This project is designed to improve your personal online security, enhance your online privacy, and enable you to help others do likewise.

Your deliverable is a three-to-five page report (don’t pad, please! brevity is the soul of wit) containing:

Ø A threat model (information assets, adversaries, threats and risks) you develop based on your walkthrough of the Security Planner (https://www.securityplanner.org/#/ ) and the questions in EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guide’s Assessing Your Risks section (https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/assessing-your-risks and please see important note below)

Ø You must consider “UW(school)” one of your adversaries. What information about you and your digital information behavior on and off campus are we able and likely to collect? Of that information, what do you not want us knowing and how can you protect it from us?

Ø Choose no fewer than Four information assets and Four adversaries (UW(school) counts as one). Likely adversaries include but are not limited to: bosses present or future, (fr)enemies, ex-es, corporations,

governments. The assets you choose do not need to be of interest to all your chosen adversaries—it’s fine to decide, for example, that you want to work out how to protect your social-media-based classwork from your nosy parents, but you don’t care whether UW(school) knows about it.

Ø An assessment of your password security, social-media privacy, and general online privacy and security. How well are you protecting yourself, and what can you do to further reduce your risks?

Ø A list of no fewer than Four measures (based on lab or from any part of the Security Planner or Surveillance Self-Defense guide) you have just taken to improve your personal security and privacy, with (for each measure) a short one-paragraph explanation of why you chose this measure (why was it a high priority for you?), which adversary/ adversaries it protects you against, and which information asset(s) of yours it protects

Grading rubric:

Ø clear, reasonable threat model: 5 points

Ø appropriate, comprehensive security/privacy assessment: 5 points

Ø measures taken, with explanations: 5 points

 

Important note: We anticipate that some people’s threat models and/or adversaries will be extremely personal. If you decide to include such circumstances in your report (which you are not obligated to do!), we strongly recommend that you not identify individuals, nor be specific about how they harmed you (if they did). For example, if you are concerned about a specific person stalking you, do not identify that person or use the word “stalking.” “Someone I do not want following me on social media” is enough.

Be aware that all your instructors are REQUIRED BY LAW to report campus incidents of sexual harassment and sexual abuse to the campus Title IX office, and to report certain crimes (so-called “Clery crimes”) to campus authorities. (We are not allowed to keep such reports confidential!) If such situations are part of your threat model, you are absolutely not required to tell us so. Be as vague as you wish. (Our feelings will also not be hurt if your report considers us an “adversary” with respect to this or similar information.)

We will not share your report with anyone except when required to under the circumstances listed in the above paragraph. If you turn in your report on paper rather than in Canvas, we will shred it after grading if you prefer. You may ask us for referrals to confidential agencies without revealing to us what occasioned your request.

 

Submission Requirements.

 

Assignments are to be submitted by one of the following means; DO NOT LODGE BY FAX nor EMAIL nor at LECTURER’S OFFICE KEEP A COPY

 

The assignment must be lodged on or before the due date indicated in the assignment details. Only word docs and/or Excel converted to pdf will be acceptable. Handwritten answers will be rejected.-

The assignment must conform to the requirements set out in this assignment

 

The assignment must be lodged online via the ACT305 Learnline Assignment Lodgement link on the ACT305 Learnline site. Ensure your file is named using a file naming convention that allows the lecturer to identify to whom it belongs. Failure to use an acceptable file naming convention may result in your assignment lodgement being rejected.

 

DO NOT LODGE VIA EMAIL or FAX – assignments lodged by email or fax will not be accepted. KEEP A COPY – Ensure you have a copy of the assignment lodged. If you have submitted

assessment work electronically please make sure you have a backup copy.

 

Assignment lodgements will be acknowledged automatically on the Learnline site, on submission. DO NOT submit an assignment front sheet.

 

Resubmission

 

As a general rule resubmission of assessment items is NOT possible, however the Lecturer may ask for resubmission if it is deemed appropriate. Details for such resubmission will be made available by the Lecturer if and when the situation occurs.

