Question 3 - Week 11 The following quote appeared in an article entitled ‘Business and society in the coming decades’, which was available on the website of McKinsey & Company (accessed in October 2015). “There are compelling reasons companies should seize the initiative to drive social and business benefits. First, in an interconnected world facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges, society will demand it. Increasingly, a basic expectation among customers, governments, and communities will be that the companies they do business with provide a significant net positive return for society at large, not just for investors. This will be part of the implicit contract or license to operate”. Required: a) Explain the above statement in the context of corporate social responsibility. [Word limit 150-200 words] b) Further, do you think such a statement would impact the perceived ‘legitimacy’ of companies? Explain. [Word limit 200 – 250]

mean 75 standard deviation 9.  Using the information from the previous question and the Using the 50% - 34 % - 14% pictures, what is the longest time a person can have to solve the word search and still be in the bottom

• a) 2%
• b) 16%
• c) 55%
• d) 80%
• e) 95%

previous question:

The length of time it takes to complete a word search puzzle is and average of 75 seconds with a standard deviation of 9 seconds. Using the 50% - 34 % - 14% pictures, approximately what percentage of scores will be (scores here is time needed to complete)

• a) above 85
• b) below 85
• c) above 80
• d) below 80
• e) above 75
• f) below 75
• g) above 70
• h) below 70
• i) above 65
• j) below 65

The following quote appeared in an article entitled ‘Business and society in the coming decades’, which was available on the website of McKinsey & Company (accessed in October 2015).

“There are compelling reasons companies should seize the initiative to drive social and business benefits. First, in an interconnected world facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges, society will demand it. Increasingly, a basic expectation among customers, governments, and communities will be that the companies they do business with provide a significant net positive return for society at large, not just for investors. This will be part of the implicit contract or license to operate”.

Required:

a) Explain the above statement in the context of corporate social responsibility. [Word limit 150-200 words]

b) Further, do you think such a statement would impact the perceived ‘legitimacy’ of companies? Explain. [Word limit 200 – 250]

( Please answer 1 to 23 in your own word respectively)

HOW ARE INDIAN CONSUMERS EXPLOITED-

1. SUPPLY OF ADULTERATED AND SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS

2. CHEATING CONSUMERS BY GIVING LESSER QUANTITY FOR THE PRICE,

3.DISHONOURED GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES,

4.POOR REDRESSAL OF CUSTOMERS' GENUINE GRIEVANCES,

5.MAKING CONSUMER BUY UNWANTED GOODS, CREATING A SCARE OUT OF SCARCITY,

6.MISLEADING REPRESÈNTATION ON UTILITY OF PRODUCTS,

7.MANIPULATING CONDMONS OF DELIVERY,

8.CUSTOMERS PAY FOR NUMEROUS INTERMEDIARIES,

9. FALL IN PRICES -NEVER PASSED TO CONSUMERS,

10.BUYING UNAFFORDABLE GOODS,

11.ADVERTISEMENT COST,

12. COUNTERFEITS CONSTITUTE SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF GOODS IN STORE SHELVES,

13.TIE-IN-SALES,

14.GIFTS FOR PRODUCTS/SERVICES

Explain this factor in your own word

Melbourne is well-known to be a dynamic city with numerous cafes. Since you enrolled in BUS5POE, there has been a lockdown in Melbourne and Victoria. Assume that cafes are in perfect competition in Melbourne and the initial market price of a take-out coffee is 5 dollars. Assume that cafes are authorized to open if they want during the lockdown. Provide a graphical representation of this shock and explain how the lockdown will impact: a. The supply curve of take-out coffees (answer in 70-130 words) b. The demand curve of take-out coffees (answer in 70-130 words) c. The equilibrium in the market for take-out coffees (answer in 70-130 words) You can draw diagrams in MS Word or on paper. In the latter case just make a good quality photo and insert it in this Word file to the relevant question.

Question # 1 Separating our personal and professional lives is increasingly difficult, particularly as many Americans are working from home as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Many organizations have had to quickly alter their operating procedures and put practices in place to support employees working remotely. Discuss your view when it comes to working remotely. What types of adjustments have you or your organization had to make to support employees working from home? Are you able to turn work off after hours like some of the companies in the article? If you are essential personnel and required to report to work, discuss how that experience has been for you in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Minimum Word Count: 300 word count per question for initial post.

In a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a random sample of adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental united states was asked their reaction to the word socialism. In addition, the individuals were asked to disclose which political party they most associate with. Results of the survey are given in the table.

a) Explain why this data should be analyzed by the homogeneity of proportions.

b) Does the evidence suggest individuals within each political affiliation react differently to the word socialism? (Use the =0.05 level of significance.)

1. State the null and alternate hypothesis

2. Verify the requirements.

3. Calculate the test statistic.

4. Find the corresponding p-value.

5. State your conclusion.

Medical Terminology Project: The project needs to be at least 300-word minimum and utilize 50 medical terms. The medical terms must be full medical terms. You may not use just prefixes, suffixes or word roots. The words must be from the Purple boxes in your book. They must be typed and medical terms must be highlighted but you may put this project together any way you like. You can write a paper, do a powerpoint or do something really creative. You have creative license! You may pick any topic you find interesting. Note: You are welcome to do this in groups too, be creative! Perhaps you could create a script and read the medical dialog in a skit? I love to have some collaborations when possible.

You perform the analysis on EXCEL and write out your analysis result in a separate word or pdf file.

Submit both EXCEL and WORD / PDF file.

Download daily adjusted close price from AAPL and SPY for the last 10 years INTO Spreadsheet. Create daily return.

1. What is the daily mean return and daily stdev for AAPL and SPY return? What is the correlation between the two?

Questions below DO NOT NEED EXCEL (only need numerical values from part 1):

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If you run a market model regression:

ret_aapl = intercept + slope * spy_ret + error

2a. What is the value of intercept and slope?

2b What is the regression R-square?

2c. What is the stdev of regression error term?

2d. What is the 95% Confidence interval for the regression slope?

7) (a) (2 pts) How many permutations are there of the word QUARANTINE?

(b) (4 pts) How many of the permutations of QUARANTINE do NOT the same letter appearing consecutively? (Thus, any permutation with the substring "AA" should not be counted and any permutation with the substring "NN" should not be counted.)

(c) (6 pts) A mountain permutation is defined as one where the first portion of the permutation has letters in strictly increasing alphabetical order, and the second portion with the letters in strictly decreasing alphabetical order. One mountain permutations of the letters in QUARANTINE is AINTURQNEA. Notice that only a set of letters with a unique "maximum" alphabetic letter have mountain permutations. For this permutation, A < I < N < T < U, and U > R > Q > N > E > A. How many mountain permutations are there of the letters in the word QUARANTINE?