Prompt #1 About one baby out of every 600 born in the U.S. has Down’s syndrome. Many of these children are born with fatal physical conditions that can cause quite a bit of pain and suffering. For instance, a baby with Down’s syndrome could be born with part of their vital organs missing, intestines might be blocked, and their heart might not pump properly. Surgery is often required for these infants to survive beyond the first few days of life.

Parents must decide whether to allow surgery to save the child, who may end up requiring costly long-term care and services for life or withholding permission thus causing the child to die.

*Is it immoral for the parents to withhold surgery?

*Likewise, is it immoral for the parents to allow the surgery?

*Is the assumption that parents will act in the best interest of their child justified?

*Morally speaking, would the physician deciding not to operate be tantamount to murder?

*Ethicist James Rachels (1975) uses the Baby Does case to illustrate how passive euthanasia can sometimes cause more suffering than active euthanasia. If it is morally permissible for parents to allow their infants to die, should active euthanasia be used instead?

*Considering the moral issues related to quality and sanctity of life, the principle of do no harm, and palliative care, are there ever any cases when euthanasia of an infant is morally justified? (USLOs 8.1, 8.3)

Compact fluorescent bulbs are much more efficient at producing light than are ordinary incandescent bulbs. They initially cost much more, but last far longer and use much less electricity. According to one study of these bulbs, a compact bulb that produces as much light as a 100 Wincandescent bulb uses only 23.0 W of power. The compact bulb lasts 1.00×10⁴ hours, on the average, and costs $ 12.0 , whereas the incandescent bulb costs only 76.0 ¢, but lasts just 750 hours. The study assumed that electricity cost 9.00 ¢ per kWh and that the bulbs were on for 4.0 h per day.

(A) What is the total cost (including the price of the bulbs) to run incandescent bulbs for 3.0 years?

(B) What is the total cost (including the price of the bulbs) to run compact fluorescent bulbs for 3.0 years?

(C) How much do you save over 3.0 years if you use a compact fluorescent bulb instead of an incandescent bulb?

(D) What is the resistance of a "100 W" fluorescent bulb? (Remember, it actually uses only 23 W of power and operates across 120 V.)

Demand averages 20,002 units per year and operates 365 days per year. Holding cost= $5 per unit per year while the ordering cost is $100 per order. Company is currently using a periodic (P) inventory system, holding 1000 units in safety stock to cover demand uncertainty and placing orders for every 73 days. The company is investigating the possibility of using a continuous review (Q) inventory system with holding 15 units in safety stock to cover demand uncertainty. Use the info to answer the next questions

Suppose a Q system is used with a lot size of 200 (not the EOQ) Assume the safety stock is 15 units.

A)What is the reorder point?

B) Under the company's current P system (from the begging) how much will annual holding costs be? Assume 1000 units in safety stock

C) Annual ordering costs?

D) What is the Target level for this P system?

Explain William Kline's argument that the purpose of business is to produce a good or service for trade and how does this view provide an ethical standard?

Imagine you are tasked with conducting a counseling intake interview with a 19 year old college student who is feeling sad, unmotivated, and worried about his grades. It is the student’s first semester at school, and he is finding that he has gone from being an A student in high school to a B- student in college. He has also moved 500 miles away from his hometown to attend school.

a number of counseling approaches (cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, and behavioral), that can be used to guide and understand an interview.

Which approach would you use to guide this intake interview? Explain why you think this approach is a good choice for this particular interview also, develop at least 5 questions for your interview and explain how the questions fit with the approach you chose.

In chickens, comp shape is determined by alleles at two loci (R, r and P, p). A walnut comb is produced when at least one dominant allele R is present at one locus, at least one dominant P allele is present at the second locus (i.e. genotype R_P_). A rose comb is produced when at least one dominant allele is present at the first locus and two recessive alleles are present at the second locus (genotype R_pp). A pea comb is produced when two recessive alleles are present at the first locus, and at least one dominant allele is present at the second (genotype rr P_). If two recessive alleles are present at the first and the second locus (rrpp), a single comb is produced. Progeny with what types of combs and in what proportions will result from the following crosses?

a. RR PP x rr pp

b. Rr Pp x rr pp

c. Rr Pp x Rr Pp

d. Rr pp x Rr pp

e. Rr pp x rr Pp

f. Rr pp x rr pp

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managers today are faced with difficult environments that can stress & put managers in to situations that can require difficult decisions

these decisions require awareness of the organization design & how effective it is managing stress and change

most importantly innovation

let's say that you are a middle tacticle manager in a major corporation and upper management has mandated you to make a presentation: management explaining how future management must take the above into consideration and how the concept will be implemented.

what five points will you touch on

describe each point with detail.

An insulated stream of warm water is produced in a steady flow mixing process by combining 1 kg/s of cold water at 25 oC with 0.8 kg/s of hot water at 75 oC. What is the temperature of warm-water stream ? what is the work of the mixing process, , and ? assume the specific heat of water is constant at 4.18 kJ/kg.K.

Project : facial recognition system

use the DEEP method to reflective writing. The four steps in this method are:

• 2.1 D - Describe experience (past or present).
  1. Describe the problem
• 2.2 E - Explore or consolidate new learning
  1. Read/Research about the problem
• 2.3 E - Evaluate/analyse/self reaction
• 2.4 P - Plan future learning

World Religion

Islam rejects Christian teaching that all humans are born sinners. Rather, each person freely chooses to follow God and do good or not. For Islam, the Christian doctrine of original sin removes personal responsibility. The idea that Jesus died for others is judged to be unfair and against God’s justice. Each individual alone, is responsible for their eternal destiny.

