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Part 1: Sex Offender Villages

1. Watch the short clip on sex offender villages (Links to an external site.)
2. What are some strengths and limitations of this sex offender village?
3. Do you agree with providing villages like these for sex offenders? Why/why not?
4. What types of issues do you think we would need to address/work on with sex offenders?

Part 2: Depo-Provera Scale

Depo-Provera is still currently being used to treat sex offenders. The purpose is to decrease their sex drive in the hopes of reducing recidivism in sex offenses. There have been some research on the effectiveness of Depo-Provera for reducing recidivism. Please review both studies: Maletzky & Field (2003) and Maletszy, Tolan, & McFarland (2006), located in the files section below.

1. Based on their findings, can you make any conclusions about the effectiveness of Depo-Provera for treating sex offenders?

2. What are your thoughts on Depo-Provera as sex offender treatment?

Please answer EACH question in DEPTH. There is two parts and part 1 has 4 questions and part 2 has 2 questions, please answer each in depth. No grammar mistakes and plagarism, just cite when needed.

• This project should be completed individually.

• Select a product or service that you currently own (or use) and a country that you’re not familiar with. You are encouraged to select a product or service that is unique and innovative.

Imagine that you are with the international sales department of the company that manufactures and sells the item (or service) that you are proposing to make or introduce in the country you have selected.

The first step is to learn as much as possible about the country where you plan to market the product. Check almanacs, encyclopedias, the Internet, and library databases for the most recent information, paying particular attention to descriptions of the social life of the inhabitants, their economic conditions, and cultural traditions that encourage or discourage use of the product or service.

• Your Task – Write a five page report that describes the product or service you plan to market abroad (it must be another country other than the United States); briefly describes the country you have selected, indicates the types of people who would find the product or service attractive, explains how the product or service would be transported or introduced into the country (or possibly manufactured if materials and labor are readily available in the host country), recommends a location for a regional sales center, and suggests how the product or service should be sold. Your report is to be submitted to the chief operating officer of the company, whose name you can either make up or find in a corporate directory. The report should include your conclusions (how the product or service will do in this new environment) and your recommendations for marketing (steps the company should take immediately and those it should develop later). You are highly encouraged to include financials, action plan, and a social media strategy.
• General Format –

1. The paper must be typed
2. Use headings within the report when appropriate (please review Pages 430-445 for Parts of a Formal Report). For this report please include a Cover, Memo of Transmittal, Table of Contents, Introduction, Body, Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations, and a Bibliography (The Cover, Memo of Transmittal, Table of Contents, and Bibliography will not be counted towards the five page requirement).
3. Plan the paper carefully so as to develop an organized and non-redundant report. It should be organized and assembled as a continuous report and should not appear to be several independent segments bound together.
4. You must have a minimum of five sources. Please cite your sources using APA Format – (the Writing Center can offer assistance if you do not know how to do this). These five sources must be SCHOLARLY. You should include peer-reviewed, journal articles. I would suggest reaching out to the library if you need help finding these – https://www.cuyamaca.edu/academics/support/library/default.aspx (Links to an external site.).

Some other helpful sites include – http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.), http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ (Links to an external site.), http://www.cuyamaca.edu/tpagaard/EnglDept/Resources.htm

MANAGEMENT FOCUS

Protecting U.S. Magnesium

 

In February 2004, U.S. Magnesium, the sole surviving U.S. producer of magnesium, a metal that is primarily used in the manufacture of certain automobile parts and aluminium can, filed a petition with U.S. International Trade Commission contending that a surge in imports had caused material damage to the U.S. industry’s employment sales, market share, and profitability. According to U.S. Magnesium, Russian and Chinese producers had been selling the metal at prices significantly below market value. During 2002 and 2003, imports of magnesium into the United States rose 70 percent, while prices fell by 40 percent, and the market share accounted for by imports jumped to 50 percent from 25 percent.

“The United States used to be the largest producer of magnesium in the world” a U.S. Magnesium spokesperson said at the time of the filing. “What’s really sad is that you can be state of the art and have modern technology, and if the Chinse, who pay people less than 90 cents an hour, want to run you out of business, they can do it. And that’s why we are seeking relief”.

