Marjorie Benton

Utilitarianism and egoism

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Instructions

In this research-based assessment, you will be applying a Kantian perspective to a contemporary moral issue. Current contemporary moral issues range from genetic engineering to issues related to the use of torture in wartime. For this assessment you will need to research contemporary moral issues and select one that will be the focus of your paper as you apply the Kantian perspective. Once you select your moral issue, you will need to address the following in a properly formatted research paper.

In your paper, ensure that you use credible academic sources, and cite them properly.

Question 2

Instructions

Creating the perfect boss
Your company, Ye Old Paper Mill, recently experienced some organizational chart changes, mostly related to management positions. After posting low profits and even lower employment satisfaction scores, the CEO decided it was time for a change. The CEO, who prefers consequentialist views when it comes to ethical decisions, approached you, along with the rest of the human resources department, and tasked the team with weighing consequentialist ethical theories and selecting which theory would be best for potential managers. For this assessment, you will draft a proposal that addresses the following questions:

  • What are key features of consequentialist theories?
  • What are the differences between the consequentialist theories?
  • How does happiness and pleasure factor in to these theories? Remember employee satisfaction is at an all-time low.
  • What are the pros and cons of each view for the company if the majority of its employees would follow one of the particular theories?
  • Would it be possible for a manager, who follows a different ethical perspective, to effectively manage subordinates who follow a particular consequentialist theory?
  • Select and defend which consequentialist theory for management would be best for the company.

Your properly formatted proposal will need to include the following sections:
Introduction: Explain why you are sending this proposal. Provide an overview of the issue and discuss the task from the CEO.

  1. Address the questions listed above with applicable support and research
  2. Conclusion: In this part, you will wrap up the proposal and select and defend which consequentialist theory for management would be best for the company.
  1. Proper Proposal Formatting: This a professional document and needs to be structured as a proposal and not as an essay. You will still need to supply both in text and full citations for the sources of your information

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Question 3

Instructions

For this assessment, you will get the chance to highlight your creative writing skills and your knowledge surrounding Aristotle. Be the Best You, is a career coaching and mentorship agency that works with employees to not only achieve their professional goals, but their personal goals as well. By using a virtue and character-based approach. As a coach for Be the Best You, you are part of the training committee that creates new training material for the clientele. The agency is seeking 3 new training sessions related to the golden mean, Aristotelian friendship, and eudemonia. Part of these trainings include scenarios that the clientele read and then answer applicable questions. You will be creating three, fully developed scenarios for the golden mean, Aristotelian friendship, and eudemonia.

Your submission, in its final state will include 3 scenarios including 1 for the golden mean, 1 Aristotelian friendship, and 1 for eudemonia. For each scenario, include 3 questions, 9 in total.

Each scenario must include:

  • A fully developed fictional scenario that clearly highlights which of the three (the golden mean, Aristotelian friendship, and eudemonia) is being presented. Clearly define the characters and the actions that are representative of the selected topic.
  • Three, open-ended questions pertaining to the scenario that the clientele would answer in relation to the facts and the topic of the scenario.

 

 

 

 

Question 4

Instructions

Often, when one thinks of ethical perspectives in the workplace, the focus tends to be on theories such as utilitarianism and egoism. While there is certainly a place for these two theories in the workplace, there remains a whole world of different perspectives and systems. For this deliverable, you will be creating a pamphlet that highlights Eastern Ethical Systems and their benefits within the workplace. Your pamphlet will need to address the following topics:

The pamphlet that you are creating will vary in length. Draw attention to your pamphlet by using well-placed art, an easy to read design with your content, and effective use of color.

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 5

Instructions

The topic of justice manifests itself in a variety of ways, and is often discussed in broad terms. What does justice mean to you? In this assessment you will address the subject of justice and related ethical theories. In a properly formatted, researched paper, you need to address the following questions:

  • What does justice mean to you?
  • What do you believe is a good foundation for justice?
  • What is Rawls’ foundation of justice and how does it relate to what justice means to you?
  • What are the key features regarding global economic justice?
  • What do you believe are the most important issues within social justice currently and why are these important?

In your paper, ensure that you use credible academic sources, and cite them properly.

 

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Genetic engineering is quickly becoming a controversial issue around the world, with people questioning the ethical elements of such a practice. Generally, genetic engineering denotes the process used to manipulate one or more genes, subsequently altering an individual’s or animal’s genetic makeup. Under Kant’s first formulation, scientists involved in genetic engineering should first ask themselves whether society accepts and welcomes the practice. Most people do not understand genetic engineering, and as such, have a hard time accepting the practice. Courtesy of this, the practice is wrong and thus, should be avoided. The practice will also be wrong under the second formulation since genetic engineering perceives people as a means to an end, experimenting on them without fully understanding how altering their genetic makeup might affect them.