Does the Christian or Muslim view of the human person and the role in their salvation make more sense? Why?

How would you describe some of the ER design limitations, and discuss how understanding these limitations will influence how you choose to model a particular situation so that you are able to represent the things that are most important?

A bottle contains a 0.0525M (

Problem 12-23 Make or Buy Decision [LO12-3]

Silven Industries, which manufactures and sells a highly successful line of summer lotions and insect repellents, has decided to diversify in order to stabilize sales throughout the year. A natural area for the company to consider is the production of winter lotions and creams to prevent dry and chapped skin.

After considerable research, a winter products line has been developed. However, Silven’s president has decided to introduce only one of the new products for this coming winter. If the product is a success, further expansion in future years will be initiated.

The product selected (called Chap-Off) is a lip balm that will be sold in a lipstick-type tube. The product will be sold to wholesalers in boxes of 24 tubes for $9 per box. Because of excess capacity, no additional fixed manufacturing overhead costs will be incurred to produce the product. However, a $139,500 charge for fixed manufacturing overhead will be absorbed by the product under the company’s absorption costing system.

Using the estimated sales and production of 155,000 boxes of Chap-Off, the Accounting Department has developed the following manufacturing cost per box:

The costs above relate to making both the lip balm and the tube that contains it. As an alternative to making the tubes for Chap-Off, Silven has approached a supplier to discuss the possibility of buying the tubes. The purchase price of the supplier's empty tubes would be $1.35 per box of 24 tubes. If Silven Industries stops making the tubes and buys them from the outside supplier, its direct labor and variable manufacturing overhead costs per box of Chap-Off would be reduced by 10% and its direct materials costs would be reduced by 20%.

Required:

1. If Silven buys its tubes from the outside supplier, how much of its own Chap-Off manufacturing costs per box will it be able to avoid? (Hint: You need to separate the manufacturing overhead of $1.90 per box that is shown above into its variable and fixed components to derive the correct answer.)

2. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per box of Chap-Off if Silven buys its tubes from the outside supplier?

3. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) in total (not per box) if Silven buys 155,000 boxes of tubes from the outside supplier?

4. Should Silven Industries make or buy the tubes?

5. What is the maximum price that Silven should be willing to pay the outside supplier for a box of 24 tubes?

6. Instead of sales of 155,000 boxes of tubes, revised estimates show a sales volume of 191,000 boxes of tubes. At this higher sales volume, Silven would need to rent extra equipment at a cost of $56,000 per year to make the additional 36,000 boxes of tubes. Assuming that the outside supplier will not accept an order for less than 191,000 boxes of tubes, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) in total (not per box) if Silven buys 191,000 boxes of tubes from the outside supplier? Given this new information, should Silven Industries make or buy the tubes?

7. Refer to the data in (6) above. Assume that the outside supplier will accept an order of any size for the tubes at a price of $1.35 per box. How many boxes of tubes should Silven make? How many boxes of tubes should it buy from the outside supplier?

Independent-Samples t-Test

A researcher wants to assess if fasting cholesterol levels differ in Type A and Type B personality men (alpha= .05).

Group 1 (Type A personality): 233, 291, 312, 250, 246, 197, 268, 224, 239, 239, 254, 276, 234, 181, 248, 252, 202, 218, 212, 325

Group 2 (Type B personality): 344, 185, 263, 246, 224, 212, 188, 250, 148, 169, 226, 175, 242, 252, 153, 183, 137, 202, 194, 213

1. Enter these data into SPSS.
2. Compute an independent-samples t test on these data. Report the t values and p values assuming equal population variances and not assuming equal population variances.
3. Report descriptive statistics
4. Report results for the test evaluating homogeneity of variances (F=____; p = ____)

Scenario 1:
Murphy & Johnson is a privately owned manufacturer of small motors for lawnmowers, tractors, and snowmobiles. The components of its financial statements are (1) income before taxes = $21 million, (2) total assets = $550 million, and (3) total revenues = $775 million. Murphy & Johnson's CPA firm uses the normal percentage for income before taxes for a public company for determining overall materiality.

a. Determine overall materiality, and determine tolerable misstatement. Explain your answer.

b. During the course of the audit, Murphy & Johnson’s CPA firm detected two misstatements that aggregated to an overstatement of income of $1.25 million. Evaluate the audit findings. Explain your answer.

Scenario 2:

Delta Investments provides a group of mutual funds for investors. The components of its financial statements are (1) income before taxes = $40 million, (2) total assets = $4.3 billion, and (3) total revenues = $900 million. Delta Investments' CPA firm uses the percentage applicable on total (net) assets for determining overall materiality.

a. Determine overall materiality, and determine tolerable misstatement. Explain your answer.

b. During the course of the audit, Delta’s CPA firm detected two misstatements that aggregated to an overstatement of income of $5.75 million. Evaluate the audit findings. Explain your answer.

Scenario 3:

Swell Computers is a public company that manufactures desktop and laptop computers. The components of the financial statements are: (1) income before taxes = $500,000, (2) total assets = $2.2 billion, and (3) total revenues = $7 billion. Swell Computers' CPA firm might use the lowest percentage for total assets for determining overall materiality, but they also consider qualitative factors.

a. Determine overall materiality and tolerable misstatement. Explain your answer.

b. During the course of the audit, Swell’s CPA firm detected one misstatement that resulted in an overstatement of income by $1.5 million. Evaluate the audit findings. Explain your answer.