Author: chris

Loosely Regulated Markets and Government Regulation:

The United States has one of the world’s freest labor markets. For this thread, explore the AFL-CIO’s Job Tracker database to see some of the aspects of loosely regulated markets. What type of market exists in your local area? What are the pros and cons of free labor markets? Based on your reading and analysis, is there a need for government regulation?

The First Student Response-Jennie Bradley

The freer the labor market is, the more flexibility there is in regards to the staffing and compensation of businesses. Pros to having a free labor market include, firstly, the ability of companies to hire and fire in a way that is beneficial to the company. According to Forbes, more restricted labor markets are characterized by unemployment due to the inability of companies to hire and fire without complicated regulations. Countries like France are less likely to hire based on the mandatory benefits and vacation time they have to give new hires in accordance with market standards (Weinberg & Dukcevich, 2003). Another pro to having a free labor market is that it by nature promotes fairness. Workers are free to move between companies in order to find the best compensation, which compels businesses to work to offer fair wages in order to attract employees. The emergent property resulting from the self-organizing dynamics of the free market promote fairness within the labor market (Venkatasubramanian, 2010, p 1515).

“The Present and the Future of Religion” Please respond to the following:

The lawsuit alleged that Sam, an employee at Logan’s location in High Post, CA, was not accommodated for his religious beliefs. Sam, a Jehovah’s Witness and a skilled machine tool operator worked Logan’s for over 20 years. As a Jehovah Witness, his religious belief was that he did not work on any part of product that could be used as weapon of war. For many years, he refused to work on projects that involved orders from any of the Armed Services. Accordingly, these projects were reassigned to other machine operators. Logan’s’ supervisors were aware of his beliefs and provided him with reasonable accommodation over the years.

In 2002, Sam was asked to work on a part which was going to be used on a United States naval submarine. Just like he did in the past, Sam refused to work on it. However, this time he was cited for insubordination and then fired after he refused to accept an alternate assignment in the shipping department.

· What are some beliefs and practices of Jehovah Witness?

· Did the employer do the right thing? Why or Why not?

· If you are the manager, how would you handle this situation?

For this assignment, you will write a three page research paper in which you discuss the risk types and trends associated with a publicly traded construction or manufacturing business. In this paper, please address the following questions:

What strategic risks have been taken or will be taken by your business?
What operational risks does your business take on a daily basis?
What are the financial risks taken in your business?
What compliance risks might your business face?

Supertowne (a fictitious organization) is a nationwide superstore. The board of directors and leadership has decided to expand Supertowne, opening stores in both Canada and Mexico. Their long-range plans include expansion into many other countries. You are charged with the development of a store in Canada.

You have several team members from both the U.S. and Canada working with you. For the most part, your team works together with very little conflict. However, one of your U.S.-based employees, Matt, has been arguing with Mary, a Canada-based employee. Mary expects Matt to provide certain officials with gifts (along the lines of expensive liquor or cigars). Mary has explained that this is common practice when doing business in Canada.

Their arguments have escalated, and recently grew into a shouting match during which Matt accused Mary of expecting Supertowne to participate in bribing officials. Mary denied the accusation. Both are now refusing to work together. Their conflict is impacting your entire team and causing team members to take sides.

Identify problem-solving techniques you would use, as well as a conflict-resolution strategy that would effectively solve this problem.
Use evidence (either from personal experience or from the text) to support why you believe your approach would work.
Provide feedback to at least two of your peers on their proposed solutions. When applicable, offer examples of what your peers could do differently or in addition to what they are already suggesting.

Write a 1 page list of potentially illegal (united states) interview questions and include the criterion that makes each question illegal.

Then rewrite each question so they are legal and CAN be asked.

For this phase of the course project, you will research a bank to use as the subject of your project. The bank that you select should be a publicly traded bank, which means it will be traded on one of the stock exchanges such as NASDAQ or NYSE.

Once you have chosen your publicly traded bank, you will write the introduction to your plan. Be sure to address the following in your introduction:

Briefly describe the bank, its product and service offerings, and components of your plan.
What are the strategic, operational, finance, and compliance risks associated with your bank and the banking industry in general?

Write the introduction to the risk management plan exploring the risks types and risk trends associated with the banking industry with a particular emphasis on a publicly traded bank. Examples: Wells Fargo Bank, Citigroup, or Bank of America.

Write 1 – 2 paragraphs that introduce the topics below:

Risk Types
Risk Trends
Risk Mitigation
Credit Risk
Lending Practices
Capitalization and Solvence

For this discussion, select one of the personality disorders discussed in chapter 10. Then select one of the seven models of personality covered in this course. Develop a fictional case illustration that uses the theories in your selected model to explain the development and causes of the chosen disorder. Include a brief discussion of possible therapeutic interventions based on your chosen model. Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words and should incorporate at least one peer-reviewed article.

1. Eventually, the United States and Iran will have to sit down and negotiate the use of nuclear power. Discuss the issues that could be involved in such a negotiation. What cognitive mistakes might be made by the negotiators in this case? How could these mistakes be overcome in order to reach an acceptable agreement?

2. We have each had to negotiate during the process of purchasing a home or automobile. Analyze the last major purchase that you were involved with and discuss that purchase in terms of the decision-analytic approach. What was your BATNA and how did that come into play?

3. Discuss the four ways, outlined in Chapter 9, in which contingent contracts can improve the outcomes of negotiations for both sides.

4. Assume that you are part of a mediation team that has been brought in to help overcome an impasse between negotiators who are deliberating the use of embryonic stem cells for a research project. The decision makers are polarized along ethical and religious lines. Since this is a potentially emotional issue, what would you do in order to break this impasse? How could the fixed pie concept come into play in this situation?

This week, as the outreach education coordinator, you have been asked to speak at the local senior citizen’s center. The exercise instructor for the center would like to encourage more of the center’s members to participate in the exercise classes. He thinks that a presentation on hip fractures would provide the needed motivation.

Please create a PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

Discuss the most common location of a hip fracture.
Include 2 images.
Discuss causes of hip fractures.
Discuss risk factors.
Discuss prevention options.

Comparing Sculptures of Ancient India and Greece. Write an essay comparing the way gods and humans were depicted in sculpture in ancient India and Greece, and identify the cultural values and ideals that these art works reflect in each case. Your paper should:

a) Using specific examples, compare the way gods and people were depicted in the sculptures of ancient India and Greece, noting similarities and differences.

b) Identify the cultural values and ideals that these art works reflect for each society.

c) From this comparison, suggest a modern situation of artistic expression and the ways it reflects or counters prevailing cultural values.