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Population Health Management

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In this assignment, you are to determine the most effective strategy or strategies for managing the health of a population. Remember, that the term intervention is used interchangeably with the term strategy.

Using your text and the resources for this week, identify PHM strategies designed as interventions for three chronic diseases (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity). If you are currently employed in a position where you are involved with the management of chronic diseases, you may select one or two from your place of employment. The third must come from this week’s resources. Once this process is completed, please do the following:

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

Requirements: 3-5 PAGES, MUST REF SOURCES PROVIDED INCLUDING PHM COMPONENTS 3&4,

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One of the dangers of being obese is that it increases an individual’s risk of suffering from other chronic ailments such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Personal coaching and weight management are wellness and prevention services (NCQA, 2019). Providing these services is vital to patients because they allow patients to not improve their well-being and reduce their risk of acquiring other serious chronic ailments.  Besides this, the intervention also allows health care providers to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of obesity, which is a vital consideration when dealing with chronic population health concerns (Caron, 2017). Under this approach, health care professionals will be required to work with personal health coaches to help patients keep their weight within appropriate limits.

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Boundaryless organization

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Identify some of the problems likely to occur in a boundaryless organization like Newskool Grooves. What are the advantages of boundaryless organization?

2. What is the corporate culture of the boundaryless organization? Do you think it is beneficial for the business or not?

Based on the above questions, write down a report to answer all of the questions and make sure the report is an integrated one.

Requirements: 1000

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APkqpOzAgfw1NN… textbook link, please read the case in attached file and then ans

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In Newskool Groove’s case, employees are exposed to American, Ukrainian, and German cultures. All these cultures have different perspectives on how employees should interact and conduct themselves within the working environment. Courtesy of this, conflicts will arise, especially when employees from different cultures interact. Once this happens, workplace cooperation and collaboration are adversely affected, an aspect that threatens the efficiency boundaryless structures accord to organizations such as Newskool (Robbins & Judge, 2016). For instance, due to the culture in LA, employees at this office prefer to work from home, only going to the office once a week to attend company meetings. This culture is quite different from the one adopted in Ukraine, whereby employees are expected to go to work every day of the week. Under these circumstances, employees at the LA office will have a hard time collaborating on a project with their counterparts from Ukraine and vice versa.

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Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

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Assignment Question(s):

 

Part 1 (Case-based Questions) (5 Marks)

1– What ethical issues are present in the case? (Words 100-150).

2– Is it appropriate for Jamal to allow his own self-interests to guide his ethical conduct? For example, charging prices and following procedures that disadvantage customers but put more money in his pocket (and the pockets of his employees) may be viewed as wrong. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer (Words 150-200).

3– Are Jamal’s responsibilities to the community different because he shares their history? Explain your answer (Words 100-150).

4. If Jamal truly wants to stay in this community and pursue his career, should he be willing to take a less well-paying job with depressed future options to solve his ethical crisis? Under what circumstance would such extreme measures make sense? (Words 150-200)

 

 

Part 2 (Discussion Questions) (5 Marks)

5– Think about a situation where your values have been in conflict. How have you resolved those conflicts? Now that you have studied the ethical decision-making frameworks in this chapter, what should you have done? (Words 200-300).

6– If you had to choose just one of the philosophical approaches discussed in this chapter to guide your decision making, which would you choose? Why? Or, if you had to rank them from most to least helpful, how would you rank them? (Words 200-300).

 

7– What do you think of the proposed Hippocratic Oath for managers? (Words 100-150).

Requirements: 1250- 1500   |   .doc file

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Jamal spends a considerable portion of his childhood in the community. Courtesy of this, he was able to not only share in their joy but also witness the tribulations they are forced to deal with due to the nature of their interactions with RTO businesses (Hill, 2019). Even though he eventually moved away, Jamal still tried to maintain contact with the community. Therefore, unlike other RTO business persons, Jamal has a responsibility to the community since they played a vital role in shaping his life during Jamal’s formative years. In addition, his family members still reside within the neighborhood, and as such, Jamal has a responsibility to ensure the unethical practices of RTO businesses do not harm them.

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Religions

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In this discussion post you will explain which of the five major religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism) you are most excited to learn about and why.

It should be at least 100 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Requirements: 100 words

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Unlike Christianity and Judaism, the development of the Islam principles was more flexible, and it adopted changes depending on the demands of the society (Syed, Akhtar, & Usmani, 2011). There are also different categories of Muslims that are differentiated by their religious principles. This makes Islam an intriguing subject to study.

