CASE - I
Ford Pinto : In the class, we learned the reasons behind disastrous engineering failures, Ford Pinto case is one of the disastrous in the list.
Analyze the ford pinto case, search the case on the websites and answer the following.
Answer the following questions in detail.
Questions:
1. a) List down engineering failure and
causes?
b) List down ethical issues?
2. What are the precaution has been taken place
after the incidents?
CASE-II
Lucy is a young teacher at a popular school with an incredibly busy
and stressful schedule, who needs to organize what little free time
she has more efficiently. Because of the hectic schedule she has
downloaded a new Mobile app called 'daily-scheduler' onto her
iPhone; this mobile app merges information from Lucy’s to-do-list,
information on her purchasing habits from retail stores she shops
at, and GPS software to produce the most efficient map and
directions for running ‘daily-scheduler’ on her days off. Based on
what it knows about what she needs to purchase and her general
shopping habits, it tells Lucy what locations of her favorite
stores to visit on a given day, in what order and by what routes –
this way she can get her ‘daily-scheduler’ done in the least amount
of time, traveling the least number of miles. To accomplish this,
the mobile app aggregates information not only about where she
lives and shops, but also tracks what she typically buys in each
store, how much she buys, what she typically pays for each item.
This collected data is not stored on Lucy’s phone, but on a
separate server that the app links to when it needs to create a
shopping map. The mobile app encourages users to log in social
media channel via Facebook, as the developers have made a deal with
Facebook to sell this data to third-party advertisers, for the
purpose of targeting Facebook ads to Lucy and her friends.
Answer the following questions in detail.
Questions:
1. In what ways could Lucy potentially be harmed by this mobile
app, depending on how it is designed and how her shopping data is
handled and used? Identify a few harmful scenarios you can think
of, and the types of harm she could suffer in each.
2. Which if any of these harms could result from ethical failings on the part of the people who developed 'daily-scheduler'? How, specifically?
3. What actions could the people behind 'daily-scheduler' take to prevent these harms ? Are they ethically obligated to prevent them? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
PLEASE NOTE:
* All the students MUST write the answers with their own. Do not
copy
websites.
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In: Electrical Engineering
Becky is a first-year player on a nationally ranked women’s NCAA Division I tennis team. She is six feet tall with a powerful left-handed serve. Her groundstrokes are technically sound, but she makes too many unforced errors. Her volleys are solid, and she moves well for a tall player. As a high school tennis player, Becky always played a great deal in the spring and summer, but never practiced in the fall or winter. In addition, she never participated in junior tennis associations.
In her senior year in high school, Becky won her state high school singles and doubles championship. She was especially dominant in doubles, winning the state finals 6-2, 6-1. It was after these accomplishments that the tennis coach of Major University contacted her about playing collegiate tennis.
The fall season was a rude awakening for Becky. Not only did she not make the starting lineup, but she also did not even make the traveling squad. In addition, she lost every challenge match she played except one. Becky began to feel that maybe she was not such a good tennis player after all. She stopped hanging around with her new college friends because she thought they would not like her since she was such a “loser.”
Compared to the other women on her college tennis team, Becky had very little experience. Most of her teammates had played the junior tennis circuit and had achieved national rankings or, at the very least, sectional rankings. The coach believes Becky is a very talented tennis player, but her lack of experience has held her back. The coach has told her that she is number 9 out of 12 players on the team.
Your role on the team is that of a student sport psychology consultant. One day about three weeks into the spring season, Becky comes to you before practice and says, “I need help. I’ve got no confidence, the coach doesn’t believe in me, and I’m not having any fun. Every time I step on the tennis court, I feel so anxious I could throw up. My heart is pounding, and I can't stop thinking about how likely I am to screw something up.” You set up a time to talk, and the next day meet in your office.
Identify how anxiety, arousal, and stress might play a facilitative or debilitative role in Becky’s performances within the case. Use at least one specific theory to explain your answer.
Identify three intervention strategies that Becky can use to help manage her anxiety, arousal, and/or stress. For each strategy, discuss why this strategy will work based on relevant theory and research. (please expand on all areas as much as you can)
In: Psychology
Consider a very simple representation of the before-trade Canadian and U.S. economies. Both countries produce only automobiles and food, according to the technology represented in the following production possibility frontiers: Assuming the working populations of Canada and the US is 25 and 250 respectively.
a. Use well-labelled diagrams, show that Canada can gain from trade with the US. Carefully describe what will happen to Canadian production, employment, and wages after free trade with the US. Be careful to state your assumptions.
b. Recognizing that the above model is a simplification of the real world, analyse the likely short- and long-run employment consequences of free trade with the US on Canadian employment and wages.
c. Within four years of implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 1989, employment in Canadian manufacturing dropped by 400,000. This shows that the FTA killed jobs.” True or false? Explain.
In: Economics
Your Career Plan(include occupation, salary, tasks, and skills)-you should make this a discussion, and not just a list e.g. discuss the process that you went through in the class( or elsewhere) to decide on a career , the type of jobs and companies you would like to work for- If you want to be a business owner explain this process. What do you know about your career interest and how can someone help you achieve your goals? What are your academic-professional training plans?
In: Economics
Discuss whether rental properties are a good investment. Talk about how much control the government should have over rental properties. Discuss some of the pros and cons of the controls the State has exercised over the last few months in the United States.
If you own or plan to own a rental property, describe your reaction to these controls. Is it too much control? Or maybe not enough? Have these controls made you think twice about rental properties? Have they become a bad investment?
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A box contains 5 green marbles, 8 blue marbles, and 8 red marbles.
Three marbles are selected at random from the box, one at a time, without replacement.
Find the probability that the first two marbles selected are not red, and the last marble is red.
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Hospital Administration and Management
1-Healthcare cost
Many Americans are concerned with the topic of healthcare costs, but not many understand the complexity of the topic.
Write a two-page paper that addresses the following: Explain the factors that are driving healthcare costs and discuss the effects they have on both inpatient and outpatient facilities.
Do some research on a hospital or healthcare setting where you would like to work.
Outline their financial structure; are they a nonprofit, for-profit, or government facility?
Explain the costs associated with their financial structure. Detail how you as a healthcare administrator can affect these costs, both positively and negatively. Hospital Administration and Management
Reference
Your textbook may be used as a reference. The APA format for your text is as follows:
Langabeer, J. R., & Helton, J. (2016). Health care operations management: A systems perspective (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learnin
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In a study of red/green color blindness, 800 men and 3000 women are randomly selected and tested. Among the men, 76 have red/green color blindness. Among the women, 8 have red/green color blindness. Test the claim that men have a higher rate of red/green color blindness.
The test statistic is
Construct the 99% confidence interval for the difference between the color blindness rates of men and women. <(pm−pw)<
In: Statistics and Probability
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1. Box #1 contains 4 red chips and 1 white chip. Box #2 contains 3 red, 1 black and 6 white chips. The experiment consists of randomly picking a box, then randomly picking a chip from it. Find the probability that: (a) A red chip is drawn from Box #1: ___________________________________ (b) A red chip is drawn, given that Box #1 was picked: ________________________________ (c) Box #1 was picked, given that the chip is black: _____________________________
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