 

University Plagiarism policy

 

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of material written or produced by others or a rework of your own

material. All sources of information and ideas used in assignments must be referenced. This applies

whether the information is from a book, journal article, the internet, or a previous essay you wrote or the

assignment of a friend.

Plagiarism policy is available at:

http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/studyskills/avoidingplagiarism

.html and

Student Breach of Academic Integrity Procedures http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/doclibrary/pro-092.pdf

 

EXTENSIONS AND LATE LODGEMENTS

 

LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL GENERALLY NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS AN EXTENSION TO THE DUE DATE HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR.

 

Exceptions will only be made where assignments are late due to special circumstances that are supported by documentary evidence, and may be subject to a penalty of 5% of assignment marks per day. Partially completed assignments will be accepted with appropriate loss of marks for the incomplete portion.

 

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Should students foresee potential difficulties with submission of assessment items, they should contact the lecturer immediately the difficulties come to notice, to discuss suitable arrangements etc. for the submission of those assessment times. An Application for Assignment Extension or Special Consideration should be completed and provided to business@cdu.edu.au.

This application form, explanation and instructions is available on the ACT305 CDU Learnline course

site or direct from

http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/lb_school_templates/deployed/assignment_extension.docx

 

Please note that it is now College policy that all extension requests must be approved by the Business Administrator. The lecturer is no longer able to personally approve extension requests.

 

Leaving a request for an extension, special assessment or special consideration until the last moment, based on grounds that students could have reasonably been able to foresee, may result in the application being rejected.

 

ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION

 

This Assignment is worth 20% of the total assessment for this unit. This assignment will be marked out of 80 and scaled down to being out of 20. The assignment has 4 questions.

 

Q1.         Small Ltd bought a 30% interest in a joint venture, Fry Ltd, for $50 000, on 1 July 2017. The equity of

 

Fry Ltd at the acquisition date was:

 

 

 

 

 

All the identifiable assets and liabilities of Fry Ltd were recorded at amounts equal to their fair values.

Profits and dividends for the years ended 30 June 2018 to 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED

 

(a)  Prepare journal entries in the records of Small Ltd for each of the years ended 30 June 2018 to 2020 in relation to its investment in Fry Ltd. (Assume Small Ltd does not prepare consolidated financial statements.)

(b)  Prepare the consolidation worksheet entries to account for Small Ltd’s interest in the joint venture, Fry Ltd. (Assume Small Ltd does prepare consolidated financial statements.)

 

	(16 marks)
Q2.	A liquidator was appointed after Rock Bottom Pty Ltd was declared insolvent on 1 July 2018. The

company’s assets realised $ 14,250,000. This came from the sale of the secured land and buildings for $7,500,000 and other assets which were sold for $6,750,000.

 

The creditors totalled $16,350,000, and were made up of the following amounts:

 

Secured creditor $9,000,000, receiver’s costs when realising secured asset $150,000,

liquidator’s expenses $600,000, unsecured trade payables $2,400,000, tax payable

$1,050,000, local government rates $300,000, staff wages payable $900,000, executive

directors’ wages payable (5 directors) $450,000, staff leave entitlements $150,000, executive

directors’ leave entitlements (5 directors) $150,000, unsecured bank overdraft $750,000, and

dividends payable $450,000.

 

REQUIRED

 

You are required to rank the above creditors and then to calculate how much each creditor would be paid.

 

(16 marks)

 

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Q3.         The following information has been extracted from the financial statements of Blake Ltd and its subsidiary Seven Ltd at 30 June 2019.

