This is a discussion question that needs to be answer. Please us own words or cite-in-text with reference

How have the new rules in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 affected the way accounting departments and companies operate? What are some positive outcomes from these changes?

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to make sure that you’re selecting a topic that will suffice for your argumentative paper. This will potentially save you a lot of time and prevent circumstances that would cause you to rewrite your entire paper. It will also give you a head start on the largest assignment of this amazing wonderful fantastic class.

Step 1: Brief Introduction (1-2 paragraphs)

Discuss your topic idea. This will be the start of your thesis. Discuss the things that you know about it and why you find it so interesting. There doesn’t have to be any sources or quotations in these paragraphs. This is just you gathering your own thoughts and ideas about the subjects. Maybe give a little background on the relation between you and the subject (if any.)

Example:

I’m considering the topic of how we should stop worrying about Pandas and just let nature run its course. I’ve done a lot of reading on the species and it seems to me that they’re trying to do us a favor and kill themselves off, but we insist on spending a lot of time and energy to ensure that they continue on. I know of a few instances of Pandas being overwhelmed when they have more than one cub and will leave both behind or they’ll sometimes accidentally sit on their cub and suffocate it. I’ve not been in physical contact with any pandas in my entire life, and I’m sure they’re not good conversationalists because they lack anything to talk about besides bamboo, sitting, sleeping, and suffocating their own young.

Step 2: Optional Personal Story (1-2 paragraphs)

Sometimes you are closely tied to the subject matter and this would be a good point to talk about that or tell your story/anecdote. It covers two points, the first being that you can write out the personal story and figure out what exactly you want to say before even starting the rough draft of the argumentative paper. The second point is that it allows you to curb the emotional investment. Let’s pretend that our wonderfully mysterious writer and hater of pandas did have a personal story. He/she could present it something like this.

It was a warm spring day and my family and I were attending the local zoo. My father and mother had thought to dress me in a panda costume to celebrate the birth of a baby panda. I was six at the time and thought it was a wonderful idea. So I skipped to the crowded exhibit ahead of my parents, fell over the rail and was face to face with a glassy eyed bear cat as it lazily chewed on bamboo. My parents tried to save me but they were murdered by the surprised panda when it tried to roll away from squealing six-year-old child in a horrible costume. I will never forgive that panda for killing my parents.

As stated before, this could cause some sympathy toward the speaker/writer. Here we see this wonderfully esteemed mystery writer has experienced a tragedy involving Pandas. The story is too close, though, and should be avoided or used with caution.

Step 3: The Three Appeals (1-3 Paragraphs)

Here is where you’re going to decide what kinds of evidence and information you plan to use in order to bolster your claim. For example, you could talk about using statistics to back up your claim (logos), or referring the studies of an esteemed person (ethos.) You could also apply emotion appeals as well, but with this one, be careful.

I plan on using statistics from sources that show how much money we spend on Pandas, this will include the money to house them in zoos as well as protecting them in the wild. I will then suggest what we could do with the money instead, like investing more money in the Patrick Johnson fund. As for experts I will refer to studies done by the Wolong Panda center to bolster my claim. Mostly because they have done extensive research. I will try to appeal to people’s emotions in the form of causing outrage in investing money and energy into an empty cause.

Step 4: Determining Audience (1-2 Paragraphs)

You simply need to talk about the audience that you’re trying to reach. Are you only trying to reach your age group? Or are you addressing the public? If so, what are you going to do to ensure that you’re going to reach your target audience? What obstacles do you think you’re going to face when breeching the topic and delivering your information?

My target audience will be the entire world’s population that are interested in the betterment of mankind. My main obstacle, of course, is convincing people that beyond the cute exterior, pandas are a major problem to society. People will be resistant to the violence and anger that I hold toward these deceivingly sweet and cute beasts. But I think that with enough evidence delivered with a clear and even handed tone, I may be able to state my case effectively.

Step 5: The Counter Arguments (1-2 Paragraphs)

One of the most important things is to be prepared to talk about the counter arguments and have an answer as to why your idea/answer is the better answer. So this is where you talk about what other people will say. Eventually you need to be able to come up with a counterargument for each of the strongest opposition in order to bolster your argument. Start broad and narrow it down.

Example: Why is this important? Why should the audience care? Who is this going to effect? Pandas aren’t hurting anyone, we should save them. We are the protectors of the earth, it is our responsibility to maintain the lives of all animals.

Step 6 The Sources:

Two sources that you MAY use in your argumentative paper with a statement of what you found useful for each of these sources.

Example of not what to do:

Buckle your seat-belts, because in eight short pages, I’m going to learn you something that I only learned two hours ago. So sit down, shut up and enjoy the experience of my 4 am red bull induced self-hatred fueled writing extravaganza.

Writing assignment: Pick an argument that has two distinct sides and spend a sentence explaining your point of view, then, make a small argument as if you were the opposing point of view.

read the article and write 1 page summary

South American country

As an employee of the World Bank, you have been asked to research 1 economic concern in a South American country and write a report on your findings.

