The owner of a fabric store hires a moving company to move his inventory to a new location. The movers put the bolts of fabric into their truck, but instead of driving them to the new store as promised, the movers take them to a local dressmaker and have a new wardrobe made out of them. Here, the movers may be liable for:

A. Conversion

C. Tortious interference

E. Contributory negligence

D. Strict liability

B. Trespass to personal property

Yasmin’s co-worker sits uncomfortably close to her in meetings and has made suggestive comments. He waits for her outside the women's bathroom and in the parking lot outside of work, and blocks her passage in the hallway. He also repeatedly sends personal e-mails and has shown up outside her apartment building at night. She reports these incidents to management and complains that she feels unsafe and afraid working nearby him. She files a complaint with her employer's human resources department. In response, her manager reassigns her to less favorable projects, stops including her in meetings, and tells co-workers not to speak with her. The manager’s actions are an example of:

C. Disparate impact

D. Reasonable accommodation

E. Retaliation

B. Harassment

A. Quid pro quo

Each of the following are examples where a company may use bona fide occupational qualifications as a reason for only hiring certain people EXCEPT:

B. Only hiring people who practice the religion of a religious organization

D. Hiring an employee of the same gender to staff a single gender corrections facility

C. Customer preference for female flight attendants

E. Age limits for airplane pilots

A. Hiring female models for a women’s clothing store

1. Total fertility rates are typically _______ in developing countries than in developed countries, and life expectancy is on average ______ in developing countries than in developed countries. Group of answer choices

a. lower, lower

b. higher, higher

c. higher, lower

d. lower, higher

2. The total human population has grown _______ the last 100 years

Group of answer choices

a. at a steady rate

b. above earth’s carrying capacity

c. exponentially

d. logistically

e. slowly

3. Intact freshwater wetlands are ecologically beneficial because they

Group of answer choices

a. provide habitat for many marine (ocean) organisms

b. provide hydroelectric energy

c. retain storm water

d. emit methane, an important greenhouse gas

e. promote flooding in ecosystems with low annual precipitation

4. During stage 2 of the demographic transition model

Group of answer choices

a. death and birth rates are increasing

b. death rates and birth rates remain high

c. birth rates decline rapidly

d. death rates decline, while birth rates remain high

e. the population is typically decreasing in size

5. The population in a country with a total fertility rate of 4, a low death rate and a immigration rate that equals the emigration rate is

Group of answer choices

a. unpredictable

b. stable

c. decreasing

d. increasing

6. Many plants in the __________ biome have thick epidermal layers on their leaves to prevent water loss

Group of answer choices

a. tropical rain forest

b. grassland

c. deciduous forest

d. desert

e. wetland

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States' federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, prescriptions, and other health-related products. The following are a few examples of the powers the FDA has:

• Most federal laws concerning the FDA are part of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Other significant laws enforced by the FDA include the Public Health Service Act, and parts of the Controlled Substances Act. One job of the FDA is to investigate potential violators of these acts and obtain information that will help the FDA determine whether they were in violation of the laws.

• The FDA also has the power to reach a settlement via a consent order from an administrative law judge with companies that may be in violation of some of the standards the FDA imposes on health. For example, the FDA recently reached a settlement with Bayer regarding a birth control product called Yaz. As a result of the settlement, Bayer is airing ads that clarify information on what the medication Yaz does and doesn't do. The company did not admit any wrongdoing, but agreed to run new ads.

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule containing a broad set of federal requirements designed to significantly curb access to and the appeal of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to children and adolescents in the United States. Published in March 19, 2010, the new rule became effective June 22, 2010, and has the force and effect of law.

What judicial power does the FDA have in the example? If a settlement is not reached, what other judicial powers might an administrative agency have?

Use this textbook to supplement the below scenario and answer the below questions: Hitt/Ireland/Hoskisson's Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization 13th Edition

Scenario

•Sally has spent the last six months working as part of a team that has developed a piece of software to control a widget grinding machine. The software is due to be completed within one week but Sally knows that it will take at least one month to fully test the software. Sally accompanies her boss, Liz, at a meeting with the client who commissioned the software. The client has just landed an important order, and is anxious that the software is delivered and installed on time. At the meeting, Liz says to the client, "Sally and the rest of the team have done an excellent job on this software. It has all of the functionality you asked for and it can be delivered and installed next week. Isn't that right Sally?“ Sally knows that the software may still contain bugs that could cause machine to malfunction and be dangerous to its operators. If Sally contradicts her boss in front of the client she knows it will be the end of her career with that company - a well paid job that she enjoys. What should she do?

