For this assignment, write a 3–5-page paper covering the following:

• Find an example of a financial scam (e.g., Ponzi schemes, telemarketing fraud, and so on).
• Describe how the scam was conducted and outline its characteristics.
• Explain why people fall victim to this type of fraud.
• Identify ways in which people can protect themselves from this type of fraud.
• Identify ways in which an organization can protect itself from these types of fraud.

Be sure to cite all references will be in APA format.

You serve as the assistant to the very recently appointed CEO of a prominent start-up that is beginning to grow rapidly. The new CEO, Tara Richmond, is a former general who gained visibility in the military for her outstanding leadership qualities. Since her arrival, the Board of Directors has had spirited debates on several proposals that would increase corporate profits but would work to the disadvantage of some members of the public as well as other stakeholders. Some members of the board are arguing that the only obligation the company has is to make profits for the stockholders. Other members of the board are arguing that the company has an obligation to the community and to stakeholders other than just the stockholders.

Your boss is baffled by the debate. “When I was in the military, my duties to others were clearly laid out. Here, I am unsure to whom the company owes a duty.” She turns to you for advice, requesting that you draft a memo that explains what the company’s ethical obligations are in situations like these. She asks you to start with Milton Friedman’s opinion piece in 1970, arguing that a company’s only ethical responsibility is to make profits. That can be found at http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/newspapers/social-responsibility-business-is-increase/docview/2441921739/se-2?accountid=14580.

She also asks you to review a much more recent memo from the Business Roundtable that takes a more expansive view of the responsibilities of a company. The Business Roundtable consists of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, many of whom are familiar names to her. That memo can be found at https://system.businessroundtable.org/app/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/BRT-Statement-on-the-Purpose-of-a-Corporation-Feburary-2021-compressed.pdf.

You should do additional research on arguments for and against Friedman’s proposition. Using your classroom materials as well as external sources, respond to the following prompts:

1. Explain Milton Friedman’s arguments supporting that a company’s only obligation is to make money.
2. Explain the arguments contrary to Friedman’s position including where the Business Roundtable stands as well as other arguments you find in your research.
3. Using one of the ethical issues that you posted in classroom discussions, illustrate for the CEO, how that issue would be resolved using Friedman’s perspective and how it would be resolved using the perspective of the Business Roundtable.
4. Which of these positions do you find most compelling and why?

Your memo should begin with an introduction and end with a conclusion where you make recommendations to the CEO.

Course Material and Research

This project requires you to do research on UMGC Library Databases or on the Internet. You are expected to use course material going beyond defining terms. You are expected to explain the ‘why and how’ of a situation. Avoid merely making statements but close the loop of the discussion by explaining how something happens or why something happens, which focuses on importance and impact. In closing the loop, you will demonstrate the ability to think clearly and rationally showing an understanding of the logical connections between the course material and the question(s) being asked. Using one or two in-text citations from the course material throughout the entire paper will not earn many points on the assignment. The support must be relevant and applicable to the topic being discussed. Points are not earned for mentioning a term or concept but by clearly and thoroughly explaining or discussing the question at hand.

Case Brief Assignment:

A successful case brief will include:

Case: The name of case, citation, and year of decision. Who are the parties? What is their dispute? How did they get to court? (Note, not all facts are relevant. Use your own words and discretion to decide what facts are important to understanding the case.
Issue: What is the basic legal question?
Rule: What is the specific provision of law that is applicable to deciding thecase?
Application: How does the rule apply to these facts?
Conclusion: What is the majority’s basic answer to the basic legal question inthe case?
The case brief assignment will be graded based upon quality and/or relevancy of information (25%), organization/composition (25%), mechanics (includes spelling/grammar) (25%), and construction (25%

1. A premature infant was delivered at Woman’s Hospital by the plaintiff. The child died shortly after birth, and the plaintiff was assured by the floor nurse that the hospital would take care of the infant’s burial. When the mother went to the obstetrician for an examination six weeks later, she was given her folder to hold while waiting for the physician. She found in it a note from the pathologist about disposal of the baby’s body. When the plaintiff asked the physician about the disposal of the body, he instructed his nurse to take her to the hospital across the street to see someone who would tell her what had been done with the baby. When the woman and the nurse found the person, the plaintiff was handed a large jar with the baby’s body inside. As a result, the plaintiff suffered nightmares, could not sleep, was depressed when she was around children, had surgery for a pseudopregnancy, and required psychiatric treatment. Should a patient–physician relationship include the contract to dispose of a dead body?

2. The plaintiff’s 18-year-old son died suddenly at home. His body was taken to the hospital, where the cause of death could not be found without an autopsy. The deputy medical examiner ordered a postmortem examination. The plaintiff was a member of the Jewish Orthodox faith and refused the postmortem examination of his son on the basis that religious conviction prohibited any molestation of the body after death. Is freedom of religion curtailed by a law that has a compelling state interest?

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Please write your suggestions on how you, as an engineer, could avoid an unintended consequence on a project involving fully autonomous vehicles. In your post, please consider the three groups described above.

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Unintended consequences fall into three groups:

• A windfall – this could be a positive outcome, however, it is still unintended
• An outcome that was the exact opposite of what was initially intended and therefore negative.
• A potential source of problems i.e. Murphy’s Law

In my opinion, #2 is typically what people think of when they discuss unintended consequences because it is a negative outcome, although it is important to note that a windfall, although a positive outcome, still falls under this category.

An example of an unintended consequence is the very quiet hybrid or electric vehicles. Although these vehicles were designed as an environmentally friendly energy alternative, they have had negative impacts. Such impacts include pedestrians, specifically those with sight and hearing impairments, cannot hear the vehicles.