Econ Scandal

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Approx. 800 words (+/-), submit as PDF. You can answer to each question separately or submit an “essay”.

(1) Sum up, in your own words, the different types of corrupt and unethical behavior at Enron?

(2) Which cultural and structural factors were to blame that unethical behavior was considered as “normal” at Enron?

(3) Which tasks and which responsibilities had the Board of Enron
regarding the scandal (it might help to research on the board structure
in the US for answering this question). Should board members own shares?

(4) Could Enron have “survived”? If yes, how?

see attached file In order to know more about the Enron case

On January 1, 2015, Bravo issued $400,000 of 6% bonds. , journal entry help

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please answer the below question the entry does not need an explanation. 

Question 1: 20% points:

On January 1, 2015, Bravo issued $400,000 of 6% bonds. The bonds were issued at
98 and pay interest semiannually on July 1 and December 31 each year.

On September 1, 2015, Bravo issued for $530,000 cash, 500 7% five-year
nonconvertible bonds dated September 1, 2015. Each $1,000 bond had a detachable
stock purchase warrant to purchase
20 shares of $3 par value stock for $10 per share. Immediately after issuance, the
warrants had a market value of $45,000, and the bonds were selling at 102 without
the warrant.

On January 1, 2011, Bravo issued 100 ten-year convertible bonds. Each $1,000 bond
is convertible into 20 shares of Bravo’s $10 par value common stock. The bonds
were issued at 105 when the common stock traded for $40 per share. The bonds pay
interest annually. The conversion features of the bond are not beneficial. On
October 1, 2015, half of the bonds were tendered for conversion when the common
stock was trading at $62 per share. Bravo uses the book value method to account for
the conversion. At the time of conversion, the bonds had a carrying value of
$104,300. Bravo does not elect the fair value option for reporting these financial
liabilities.

Prepare the journal entries for the bond transactions during 2015.

  1. January 1, 2015 Issue bonds

  2. September 1, 2015 Issue bonds with detachable warrants

  3. October 1, 2015 Conversion of bonds 

Entrepreneurial Beginnings

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Discussion Question 2

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to each of the following discussion questions.Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer each discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.Your Discussion Question responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the questions themselves.If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

2.How could five (5) of the ten (10) products or services observed in Question 1 be changed or offered differently as a new business opportunity? Pick one (1) of the ten (10) opportunities, needs, or solutions observed and state why you feel it has the best potential to become a new business opportunity. (50 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

Project Management, business and finance homework help

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Project Management:

Part A: Project Schedule
(Submit as one [1] Microsoft Project file)

  1. In Assignment 2, you developed a project plan. Now, using the information from your project proposal, create a multi-level work breakdown structure (WBS) and detailed project schedule.
    Your project must include the following criteria:
    • The project must consist of at least twenty-five (25) tasks.
    • Each task must contain a start date, a finish date, and have main staffing and non-staffing resources assigned.
    • Assume that your work activities are completed during normal weekdays (no weekend work) under normal conditions (8 hours per day).
    • In terms of holidays, you can assume no work will be done the following days: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Good Monday, Friday before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, the business day before Independence Day, Independence Day, the Friday before Labor Day, Labor Day, the day before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), the business day before Christmas, Christmas Day, the business day after Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.

Part B: Written Response
(Submit as a Microsoft Word file)

Write a one to two (1-2) page response in which you:

  1. Analyze your project in terms of project completion, critical path, and slack / float. Specifically, be sure to answer the following:
    • When will the project be completed?
    • What is the critical path for the project?
    • How much slack / float is in your project? What activities have the greatest slack / float?
  2. Summarize the recommendations or improvements you would make to your project schedule. Specifically, be sure to answer the following:
    • Identify the top three (3) activities that you believe could impact the project completion date.
    • What additional activities would you add to this project to make it more complete, from a project management viewpoint?
  3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

History Response Paper

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History Response Paper, 1-2 pages

Chicago Citation form.

Please choose a document from the Major Problems readings for the week you are writing. In a 1-2 page paper please respond to your chosen document. Your paper should include a bibliographical reference, and should have 2 parts to it.