 

Reconciliation of opening and closing	Blake Ltd ($)									Seven Ltd ($)
retained earnings
Sales revenue	593,400									498,800
Cost of goods sold	(399,040)									(204,680)
Gross profit		194,360											294,120
Dividends revenue from Seven Ltd	63,984									—
Management fee revenue	22,790									—
Profit on sale of plant	30,100									—
Expenses
Administrative expenses	(26,488)									(33,282)
Depreciation	(21,070)									(48,848)
Management fee expense	—									(22,790)
Other expenses	(86,946)									(66,220)
Profit before tax			176,730											122,980
Tax expense	(52,890)									(36,292)
Profit for the year				123,840											86,688
Retained earnings-30 June 2018	274,684									205,712
					398,524											292,400
Dividends paid		(118,164)								(79,980)
Retained earnings-30 June 2019		280,360												212,420
Statements of financial position
Shareholders’ equity
Retained earnings	280,360									212,420
Share capital	301,000									172,000
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	47,042									39,818
Tax payable	35,518									21,500
Non-current liabilities
Loans	149,210									99,760
Current assets					813,130												545,498
Accounts receivable	51,084									53,578
Inventory	79,120									24,940
Non-current assets	192,640									280,360
Land and buildings
Plant -at cost	257,871									305,988
Accumulated depreciation	(73,745)									(119,368)
Investment in Seven Ltd	306,160									—
	813,130											545,498

 

Other information

 

1. Blake Ltd acquired its 80 per cent interest in Seven Ltd on 1 July 2010. At that date the capital and reserves of Seven Ltd were:

 

Share capital	$172,000
Retained earnings	$146,200
		$318,200

 

At the date of acquisition all assets were considered to be fairly valued.

2. The management of Blake Ltd use the partial goodwill method.
3. During the year Blake Ltd made total sales to Seven Ltd of $55,900, while Seven Ltd sold $44,720 in inventory to Blake Ltd.
4. The opening inventory in Blake Ltd as at 1 July 2018 included inventory acquired from Seven Ltd for $36,120 that cost Seven Ltd $30,100 to produce.
5. The closing inventory in Blake Ltd includes inventory acquired from Seven Ltd at a cost of $28,896. This cost Seven Ltd $24,080 to produce.

 

 

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6. The closing inventory of Seven Ltd includes inventory acquired from Blake Ltd at a cost of $10,320. This cost Blake Ltd $8,256 to produce.
7. The management of Blake Ltd believe that goodwill acquired was impaired by $2,580 in the year to 30^th June 2019. The balance on the accumulated impairments of goodwill account brought forward was $19,350.

 

8. On 1 July 2018 Blake Ltd sold an item of plant to Seven Ltd for $99,760 when its carrying value in Blake Ltd’s accounts was $69,660 (cost $116,100, accumulated depreciation $46,440). This plant is assessed as having a remaining useful life of six years.

 

9. Seven Ltd paid $22,790 in management fees to Blake Ltd.
10. The tax rate is 30 per cent.

 

REQUIRED

 

Prepare the consolidation worksheet JOURNAL ENTRIES for the preparation of consolidated financial statements by Blake Ltd at 30 June 2019. NOTE a consolidation worksheet is NOT required.

 

Your answer should include an acquisition analysis with a calculation of goodwill, pre-acquisition entries, dividend adjustments, intragroup sales and transfers, and a calculation of the non-controlling interest.

 

