How to construct a stakeholder analysis table (for Section I):

List your decision options across the top, the stakeholders along the side, and in the table indicate with plusses and minuses (i.e., + & -) the effect of each decision on each stakeholder. If a decision has a strong effect on a particular stakeholder, you can indicate this with more than one + or -.

For example, a generic stakeholder analysis table might look like:

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                                                            Decision

                                                Decision A      Decision B      [note: for your paper don’t say Decision A;                                                                                                   use a descriptive label for the decision.]

Stakeholders

            Stockholders                    +                      -                 

Employees                        --                      +                 [note – these stakeholders are just

            Customers                        +                      -                  examples; your stakeholders will

            Community                      -                       +++            probably be different]

            .

            .

            .

            (etc.)

To conduct your utilitarian analysis, count-up the plusses and minuses, and pick the decision where the plusses most outweigh the minuses. In the above table, Decision A has 2 plusses and 3 minuses, for a net of minus 1. Decision B has 4 plusses and 2 minuses, with a net of plus 2. So, from a utilitarian perspective, Decision B is more ethical.

Incredible Shrinking Potato Chip Package
Topic: Cost vs. price vs. value issues
Characters: Jen, Brand Manager for potato chips at a regional salty snacks manufacturer
Derek, Marketing Director for the regional salty snacks manufacturer
Jen has been concerned about the profitability of the various items in her line of potato chips. According
to her potato suppliers, the recent drought caused a 35 percent reduction in the potato crop compared to
one year ago, resulting in a 25 percent hike in potato prices to large buyers like Jen’s company. Potatoes
accounted for almost all of the content of her chips (which also consisted of vegetable oil, one of three
different flavoring spices, and salt), plus there were packaging costs. To hold the line on margins, which
of late had been slim at only about 5 percent due to fierce competition from several other local and
regional brands, Jen would need to raise potato chip prices about 15 percent. On her most popular 7.5
oz. size, which had a price spot of $2.19 on the package, this would require a price hike of $.33, bringing
the price up to $2.52.
Jen wondered what would be the appropriate strategy to deal with this unfortunate circumstance. She
was very reluctant to raise the price to maintain the margin. First, she feared incurring the bad will of her
loyal customers; it wouldn’t be perceived as fair by them. Moreover, she was worried about competitive
responses; her other larger competitors might be willing to incur a loss in the short-run to keep their
customer bases and to attract price-hiking rivals’ customers. Jen couldn’t afford such a strategy since she
was evaluated solely on the basis of monthly net profits. Historical data in this industry revealed another
possible competitive maneuver in the face of rising ingredient costs: hold the line on prices and package
size while reducing the net weight of the package.
Jen was concerned that this might be a deceptive practice. She recalled from a Consumer Behavior
course she had taken in college a concept known as the “just noticeable difference.” This said that
relatively small changes in a stimulus (such as a price hike or content shrinkage) go unnoticed by
consumers. Jen felt intuitively that the price increase necessary to maintain margins would be noticed,
given the price sensitivity of buyers for snack foods. However, the past industry data suggested that
perhaps buyers might not notice the package size reduction needed to sustain profits, which in this case
would be 1.1 ounces.
Jen asked her boss, Derek, the Marketing Director, about the advisability of reducing the net weight of
the potato chips. Derek said that this was a practice known variously as “downsizing” and “package
shorting.” It was a very common practice among packaged goods manufacturers. For instance, he said,
candy bar manufacturers are subject to constantly fluctuating ingredient prices, and because there are
expected (“fair” or “reference”) prices for candy bars, package sizes are frequently adjusted without
informing consumers. Jim said that was a nonissue since marketers have been above board in labeling
products accurately as to weight, serving size, price, and quantity. Furthermore, the Food and Drug
Administration had no laws against the practice. Derek recommended downsizing the potato chips, but he
made it clear to Jen that the ultimate decision was up to her. Jen still had her doubts. After all, it would
seem that consumers who are in the habit of buying a particular product size generally don’t scrutinize the
net weight label on subsequent purchases. If this were true, it seemed to Jen that downsizing would be a
deceptive practice.

Swifty Company uses a perpetual inventory system. Its beginning inventory consists of 58 units that cost $39 each. During June, (1) the company purchased 173 units at $39 each on account, (2) returned 7 units for credit, and (3) sold 144 units at $58 each.

Journalize the June transactions. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

A father racing his son has one-third the kinetic energy of the son, who has two-fifths the mass of the father. The father speeds up by 2.5 m/s and then has the same kinetic energy as the son. (a) What is the original speed of the father?(b) What is the original speed of the son?

Trident Repairs & Service, an electronics repair store, prepared the following unadjusted trial balance at the end of its first year of operations:

Trident Repairs & Service

UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE

November 30, 20Y3

For preparing the adjusting entries, the following data were assembled:

1. Journalize the adjusting entries necessary on November 30, 20Y3. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

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JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

2. Determine the revenues, expenses, and net income of Trident Repairs & Service before the adjusting entries.

3. Determine the revenues, expenses, and net income of Trident Repairs & Service after the adjusting entries.

4. Determine the effect of the adjusting entries on Retained Earnings.

The Retained Earnings account increases by $ _____________

The following food is OK on a Renal tray:

Select one:

a. Spaghetti Marinara

b. Orange juice

c. Apple pie

d. Mashed potatoes

e. Vanilla ice-cream

Explain the concept of maya and how our brain often deceives us about reality. Give examples of
how visual and auditory illusions work.