The first part of your paper should be a candid response to the document.Did you enjoy this document, did you find it overly long, or difficult to understand?Why did you choose this document to respond to?Did something about it stick out as familiar or surprising?Was there something you found interesting or intriguing?

The second part of the paper should focus on why the document was created in the way it was.What type of document is it (an article, a speech, a letter, etc)?Who was intended to read it? What did the author want to accomplish or say through the work, and just as importantly- were they successful in their aims? Why or why not? What choices did they make that allowed the work to achieve that aim (or not)?Does your analysis of the document relate to your earlier reaction to the document (is it suitable that you didn’t find a supreme court case to be very exciting, or that a political speech was written in clear accessible language)?Remember to be specific and use examples from the text (with citations) to describe your ideas.

I will take picture of the content, you can choose the document if u want!

Writing Question

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Assignment Instructions

Assignment: Write a Research Question and Conduct Preliminary Research (1 to 1 1/2 pages)

After you have read the week’s Lesson Materials, please develop a research question that you will build on during this class. Your paper should several paragraphs to provide some background about the topic you have chosen and the gap you see in the literature that leads you to ask this question. This is not a statement of your personal interest in the topic. Also, explain your search method to access the most relevant information about your topic.

1. Infrastructure Protection is the topic that you can develop a question about

If you are wondering what a search method is, it is a process or technique. It is “how” you go about researching a topic. Typically you will have criteria (a way of measuring what you find to determine if it is relevant) and you will have search terms (which are specific references to dates, places, events, people, concepts, authors, etc., that can be used in a search engine). A search method might include examining a wide variety of databases; it might including using the bibliographies in books and articles to find more sources. It might include restricting yourself to peer reviewed journal articles, etc. No matter what paper or what topic, you will always be using some method for searching for the information you need.

Then go to the APUS online library and conduct a search for articles in peer-reviewed, academic journals or books about your topic. You can access the Library from the Classroom by selecting Library on the left vertical toolbar. Navigate the online databases and conduct a search based on keywords relating to your topic.

Choose two articles pertinent to your topic and provide a citation for these articles using APA Style citation format. Refer to the APA Quick guide in this week’s Lessons. The highest quality sources are peer reviewed articles, government publications, and scholarly texts.

1. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law: An Overview of Key Issue :https://www.nap.edu/read/10685/chapter/1

Citation: Personick, S. D., Patterson, C. A., & National Research Council (U.S.). (2003). Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law : An Overview of Key Issues. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/logi…

2. Homeland security and private sector business corporations’ role in critical infrastructure protection: https://www-taylorfrancis-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/books/9780429249549

Citation: Lee, E. (2009). Homeland security and private sector
business corporations’ role in critical infrastructure protection .
Boca Raton: CRC Press.

On every paper that you write for this school, you will include the title, your name, course name and number, instructor name, university name, and date. On your final paper, you will provide a cover sheet with this pertinent information. Missing elements will limit your grade.

Create in a Word document and upload to Assignments by Sunday night at 11:55pm EST.

The submission will be based on the following rubric: (YOU MAY USE THESE CATEGORIES AS HEADINGS FOR YOUR PAPER TO ENSURE YOU MEET EACH REQUIREMENT)

1) Research Question (25 pts)

2) Background Description (25 pts)

3) Search Criteria (25 pts)

4) Listing of Two Relevant Sources (25 pts)

Policy Analysis (non K-12

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The field theory of behavior has influenced and shaped how we view the behavior of individuals within the organization through motivation, innovation, social interactions, group processes, and leadership etc. “Because the organization has no independent physical reality but exists only as a socially constructed reality, and because our construction of reality is dependent on our perception of what is real, we can easily see how the organization emerges as a primary factor in evoking the behavior of people in it. This web of interaction between people and organization, and its implications for leadership, is not simple, but is powerful in influencing and shaping the behavior of people at work…” (Owen/Valesky pg. 33)

The two required articles linked below examine structural innovation which is the ability of an organization to become innovative through leadership and developing the organizational capacity of individuals to foster innovative behaviors. Considering these articles how does this emerging scholarship of organizational behavior begin to influence how you perceive your current organization in terms of its ability to adapt to new conditions and initiatives for engaging not only the internal environment but shaping partnerships in the external environment?