		(20 marks)
Q4.	Bill Handy, The finance director of Northern Australia Global Investments Ltd (NAGIL), is
	unsure whether he should consolidate some of the investments that the company owns.  He
	has asked your advice as business adviser to NAGIL. The details of the investments are as
	follows:
	(a)	NAGIL had provided a loan to Struggle Ltd (SL) some years ago. When it looked as if SL
		would be unable to repay the loan it was converted into equity which gave NAGIL a 70%
		holding in SL. SL continues to have a substantial accumulated losses balance and the
		company’s results have been consolidated with NAGIL for some time. NAGIL does not
		take an active role in the day to day operations of SL as it has no directors on the board
		and it takes no part in the operating or financing decisions of the company.
	(b)	NAGIL has also provided a loan to the Very Big Company Ltd (VBCL). Unfortunately due
		to an industrial economic downturn the VBCL has failed to meet its loan repayments as
		required by the loan contract. The board of NAGIL is concerned that not only would the
		VBCL continue to have problems but also that the whole of the loan would become
		unrecoverable. The board of VBCL has agreed, as part of a bailout package, that NAGIL
		would take charge of VBCL’s finances for the next four years. The NAGIL deputy chief
		finance officer would control all payments made by VBCL and no payments would be
		made without prior approval. NAGIL does not have board representation on VBCL which
		is appointed by the VBCL shareholders.
	(c)	The Medium Sized Company Ltd (MSCL) is part funded by NAGIL, which owns 50% of
		the shares, and by Sharp Players Ltd (SPL) which owns the other 50%. The votes of the
		ordinary shares in the annual general meetings and the board representation are shared
		equally between NAGIL and SPL. SPL and NAGIL have agreed that NAGIL will provide
		the finance on a standard commercial basis with the loan being secured by a mortgage
		on MSCL’s property. The agreement also stipulates that SPL will provide the necessary
		managerial and entrepreneurial expertise in return for a management fee. The
		management fee will be paid out of ASCL’s net profits after providing for all NAGIL’s loan
		interest payments. Where MSCL does not make a profit the interest payments will still
		take place but no management fee will be paid.
	(d)	Tom and Marjory Legless are founders of CrocsRUs an adventure travel company. They
		both sit on the board and own 60 per cent of the shares. They have recently retired from

actively running the company and have sold the other 40 per cent of the shares to NAGIL who manages the company on their behalf, holding the other three seats on the board. Although Tom and Marjory keep a close eye on the business they let NAGIL make the major decisions.

 

 

 

 

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REQUIRED

 

Write a report to Bill, advising him how the control requirements of AASB 10 apply in each of the above investments. State, for each investment, where the control rests, citing and explaining how the relevant paragraphs of AASB10 apply, and whether Bill should include the results of the investments within the consolidated accounts explaining the reasons for your decision.

 

(18 marks)

 

The report should take the format of a formal business report, written by your firm with yourself as lead author. Marks will be awarded for presentation style and an appropriate business format.

 

(10 marks)

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Minor essay: Students will be required to select one social issue raised in the course in which there are at least two conflicting common-sense views of the issue. They will then outline how they would go about sociologically investigating their selected issue, indicating three specific research questions they would ask, while drawing on existing academic studies of the issue.

The aim of this assignment is to enable students to understand the differences between: common sense and social scientific approaches to contemporary social issues: macro and micro levels of a social scientific approach. Before starting your assignment make sure that you fully understand the distinctions between common sense and social scientific approaches to social issues and problems.

1. Select ONE social issue

INTERNET AND MEDIA

1. Source and provide two images that reflect each point of view. Briefly indicate how each image reflects a particular viewpoint.
2. In the introduction, stress the emergence and sociological significance of your social issue.
3. Describe how 2 specific groups have a different interpretation or common-sense viewpoints of the social world. Explain why these two common sense viewpoints are in conflict and/or tension. In explaining why, the group’s viewpoints are in conflict you should be able to relate the group’s particular worldview to a broader set of ideologies, conflicts and issues of social change. Draw from the lectures, readings and class discussion.
4. Briefly review at least three relevant studies that appear in refereed journal articles that relate to your topic. From these studies or your broader reading, you should also identify three sociological concepts about contemporary society and argue which relates best to your topic.

General notes:

Cite at least seven academic sources including course readings. Students must ensure that all ideas, statistics, facts, and direct quotations from others used in their essay have been adequately referenced. Students must address all parts of the essay assignment. In general students can write up to + or – 10% of the specified number of words without penalty. If an essay is + or – 10% words below the expected number of words the student should expect this reflected in the grading. Title pages, reference lists, and in-text references DO NOT count. Essays should be written in 12pt font and 1.5 line spacing. Make sure that the essay question is written exactly as given before the actual content of the essay. Please ensure all assignment document files are named with you family name first. The criteria and standards employed to assess this assessment are detailed on the attached Feedback Form for Assessment.