Questions

•What are Sally's legal responsibilities?

•Does Sally have any legal protection?

•Would your analysis of the ethics of this case change if Sally had been present during her boss's conversation with the client, but had not been asked to agree with his assurances?

•What if the client had asked Sally a question, the honest answer to which would contradict her boss?

•Would your analysis of the ethics of this case change if the software was for stock management rather than the control of machinery – with no potential threat to human safety?

34. The video in class featuring Tom Brady was given as an example of Branded Entertainment. A company that is well known, that is very good at this, is?

a. Nike

b. Disney

c. Netflix

d. Lego

e. None of the above

35. Jane Jones is a top-notch soccer player. She is a very fast winger and needs to use her speed to beat opposing defenders. Her soccer cleats lightweight design allows her to do this very well, even though the product is not very durable and she has to replace them frequently. This does not concern her as speed is of the essence to her game. This is an example of?

a. Perceived importance

b. Consumption Motive

c. Compensatory Decision Rule

d. Attitude

e. None of the above

36. Marketers believe that much of our consumer behavior is driven by a need to attain ?

a. Tension

b. Homeostatis

c. Crescive Norm

d. Cognitive Dissonance

e. “All in”

37.The main difference between Strivers and Achievers is?

a. Strivers try to emulate, Achievers do not

b. Strivers and Achievers occupy the same space in the Personality model

c. Achievers favor local brands, Strivers do not

d. Strivers favor home centered experiences, Achievers do not

e. None of the above

38.Physiological products are those products that address?

a. Adjacency

b. UCS

c. Basic needs

d. Demographic needs

e. None of the above

39. The concept of anthropomorphism can be explained as?

a. The attribution of self-concept to inanimate objects

b. The attribution of archetypes to segments

c. Self -Actualization

d. The attribution of human characteristics to objects or animals

e. Segmentation by morphing

Please write down your response after reading the paragraph. (At least 5 sentences long. 150-200 words)

First of all, I would say the technology might not make 100% safety. Also, people should not be controlled by technology, and people should control technology because I think that only people, human, think molal. I want to respect moral for life. If I was in this situation weather driverless car kills me or five pedestrians, I would chose to kill myself and save other five people instead of my live. I know it is easy to say like that. Like he said in this video" It's still going to involve trade-offs, and trade-offs often require ethics.", this problem is very complicated and connected with ethics. People can think ethically in usual but in an emergency situation, they stop think ethically and tend to save themselves first, so people say easily "in this situation, should save five people" but they do not want to buy the driverless car to kill themselves. Therefore, I think that people should more consider about the moral and ethics.

Already, in Japan, it starts to test of dreverless bus in public road. However, even if the driverless bus, always one driver is sitting in front of the handle because if when the bus is not working normally, the driver can drive the bus. I think driverlass car is very convenient and develop our society but the driver has responsibility to drive the car. People can act for responsibility but the technology cannot understand responsibility. Therefore, I think that in the future, even if the technology can make 100% safety, people should keep driving by themselves.

Kowloon Bank (KB) was established by a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong in 1962, with 26 branches across the city today. As a local bank, the management always wants to maintain the status quo. Just like many other local companies, KB has a masculine culture in which productivity is preferred to employees’ quality of life. In other words, assertiveness, achievements and power are valued within KB.

Catherine Chung is the human resources manager, and has been with KB for more than 5 years. Catherine is open-minded and has an emphasis on the importance of work-life balance, and she believes that employee satisfaction is a prerequisite for the attainment of organizational goals. In this regard, she plans to send an email to all staff members to inform them of a revised policy on maternity leave after she successfully persuaded her superior to make the change.

Before the review, only female employees were entitled to maternity leave. In the revised policy, it extends to all male employees with KB, which is a significant step towards a caring workplace. In the email, Catherine needs to highlight the reason for the change and key features of the revised policy, e.g. eligibility.

Imagine that you are Catherine Chung, and then handle the following two parts:

Part A (5%)

With reference to the information provided, decide the message tone required in the email to all the staff members of SB and justify your answer in no more than 100 words.

Part B (45%)

Write the email to all staff members in a full email format. You need to invent further details to

make the email sufficiently informative and logical. Remember that you will gain no marks by merely copying wording from the question into your answer, and that the letter should not exceed 350 words.

