Category: Essays

Write a review of the article- Given the nature of the assignment, you will need to utilize the first person voice in places; however, you should maintain a professional tone that addresses an audience of scholarly peers (not an instructor as an assignment). Organize the information you gathered from the questions above into a 4-5 page essay. Your purpose is both to summarize and evaluate-

Summary: be clear as to the purpose/ assumptions/ and evidence given in the article. Make sure you identify how the author justifies the publication as adding to previous knowledge- what’s new and why is it important? From what previous work does the author build?

Evaluation: respond to the argument- not with a “This is as really good article” but with specifics as to how it can be useful (or not). Critique any holes in the argument and places that are under-substantiated as well as places that you found strong. Include other sources mentioned that may be useful for further research-etc. What kind of project would this article be useful towards and why?

Finally-be sure to give proper citation to quotes as well as ideas put in your own words in parenthetical references and give a full MLA reference at the end of the paper.

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I need a compare and contrast essay for Kate Chopin’s stories “the Story of an hour” and “the storm”. It has to be double space and 8 paragraphs long.
The format should be like this:

Paragraph 1: introduction (with thesis) – develop a thesis statement
Paragraph 2: topic 1 (comparison of two stories) – character’s similarities
Paragraph 3: topic 1 (comparison of two stories) – setting’s similarities
Paragraph 4: topic 1 (comparison of two stories) -plot’s similarities
Paragraph 5: topic 2 (contrast of two stories) -character’s differences
Paragraph 6: topic 2 (contrast of two stories) – setting’s differences
Paragraph 7: topic 2 (contrast of two stories) -plot’s differences
Paragraph 8: Conclusion – use direct quotes from the two stories to make argument’s stronger.

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1. How did the interference of Belgium and the US impact the development of an independent Congolese state?
2. Knowing what you do about Ghana and South Africa, what broader trends of decolonization does Congo exemplify? Where does it perhaps deviate from those patterns?
3. Why did Lumumba believe that Congo needed to stay unified instead of breaking into smaller regions?
4. How did factionalism and provincialism impede Patrice Lumumba’s endeavor to create a functioning state?

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Submit a written response to these questions:
1. What type of human serprovided in the United States?vices are
2. How do political and economic forces shape the human services system?
3. What is managed care?
4. Describe the concept “human services worker.”
Use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. Your responses to the questions should be more than 1,000 words and less than 2,000 words. And, yes, I could them. Be careful with your submissions; you’ll only be able to make one. So, double check it before turning it in.

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Student Handout: Viewer’s Guide

“IS WAL-MART GOOD FOR AMERICA?”

You have to watch the five videos in this link

To watch the show again: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

I. Review the following terms prior to watching the documentary:
• Outsourcing is when a business obtains services or products used in manufacturing, such as parts for a television set, from an outside (often overseas) supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs.
• Offshore Companies conduct most of their business outside of the country in which they are incorporated. These companies are also known as non-resident companies.
• Push Production is when manufacturers of products decide what to produce, how much to produce and the price of the product.
• Pull Production is when retailers determine what the manufacturer will produce, how much to produce and the price of the product.
Answer the following questions

1. What did you notice at the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting? Do you think this is different from other shareholders’ meetings? If yes, in what ways?

2. How is Wal-Mart able to keep track of its inventory? Why is this important? List the effects this has on producers.

3. Trace the decline of Rubbermaid from 1994 to 2004. What factors most contributed to this decline?

4. What is an opening price point? How does it influence sales?

5. In 1994, President Clinton said that new trade agreements would create a market for American products in China. What happened to the United States companies after opening trade with China?

6. Compare the situation at Five Rivers Electronics and the Thomson Plant. What caused problems and what was the result for each?