 

Topic of assignment

Anthracycline antibiotics are very commonly used chemotherapeutic agents, and one of their most serious side effects is cardiac toxicity. Describe the likely mechanism, any risk factors and an overview of how this toxicity may be prevented, focussing on the underlying pathophysiology and pharmacology.

 

 Assessment Criteria

Present your assignment using the following information as a guide. Please copy the question that you are answering and place this at the top of your assignment.

The maximum length of the assignment is 1000 words. For each 100 words that you exceed the word limit, you will be penalised 5% of your overall mark. For example, for an assignment that is 1200 words long, your assignment will be marked according to the criteria, and the overall mark will be reduced by 10%. The question and references will not count towards your word count.

Your assignment should include the following sections:
Background: An overview of the main issue that you are discussing, more specifically a brief background to the disease and/or the drug(s)/treatment that you are discussing. For example, you could provide a general overview of the disease and the treatment approach, including the mechanism of action of the drug/treatments that you are going to discuss in the remainder of your assignment. Approximate length 200 words.

Main Body: This will include a detailed discussion of the main question(s) within your selected assignment. Remember that this should focus on the underlying pharmacology and/or pathophysiology of the relevant disease and/or the drug(s)/treatment and specifically answer the primary question(s) – it should be in much more detail that was covered in the background. Approximate length 700 words

Overview/Conclusion: Based upon what you have written in previous sections, state the most important messages that you would like someone to have after reading your assignment. For example, can you provide a brief overview of your assignment and/or what is your conclusion from your assignment, is this a medication/treatment that should be used for the condition or what are the risks of using this medication/treatment. Approximate length 100 words

You will also be awarded marks for appropriate referencing, presentation, layout and design as described below. Referencing should be performed according to the UniSA Harvard referencing guidelines (information is available at http://i.unisa.edu.au/students/student-support- services/study-support/academic-integrity-and-referencing/).

Other information

Please follow the assignment criteria, and focus on the main points which are Pharmacology, pathophysiology. Anthracycline antibiotics drugs include Doxorubicin (the most common one), Daunorubicin, Epirubicin, Idarubicin, Mitoxantrone.

I have provided 8 references please use them and if you see others you can add them but not more 10 references and the reference guide line will provide as PDF file

For this paper you will be asked to elaborate on the discussions we have had in class and in your Talking Points. Please choose two historical chapters assigned thus far (preferably one by Gualtieri and one by Pennock) and two ethnographic chapters (preferably by Abraham, Hannoush, Howell, Kayal, Samhan, or Sinno and Tatari) and compare the methods used by the different authors. What evidence does each use? What ideas are these authors arguing or challenging? Which method of argument makes the most sense to you? Which is the most persuasive. Be specific. Site specific examples. Quote the authors making points you want to discuss in more detail. Please provide proper citations to all quoted text and a short bibliography. We will discuss this further in class. These papers are 30% of your grade, so please let me see what you are learning here. I expect these to be 8-10 pages long with citations. 12 point font, Times New Roman. The book is called: Pennock, Pamela. 2017. The Rise of the Arab American Left

Project 2: Grace

Instructions

 

Project 2: Grace (20%)

In the first assignment, you have the opportunity to see ethics in play in a real-world scenario.  You will read the case scenario and answers the questions in a narrative format (not a question answer format).  Use headings for each question.

Read the Case Scenario

The W. R. Grace Company was founded by, yes, a man named W. R. Grace. He was Irish and it was a shipping enterprise he brought to New York in 1865. Energetic and ambitious, while his company grew on one side, he was getting civically involved on the other. Fifteen years after arriving, he was elected Mayor of New York City. Five years after that, he personally accepted a gift from a delegation representing the people of France. It was the Statue of Liberty.

