its liquidity position.
Taking the strategic service line path to a home care program would be less capital intensive and should appeal broadly to the significant baby boomer population residing in its service area, whose preference would undoubtedly be to be treated in their homes.
INDUSTRY PROFILE
When John Maxwell convened his executive team the following week, he had already decided to present an overview of the home health industry as gleaned by Seabury’s Planning Department. He prefaced his comments by drawing on recent research by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that detailed why home health care in the 21st century is different from that which has existed in the past. He cited four reasons:
1. We’re living longer and more of us want to “age in place” with dignity.
2. We have more chronic, complex conditions.
3. We’re leaving the hospital earlier and thus need more intensive care.
4. Sophisticated medical technology has moved into our homes. Devices that were used only in medical offices are now in our living rooms and bedrooms. For example, home caregivers regularly manage dialysis treatments, infuse strong medications via central lines, and use computer-based equipment to monitor the health of loved ones.1
The CEO presented a profile of national home care data as compiled by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice as follows:
• Approximately 12 million people in the United States require some form of home health care.
• More than 33,000 home healthcare providers exist today.
• Almost two-thirds (63.8%) of home healthcare recipients are women.
• More than two-thirds (69.1%) of home healthcare recipients are over age 65.
• Conditions requiring home health care most frequently include diabetes, heart failure, chronic ulcer of the skin, osteoarthritis, and hypertension.
• Medicare is the largest single payer of home care services. In 2009, Medicare spending was approximately 41% of the total home healthcare and hospice expenditure.2
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, he continued, in 2010 Connecticut’s population was 3,574,097 of which 14.4% were age 65 or older.3 A Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) analysis of revenue by payer source in the state indicated that 60% of revenue was derived from Medicare.4
FEASIBILITY DETERMINATION
The CEO went on to explain that the feasibility determination would be based on initially setting the home care program’s capacity at 50 clients because that was the minimum required for Certificate-of-Need (CON) approval in Connecticut. He distributed a model developed by healthcare finance expert William O. Cleverly (Figure 27–1), which presents the logic behind the integration of strategic and financial planning.
In essence, he said, financial planning is influenced by the definition of programs and services in consort with the mission and goals. The next step entails financial feasibility of the proposed homecare program. Among the components that should be considered in determining financial feasibility are the following:
• The configuration and cost of staff
• The prevailing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates
Figure 27–1 Integration of Strategic and Financial Planning.

Assumption and Context: You have been the manager of a Dunkin Donuts store in the Midwest for the past two years. The store is owned by a Dunkin Donuts franchisee who owns 20 other Dunkin Donuts locations. Your employer took an employee inventory and examined all current employees. It has been noted by the owner that you have a highly successful track record. You have been recognized for doing an exceptional job staffing, leading, training, coaching, and managing people. You have been recognized for successfully managing all key components of your store and have successfully managed key business drivers such as cash, profits, growth, asset utilization and people. In regards to the metrics that are used to measure their stores for sales, quality, and customer service, your store is the top performing store in their system.

Congratulations! You have just been promoted to District Manager! The Dunkin Donuts franchisee sees your growth potential and the growth potential in your geographic area. The owner now has committed significant capital and plans to open five new locations over the next two years. You will be given complete autonomy, authority, and responsibility to structure, staff, and operate these five new locations. You will be playing a key role in this expansion for growth.

Assignment: Prepare a five-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), including at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, formatted according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In your paper, explain your chosen job design, organizational design, your recruiting strategy and methods, and your training and performance appraisal process as the new District Manager for Dunkin Donuts.

You must organize your paper using the following section headings and include additional section headings as needed:

1. Introduction
2. Job Design
3. Organizational Design
4. Recruiting and Selection
5. Training and Performance Appraisals
6. Conclusion

Title of Assignment: Level of Measurements.

Objective:

All studies required statistical plan for data collection and measurement.  The researcher could follow different procedures which require different types of data level. The data contain some assumptions for each particular procedure.

Broadly, four types of data levels and measurement are used in every type of research:

1. Nominal
2. Ordinal
3. Interval
4. Ratio

Prepare your case study and a list of ten questions

Collect the data

Discuss your level of measurement and result.

Notice:

Write a proper report that included the following:

• Table of contents.
• Introduction.
• Work plan.
• Result.
• Conclusion.
• References.

Important clarification to the students

Please be aware that the project report will be applied in turnitin.