7. What most surprised you about the film?

8. Do you think the strategies that Wal-Mart is using are fair? Why or why not?

9. Has the documentary influenced how or where you will shop? Explain

10. How should Wal-Mart balance the needs for worker benefits, low prices for consumers and high profits for shareholders?
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Submit a written response to these questions:

What type of human services are provided in the United States?
How do political and economic forces shape the human services system?
What is managed care?
Describe the concept “human services worker.”

Use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. Your responses to the questions should be more than 1,000 words and less than 2,000 words. And, yes, I coulnd them. Be careful with your submissions; you’ll only be able to make one. So, double check it before turning it in.

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Consult pages 8-10 in A Writer’s Reference for information on prewriting techniques. If you have been taught some other style of prewriting that works for you, however, please by all means use it! I do not care what style of prewriting you use; I only care that you do some sort of planning of a paper before sitting down to write it. Therefore, here are your topics to choose from for Essay #1. This prewrite may be done via text input, or you can upload files, so if you want to take photos or make scans of a prewrite on paper, you can do so. The prewrite is due by midnight on Wednesday, and the rough version of the essay itself will be due no later than Saturday, so please be aware of the timeframe you have to get crackin’ on this paper!

The paper itself should be about three and a half pages or so (900 words, ballpark), in proper MLA format. You are going to be REQUIRED to integrate quotes from one or more of the readings you have done so far out of Presence of Others, so consider that as you choose which topic to write on. Papers that do not use the readings in some significant way will lose a lot of credit, so keep that in mind, ok? We will be bringing The Great Gatsby into our essay assignments eventually, but NOT YET! At this point, only consider material from The Presence of Others as you craft your response.

OPTION #1: Some of the readings in the text discuss cheating, dishonesty, and integrity. Using the ideas from and quoting from some of The Presence of Others readings you have done in previous weeks, discuss a time you or someone you know cheated or otherwise went against integrity. Why was there this lapse in ethical judgment? What were the results? How did this experience affect you or the person you know?

OPTION #2: Write a paper about a person you know who might fairly be described as “a person of integrity.” Use your portrait of this person as a way to define and/or explore the concept of integrity. Again, make sure to make reference to and quote from essays you have read in previous weeks in The Presence of Others.

OPTION #3: Respond to the essay “An Animal’s Place.” Does the content of the essay trouble you ethically with your food and other choices, or is the killing of animals and industrial farming simply now a necessity or even a right? Support or argue against some of the points raised inside of this essay.

OPTION #4: Keeping in mind some of the ideas and studies inside the essays “Making of a Divorce Culture” and “The Way We Wish We Were,” discuss the effects a divorce has had on you or someone you know well. What caused the divorce? Was it necessary? How did it change people’s lives? Was the overall effect for the better or for the worse? From the essays, do you see any of the same forces and effects discussed inside the text?

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You return to your room in the residence hall next fall, and on the floor just outside the door, you find a Bonneville Cutthroat Trout, a copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and one additional object. In addition to revealing the identity of third object, explain how the trout, the book, and third object got there and their significance.

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Please read the following articles related to Enron:

Madsen, S. & Vance, C. (2009). Unlearned lessons from the past: an insider’s view of Enron’s downfall. Corporate Governance, 9(2), 216-227. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Free, C., Macintosh, N., & Stein, M. (2007). Management Controls: The Organizational Fraud Triangle of Leadership, Culture and Control in Enron. Ivey Business Journal Online. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Meisinger, S. R. (2012). Examining organizational ethics. Human Resource Executive Online (June, 2011). Retrieved on November 19, 2012 from: http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=533348507

Assignment
In a well-written, 5-7 page essay, please address the following:

Discuss the ways in which a company’s leadership and culture influence its business ethics.