Grace was a legendary philanthropist. He provided massive food donations to his native Ireland to relieve famine. At home, his attention focused on his nonprofit Grace Institute, a tuition-free school for poor immigrant women. The classes offered there taught basic skills—stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping—that helped students enter the workforce. More than one hundred thousand young women have passed through the school, which survives to this day.

In 1945, grandson J. Peter Grace took control of the now worldwide shipping company. A decade later, it became a publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange. The business began shifting from shipping to chemical production.

By the 1980s, W. R. Grace had become a chemical and materials company, and it had come to light that one of its plants had been pouring toxins into the soil and water underneath the small town of Woburn, Massachusetts. The poisons worked their way into the town’s water supply and then into the townspeople.  It caused leukemia in newborns. Lawsuits in civil court, and later investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency, cost the corporation millions.  

1992. Peter Grace retired as CEO in 1992. After forty-eight years on the job, he’d become the longest-reigning CEO in the history of public companies. During that time, he also served as president of the Grace Institute. The nonfiction novel A Civil Action came out in 1996. The best-selling, award-winning chronicle of the Woburn disaster soon became a Hollywood movie. The movie, starring John Travolta, continues to appear on television with some regularity.

To honor the Grace Institute, October 28 was designated “Grace Day” by New York City in 2009. On that day, the institute defined its mission this way: “In the tradition of its founding family, Grace Institute is dedicated to the development of the personal and business skills necessary for self-sufficiency, employability, and an improved quality of life.”

Source:  Used from Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial  Share Alike 3.0 Unported license without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensor.

Instructions

Step 1:  Write the Introduction

Create the introductory paragraph.  The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper and tells a reader the main points covered in the paper.  To help you know how to write an introduction, view this website to learn how to write an introductory paragraph:  http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html

Step 2:  Answer the following

In what ways does the structure of a “C” corporation protect its owners from absorbing ethical responsibility for the company’s actions?

The triple bottom line is a form of corporate social responsibility where leaders analyze bottom-line results.  In addition, the company’s effects are evaluated in terms of the social realm as well as in terms of the environment.  At the intersection of ethics and economics is sustainability, or the long-term maintenance of balance.  In which way(s) did the W.R. Grace Company comply or violate:

1. Economic Sustainability
2. Social Sustainability
3. Environmental Sustainability

There are three approaches to Corporate Responsibility – Corporate Social Responsibility; The Triple Bottom Line; and Stakeholder Theory.  What is the importance of balancing stakeholder interests and how did the implementation or lack of implementation affect the W.R. Grace Company?

Is the best method of managing Corporate Social Responsibility a governmental obligation, marketplace responsibility, or a hybrid of the two?  Explain.

What are the benefits of an Environmental Impact Statement; what are opposing arguments?

Do corporations have an ethical responsibility to finance environmental protections?   Did the W.R. Grace Corporation have a financial responsibility to protect the environment?  Explain

How does a Cost-Benefit Analysis align with Utilitarianism?  How might a cost-benefit analysis pertain to the W.R. Grace Company?

Is the creation of “Grace Day” an ethical issue?  Why or why not?

Step 3:  Review the Paper

Read the paper to ensure all required elements are present.  Use the grading rubric to ensure that you gain the most points possible for this assignment.

Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

Read the paper aloud as a first measure;

Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a second measure;

Have someone who has excellent English skills proofread the paper;

Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC).  The EWC will provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.

Step 4:  Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder (The assignment submitted to the Assignment Folder will be considered the student’s final product and therefore ready for grading by the instructor.  It is incumbent upon the student to verify the assignment is the correct submission.  No exceptions will be considered by the instructor).

How to Set Up the Paper

Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font.  The final product will be between 5-6 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.  Write clearly and concisely.

Completing the Paper

In order to complete this project, you will want to first read the module, Learn How to Support What You Write, as this assignment requires you to use the course readings and research to support what you write.  Also,

Read the grading rubric for the project.  Use the grading rubric while completing the project to ensure all requirements are met that will lead to the highest possible grade.