During a yearlong investigation, the ITC solicited input from various sides in the dispute. Foreign produces and consumers of magnesium in the United States argued that falling prices for magnesium during 2002 and 2003 simply reflected an imbalance between supply and demand due to additional capacity coming on stream not from Russia or China but from a new Canadian plant that opened in 2001 and from a planned Australian plant. The Canadian plant shut down in 2003, the Australian plant never came on stream, and prices for magnesium rose again 2004.

Magnesium consumers in the United States also argued to the ITC that imposing antidumping duties on foreievels. A spokesperson for Alcoa, which mixes magnesium with aluminium to make alloys for can, predicted that if antidumping duties were imposed, high magnesium prices in the United Stated would force Alcoa to move some production out of the United States. Alcoa also noted that in 2003, U.S. Magnesium was unable to supply all of Alcoa’s needs, forcing the company to turn to imports. Consumers of magnesium in the automobile industry asserted that high prices in the United States would drive engineers to design magnesium out of automobiles or force manufacturing elsewhere, which would ultimately hurt everyone.

The six members of the ITC were not convinced by these arguments. In March 2005, the ITC ruled that both China and Russia had been dumping magnesium in the United States. The government decided to impose duties ranging from 50 percent to more than 140 percent on imports of magnesium from China. Russian producers faced duties ranging from 19 percent to 22 percent. The duties were to be levied for five years, after which the ITC would revisit the situation. The ITC revoked the antidumping order on Russia in February 2011 but decided to continue placing them on Chinese produces. They were finally removed by the ITC in 2014.

According to U.S. Magnesium, the initial favourable ruling allowed the company to reap the benefits of nearly $50 million in investments made in its manufacturing plant and enabled the company to boost its capacity by 28 percent by the end of 2005. Commenting on the favourable ruling, a U.S. Magnesium spokesperson noted, “Once unfair trade is removed from the marketplace we’ll be able to compete with anyone”.

U.S. Magnesium’s customers and competitors, however, did not view the situation as one of unfair trade. While the imposition of antidumping duties no doubt helped to protect U.S. Magnesium and the 400 people it employed from foreign competition, magnesium consumers in the United States felt they were the ultimate losers, a view that seemed to be confirmed by price data. In early 2010 the price for magnesium alloy in the United States was $2.30 per pound, compared to $1.54 in Mexico, $1.49 in Europe, and $1.36 in China.

 

 

ASSIGNMENT-2

Intro to International Business: MGT-321

Semester –II [2018-2019]

 

Assignment Workload: This Assignment consists of a Critical Review. Every student is to submit the assignment individually.

 

Assignment Outcomes:

After completion of Assignment-2 students will able to Discuss the reasons for and methods of governments’ intervention in trade Identify and evaluate the significant trade agreements affecting global commerce

 

Assignment Regulation: All students are encouraged to use their own word. Student must apply “Times New Roman Style” with 1.5 space within their reports. A mark of zero will be given for any submission that includes copying from other resource without referencing it. Assignment -2 should be submitted on or before the end of Week-11. If the assignment shows more than 25% plagiarism, the students would be graded zero. You must include reference page at the end of the assignment and properly reference any sources used in your answer using APA-style references

 

Assignment Structure: A.No Type Marks Assignment-2 Critical Review 5 Total   5

 

 

Assignment-2 Assignment Questions:

Reread the management Focus “Protecting U.S. Magnesium” (available at the page no. 199 of e-book for this course, in Chapter-7) and answer the following questions: Who gains the most and from antidumping duties levied by the USA on imports of magnesium from China and Russia? How?      (Marks: 1.5) Who are the losers? Please explain the reason for your assertions.     (Marks: 1.5) Are these duties in the best national interest of the USA? Give proper logic in support of your answer.  There is no wrong or right answer here, but you must use at least three references to support your arguments (references can be scientific journals, industry reports, industry-related magazines, leading newspaper articles, etc…). (Marks: 2)

 

Deadline

 

Assignment -2 should be posted in the Black Board by the beginning of the 9th week.

The due date for the submission of Assignment-2 will be the end of Week-11.

 

Instructions for the students: First page of the assignment should be filled with Course Code [MGT-321] and Course Title [ Int.to Intl. Business] and CRN- Student Name and ID. Number Date of Submission Second page should be Assignment question After the question page then present your answer by clean and neat layout Finally your file should be saved as Word Doc like ID.NO- MGT-321 A-2 STUDENT NAME.doc [only CAPITAL LETTERS]

   [Example.] 140158361-ECON-490 A-2 AREEJ ALGHAMDI.doc