Keys to the Assignment
Define “organizational culture.” Please be very specific (and be sure that you provide references for your description of culture).
Evaluate Enron’s sense of business ethics and business operations in the context of the organization’s culture? Specifically, what went wrong?
What should have been the role and responsibility of company leadership (the Board of Directors, the CEO Ken Lay and others)? In what ways did key executive players (e.g., Lay, Skilling, and Fastow) work to negatively reshape the culture, and with what adverse consequences?
How might Human Resource Management (HRM) have played a central role in setting the “moral compass” at Enron, helping to form and shape the organizational culture (perhaps avoiding the Enron debacle altogether)?
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be evaluated using the following five (5) criteria:

Assignment-Driven Criteria (Precision and Breadth): Does the paper fully address all Keys to the Assignment? Are the concepts behind the Keys to the Assignment addressed accurately and precisely using sound logic? Does the paper meet minimum length requirements?
Critical Thinking (Critical Thinking and Depth): Does the paper demonstrate graduate-level analysis, in which information derived from multiple sources, expert opinions, and assumptions has been critically evaluated and synthesized in the formulation of a logical set of conclusions? Does the paper address the topic with sufficient depth of discussion and analysis?
Business Writing (Clarity and Organization): Is the paper well written (clear, developed logically, and well organized)? Are the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary appropriate for graduate-level work? Are section headings included in all papers? Are paraphrasing and synthesis of concepts the primary means of responding to the Keys to the Assignment, or is justification/support instead conveyed through excessive use of direct quotations?
Effective Use of Information (Information Literacy and References): Does the paper demonstrate that the student has read, understood and can apply the background materials for the module? If required, has the student demonstrated effective research, as evidenced by student’s use of relevant and quality (library?) sources? Do additional sources used in paper provide strong support for conclusions drawn, and do they help in shaping the overall paper?
Citing Sources: Does the student demonstrate understanding of APA Style of referencing, by inclusion of proper end references and in-text citations (for paraphrased text and direct quotations) as appropriate? Have all sources (e.g., references used from the Background page, the assignment readings, and outside research) been included, and are these properly cited? Have all end references been included within the body of the paper as in-text citations?
Tips and Suggestions
For this final Case essay, use at least four additional scholarly sources.
Cite all sources using proper APA style, and use proper in-text citations.
Follow the Well-Written Paper guidelines.
An excellent article on Enron’s culture as well, the following may also be useful to you in your analysis of the Case:
Sims, R. R. & Brinkmann. J. (2003). Enron ethics (or: Culture matters more than codes). Journal of Business Ethics, 45(3), 243-256. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Finally, I highly recommend the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. You may be able to view parts of the movie on YouTube. Following is the movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zMakN-EMLg

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Student Handout: Viewer’s Guide

“IS WAL-MART GOOD FOR AMERICA?”

You have to watch the five videos in this link

To watch the show again: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

I. Review the following terms prior to watching the documentary:
• Outsourcing is when a business obtains services or products used in manufacturing, such as parts for a television set, from an outside (often overseas) supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs.
• Offshore Companies conduct most of their business outside of the country in which they are incorporated. These companies are also known as non-resident companies.
• Push Production is when manufacturers of products decide what to produce, how much to produce and the price of the product.
• Pull Production is when retailers determine what the manufacturer will produce, how much to produce and the price of the product.
Answer the following questions

1. What did you notice at the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting? Do you think this is different from other shareholders’ meetings? If yes, in what ways?

2. How is Wal-Mart able to keep track of its inventory? Why is this important? List the effects this has on producers.

3. Trace the decline of Rubbermaid from 1994 to 2004. What factors most contributed to this decline?

4. What is an opening price point? How does it influence sales?

5. In 1994, President Clinton said that new trade agreements would create a market for American products in China. What happened to the United States companies after opening trade with China?

6. Compare the situation at Five Rivers Electronics and the Thomson Plant. What caused problems and what was the result for each?

7. What most surprised you about the film?

8. Do you think the strategies that Wal-Mart is using are fair? Why or why not?

9. Has the documentary influenced how or where you will shop? Explain

10. How should Wal-Mart balance the needs for worker benefits, low prices for consumers and high profits for shareholders?
.

You have to watch the five videos in this above

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