Third person writing is required.  Third person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing).  If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link:  http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person.

Contractions are not used in business writing, so do not use them.

Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks.  Paraphrase means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document, but puts a passage from a source document into your own words and attribute the passage to the source document.  Not using direct quotation marks means that there should be no passages with quotation marks and instead the source material is paraphrased as stated above.  Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.

Provide the page or paragraph number (required) when using in-text citations.  If using the eBook, use Business Ethics followed by the Chapter/Section title and paragraph number.

You are expected to use the case scenario, and weekly courses readings to develop the analysis and support the reasoning.   The expectation is that you provide a robust use of the course readings and demonstrate thorough research of the cosmetic industry.  There is no need to use external source material.  Material used from a source document must be cited and referenced.  A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.

Use a wide array of the course material.

Compare and contrast the treatment of Vietnam War veterans with World War II veterans in the U.S. How did the government treat both types of veterans? What type of assistance was offered to them when they returned? How did the public respond to them? Why do you think there was such a difference in how the Vietnam veterans were treated, and how has this informed how veterans of more recent conflicts have been regarded? Vietnam Syndrome had a major effect on U.S. foreign policy throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but, following the Gulf War in the 1990s, President George H.W. Bush is quoted as saying, ‘By God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all.’ Argue whether or not you agree with his statement. Do you believe the Gulf War marked the end of Vietnam Syndrome and its effect on U.S. foreign policy, or can you still see lingering effects in present-day policies and actions?

Essay defining research in School Counseling a. Students will write an essay defining research with School Counseling focus. b. Students will provide an essay that will demonstrate an understanding in critically important issues, outcome-based interventions, applying research in practice, and evaluation of outcomes. This is not an opinion paper; therefore, all information needs to be supported by empirical research articles utilizing synthesis of information gathered. The paper will be submitted to a plagiarism program before submitted to D2L assignment box. c. Students must utilize APA Manual 6th Ed. to cite sources and to provide a reference page. d. This essay must be at least 1500 words and cover all items in the description.

Current HR Events Papers:

 

You need to find a current article (from the past 6 months that is not a Wikipedia article or like a Wikipedia article) that looks at one or several of the HR topics that was just covered in the text book from the current two chapters and how it relates to and impacts the business world.

Your paper needs to have a brief overview of the article which includes the article link  (or you can attach a copy of the article but article word count does not apply to required word count) and the date it was written (about 200 words) and the response (about 600-700 words) on how it relates and impacts the business world – you can look at it from the employee side, employer side or the business world in general (or all three sides).

Make sure you include which chapter or topic you are relating your paper to from the textbook. Pick different topics for the papers that you will be submitting.

Please include the following in your initial paragraph:  name of article, name of author and link for article.

Chapter 5: Personnel Planning and Recruiting

Chapter 6: Employee Testing and Selection

Topic 1 Instructions (600 Words)

Pick one of the texts that most interests you. Use this text as the subject of your “Weekly Discussion.” Typical page length for your original post should run 750+ words. Your original post should respond to one of the prompts below.  Please do not respond to all of these. Choose one. As you respond, use summary, paraphrase or quotations from the text to explain your ideas. Make sure to include page number citations and works cited citation at the end. The goal of these literature journals is to interact with the text’s big ideas, so please do not just summarize the reading. The prompts below are intended to help guide your personal responses and interactions with the texts you read.