Please do not reiterate or summarize the two (2) required articles in your posting but integrate their principles into your discussion thread relative to your specific example.

Required Readings:

3 Crucial Behaviors for Successfully Leading Innovation https://www.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/3-C…

Resolving the Paradox of Group Creativity https://hbr.org/2016/01/resolving-the-paradox-of-g…

Behaviorism Scenarios, psychology homework help

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Select five of the scenarios (attached) and, for each scenario, describe in 100-250-words how you would address the behavior. Include the following:

  • A strategy or strategies to reduce or eliminate the misbehavior citing behaviorist principles;
  • A motivational strategy or strategies you would you use; and
  • Specify when/if you will use continuous and intermittent reinforcement.

Behaviorism Scenarios Rubric

1
1: No submission
0.00%

2
2: Insufficient
65.00%

3
3: Approaching
75.00%

4
4: Acceptable
85.00%

5
5: Target
100.00%

80.0 %Content

16.0 %Scenario 1

No submission.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are poorly described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is insufficiently applicable to the student. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are not applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are adequately described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is reasonable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and sufficiently described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is sound and applicable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and comprehensively described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is fitting and valuable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are directly applicable to the student described.

80.0 %Content

16.0 %Scenario 2

No submission.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are poorly described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is insufficiently applicable to the student. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are not applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are adequately described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is reasonable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and sufficiently described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is sound and applicable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and comprehensively described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is fitting and valuable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are directly applicable to the student described.

80.0 %Content

16.0 %Scenario 3

No submission.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are poorly described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is insufficiently applicable to the student. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are not applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are adequately described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is reasonable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and sufficiently described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is sound and applicable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and comprehensively described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is fitting and valuable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are directly applicable to the student described.

80.0 %Content

16.0 %Scenario 4

No submission.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are poorly described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is insufficiently applicable to the student. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are not applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are adequately described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is reasonable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and sufficiently described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is sound and applicable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and comprehensively described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is fitting and valuable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are directly applicable to the student described.

80.0 %Content

16.0 %Scenario 5

No submission.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are poorly described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is insufficiently applicable to the student. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are not applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are adequately described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is reasonable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and sufficiently described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is sound and applicable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are applicable to the student described.

Motivational strategies recommended for student are appropriate and comprehensively described. Strategy to reduce or eliminate misbehavior described is fitting and valuable for the student while using appropriate behaviorist principles. Specific behaviors reinforced (continuous and intermittent) along with the reinforcer used are directly applicable to the student described.

20.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

20.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) and/or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed.

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech.

Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

100 %Total Weightage

assignment for sociology 130

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please follow instructions carefully and answer all questions

I attached a copy of the rubric below

no plagiarism

Carbon Footprint

1. A definition for your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air because of your use of transportation, electricity, food, clothing, and other goods and services.

The following web site has series of questions to calculate your carbon footprint. Go to https://coolcalifornia.arb.ca.gov/ (Links to an external site.) , click on blue box which says Household, and, click on Carbon Calculator.

See the icons in the gray box (Get Started, Travel, Home, Food, Shopping, Take Action)

Click on the Get Started icon and answer the all the questions on that site and then answer the questions below in the text entry box:

  1. Where do you live?
  2. How many people live in your household?

Click on the Travel icon and answer the all the questions (use the Simple not the Advanced option) on that site then answer the questions below in the text entry box:

  1. Do you own your own vehicle? If yes, is it powered by gasoline, diesel or electricity?
  2. Do you use public transit? If yes, how many miles do you estimate that you travel each year?

Click on the Home icon and answer the all the questions (use the Simple not the Advanced option) on that site then answer the questions below in the text entry box:

  1. How much do you estimate that your household spends: a) on electricity each year? b) on natural gas each year?
  2. What is the approximate living space for your household?

Click on the Food icon and answer the all the questions (use the Simple not the Advanced option) on that site then answer the questions below in the text entry box:

  1. How many daily servings of grains & baked goods per person do you estimate your household consumes?
  2. How many daily servings of fruit and vegetables per person do you estimate that your household consumes?