Apple’s profile

Apple Inc. (hereafter Apple) was established in 1977 and is registered on the NASDAQ Global Select Market exchange. According to its Form 10-K ‘Apple designs, manufactures and markets mobile communications, media devices, personal computers and portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications’. Its products are sold through Apple’s retail stores, online stores and third parties

Apple is a world leader in producing innovative electronic goods and technology. In 2011 Apple’s net sales were estimated at $108.2 million. Its net sales in 2011 increased by 60% compared to 2010. Apple worldwide employs 60,400 full-time people and 2,900 temporary employees and contractors. The company utilizes outsourcing through the manufacturing of its products overseas; most of the factories are located in Asia          

Apple’s CSR policies and reporting

As required by the Security Exchange Commission (SEC), Apple has made the Form 10-K annual report available on its website. The Form 10-K contains – amongst other things – information on Apple’s business strategy and organization, the company’s risk factors, legal proceedings and financial data. It also includes the business conduct policy of Apple: ‘Apple conducts business ethically, honestly and in full compliance with all laws and regulations. This applies to every business decision in every area of the company worldwide’. Furthermore, the business conducts deals with corporate governance, information disclosure, non-corruption and bribery, environmental health and safety

Apple has considered the GRI G3.1 indices relating to the economy, the environment, human rights, society and labour for its publication on Governance, Product Environmental Reports, Recycling and Facilities Environmental Report and Supplier Responsibility. For Supplier Responsibility, Apple, for example, has taken into account the indicator which reports on measures it has taken to contribute to the elimination of child labour. About Product Environmental Reports, Apple has used the EN26 performance indicator and sets out initiatives to lessen the environmental impact of its products. Apple designs its products with the aim of being as energy efficient as possible, and it is the only company that can claim all electronic goods are Energy Star qualified. Apple’s products have become more powerful while, at the same time, fewer materials are used and fewer carbon emissions are generated.

Almost all of Apple’s products are outsourced for manufacturing overseas. On its Supplier Responsibility website, Apple states: ‘Apple is committed to the highest standards of social responsibility across our worldwide supply chain. We insist that all of our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes. Our actions – from thorough site audits to industry-leading training programs – demonstrate this commitment

The Supplier Code of Conduct (Supplier Code) outlines Apple’s expectations for the suppliers it does business with. As a condition for doing business with Apple, suppliers have to commit to the Supplier Code. For the Supplier Code, Apple has adopted the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC), the guidelines and standards for the electronics sector. Through onsite audits, Apple ensures that suppliers comply with the Supplier Code. The final assembly manufactures are audited every year and the components suppliers are audited arbitrarily. Apple obliges its suppliers to respect the human rights of its workers, to inform the workers of their rights, and to treat them with dignity and respect. Apple requires from its suppliers that they prevent discrimination, involuntary and underage labour, excessive working hours and that they pay workers with wages and benefits in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

Apple’s conflicts

The limited transparency of Apple’s supplier sustainability policy has often been criticized in the media. In February 2010 Apple also turned down two shareholders’ sustainability proposals to establish a sustainability report on Apple’s environmental policies and the impact that climate change has on the company. The other proposal was to establish a board of directors’ sustainability committee

Labor and human rights

A well-known conflict involving Apple’s suppliers is the suicides at Foxconn. It is the largest contracted electronics manufacturer in the world, with dealings involving Dell and Sony. Foxconn is the manufacturer of iPhones and iPads and employs over 900,000 workers, of whom 420,000 employees work at the Foxconn Shenzhen plant. This plant covers 15 factories, including dormitories, a hospital, a bank, a grocery stores and restaurants. The workers live and work inside the complex

In 2006 the Chinese local press reported on the excessively long working hours and the discrimination of mainland Chinese workers by Taiwanese superiors. In May 2010 several media sources reported several cases of suicide at Foxconn. From 2009 to 2010 a total of 13 workers had committed suicide. The first worker, Sun Danyang, committed suicide after he had been interrogated on the loss of an iPhone 4 prototype that he had in his possession. When the former CEO Steve Jobs was asked about the suicides at Foxconn, he responded: ‘Foxconn is not a sweatshop

During an undercover investigation, it was discovered that the reason for the multiple suicides was related to internal management. ‘The facilities of Foxconn are fine, but the management is poor,’ revealed Zhu Guangbing, who organised the investigation. According to Audrey Tsui, a professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, Foxconn maintains a military-style management approach. The workers were not allowed to interact with each other. Workers who violated the rule were penalized with a fine or were held to be in contempt by the manager

The weekly working hours of workers were up to 70 hours, ten hours above the maximum hours set by Apple’s Supplier Code. The Foxconn factory has good facilities. The workers have access to swimming pools and tennis courts. Foxconn organises activities such as chess clubs, mountain climbing or fishing expeditions. But with a 70-hour workweek, employees did not have any time to enjoy these facilities

However, interviews with several Foxconn workers by Dreamworks China revealed that not all the employees were dissatisfied. Some believed that the working conditions at smaller factories are worse. One of Foxconn’s workers stated that employees at Foxconn thought the media had exaggerated the suicides regarding their connection to Foxconn and that possibly some suicides had a sentimental or romantic cause.