3. For this week’s assignment, you are asked to modify the above Java program to include the following: - When the user clicks on the help menu, a drop-down list will appear with an item called About, then when the user clicks on it, the window will show some instructions about the functionality of the menu, e.g, what the edit menu does, etc. - When the user clicks on the File menu, a drop-down list will appear with one item called Show Picture, and when the user clicks on it, a picture of your choice will appear

(Duplicate Elimination) Use a one dimensional array to slove the following problem. Read 20 numbers, each of which is 10 and 100, inclusive. As each number is read, print it only if it's not a duplicate of a number already read. Provide for the "worst case" in which all 20 numbers are different. use the smallest possible array to slove this problem.

Add the following functionality to your solution. Sort the array in ascending order and print the elements of the sorted array.

if you could please explain each line of the code that would be wonderful.

Answer the following questions:

Many factors are involved in building and maintaining an effective organization. An effective organization needs a supportive environment, good leadership, discipline, effective communication, challenge and empowerment. Some of the key fundamentals of building and maintaining effective organization are; maintaining the right size, developing the right mix of skills, committing to a common purpose and performance goals, committing to a common approach and developing mutual accountability. You are task with identifying a business/organization who has thrived over the years even in this hard economic times.  

The paper should have the following:

What characteristics of the team are most important to the organization?

What methods have they used to build an effective organization?

What are the reward systems in place if any to motivate their employees?

What is the financial health of the organization?

What is the work environment like in the organization?

How large is the work staff?

What is the diversity make-up of the organization?

What is the organizational structure like?

What makes this organization special or unique?

For each of the following statements, state whether the statement is true or false AND justify your answer.

1. 2. When a map-reduce job is running on Hadoop, the number of map tasks must be equal to the number of reduce tasks because each map task feeds its output to a specific reduce task.
2. 4. In order to guarantee the scalability of the system, each file block is replicated three times in Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS).
3. 5. When a map-reduce job is submitted to Hadoop, the first step is to shuffle and sort the input key/value pairs so that each input key is assigned to a map task.

Discuss biodata, application blanks, training and experience evaluation, and reference check as selection predictors, when each should be used, and legal implications of each.

Question 4

4.1. Explain each of the ways data can be inputted into a programming environment. (10)

4.2. Discuss each step in the requirements analysis phase of programming. (20)

Beth R. Jordan lives at 2322 Skyview Road, Mesa, AZ 85201. She is a tax accountant with Mesa Manufacturing Company, 1203 Western Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85201 (employer identification number 11-1111111). She also writes computer software programs for tax practitioners and has a part-time tax practice. Beth is single and has no dependents. Beth was born on July 4, 1973, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6785. She wants to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

The following information is shown on Beth's Wage and Tax Statement (Form W–2) for 2019.

During the year, Beth received interest of $1,300 from Arizona Federal Savings and Loan and $400 from Arizona State Bank. Each financial institution reported the interest income on a Form 1099–INT. She received qualified dividends of $800 from Blue Corporation, $750 from Green Corporation, and $650 from Orange Corporation. Each corporation reported Beth's dividend payments on a Form 1099–DIV.

Beth received a $1,100 income tax refund from the state of Arizona on April 29, 2019. On her 2018 Federal income tax return, she used the standard deduction.

Fees earned from her part-time tax practice in 2019 totaled $3,800. She paid $600 to have the tax returns processed by a computerized tax return service.

On February 8, 2019, Beth bought 500 shares of Gray Corporation common stock for $17.60 a share. On September 12, 2019, Beth sold the stock for $14 a share.

Beth bought a used sport utility vehicle for $6,000 on June 5, 2019. She purchased the vehicle from her brother-in-law, who was unemployed and was in need of cash. On November 2, 2019, she sold the vehicle to a friend for $6,500.

On January 2, 2019, Beth acquired 100 shares of Blue Corporation common stock for $30 a share. She sold the stock on December 19, 2019, for $55 a share.

During the year, Beth records revenues of $16,000 from the sale of a software program she developed. Beth incurred the following expenses in connection with her software development business.

Beth elected to expense the maximum portion of the cost of the computer, printer, and furniture allowed under the provisions of § 179. These items were placed in service on January 15, 2019, and used 100% in her business.

Although her employer suggested that Beth attend a convention on current developments in corporate taxation, Beth was not reimbursed for the travel expenses of $1,420 she incurred in attending the convention. The $1,420 included $200 for the cost of meals.

During the year, Beth paid $300 for prescription medicines and $2,875 for doctor interest to credit card bills and hospital bills. Medical insurance premiums were paid for her by her employer. Beth paid real property taxes of $1,766 on her home. Interest on her home mortgage (Valley National Bank) was $3,845, and interest to credit card companies was $320. Beth contributed $2,080 to various qualifying charities during the year. Professional dues and subscriptions totaled $350.

Beth paid estimated taxes of $1,000. Beth does not own or use any virtual currency.

Required:

Compute the net tax payable or refund due for Beth R. Jordan for 2019.

Discuss assessment centers in terms of dimensions typically used, and types of simulations thst are frequently applied. Discuss the validity of situational tests and legal considerations.

In Python: Program. At the university, passwords for the campus computer system must meet the following requirements:

• The password must be at least seven characters long.
• It must contain at least one uppercase letter.
• It must contain at least one lowercase letter.
• It must contain at least one numeric digit.
• It must include two special symbols
• It must contain no spaces

Start by translating the pseudocode below into a python function. Add the last two requirements to your function.