• Select a South American country to research.
• Select 1 of the following economic concerns to research:
  • Quantities of specific goods and services
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • Unemployment
  • Inflation
• Research data sets for the one economic concern within the South American country that you have chosen.
• In a 3page report, answer the following questions:
  • What are 2–3 relationships between the economic concern you selected and that specific country’s economy?
  • What trends do you see in the data sets?
  • Support your assertions of the trends with statistical evidence.
  • Cite all of your sources correctly and include a reference list, both in APA style.

Applying an Ethical Theory

Please read these assignment instructions before writing your paper, and re-read them often during and after the writing process to make sure that you are fulfilling all of the instructions. .

Overview
The following short essay assignment is designed to help prepare you for an important part of the Final Paper. In this essay, you will do the following:

Topic: Physician Assisted Suicide

• Choose either the same ethical question you formulated and introduced in the Week One Assignment, or a different one based off the topic:
• Choose either utilitarian or deontological ethical theory to apply to the ethical question.
• Explain the core principles of that theory.
• Demonstrate how the principles of the theory support a certain position on that question.
• Articulate a relevant objection to that position.

Instructions
Write a five-paragraph essay that conforms to the requirements below. The paper must be at least 1,000 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. The paragraphs of your essay should conform to the following guidelines:

• Introduction
  The introduction should clearly state the ethical question under consideration, and define the essential issues. You may build upon the question and introduction you provided in the Week One Assignment; or you may choose a different question, but it must be based off the list of acceptable topics. Your introduction should include a brief remark about the kind of theory you will be using to approach this question. The last sentence of the introduction should briefly summarize the or position on the issue you think is best supported by this theory and succinctly state what the objection will be. Bear in mind that your essay will not be concerned with your own position on this issue, but what someone reasoning along the lines of the chosen theory would conclude; this may or may not be the position you took in the Week One Assignment.

• Body Paragraphs
  Each paragraph in the body should start with a topic sentence that clearly identifies the main idea of the paragraph.
  • Theory explanation
    Explain the core principles or features of the deontological or utilitarian theory and the general account of moral reasoning it provides.You must quote from at least one required resource other than your textbook that defends or represents that theory. Refer to the list of acceptable resources.
  • Application
    Demonstrate how the principles or features of the deontological or utilitarian theory apply to the question under consideration and identify the specific conclusion that results from applying the reasoning characteristic of that kind of approach.Your application should clearly show how the conclusion follows from the main principles and features of the theory as addressed in the previous paragraph. Please see the associated guidance for help in fulfilling this requirement.
  • Objection
    Raise a relevant objection to the argument expressed in your application. An objection articulates a plausible reason why someone might find the argument problematic. This can be a false or unsupported claim or assumption, fallacious reasoning, a deep concern about what the conclusion involves, a demonstration of how the argument supports other conclusions that are unacceptable, etc. You should aim to explain this objection as objectively as possible, (i.e., in a way that would be acceptable to someone who disagrees with the argument from the previous paragraph).Note that this does not necessarily mean that the objection succeeds, or that the conclusion the theory supports is wrong. It may be an obstacle that any adequate defense of the conclusion would have to overcome, and it may be the case that the theory has the resources to overcome that obstacle. Your task here is simply to raise the objection or present the “obstacle.”

• Conclusion
  The conclusion should very briefly summarize the main points of your essay.

Resource Requirements

• You must use at least two resources to support your claims.
• At least one of the resources should be one of the Required or Recommended Resources that represent the theory you have chosen, and must be drawn from the list of acceptable resources available in your online classroom.
• The other source should pertain to the particular issue you are writing about and should be drawn from the required or recommended readings in the course, or be a scholarly source found in the Ashford Unversity Library.
• You are encouraged to use additional resources, so long as at least two conform to the requirements above.
• The textbook does not count toward satisfying the resources requirement.
• Below is the original outline to use as a guide.

Should physician assisted suicide be allowed in certain specific cases, such as when the patient is suffering and terminally ill?

Introduction:

Throughout the United States, committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is not considered and legal offense, however, assisting another person to commit suicide is an illegal act in every state except Oregon. Physician assisted suicide takes place when a physician facilitates a patient’s death by providing the necessary means to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act. Physician assisted suicide is a topic of controversy that has been gaining support over the past century in the United States.

Position Statement:

Physician assisted suicide should not be allowed under any circumstances because it betrays human dignity and equality before the law. Human life does not need to be extended by every medical means possible but a person should never be intentionally killed.

Supporting Reason:

Physician assisted suicide changes the culture in which medicine is practiced. It corrupts the practice of medicine by allowing the tools of healing to be used as techniques for killing. This threatens to damage the doctor-patient relationship by reducing patients’ trust of physicians and may impact the doctors’ undivided obligation to the life and health of their patient. This also raises the question of how well this practice can genuinely be regulated (Kass, 1991).

Opposing Reason:

Supporters of physician assisted suicide believe that the matter is based on individual choice that should not be limited by law. They believe that individuals have the right to make life-and-death decisions for themselves without government assistance.

References:

Kass, L. R. (1991). Why doctors must not kill. Commonweal, 118(14), 472-476. Retrieved from https://library.ashford.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http%…