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.

Matt and Lisa are driving together to a shopping mall, looking forward to buying some clothes. Matt wants to stop by Sports Authority to buy the new jersey of his favorite hockey team, whereas Lisa wants to go to Banana Republic to buy a new outfit. Both find the idea of going together to both stores a little boring, so they agreed beforehand to split and go individually to their desired store. After shopping individually, they decide to meet at Applebee’s to grab some food before leaving. The Banana republic, the Sports Authority shops and the Applebee’s are located at (2, 3), (5, 5) and (1, 4), respectively. Suppose that the parking lot is located in a straight line given by the function y = 1/3x − 1. That is, customers can park in the mall as long as they do it on top of the line. 3-1. Assuming rectilinear distances, where should they park the car in order to minimize the total distance they must walk? Explain your results. 3-2. Suppose Matt is recovering from a leg injury, so they decided that Matt’s walking distance is twice as valuable as Lisa’s walking distance. Find the new optimal parking spot.

A singer quartet consisting of Angel, Betty, Carlos and Diana wants to practice their singing. However due to the pandemic they decide to do so at a baseball park to keep social distancing. Angel stands on the home plate, Betty goes to third base, Carlos to second base and Diana to first base. While they are getting ready a bird flies along the line joining third base and home, Betty says “That bird is singing at a frequency of 350 hertz”, but Angel says “No, it is singing at 340 hertz.” Soon after the bird leaves the park Diana sings a 440 hertz note, Carlos hears it 0.1 second later and sings a 261 hertz note.

Part a

Make a drawing of the bird’s flight path along the line joining third base and home, with an arrow indicating the direction of flight, towards home or away from home.

Part b

Explain why you chose that direction, include any equations that support your explanation.

Part c

How far is Carlos from Diana? Show your calculations.

Part d

What is the period of Carlos’ note at 261 Hertz. Include your calculations

An amusement park studied methods for decreasing the waiting time (minutes) for rides by loading and unloading riders more efficiently. Two alternative loading/unloading methods have been proposed. To account for potential differences due to the type of ride and the possible interaction between the method of loading and unloading and the type of ride, a factorial experiment was designed. Use the following data to test for any significant effect due to the loading and unloading method, the type of ride, and interaction. Use . Factor A is method of loading and unloading; Factor B is the type of ride.

Set up the ANOVA table (to whole number, but -value to 2 decimals and value to 1 decimal, if necessary). The p-value for Factor A is? What is your conclusion with respect to Factor A? The p-value for Factor B is? What is your conclusion with respect to Factor B? The p-value for the interaction of factors A and B is? What is your conclusion with respect to the interaction of Factors A and B? What is your recommendation to the amusement park?

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.

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?

Sheila's measured glucose level one hour after a sugary drink varies according to the Normal distribution with μμ = 130 mg/dl and σσ = 15 mg/dl. What is the level L such that there is probability only 0.15 that the mean glucose level of 4 test results falls above L?

L=

A study of the career paths of hotel general managers sent questionnaires to an SRS of 210 hotels belonging to major U.S. hotel chains. There were 88 responses. The average time these 88 general managers had spent with their current company was 12.7 years. (Take it as known that the standard deviation of time with the company for all general managers is 3.6 years.)

(a) Find the margin of error for an 85% confidence interval to estimate the mean time a general manager had spent with their current company:  years

(b) Find the margin of error for a 99% confidence interval to estimate the mean time a general manager had spent with their current company:  years

(c) In general, increasing the confidence level  the margin of error (width) of the confidence interval. (Enter: ''DECREASES'', ''DOES NOT CHANGE'' or ''INCREASES'', without the quotes.)

Study a consumer product that your group might consider buying. Select a flatscreen TV, home theater system, computer, digital camera, espresso machine, car, SUV, hot tub, or some other product. Next, research the product as described in Chapter 10. Use at least five primary and five secondary sources in researching your topic. Your primary research will be in the form of interviews with individuals (owners, users, salespeople, technicians) in a position to comment on attributes of your product. Your secondary research will be in the form of print or electronic sources, such as magazine articles, owner manuals, and Web sites. Be sure to use electronic databases and the Web to find appropriate articles.

Your report should analyze and discuss at least three comparable models or versions of the target product. Decide what criteria you will use to compare the models, such as price, features, warranty, service, and so forth. The report should include these components: letter of transmittal, table of contents, executive summary, introduction (including background, purpose, scope of the study, and research methods), findings (organized by comparison criteria), summary of findings, conclusions, recommendations, and bibliography.