1. What do you feel the historical notes at the book’s end add to the reading of this novel? What does the book’s last line mean to you?
2. What topics or issues does Atwood use in this dystopian novel to investigate or attack?
3. What other books, films or plays do you know which also discuss moral choices and dilemmas?
4. How far do names help to define one’s identity? Why might Atwood choose not to reveal explicitly the real name of Offred?
5. How does Offred describe the sound of her beating heart? What imagery comes to mind from this description?
6. Atwood is always alert to nuances of language and the importance of being aware of shades of meaning. In Chapter forty, Offred says that using the clichéd language of romance, such as that used in old movies, was a way ‘to keep the core of yourself out of reach’. What does she mean by this?
7. Did you like the way Atwood ended the story?
8. Note that The Lord’s Prayer is satirized in Chapter 30. Describe the tone of this version of the prayer, using specific lines to support your analysis.
9. Have you seen the Hulu version of The Handmaid’s Tale? Is the film version similar to or different from the novel? In what ways? What is gained or lost in the translation of the text from print to film?
10. The Handmaid’s Tale was first published in the 1980s, and — whether or not it is feminist — is arguably rooted in at least some second-wave feminism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Does considering it in that context change your reading of it at all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic 2 Instructions (900 Words)

For this assignment, your task is to complete an analysis of the novel The Handmaid’s Tale using one of the three prompts below. This means that you will need to make an argument/construct a thesis statement and support it with textual evidence from the novel and outside sources when appropriate to your claim. Feel free to use any research/source material in writing this essay; you may want to find out about the author’s biography or background or what other scholars are saying about the text. You need to cite and properly document and information that is not your own. Be careful to follow the writing prompt below, avoid summarizing the plot; instead focus on the specific claim you intend to make. Your paper will be 900 WORDS, WITH PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS AND A WORKS CITED PAGE.

1. Option 1: Many works of literature, including The Handmaid’s Tale, deal with political or social issues. Write an essay in which you analyze how The Handmaid’s Tale uses literary elements to explore political and social issues.
2. Option 2: Throughout The Handmaid’s TaleOffred considers the multiple meanings and connotations of specific words. What might Atwood be suggesting about the flexibility or lack of specificity of language? What does this obsession with words convey about Offred’s character or situation?
3. Option 3: Explore one or more of the themes and motifs in The Handmaid’s Tale:
   • Identity— No one is referred to by their real name in The Handmaid’s Tale, but their identities have been stripped in many other ways as well. Women are grouped into classes, and the body, especially a fertile female’s body, is more important than one’s personality and mind are.
   • Femininity— Women are repressed and forbidden from working outside the home, reading, and spending money. Their minds are denied, their bodies concealed, and the few fertile women are used as empty childbearing vessels.
   • Love— Many of the characters’ past connections and relationships have been cut off; strong emotions, such as love, have become just memories that are recalled in fleeting moments. Even when characters do have feelings for each other, they try to repress these emotions.
   • Freedom and Confinement—Pretty much everyone in the novel leads a restricted life, but the handmaids are the most confined—rarely permitted to leave their bedrooms and trapped by both their low social status and their fertility. If they do get pregnant, likely by men they do not love, they become trapped in a different way as they are forced to give birth to children they are not allowed to keep.

 

 

 

Assignment Objectives:

Learning objectives are statements that define the expected goal of a curriculum, course, lesson or activity in terms of demonstrable skills or knowledge that will be acquired by a student as a result of instruction. A successful demonstration of skills will show that students are able to:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking and reading skills in discussion and in essays.
2. Understand relationships between meaning in literature and language manipulation, including literal and figurative language, denotation, and connotation.
3. Analyze and evaluate relationships between meaning and the use of literary forms and strategies, including parody, satire, irony, etc.
4. Identify unstated premises and assumptions arising from social, historical, moral, cultural, psychological, or aesthetic contests in which primary texts and applicable criticism exist.
5. Explore a line of inquiry and limit the topic appropriately.
6. Establish and state clearly a unifying thesis or proposition.
7. Select examples, details, and other evidence to support or validate the thesis and other generalizations.
8. Use principles of inductive and deductive logic to support and develop ideas.
9. Avoid logical fallacies in the presentation of an argument.
10. Organize the main parts of an essay and define a sequence that contributes to clarity and coherence.
11. Use precise diction to communicate unambiguously.
12. Correctly use the systems of documentation and bibliography (MLA)