Notes:

(a) This is the main philosophical writing of each student. Your term paper is due by midnight/23:59 of 18 January 2019 (Friday) [in electronic version of the MS Word file to be submitted in “Dropbox for Term Papers” at the class website]

(b) The length of the main text of the term paper is 5 full pages (typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font with size 12, 1-inch margin–thus around 300 words each full page, total 1500 words) but no more than 6 full pages.

(c) The citation references (say, for the two distinct engaging approaches under your examination) should be put in a separate part “References” at the end of the paper (after the main text part). [The citation- reference-giving format: <1> in the main text: say, “…([family name][cited material’s publication year], [page number])…” – for example, “…(Smith 2015, 30)…”; <2> in “References”: see the format of the entries in “Subject Bibliography” of the textbook Chinese Philosophy A-Z.

(d) As for how to write philosophy papers, endeavor to follow those guidelines given in Reading #20 of Course Reader, “Some Suggestions for Writing Philosophy Papers” (by Martin Benjamin)

Term paper topic:

Explain how the Yin-Yang way of thinking (the Yin-Yang model of interaction and transformation) together with the Hegelian model can help you look at distinct approaches to one issue in philosophy, or one issue in your own area of study, or one issue/event in public areas of contemporary times.

Required steps/contents and hints:

(1) Briefly present major points of the Yin-Yang way of thinking, especially its distinct crucial features in contrast to the distinct crucial features of the Hegelian model (also briefly presented), as they are specified and explained in this class. [1.5 pages]

(2) Identify one issue (as “the object of study” under your examination, either in philosophy, or in your own area of study, or in public areas of contemporary times) to which there are two distinct engaging approaches under examination, and briefly present each of the two distinct approaches, distinguishing each one’s “perspective” dimension (i.e., its own working perspective pointing to some aspect of the issue in its focus) and its “guiding-principle” dimension (i.e., its attitude towards the relation between its own working perspective and the other perspective from the other approach, if any). [1.5 pages]

(3) Apply the Yin-Yang way of thinking together with the Hegelian model to give your analysis of how we should “adequately” look at the relation between the “perspective” dimensions of the two approaches [whether or not each of these two distinct perspectives is “eligible” (i.e., capturing some aspect really possessed by the issue), and, if yes, how they can jointly or complementarily contribute to your understanding and treatment of the issue under examination], in view of one (or more than one) of the suggested “adequacy” conditions for how to maintain “adequate” methodological guiding principles to look at distinct perspectives (as given in Part 3 of Reading #1, pp.31-4). [2 pages]

This is an individual assignment. Based on the feedback offered by the provider, identify the best approach for teaching. Prepare a presentation to accompany the teaching plan and present the information to your community. Select one of the following options for delivery of the presentation:

1. PowerPoint presentation – no more than 30 minutes
2. Pamphlet presentation – 1 to 2 pages
3. Poster presentation

Appropriate community settings include:

1. Public health clinic
2. Community health center
3. Long-term care facility
4. Transitional care facility
5. Home health center
6. University/School health center
7. Church community
8. Adult/Child care center

Before presenting information to the community, seek approval from an agency administrator or representative.

Upon receiving approval from the agency, include the “Community Teaching Experience Form” as part of your assignment submission.

Documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

NRS-427V-RS-CommunityTeachingExperienceForm.doc

Application Case Salary Inequities at AstraZeneca

More than 50 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, women in America still earn about 80 cents for every dollar earned by a man. That adds up to a loss for the average female worker of about $380,000 over a lifetime.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca, a large international pharmaceuticals firm, for the company to pay some of its female sales associates a total of $250,000. 137 AstraZeneca had a contract valued at over $2 billion with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide drugs to hospitals around the country. That made it subject to Executive Order 11246, which aims to ensure that employees of U.S. contractors and subcontractors with federal contracts pay their employees fairly without regard to sex, race, color, religion, and national origin.

After conducting a compliance review, the OFCCP concluded that AstraZeneca violated Executive Order 11246 by failing to ensure certain women employees were paid fairly. According to the OFCCP lawsuit, an AstraZeneca Business Center had routinely paid some of its female “primary care” and “specialty care” level III pharmaceutical sales specialists an average of $1,700 less than men with the same positions. Because of the company’s pay secrecy policies, many of the women didn’t know they were being paid less. In addition to the financial settlement, AstraZeneca and OFCCP will review records of the firm’s female employees in 14 states. If they find additional statistical evidence of wage discrimination, the company must remedy it.

