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Maximizing shareholder wealth or maximizing profits

1.. Should a company emphasize maximizing shareholder wealth or maximizing profits? Explain. Should ethics and social responsibility play a part in maximizing profits or shareholder wealth? These two clips from the movie “Other People’s Money” are excellent and relate to this week’s discussion.

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Clip 2

2.Investigate some of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Acts provisions for companies from the Internet, periodicals, or academic journals. Select one of these provisions, briefly describe it, and indicate why you think (or don’t think) financial statements will be more trustworthy if company financial executive implement this provision of SOX. In your research, did you find any corporate upper level management (CEOs, CFOs) persons that have served jail time? Has there been unintended consequences since SOX has been implemented?

3.The Lion Corp.(LC) issues a 30 year callable bond which is also convertible to 50 shares of LC common stock. Explain why LC would issue a bond with these features as opposed to just issuing a the bond without such options. As a bondholder, would you necessarily convert these bonds when the price of the stock reaches $22? Why or why not? Feel free to give examples in your response

Risk is a major concern of almost all investors. When shareholders invest their money in a firm, they expect managers to take risk with those funds. What do you think are the ethical limits that managers should observe when taking risk with other people’s money? You may also consider this question considering an investment in a mutual fund, therefore, you would be discussing the mutual fund manager’s role. You may also discuss what responsibility the investor bears.

5. Financial executives insist that there should be no separation between an individual’s personal ethics and his or her business ethics. “It’s a jungle out there” and “business is business” should not be excuses for engaging in unethical behavior. Many firms have ethics codes which are based on economically rational concepts such as integrity and trustworthiness, which guide the decision maker in attempting to increase shareholder wealth. Of course, some employees sometimes choose to not comply with their firm’s ethics code.How do ethics codes apply to project selection and capital budgeting? What are the potential risks to a company of unethical behaviors by employees? What are potential risks to the public and to stakeholders? Please explain how Saint Leo’s core value of integrity is reflected in your answer.

6. According to research, NPV and IRR are the most used methods of determining capital budgeting decisions. Another method that has received attention in recent years is the modified internal rate of return (MIRR). Discuss the positive and negative aspects of these. Finally, state the method you would use as a financial manager and explain why.

7. Gertrude and Gus are retired and have a substantial amount of savings in CDs. With rates near zero they are looking for a higher return and a broker suggests a large company with a long history of paying dividends (30 years). The dividend yield is a whopping 5.4%. The company maintains a constant payout ratio of 80%. They are considering putting a significant portion of their savings in this stock and want your expert financial advice. Please provide Gert and Gus the positives and negatives of such a purchase.

8. Is there a conflict between maximizing shareholder wealth and never paying bribes when doing business abroad? If so, how might you explain the firm’s position to shareholders asking why the company does not pay bribes when its foreign competitors in various nations clearly do so? Please explain how Saint Leo’s core value of responsible stewardship is reflected in your answer.

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How Apple leverage its competitive advantage

How Apple leverage its competitive advantage in the international market

The new phone products that are widely attributed to IPhone
The iPhone is a portable device that features a combination of mobile phone and widescreen iPod and an internet device. The phone is rectangular shaped and filled with touch screen on the entire front surface. All functions of this phone are activated by touch but when the user brings the phone closer to the face, the touch screen is turned off by the proximity sensor to prevent a face dial. It can provide the user with a full-screen web-browsing service, a multi-touch screen, and other essential applications such as wireless streaming of videos on YouTube and Google Maps (Rayna & Striukova, 2014). The gadget runs on a Mac OS X and it has the capacity to download movie and music. Unlike the common smartphones that present websites in mobile version, the iPhone present the full website version. The main disadvantage of the initial versions this phone is low speed but current versions now have a third generations (3G) broadband capacity.

International presence and different entry modes of the iPhone

IPhone entry mode in the international market was facilitated through partnership with the region’s dominant Communication and Technology firms. In the United States, AT&T, the largest wireless phone company with over 58 million subscribers sold the iPhone to its customers in early 2000s and no other American company was able to sell the phone to uses until 2009. Through the partnership Cingular (AT&T’s parent company), Apple was able to develop breakthrough features such as visual voicemail (Kooti, et al, 2017). This service enabled the users to see voicemail messages in a single list and select which to listen to in any order instead of following the order like it is the case with most mobile subscribers. Apple also partnered with Yahoo, the largest email service in the world by then, to provide push-email service. This feature instantly forward emails from the server to the client and was only available with BlackBerry phones which charged clients for email services. Apple also created a partnership with the other technological firms in America such as Google in providing the users with live navigation through Google Maps and video streaming through You Tube.

In East Asia, IPhone successfully managed to penetrate the market because this was its main manufacturing base. Most of its success was through the help of Taiwanese companies that were known to the investors and consumers (Lin & Yazdanifard, 2014). In addition, Apple does not manufacture its products but instead outsource manufacturing specialists with extensive operations in China to assemble parts designed the Apple way.

In Europe, the company has entered three countries through a partnership with Vodafone, France Telecom, T-Mobile, Deutche Telcom, and Telefonica as the main iPhone carriers. Although the company did not make significant entry due to the fragmented market in Europe, it was able to penetrate the European market significantly.
How Apple leverage its competitive advantage in the international markets

References
Kooti, F., Grbovic, M., Aiello, L. M., Bax, E., & Lerman, K. (2017, February). iPhone’s Digital Marketplace: Characterizing the Big Spenders. In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (pp. 13-21). ACM.

