What—if anything—is wrong with taking off your clothes to earn some money?

Is there an ethical difference between stripping for Playboyor Playgirl magazine and Reed’s disrobing? If so, what is it? If not, why are they ethically the same? Use the concepts of prurience and objectification to answer.

Your boss wants to sleep with you, and it’s clear that visiting a hotel will help your career. What are two arguments against? What’s an argument in favor?

10:2 DB Food

Topic 2: Quality and Performance

You are the new assistant to the Food and Beverage Director for a major hotel with 250 guest rooms. The Food and Beverage Director has asked for your assistance to develop a plan for continuous improvement of the quality of food, and the performance of the kitchen staff. Discuss the key factors in productivity improvement and how you will implement the changes you are proposing in your new plan.

The village of oak park is selling bonds to finance infrastructure maintenance and improvements. The bonds have a face amount of $5,000,000 and carry a 6% coupon rate. Interest is paid semi-annually until the bonds mature in 10 years. How much profits will the village make from the sale of its bonds if current market interest rates are 4.5%?

(Hint: PV of semi-annual coupon payment is $2,394,556.86)

The following data are taken from a study conducted by the National Park System, of which Death Valley is a unit. The ground temperatures (°F) were taken from May to November in the vicinity of Furnace Creek. Compute the mean, median, mode,midrange,range, sample standard deviation and variance.

146 180 152 178 168 178 174

168 180 165 178 152 179 144

The health of the bear population in Yellowstone National Park is monitored by periodic measurements taken from anesthetized bears. A sample of 54 bears has a mean weight of 182.9 lb. Assuming that the population standard deviation is known to be 121.8lb, construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval estimate of the mean of the population of all such bear weights. Round the limits to 1 decimal place. State the type of interval: Z or T interval

19.

How is the probability of something defined in terms of microstates and macrostates?

HAS TO BE SOLVED IN EXCEL

Exercise 5A–1 High-Low Method LO5–11 NEEDS to be solved and shown in excel The Cheyenne Hotel in Big Sky, Montana, has accumulated records of the total electrical costs of the hotel and the number of occupancy-days over the last year. An occupancy-day represents a room rented for one day. The hotel’s business is highly seasonal, with peaks occurring during the ski season and in the summer. Month Occupancy-Days Electrical Costs January 1,736 $  4,127 February 1,904 $4,207 March 2,356 $5,083 April 960 $2,857 May 360 $   1,871 June 744 $2,696 July 2,108 $4,670 August 2,406 $ 5,148 September 840 $   2,691 October 124 $   1,588 November 720 $2,454 December 1,364 $3,529 Required: Using the high-low method, estimate the fixed cost of electricity per month and the variable cost of electricity per occupancy-day. Round off the fixed cost to the nearest whole dollar and the variable cost to the nearest whole cent. What other factors in addition to occupancy-days are likely to affect the variation in electrical costs from month to month

The following partial organization chart is an extension of Exhibit 12–1 for Aloha Hotels and Resorts. ■ Problem 12–41 Designating Responsibility Centers; Hotel (LO 12-2) Waikiki Sands Hotel Grounds and Maintenance Department Front Desk Housekeeping and Custodial Department Food and Beverage Department Hospitality Department Bell Sta Guest Services Recreational Services Department Each of the hotel’s five main departments is managed by a director (e.g., director of hospitality). The Front Desk subunit, which is supervised by the front desk manager, handles the hotel’s reservations, room assignments, guest payments, and key control. The Bell Staff, managed by the bell captain, is responsible for greeting guests, front door service, assisting guests with their luggage, and delivering room-service orders. The Guest Services subunit, supervised by the manager of Guest Services, is responsible for assisting guests with local transportation arrangements, advising guests on tourist attractions, and such conveniences as valet and floral services. Required: As an outside consultant, write a memo to the hotel’s general manager suggesting a responsibility- center designation for each of the subunits shown in the organization chart above. Justify your choices.

Classifying Relevant and Irrelevant Items

The law firm of Hannan, Taylor, and Masteller has been asked to represent a local client. All legal

proceedings will be held out of town in Boston.

Required

The law firm’s accountant has asked you to help determine the incremental cost of accepting this client.

Classify each of the following items on the basis of their relationship to this engagement. Items may

have multiple classifications.

Relevant costs Irrelevant costs

Opportunity Outlay Outlay Sunk

1. The case will require three attorneys to stay four

nights in a Boston hotel. The predicted hotel bill

is $2,400.

2. Hannan, Taylor, and Masteller’s professional staff

is paid $2,000 per day for out-of-town assignments.

3. Last year, depreciation on Hannan, Taylor, and

Masteller’s office was $25,000.

4. Round-trip transportation to Boston is expected to

cost $250 per person.

5. The firm has recently accepted an engagement that

will require partners to spend two weeks in Chi-

cago. The predicted out-of-pocket costs of this trip

are $8,500.

6. The firm has a maintenance contract on its com-

puter equipment that will cost $2,200 next year.

Subject: Cognitive Psychology

Scenario:

Recall a favorite vacation/trip. Someone wants to visit the same location. As a first time traveler, they are very apprehensive and your information may help ease the fear. S/he or they want to know specific details about the following: travel to that destination, the hotel you stayed at, your favorite restaurant(s), and popular venues from that destination. They also want to know the distance from the hotel to each restaurant and venue, to plan accordingly.

S/he requests that you draw out a map of the environment When remembering your vacation details for your friend, incorporate the information below in your response. Please define terms in your own words (do not copy and paste) using complete sentences

Components:

Describe the complexity of the problem. How did you use visual and auditory imagery to help resolve the problem? How did you use cognitive mapping to resolve the problem? What types of problem-solving approaches did you attempt in solving the problem? How will you apply visual and auditory imagery to problems in the future?