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Religions

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Quality improvement initiative

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Describe a quality improvement initiative in your current or recent practice setting. What was the nurse’s role in the project? What was the outcome of the project? Has the improvement been sustained? Why or why not?

Should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Requirements: 500-600 words

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Due to the commitment shown by the medical staff in the hospital, the approach used was a success. Before the approach’s initiation, the cost of health care had increased substantially, and patients were reported to be at risk of acquiring complications from the hospital. However, the data-driven approach brought about a significant decline when a patient needed to be admitted to the hospital. Consequently, this resulted in reduced health care costs which significantly improved the financial standing of the hospital (Scurti, Ruiz, Vidal, Torrente, Vogiatzis, Paliouras & González, 2020, July). Furthermore, the operations of the hospital registered a noteworthy improvement due to improvement in care coordination.

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Online crisis intervention

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Take a position, for or against. Is it better/more important to have online crisis intervention, or face-to-face crisis intervention, and why? Think of yourself in a crisis location where both are available.

1. What are the concrete specific advantages of one over the other for you?

2. How might you convince someone on the other side of the fence that your side is better?

Requirements: 300

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Online crisis interventions are convenient and allow clients to express their thoughts and feelings freely when they lack the confidence to engage in face-to-face conversations. This is apparent among individuals with social anxiety who feel nervous when they think about meeting a counselor in person. According to Silva et al. (2015), the use of text, emails, audio talks, and even video chats when necessary make online therapy more comprehensive and efficient. In this case, the counselor can dig into sensitive issues freely without making the client nervous. Also, compared to the face-to-face approach, online interventions help save money and time. Clients experiencing commuting challenges and have to look for means of transportation to access the healthcare services can mitigate such hustles by engaging with the health professional online (Silva et al., 2015). Further, the privacy based on the security protocols established on the online support networks reduces stigma. Clients can access the health professionals confidentially without alerting families or friends. With the face-to-face interventions, stigmatization is possible, mainly when surrounding friends realize that the client will see a therapist due to mental health issues.

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Mental Health and Stress chapter

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Read “You Make the Call: How connected should we be?” on page 59 of the Mental Health and Stress chapter.

After reading the article and the entire Mental Health & Stress Chapter, discuss your educated opinion on this topic. Whenever possible, relate your answers to our course material.

Are we as a society “too connected?” Do you think this issue of connectivity affects mental health? Do you personally find that you struggle to disconnect? Are there certain daily times / activities you feel that should be absolutely free from device connectivity? You may want to discuss the pros and cons of constant connectivity that you have experienced in your own life, or the lives of those close to you. What strategies are available to help someone who is struggling to disconnect for a healthly period of time?

Requirements: 150 words

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There are times I feel that I should be free from device connectivity, such as when having in-person conversations, walking, or driving. This has helped me establish healthy bonds, enhance focus and minimize accidents, respectively. I acknowledge that connectivity allows me to stay updated with the world’s current trends and interact with family and friends globally (Anderson & Rainie, 2018). However, the constant connectivity affects the brain’s health and self-perceptions. For instance, the frequent use of social media makes people always seek approval for their appearance. This increases stress levels and anxiety if they receive negative comments or lack sympathizers (Anderson & Rainie, 2018). Hence, creating time for device creativity and engaging in mind-engaging activities can help an individual struggling to disconnect.

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Activity Outcomes

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Activity Outcomes

6 questions must examine the impact of social factors on behavior from a social psychology.

Legal, ethical, and cultural considerations must be included when applicable to all six questions.

Requirements: 6pages plus title and references page

Psychology Questions

  1. Briefly describe the different ways in which emotions can improve or hinder judgments, decision-making, and performance. When and why are they helpful, and when and why are they harmful?
  2. Much research suggests that people’s attitudes are not predictive of their behaviors. However, in some cases, people’s attitudes ARE highly predictive of their behaviors. Identify at least three factors that increase attitude-behavior consistency.
  3. Identify some of the individual and situational factors that make people more or less likely to help others. Who helps the most, and in what cases (whom) are they especially likely to help?
  4. Briefly discuss gender differences in helping behavior. Are men and women differ in terms of their overall levels of empathy, the degree to which they render help to others, or the kinds of situations in which they help?
  5. Briefly explain the differences between antisocial behavior, aggression, and violence, as defined in the textbook. Then explain the distinction between hostile aggression and instrumental aggression and give an original example [not in the text] of each.
  6. Identify five different factors (person-level factors or situation-level factors) that contribute to aggression, and briefly discuss when and how they tend to exert influence.

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Moreover, they are easily compelled to help others than those who are mean.  Another personal factor that may influence an individual’s act of helping is gender.   Some studies suggest that women tend to be more helpful than their female counterparts. However, the topic of gender and help remains contentious as different studies provide varying results. Other studies allude those men are more likely to help than women, while others allude to no significant differences between the two. Also, some studies allude that the helping behavior among women and women is influenced by a plethora of factors, including the nature of helping, exposure to helping opportunities, and so on. For instance, men tend to help with activities that involve physical strength.  One of the situational factors that influence an individual helping act is the number of bystanders available in each place (Hellemans, Dal Cason, Casini, 2017). Individuals in a place in many bystanders may be compelled to help.  Also, the perceived deviance of a person in need of help also influences the act of helping.  An individual perceived to be a criminal may not be helped by a person who had good behavior.

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Accounting Information Systems

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Part 1

Referencing this week’s readings and lecture, describe the six steps in the systems approach and apply the systems approach to improving the quality of an accounting information system (AIS).

Part 2

An organization is a regional distributor of widgets. Widgets purchased for the organization originate from small suppliers, and payment is made only with cash. To simplify operations, orders are only taken from customers via its website, and delivery of widgets to customers are handled by a third-party shipping company. All sales are done on account on a net 30 basis and the simplicity of the operation allows the business to be operated by a husband and wife team and no other employees. The wife handles the website programming and all customer service activities (such as customer questions and complaints requiring replacement widgets), and the husband handles all other aspects of the operation (i.e., accounting functions and collections of accounts receivables).

From the information provided:

Requirements: 2 pages

 

Welcome to ACC622: Accounting Information Systems. We begin our journey with an overview of how technology and accounting correlate with one another. Accounting Information Systems (AIS) are more than just technologies used to report financial information. According to Bodnar and Hopwood (2013), “an accounting information system is a collection of resources, such as people and equipment, designed to transform financial and other data into information” (p.1). Each week you will be provided with a written weekly lecture aimed at supplementing one or more concepts from the readings. In addition to this lecture, a link to the textbook’s PowerPoint presentation will be made available to highlight the key concepts covered in the weekly readings.

The resources used in a comprehensive AIS work in correlation as a system that is focused on specific goals (Romney & Steinbart, 2015). Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is concerned with how management assesses an organization’s internal controls to ensure the accuracy of reported financial data. According to Romney and Steinbart (2015), these resources utilize five basic business transaction styles: “(a) revenue cycle, (b) expenditure cycle, (c) production or conversion cycle, (d) human resources/payroll cycle and (e) financing cycle” (p. 6-7). These cycles are inter-related with the AIS because normal business transactions work together as a process for the purpose of selling goods and services. Kay and Ovlia (2014) call this relationship an “enterprise system” (p. 4). An enterprise system is people working together within an organization to achieve specific goals. Information is created through transactions (input). This information is processed so that data becomes useful and that data is finally put into a useable format (Kay & Ovlia, 2014).

The inter-relationship of these processes has become known as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). ERP coordinates each of the five business transaction cycles into a single effort for achieving a goal. This can be as simple as creating a paycheck in the human resources/payroll process to as complex as the supply chain process of creating a product. Accounting Information Systems ties all of these components together into a workable system.

During week 1, we will explore the basics of AIS and how AIS works in a systems approach to achieve goals. You will explore how technology works in conjunction with created data to provide accurate reporting of this data and how this data works within an organization’s system of internal controls. The Week 1 written assignment focuses on the top ten technology initiatives as listed by the Information Technology Center web site for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (infotech.aicpa.org). You will analyze each of the technology initiatives and how they apply to practical examples in business. You will incorporate scholarly research to the effectiveness of each of these technologies.

Please click on the link below to access a PDF version of the textbook Powerpoint Presentation for the weekly readings.

ACC622 Chapter 1 Powerpoint

Forbes School of Business Faculty

References

Bodnar, G. H., & Hopwood, W. S. (2013). Accounting Information Systems (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Kay, D., & Ovila, A. (2014). Accounting Information Systems: The Crossroads of Accounting & IT (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.

Romeny, M. B. & Steinbart, P. J. (2015). Accounting Information Systems (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.

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A business process entails a collection of activities that are related with the sole intention of producing products or services for customers. The organization’s business processes are sales and marketing, quality product delivery, and accounting and technology (Romeny & Steinbart, 2015). They acquire widgets from suppliers and distribute them to their customers using a well-structured process, thus encompassing the sales and marketing process. In addition to that, quality product delivery is assured since the wife ensures all complaints are addressed. Another business process utilized by the organization is accounting and technology since the husband is in charge of all accounting functions.

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