Lin, C. O. Y., & Yazdanifard, R. (2014). How Google’s new algorithm, Hummingbird, promotes content and inbound marketing. American journal of industrial and business management, 2014.

Rayna, T., & Striukova, L. (2014). ‘Few to Many’: Change of Business Model Paradigm in the Video Game Industry.

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CHALLENGES IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

CHALLENGES IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT about Hilton Hotels

Summarize your chosen company’s Supplier Code of Conduct information
In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and society social responsibility.
Discuss your company’ s stance on each of the following areas:
a. Empowering Workers
b. Labor and Human Rights
c. Health and Safety
d. The Environment
e. Accountability
Identify the key ways that your company’s Code of Conduct has changed in recent years (i.e. have there been any improvements made).
Examine the manner in which your company’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references from the past 2 years that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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Business Ethics Ford Pinto case Assignment

Business Ethics Ford Pinto case

The Ford Pinto case is a well-known case that is often discussed in the context of business ethics. To summarize, Ford’s design of the Pinto’s fuel tank was defective, causing fires if the Pinto was involved in even minor rear-end collisions. Ford came to learn of the defect, but the company failed to correct it; Ford then predicted, based on a cost-benefit analysis, that it would cost more to repair the defect ($11 per vehicle, or $137 million total) than it would to pay for damages resulting from burn deaths, burn injuries, and burned vehicles ($47.5 million). Consider the Ford Pinto case in light of the who-how (WH) framework for business ethics.

Would Ford’s decision to forego repairing the defective design comply with these ethical guidelines? If so, why? If not, then what actions should Ford have taken to satisfy them? Explain your reasoning.

Your response to this question should be a minimum of 500 words.

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Business Statistics Research Paper Available

Business Statistics

As a manager you will need the basics of data manipulation, data analysis, and data reporting for decision making. Particularly, knowledge of basic data analysis principles is critical for managers in any industry. SAS provides two approaches to data analysis: the Programming Approach and the Point and Click Approach.

o Use the BASEBALL dataset to practice each of the steps of the “programming” approach and save your output.

o Prepare a 2-page set of directions with examples (screen shots or written scenarios) to explain data analysis by programming.

o Format your directions consistent with APA guidelines, including cover and reference pages.

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Specific risks and nature of Apple company

Consider and discuss the specific risks and nature of Apple company you will be auditing and create comprehensive work programs for the Acquisition, Payment, Property Plant, and Equipment (Fixed Assets), Notes Payable and Owner’s Equity accounts and cycles.

Submit a 275 -word document that includes the following:

Audit steps for tests of controls, balances, transactions, analytical procedures, etc. as well as other considerations such as sample size and sample methodology.

Please include any references used.

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

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Three companies in the retail business using big data

Part 1: Write a two-page paper that identifies three companies in the retail business that have been using big data. Explain how big data is helping these companies improve the efficacy of their operations.

Part 2: The XYZ Company sells different merchandise through different salespersons in different states. The sales manager is interested in knowing who sold what, where, and how much. Using the sample data construct a pivot table for each( A Pivot table must be created for each letter.There should be a total of 5 pivot tables created)

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Business ethics resources Wells Fargo banking scandal

Please give answers for 3-questions and please provide separate answers for each question
1.prepare 2-3 pages and complete the questions at the end of the case study. Click here https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/business-ethics/resources/wells-fargo-banking-scandal/
2. prepare 2-3 pages and Each student will select one of the key terms presented in the module and conduct a search of Campbellsville University’s online Library resources to find 1 recent peer-reviewed academic journal article (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to the concept.
3. Using the MLB steroids case as an example (research an article on this topic in CU library), explain how unethical choices by some players harms players who comply with the rules

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Business Proposal Writing Services Available

Business Proposal

Each student will write a proposal to the instructor (in proper memo format–with intro, body, closing) on the scope of the suggested topic for the formal report. The proposal should, at a minimum, describe the following:

The topic: fully describe the problem or process you are attempting to address

The need: describe the need driving the necessary change; the basic steps in implementing the change

Audience: an analysis of your intended audience for your topic; describe who would be able to implement your changes and/or suggestions

This proposal will be used to determine if your selected topic is approved if the modification to your topic is required, or if a different topic will be needed. Each student will receive this feedback on the assignment via Canvas.

Consider including the following points in the proposal, but do not just do it as a Q&A.

What is your proposed topic? (1-2 sentences)
Why you are interested in this topic? (2-5 sentences)
What do you already know about the topic? (2-5 sentences)
What do you need to know/don’t know about the topic? Identify your research strategy (3-4 sentences)
What is your “clear statement of the central business problem”–The intended GOAL/PURPOSE? (2-5 sentences)?
Who is the INTENDED AUDIENCE? (2-3 sentences)
Why is this important? Identify the implications of doing the research. (2-5 sentences)

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Business Knowledge Management Essay

Business Knowledge Management

Business management has developed concepts of a philosophical sort on knowledge management.Rather than more knowledge we often times need to manage what we already do know. What relevance, might this concept have with logic and critical thinking?
What is its potential?

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.

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