Questions

AstraZeneca has brought you in as a compensation consultant. Here are the questions they would like you to answer for them:

• 11-13. Although the case with OFCCP is closed, we wonder if there are any less discriminatory explanations possible for why our women sales reps on average earned less than men. If so, what are they?
• 11-14. Our own company now uses a point method to evaluate jobs for pay purposes, and each resulting job class also has a rate range associated with it. Sales associates are now paid a salary that is not based on incentive pay. List three specific things we can do to ensure that a similar problem (inequitable pay based on gender) does not arise again, assuming they continue using the point plan.
• 11-15. What sort of compensation plan would you recommend for us, and why?

Consumer Buying Behavior

Read the following Case Assignment: Ebay

Creating Customers on the Move The advent of mobile commerce (m-commerce) has begun to create significant changes in the way consumers make purchasing decisions. The introduction of online shopping first began to draw customers away from brick-and-mortar retailers, changing the location of where they made their purchases. The use of mobile devices has expanded the location of purchase decisions even further, so now consumers can make purchases from almost anywhere, so long as they have a mobile device with them. It also has leveled the playing field for consumers in many cases, as it allows them to comparison shop on prices of products that they might find in stores.

In 2009, the mobile commerce market generated $18.3 billion in total revenue. By 2015 it’s projected to reach over $119 billion. When it comes to m-commerce, eBay has jumped in with both feet. It is estimated to hold about 3.3 percent of m-commerce, compared to online retailer Amazon’s 1.5 percent. It also was estimated to sell $1.5 billion in goods via m-commerce in 2010, compared to $600 million in 2009. eBay launched its first mobile application for the iPhone in July 2008 and has since produced 14 apps, including eBay Selling, StubHub, Deals, and Fashion. eBay’s core iPhone application has been downloaded 14 million times, and its entire stable of apps has seen over 30 million downloads worldwide. Purchases range from clothing and accessories to sporting event and concert tickets, computers and technology gadgets, collectables, and even luxury automobiles. Research indicates that more than half of regular m-commerce purchasers are comfortable spending over $100 on a mobile purchase, and 14 percent are willing to spend over $1,000.

eBay has been quick to embrace the trend toward comparison-shopping, as potential buyers compare in-store prices online with those offered by other retailers. In June 2010, eBay purchased RedLaser, a mobile app that uses the cell phone camera to identify a product’s barcode and locate that product within eBay’s system.

If a buyer is searching for a certain designer jacket for example, he could compare prices between eBay’s auctions, flat priced buy-it-now options, and eBay’s Fashion Vault, which offers limited-time deep discounts on select high-end merchandise.

But while eBay has excelled in m-commerce so far, its ability to fully capitalize on this growth potential depends on how it is able to influence consumer-purchasing decisions. Merely allowing consumers to search for items, compare prices, and then make a purchase isn’t enough. As eBay VP of mobile platforms Steve Yankovich says, “We want consumers to engage when they don’t have a purchase in mind.”

The combination of apps with mobile devices enables browsing and purchasing virtually anywhere at any time, especially during downtime—say when the potential buyer is getting a haircut or waiting in line at the coffee shop. By enabling buyers more opportunities to shop and make purchases, eBay is hoping to spark purchases based on the buyer’s immediate situation. The eBay Fashion app is designed to inspire browsing and experimentation, offering features such as a clothing-focused search function, a virtual closet to save various finds, and a mix-and-match feature that allows users to pair up articles of clothing with various accessories. Users can even take a picture of themselves using the phone camera and the Fashion app will superimpose the outfits they create over their figure, allowing shoppers to digitally “try on” the looks. So if a purchaser saw a dress she liked at a party, she could “try it on” and match it up with accessories in her wardrobe. eBay is planning to release even more apps like eBay Fashion, targeting key eBay shopping demographics such as car enthusiasts and home-and-garden enthusiasts.

Early trends suggest that shoppers are responding to eBay’s efforts as well. As eBay has continued to develop the offerings of the eBay Fashion app, average user browsing time on the app has increased by 40 percent since its original release and mobile fashion sales tripled over the past year. If nothing else, the new trends in m-commerce move very quickly, and eBay must continue to innovate if it wants to stay ahead of the game. Says Yankovich, “Nobody knows what’s going to happen in mobile. We need to be ready to spin on a dime.”

Answer the following:

1. Which stages of the consumer decision-making process are affected most by comparison shopping on mobile platforms? Explain.
2. Technology has drastically altered the consumer buying behavior, today as consumers we have the luxury to browse and shop virtually anywhere at anytime. What are your thoughts on being able to shop 24/7 virtually?
3. Do you find yourself shopping online more as opposed to the traditional shopping method of visiting the store during store hours? Why or Why not?
4. What are your thoughts on Black Friday in store deals versus Cyber Monday, do you find one to be more beneficial to the consumer than the other?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
• Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and