In February 2011, the media reported the child labour issues had worsened at the suppliers for computers, iPods and iPhones. Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report 2011 revealed 91 underage workers at the suppliers

Workers’ health and safety

Concerning workers’ health and safety conditions at the suppliers, in May 2010 two workers were killed and sixteen employees were injured during an explosion at Foxconn. An Apple spokesperson stated: ‘We are deeply saddened by the tragedy at Foxconn’s plant in Chengdu, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. We are working closely with Foxconn to understand what caused this terrible event’. In the same month, The Guardian reported that workers from Wintek had been poisoned by n-hexane, a toxic chemical used to clean the touch screens of iPhones. The employees complained that the compensation Wintek offered for the health damage was not sufficient. The workers who did receive compensation were asked to resign from their jobs.

Apple’s CSR policy post-conflict

Apple makes sure that suppliers comply with the Supplier Code by conducting audits. The audits cover working and living conditions, health and safety but also environmental practices at the facilities. According to Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report 2010, Apple conducted 102 audits in 2009. In 2011 Apple conducted 229 audits, an increase of 80% compared to 2010. An audit is conducted by an Apple auditor and supported by local third-party auditors

In the Supplier Responsibility Report 2010, published in February 2011, Apple included a paragraph responding to the suicides at Foxconn

In the Supplier Responsibility Report 2011, Apple reports that during inspections Apple discovered ten facilities with underage labour violations. One of the facilities had a large number of underage workers. Because the management did not want to address the problem, Apple terminated businesses with this facility. Where underage labour has been discovered, suppliers are required to pay educational expenses, living stipends and lost wages for six months or until the worker reaches the age of sixteen

In November 2010, Apple set up a training programme to prevent the future hiring of underage workers. The human resources managers are trained in Chinese labour law. Training human resources managers, however, will not solve child labour issues. When the costs of labour, energy and raw materials rise and there is a shortage of labour, factory owners are forced to cut costs or to find cheaper labour. Child labour can easily be hidden by providing fake wages and work schedule data. Also, it is difficult to prevent child labour when underage workers want to work to provide for their families. The Supplier Responsibility Report of 2012 states that suppliers are obliged to return underage workers to school and finance their education through Apple’s Child Labour Remediation Program. Regarding abolishing underage labour, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, stated: ‘We would like to totally eliminate every case of underage employment. We have done that in all of our final assemblies. As we go deeper into the supply chain, we found that the age verification system isn’t sophisticated enough. This is something we feel very strongly about and we want to eliminate’

In the Supplier Responsibility Progress Report of 2011 Apple addressed the issue of the use of n-hexane. Apple obliged Wintek to stop using n-hexane and required Wintek to repair its ventilation system and to work with a consultant to improve its environmental health and safety systems

To take action, companies need to be transparent about their supply chain. In February 2012 Apple announced it would be the first technology company to join the Fair Labor Association (FLA) as a participating company.

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1. At Shenzhen plant, many employees have committed suicide due to the following reason. (1 Mark)
   1. Discrimination among the employees
   2. Bad management
   3. Poor facilities
   4. Due to the explosion at the plant

Justify your choice: (50 words minimum/ 1Mark)

1 - What is the effect on transcription if nearby histones are acetylated?

Select one:

a. The region is less accessible for DNA Polymerase

b. The genes in this region will be unaffected

c. The region is more accessible for RNA Polymerase

d. The genes in the region will expose its enhancers

2- Are UAUA the first nucleotides in a mRNA?

Select one:

a. No, the first nucleotides are AUAU

b. No, since the first nucleotide in a mRNA is an inverted "A"

c. Yes, as this is the transcription start site

d. No, since transcription begins downstream of the TATA-box

3- Do all transcription factors increase transcription?

Select one:

a. No, since transcription factors can promote or prevent the recruitment of RNA Polymerase

b. No, since many transcription factors require activation

c. Yes, by directly or indirectly recruiting RNA Polymerase

d. Yes, by binding to a proximal or distal control element

Question 4

If a gene contains 21 exons, how many introns are there?

Select one:

a. 20

b. 22

c. 21

Question 5

What is alternative splicing?

