Assignment 1: Not All Companies Are Viewed as Equal
Due Week 4 and worth 175 points

In the land of free trade, the public does not view all industries as equal. Do you believe that is ethical? Do you believe that some industries are unfairly targeted? Should it be consumers’ choice to partake in products that are not healthy for them, or do those companies have an ethical obligation to protect people? In this assignment, you will choose one (1) industry to write about. Possible industries to research could be tobacco, soda, alcohol, casinos, or candy companies, just to name a few.

Write a one and a half to two (1½ – 2) page paper in which you:

1. Become an advocate for either the consumer or the industry. Prepare an argument explaining the major reasons why you support either the consumer or the industry. 
2. Explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.
3. Discuss if you believe it is possible for a company to cater to both its best interest and that of the consumer conjointly or if one always has to prevail. Justify your response.
4. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities, and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Option #2: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Evaluate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Be sure to address the following:

• Provide a brief summary of the current status of the agreement.
• Describe the ways TPP is a free trade agreement.
• Describe the ways TPP is not a free trade agreement.
• Select one member country and analyze the expected effects on that country.
• Select another country that is not a member of TPP and analyze the expected effects of being left out of TPP.

Your final paper must be 8-10 pages long, not including the title and references pages. It must cite a minimum of eight peer-reviewed or professional sources, and be formatted to APA

course-Level Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

For all Assessments, the following general requirements hold:

(1) Assignments should be 2-3 double-spaced pages, with reasonable (12 pt.) font and reasonable (1 inch) margins.

(2) Citations to the material are required; in-text citations are preferred (MLA style).

(3) Assignments should be turned into eCampus (for the collection of artifacts for scoring).

Assignment One:

SLO #1:”A government of laws, not of men”. 70% of students will successfully analyze how the U.S. Constitution, including its amendments, provides for “a government of laws.” as well as discussing the feature of the Constitution that they believe is most important in providing for “a government of laws”. [SLO #1 fulfills the following Program Level Outcomes: Communication, Critical Thinking, Social and Personal Responsibility, as well as the following Course Level Outcomes: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8.]

Activity for Assessment:

1)“A government of laws, not of men” is how John Adams described the ideal form of government. The Constitution of the United States was designed to create such a government.

Discuss how the U.S. Constitution, including its amendments, provides for “a government of laws.” Then, discuss the feature of the Constitution that you believe is most important in providing for “a government of laws.” Explain the reason or reasons why you believe it is the most important.

Note: Your answer can be no longer than 600 words (roughly two double-spaced pages).

Question 1

1. Prepositional phrases can be used to promote sentence variety in writing.

   
   True
   
   False
   

1 points

Question 2

1. In general, irony is a difference between appearances and reality.

   True False

1 points

Question 3

1. In the novel The Kite Runner, Amir’s mother died during childbirth.

   True False

1 points

Question 4

1. A fire station burning down would be an example of verbal irony.

   True False

1 points

Question 5

1. In The Story of an Hour Mrs. Mallard loved her husband very much.

   True False

1 points

Question 6

1. Sometimes you have to know the history of a country in order to understand a story.

   True False

1 points

Question 7

1. You will not always catch symbols.

   True False

1 points

Question 8

1. If you falsify documents, you are intending to deceive.

   True False

1 points

Question 9

1. Understanding the context allows for a better understanding of story.

   True False

1 points

Question 10

1. If you encounter hostility, this should be seen as a sign of friendliness.

   True False

1 points

Question 11

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: millennium

   		200 years
   		100 years
   		1,000 years
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 12

1. The Time Traveller is brushed by the antennae of what?

   		a giant crab
   		a white butterfly
   		an Eloi
   		a black insect like creature

2 points

Question 13

1. In the short story, “The Gift of the Magi,” the watch fob and the combs symbolize

   		Jim and Della’s love for each other
   		unselfish giving
   		the gifts brought by the wise men (magi) for the baby Jesus
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 14

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: chronological

   		arranged in order of time
   		the science of color
   		the study of time space travel
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 15

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: aerobic

   		a craft requiring air for flight
   		an organism requiring air for life
   		a lighter requiring air to light
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 16

1. In The Time Machine, which of the following does the Time Traveller not retrieve from the museum?

   		camphor
   		a level
   		sulphur
   		matches

2 points

Question 17

1. One message of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 might be:

   		Life is just hard.
   		There is more bad in life than there is good.
   		There are equal parts of bad and good in every life.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 18

1. When is the “Communists in the State Department” speech given?

   		Five years after World War II
   		Five years before the Cold War
   		Five years since JFK’s assassination
   		None of the above

2 points

Question 19

1. In The Time Machine, as time passes what happens to the sun?

   		It gets smaller.
   		It stops moving.
   		It grows dimmer.
   		Its motion speeds up.

2 points

Question 20

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: asteroid

   		shaped like a roid
   		shaped like a star
   		shaped like a celestial sphere
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 21

1. Why does the Time Traveller remove the levers from his machine from the novelThe Time Machine?

   		to use them as weapons
   		to prevent others from using the machine
   		to remind him to update the machine.
   		to prove he had actually made the journey

2 points

Question 22

1. Read the following sentence: The man was diagnosed with a pernicious disease, and unfortunately, he was not given long to live. Using context clues, what does pernicious mean?

   		persistent
   		curable
   		deadly
   		common

2 points

Question 23

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: solarium

   		a type of animal enclosure
   		a room which gets a lot of sunlight
   		a type of incubator
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 24

1. When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
   This quote is an example of

   		an incorrect use of a semi-colon.
   		parallelism.
   		pronoun-antecedent error.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 25

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: cosmopolitan

   		provincial and unsophisticated
   		worldly and sophisticated
   		having no interest in universal things
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 26

1. Complete the following analogy:
   repression : freedom ::

   		peace : war
   		peace : goal
   		peace : tranquility
   		peace : calmness

2 points

Question 27

1. What is the fourth dimension from the Time Machine supposed to be?

   		hope
   		the past
   		space
   		time

2 points

Question 28

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: Sol

   		The Roman god of the sun
   		The Greek messenger god
   		The Roman god of war
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 29

1. Who is the author commonly ascribed to the passage in Ecclesiastes?

   		Qoheleth
   		Moses
   		King Solomon
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 30

1. In the novel The Kite Runner, Amir accuses Hassan of stealing his watch and birthday money. What is the result of this?

   		Hassan admits stealing it to protect Amir.
   		Baba banishes Hassan and Ali from the house.
   		Amir and Ali leave for Pakistan.
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 31

1. In the novel The Kite Runner, Hassan is Hazara and Amir is Pashtun. Why is this significant?

   		Hazara are an ethnic minority with Pashtun being the majority.
   		Hazara are considered a lower class.
   		Amir’s can justify his sacrificing of Hassan because he is his servant.
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 32

1. Where, in the novel, is the time machine hidden?

   		in the Morlocks’ underworld
   		in the Palace of the Green Porcelain
   		in the pedestal of the sphinx statue
   		in the woods near the Palace of the Green Porcelain

2 points

Question 33

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: chronicle

   		a recording of events
   		a type of shellfish which attaches to boats
   		an endangered species
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 34

1. Why, in the novel The Time Machine, does the character Weena seem to be attracted to the Time Traveller?

   		He is big and strong.
   		He saved her life.
   		He is not afraid of Morlocks.
   		He is exotic.

2 points

Question 35

1. In The Time Machine, what is the Palace of the Green Procelain?

   		an Eloi habitation
   		a museum
   		a port to the underworld
   		a Morlock battle station

2 points

Question 36

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: astrolabe

   		a laboratory for stars
   		a laboratory for astronauts
   		a type of cell
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 37

1. In
   the speech “Communists in the State Department,” accusing people of
   being “card-carrying members of the Communist Party” implies what?

   		These people are not loyal to the United States.
   		These people are guilty of treason
   		All three answers are correct
   		These people shouldn’t be allowed to control our foreign policy.

2 points

Question 38

1. Complete the following analogy:
   sepulcher : nursery ::

   		tomb : resting place
   		funeral : birth
   		house : dwelling
   		hospital : ambulance

2 points

Question 39

1. In
   the speech “Communists in the State Department,” McCarthy ends claiming
   this will end “only when the whole sorry mess of twisted warped
   thinkers are swept from the national scene so that we may have a new
   birth of national honesty and decency in government.” Why is this
   ironic?

   		He wasn’t honest throughout the whole process.
   		He was more interested in promoting himself than finding communists.
   		The “Red Scare” is remembered in history as a scam and a scandal.
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 40

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: astral

   		relating to the stars
   		something gone astray
   		relating to a specific type of cell
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 41

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: bicentennial

   		200 years
   		100 years
   		1,000 years
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 42

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: annuity

   		money paid to Ann
   		an amount of money paid every other year
   		an amount of money paid every year
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 43

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: retrospective

   		a look backward at past events
   		a view from above
   		a machine which allows three dimensional travel
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 44

1. Which word completes the following sentence? College students must cope with ______________ to be successful in classes.

   		magnanimity
   		importunities
   		antiphony
   		cognitive dissonance

2 points

Question 45

1. The structure of an Italian Sonnet is

   		two quatrains and a sestet.
   		one quatrain and two sestets.
   		There is no predetermined structure in an Italian Sonnet.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 46

1. Use a caveat, such as a sign or a flag, to prevent people from entering the ocean. What type of context clue can be found in this sentence to help the reader figure out the meaning of the word caveat?

   		synonym clue
   		antonym clue
   		inference clue
   		example clue

2 points

Question 47

1. The word ‘sonnet’ means

   		a song to the sun.
   		a little poem.
   		a little song.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 48

1. Parallelism in literature is

   		when the lines on the page are at absolute 90 degree angles.
   		when separate parts of a sentence or stanza are balanced by using similar constructions.
   		when the author chooses to allude from other texts and include them in his or her own.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 49

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: aerodynamic

   		designed to be the least resistant to air flow
   		designed to create an explosion when exposed to oxygen
   		designed to create molecular energy when exposed to oxygen
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 50

1. When you are reading a novel set in a different culture it is important to

   		assume different is bad.
   		do hours of research to try to understand the story.
   		try to understand the story based on the context of the culture.
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 51

1. What is the name of the creatures who live above ground in the novel The Time Machine?

   		Morlocks
   		Weena
   		Eloi
   		Porcelains

2 points

Question 52

1. Indicate the correct meaning of the word: asynchronous

   		happening at the same time
   		not happening at the same time
   		never happening at all
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 53

1. What exactly is the purpose of the underground machines in The Time Machine?

   		They manufacture goods for the Eloi.
   		They are used to cook Eloi.
   		They are ventilators for the underworld.
   		They are Morlock transports.

2 points

Question 54

1. The Time Traveller, from the novel The Time Machine, ascribes the weakness of humankind’s descendants to what?

   		Fate
   		Communism
   		Religion
   		Capitalism

2 points

Question 55

1. In The Time Machine, what does the Time Traveller bring back from the future?

   		Weena
   		Giant crab
   		Two flowers
   		Camphor

2 points

Question 56

1. In the novel The Kite Runner, what happened to Amir’s mother?

   		She ran away with gypsies after Amir was born.
   		She died giving birth to Amir.
   		She was accused of infidelity and stoned to death by the Taliban.
   		none of the above

2 points

Question 57

1. Which of the following sentences is written in first person point of view?

   		Jenny knew she wanted to go shopping, but she decided to do something else to save money.
   		Skiing for the first time was quite terrifying for me.
   		Dave said, “I am not sure if we start school next week or the week after.”
   		Kaylah and Sara were good friends, but because of their argument, neither girl felt like being friendly.

2 points

Question 58

1. Symbolism is one of the most challenging literary terms you will encounter because

   		it is almost impossible to recognize symbols in a story.
   		there is more than one way to interpret a symbol
   		there is only one possible interpretation of a symbol.
   		all of the above

2 points

Question 59

1. In what year was The Time Machine first published in book form?

   		1815
   		1895
   		1905
   		1938

2 points

Question 60

1. The Eloi remind the Time Traveller of whom from The Time Machine?

   		fairies.
   		cavemen.
   		lawyers.
   		victims of tuberculosis.

2 points

Question 61

1. Read
   the following short paragraph. This paragraph is full of short, choppy
   sentences. Use your knowledge of sentence variety and prepositional
   phrases to improve the paragraph. Include all of the details in your
   revised version.The clouds seemed to loom over the field. The
   field was near my house. A drop of rain fell on the infield dirt. The
   umpire looked into the sky. The sky opened up. A downpour of rain
   scattered everyone. People ran into the concession stand. Other people
   ran to their cars in the parking lot. The parking lot was behind the
   outfield.

   20 points
   
   Question 62
   

   In The Kite Runner,
   Amir returns to Afghanistan to find Sohrab, Hassan’s son. As part of
   this journey, he must confront Assef. Explain why the author chose to
   have these characters all come together in this scene. Explain how it
   mirrors the past and discuss the long term effects of this
   confrontation.

   20 points