Click on the Shopping icon and answer the all the questions (use the Simple not the Advanced option) on that site then answer the questions below in the text entry box:

  1. How much do you spend on goods each month?
  2. How much do you spend on services each month?

Looking at the right hand side of the Shopping screen answer the following:

  1. In which of the 5 categories (Travel, Home, Food, Goods, Services) did you do best compared to similar households in United States?
  2. In which of the 5 categories (Travel, Home, Food, Goods, Services) did you do worst compared to similar households in United States?
  3. According to the boldface number at the top of the screen what is your carbon footprint (Household tons CO2eq/year)?
  4. Click on the Take Action icon and list in the text entry box two of the options (use the exact same words as in the list) which you might consider to REDUCE YOUR IMPACT?

Com 4

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Part
1

    Communication
    Apprehension

    One
    of the most frustrating challenges at work is communication
    apprehension. However, there are ways to overcome this
    challenge.Prepare: As
    you prepare to write this discussion post, take a few moments to do
    the following:

  • Read
    the writing
    prompt below in its entirety    .
    Notice that there are three tasks:

    1. Identify
      one or two forms of communication apprehension you have
      experienced on the job.

    2. Explain
      at least two strategies to overcome the communication
      apprehension.

    3. Discuss
      the role of communication in being a professional.

  • Review
    your notes on Chapter 5: Developing Confidence: Coping with
    Insecurities about Interpersonal Communication.

  • Read
    Chapter 6: Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace.

  • Review
    the grading rubric.

Reflect: Take
time to reflect on a specific experience you had in the workplace
where you faced the challenge of communication apprehension. Think
about how to overcome this challenge. What changes can you make to
improve how you communicate at work? Reflect on communication as
both the problem and solution.Write: Based
on course materials and your own reflections, address the following:

  • Describe
    a time you found yourself in a situation where you faced a specific
    form of communication apprehension in the workplace described by
    Bevan and Sole. Be sure to explain the apprehension itself and how
    you experienced it. If your work experience is limited, consider a
    time when you were working with others in a different context, such
    as school or a club.

  • Based
    on what you’ve learned from class this week, explain some
    specific strategies you can use to overcome the communication
    apprehension(s) you listed and make yourself a more competent
    communicator.  

  • Use
    the text to discuss the role of communication in being a
    professional.


Part
2

Attraction
in Interpersonal Relationships
 
Chapter
7 addresses various elements that attract us to other people when we
first enter a relationship. It might be just one thing that we like
about another person or it could be several things.Prepare: As
you prepare to write this discussion post, take a few moments to do
the following:

  • Read
    the writing
    prompt below in its entirety    .
    Notice that there are two tasks:

    1. Identify
      what attracts you to others, based on one of the attraction
      theories covered by Bevan & Sole.

    2. Share
      an example of friendship you had that did not start off on solid
      ground, and explain what happened.

  • Review
    Chapter 7 in the course text. Focus especially on the section on
    attraction theory and identify what attracts you to others.

  • Begin
    with a solid explanation of attraction theory as described in our
    text. Then, use that theory to think through what attracts you to
    others. Do not forget to share an example from your own experience.

  • Review
    the grading rubric.

Reflect: Take
time to reflect on how we are attracted to others and what role
communication plays in this process. Think about the role of first
impressions and how they influence final friendship
outcomes.Write: Based
on attraction theory (outlined in our text), address the following:

  • What
    do you look for in other people when you first meet them? This
    could be a potential romantic partner or even a platonic friend.
    List as many qualities as you can think of and how they are related
    to what you’ve learned in this class about communication.

  • Relate
    your personal experience to attraction theory (Section 7.3), as
    described in our text.

  • Share
    an example of a time when you developed a friendship/relationship
    with someone whom you did not get along with at first. What
    initially attracted you to the person?  What changed for you?


Thoroughly
address all three elements of this prompt by writing at least two to
three sentences on each element. Use the course readings at least
once to help you make your points. Consider copying and pasting
these tasks into a word file and addressing each of them
separately.