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Note: the Social, Ethical, and Legal Implications assignment is part of the total marketing plan as outlined in the grading guide. It is not a separate paper.

Producing and marketing a product without regard to ethical, legal, and social considerations is detrimental to the overall success of any company.

Assess in a maximum of 700 words the ethical, legal, and social issues affecting your product or service in two markets: the United States and one international market. Domestic market generally means the market where the company headquarters are located. If you choose a domestic market that is not the U.S., then your other market is required to be the U.S. marketplace. This will be added to the Target Market section of your Marketing Plan.

Include the following:

Develop a process to monitor and control marketing performance. This process could be a flowchart but a flowchart is not required (flowcharts do not count towards your word count requirement).

Formulate a maximum 350-word executive summary including at a minimum the following elements to include in your marketing plan:

Required executive summary elements:

Strategic Objectives

Products or Services

Optional executive summary elements:

Resources Needed

Projected Outcomes

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Brief the following case

Cheek v. U.S. 498 U.S. 192 (1991)

Consider the short-run impact of the U.S. fiscal policy action on the economy of Mexico, a small open economy with a floating exchange rate against the U.S. dollar. What is the impact of the U.S. fiscal policy action on consumption, investment, and the unemployment rate in Mexico? Explain.

U.S. country's tariffs have pushed foreign exporters to lower their prices. who actually bears the burden of the tariff?

a. U.S.government

b. The U.S. buyers of imports

c. The U.S.firms that compete with imports

d. The foreign exporters that are required to pay the tariffs to u.s. government

Consider two stages of production of mobile phones: research and development (R&D), and component production. Suppose U.S. firms have comparative advantage in R&D, and Indian firms have comparative advantage in component production. Assume realistically that inflows of engineers from India to the U.S. reduces cost of R&D in the U.S.

Explain the effects of inflows of engineers from India on the pattern of offshoring by U.S. firms and on the gains from offshoring.

What is social stratification? Is the U.S. society stratified? If it is, why would some people believe otherwise? If you believe it is not, explain why.

Poverty in the U.S:

Explain the viewpoint that the poor should take responsibility for poverty, and the one that holds society responsible for poverty. Which of these is closer to your view?

What is the difference between relative and absolute poverty? Does the U.S. have absolute poverty? How does the U.S. compare to other parts of the world?

Zappa is a mining company listed in Australia with a number of subsidiaries. Extracts from the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020 appear below: Attributable to Zappa Non-controlling interest Total $’000 $’000 $’000 Profit for the year 39,000 3,000 42,000 Other comprehensive income Total comprehensive income 5,000 ––––––– 44,000 ––––––– Nil –––––– 3,000 –––––– 5,000 ––––––– 47,000 ––––––– Additional information of Zappa comprises: i. 200 000 000 ordinary shares in issue at the beginning of financial year - 1/7/2019. On 1 April 2020, Zappa issued further 50 000 000 new ordinary shares at full market value. ii. 80 000 000 preference shares. These shares were in issue for the whole of financial year ended 30 June 2020. The dividend on these preference shares is discretionary. iii. $180 000 000 in convertible debentures issued on 1 July 2018 and repayable on 30 June 2023. Interest is payable annually in arrears and the interest rate is 10%. These debentures could be converted to 100 000 000 ordinary shares at the option of the debenture holders. In the year ended 30 June 2020, Zappa declared an ordinary share dividend of 10 cents per share and a dividend of 5 cents per share on the preference shares. The corporation tax for Zappa and its subsidiaries is 30%. All transactions have been correctly accounted for in the financial statements of Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020. Required: a) Explain the meaning of the term ‘potential ordinary shares’ and provide TWO examples of potential ordinary shares OTHER THAN convertible loans. b) Explain how the diluted earnings per share is calculated and when it needs to be disclosed. c) Compute the basic and diluted earnings per share amounts for Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020 which will be presented in its consolidated financial statement

Zappa is a mining company listed in Australia with a number of subsidiaries. Extracts from the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020 appear below: Attributable to Zappa Non-controlling interest Total $’000 $’000 $’000 Profit for the year 39,000 3,000 42,000 Other comprehensive income Total comprehensive income 5,000 ––––––– 44,000 ––––––– Nil –––––– 3,000 –––––– 5,000 ––––––– 47,000 ––––––– Additional information of Zappa comprises: i. 200 000 000 ordinary shares in issue at the beginning of financial year - 1/7/2019. On 1 April 2020, Zappa issued further 50 000 000 new ordinary shares at full market value. ii. 80 000 000 preference shares. These shares were in issue for the whole of financial year ended 30 June 2020. The dividend on these preference shares is discretionary. iii. $180 000 000 in convertible debentures issued on 1 July 2018 and repayable on 30 June 2023. Interest is payable annually in arrears and the interest rate is 10%. These debentures could be converted to 100 000 000 ordinary shares at the option of the debenture holders. In the year ended 30 June 2020, Zappa declared an ordinary share dividend of 10 cents per share and a dividend of 5 cents per share on the preference shares. The corporation tax for Zappa and its subsidiaries is 30%. All transactions have been correctly accounted for in the financial statements of Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020. Required: a) Explain the meaning of the term ‘potential ordinary shares’ and provide TWO examples of potential ordinary shares OTHER THAN convertible loans. b) Explain how the diluted earnings per share is calculated and when it needs to be disclosed. c) Compute the basic and diluted earnings per share amounts for Zappa for the year ended 30 June 2020 which will be presented in its consolidated financial statement

Indigo Company manufactures equipment. Indigo’s products range from simple automated machinery to complex systems containing numerous components. Unit selling prices range from $200,000 to $1,500,000 and are quoted inclusive of installation. The installation process does not involve changes to the features of the equipment and does not require proprietary information about the equipment in order for the installed equipment to perform to specifications. Indigo has the following arrangement with Winkerbean Inc.

Indigo delivers the equipment on June 1, 2020, and completes the installation of the equipment on September 30, 2020. The equipment has a useful life of 10 years. Assume that the equipment and the installation are two distinct performance obligations which should be accounted for separately.

How should the transaction price of $970,000 be allocated among the service obligations? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to 0 decimal places.)

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Prepare the journal entries for Indigo for this revenue arrangement on June 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020, assuming Indigo receives payment when installation is completed. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

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