Select one:

a. When certain exons are included or excluded, in a situation-dependent manner

b. When a mRNA is edited to replace certain nucleotides

c. When a mRNA is incorrectly folded

d. When a mRNA is cut into two fragments and each encodes a different protein

Question 6

A mRNA contains the sequence AUUUA, which is known to bind to proteins that recruit Deadenylase. Normally, which nuclease would degrade this mRNA?

Select one:

a. 3’-to-5’ exonuclease

b. RNA endonuclease

c. RISC

d. 5’-to-3’ exonuclease

Question 7

A mRNA contains the sequence AUUUA, which is known to bind to proteins that recruit Deadenylase. If this sequence is present in the mRNA for the growth factor GM-CSF, but mutates to become ACUCA, what do you expect to happen?

Select one:

a. The cell may grow uncontrollably

b. mRNA levels will be unchanged, but more GM-CSF protein will be produced

c. The mRNA will be degraded more rapidly

Question 8

How do the 5’ and 3’ UTRs of an eukaryotic mRNA influence translation?

Select one:

a. They control the recruitment of tRNAs to the ribosome

b. They can either enhance or repress the recruitment of the ribosome

c. They can recruit miRNAs or siRNAs that inhibit translation

d. Two of the other answers are true

e. Three of the other answers are true

Question 9

How do the 5’ cap and 3’ tail of an eukaryotic mRNA directly influence its translation?

Select one:

a. They allow the mRNA to be exported from the nucleus so that it can be translated

b. They prevent mRNA degradation

c. They recruit tRNAs to the ribosome

d. They are involved in the circularization of the mRNA, enabling efficient translation

Question 10

How is the destination of a protein usually determined?

Select one:

a. By its post-transcriptional modifications

b. By its function

c. By its post-translational modifications

d. By its amino acid sequence

How would you respond to the two discussion posts made by Aimee and Julian? Write a response for each post. Both responses should should be 160 words.

Aimee

In this discussion, we will be talking about accounting software packages. We will be talking about how it can be used in the steps of the accounting cycle. We will also talk about which steps it will simplify and how. We will also talk about which steps the software is not able to handle without human intervention. Also, the advantages and the disadvantages of using the accounting software will be discussed.

The first thing is that you need to figure out just what you need the software for. A lot of small businesses use accounting software programs just to help them get started or to help track finances. There are many types of accounting software packages for example QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Quicken and Simple accounting etc. The most used accounting software among small businesses is QuickBooks.

What are the steps of an accounting cycle? The steps to an accounting cycle are journal, ledger, unadjusted trial balance, adjusting entries, adjusted trial balance, financial statements and closing entries. Once you plug in all the business information into QuickBooks you can get started. QuickBooks makes it easy to get reports such as a balance sheet, financial statement, and so many more. All you need to do is just click on the report that you need and the dates you want QuickBooks will then generate the report.

As easy as it is to get any report you want in an instant. It takes time to plug everything in. You can take payments over the phone which means you still have to do it manually. For example, someone calls, and you need to bring the payments page up and find the invoice that they want to pay and plug in all the information. Just about everything is cloud based, or you can save it to a USB so it's safer.

The advantages of using an accounting software program is that you can generate any report quickly and neatly. The disadvantages for using an accounting software program is that it does cost a lot to have the license, and you would probably need an Information Technology (IT) person just in case something goes wrong.

Response:

Julian

In terms of analyzing and recording business transactions, the program that I am going to identify is one that has been used continuously for years in regards to bookkeeping and that is Quickbooks. Quickbooks is used as a small business accounting tool that manages income and expenses and keeps track of the businesses financial history. Along with those features, you can also use the program to invoice customers, pay bills, generate reports/ledgers, and prepare for your taxes. Quickbooks simplifies accepting, recording, sorting, and crediting by the use of its internal software which categorizes(services) and separates activity by time and date. It can run an accounts payable report that shows profit/loss reports, balance sheet reports, and statement of cash flows. It also has the ability to automatically calculate federal and state payroll taxes and submit paychecks to employees both in check form or direct deposit. In terms of human intervention, Quickbooks needs someone to enter data and possibly manipulate the numbers from month to month or yearly in order for the program to continue to accurately do its functions. The pros of Quickbooks is that it is easy to use, very efficient, good at generating accounting reports, the price, and it is also flexible with 3rd party applications(add-ons). The cons with Quickbooks is that it does not scan/track products/shipments used for an ecommerce business(inventory), data entry can sometimes pose a problem, it can sometimes crash, and it does not generate many reports outside of the accounting world.  

Response: