...Business Research Ethics Bryan Sawyer RES/351 April 15 2014 Amarjit Singh Business Research Ethics The largest unethical story in business of my era would have to be the collapse of the energy company Enron. This scandal was based on insider trading, money laundry, and unethical practice of business accounting. Enron not only had unethical business practices going on they were illegal as well. The key people involved in this scandal were Jeff Skilling, Ken Lay, Ben Glisan, and Andrew Fastow. Unethical accounting based on false profit’s showed Enron was profits into the 100’s of billions of dollars that never existed because of the accounting practices they were using. This all became a issue when Enron posted a 101 billion dollar profit in 2000 later that year 140 billion in profits, and less than a year later in 2001 the company was bankrupt by December. The share holders, employees, people who invested in Enron all lost everything that they invested into Enron. Employees lost their retirement funds, 401 plans and lost their jobs all together. The major share holders got rich in a short amount of time off of this scam. Both the individuals and institutional investors were misinformed about Enron’s financial performance and accounting which everyone involved lost millions and millions dollars. Accounting to this day has ever been changed because of this scandal Enron was pulling off before they got greedy and somewhat sloppy. After the public was scammed out of millions...
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...Current Events in Business Research RES/351 Business Research September 19, 2012 Business research as it pertains to my company would consist of finding the right kind of client. My business is Health and Life Insurance for Business’s; we look for a business that has at least three employees and then try to get permission to offer our product to the employees. If we get that permission the only thing the owner of the business has to do is to payroll deduct the premium and send our company the premium checks once a month. I also do Financial Advising/Planning, in this industry I look for people that want to save for retirement or create a college fund for their children or grandchildren. My firm also does stock investing so if I have a client that wants to do that we can help them out. In the past when I have worked for the Telephone Company, it seemed like the product teams did not research the market need and the plant capacity properly. The introduction of DSL to the Tulsa market fell “flat on its face”. The customer want was great but the plant capacity and the technicians available to install the service were very low. The result was many potential customers simply refused to have the service installed after they had to wait for several weeks or the customer that had already been installed with the new service cancelled because the service provided was not the service promised. I suppose that recently Samsung was found to be in violation of some patent rights...
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...Yen Tran Ex. 32-1 a. Alisa brought the injured bird home and fashioned a splint out of Popsicle sticks for its wing. b. Considered a classic of early animation, the Adventures of Prince Achmed used hand cut silhouettes against color backgrounds. c. If you complete the evaluation form and return it within two weeks, you will receive a free breakfast during your next stay. d. Correct. e. Roger had always wanted a handmade violin, but he couldn’t afford one. 1. While I was driving, a huge delivery truck ran through a red light. 2. He pushed the car beyond the tollgate and poured a bucket of water on the smoking hood. 3. Lit by bright halogen lamps, hundreds of origami birds sparkled, like diamonds in sunlight. 4. Correct. 5. Many musicians of Bach’s time played several instruments, but few mastered them as early or played with as much expression as Bach. Ex. 32-2 A. J. R. R. Tolkien finished writing his draft of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in 1949, but the first book in the series wasn’t published until 1954. B. In the first two minutes of its ascent, the space shuttle had broken the sound barrier and reached a height of over twenty-five miles. C. German shepherds can be gentle guide dogs, or they can be fierce attack dogs. D. Some former professional cyclists claim that the use of performance-enhancing drugs is widespread in cycling, and they argue that no rider can be competitive without doping. E. As an intern, I...
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...Week 4 – DQ 1 Post a 200-300 word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply In business research we often will need to create measurement instruments for the variable(s) we want to understand. Remember in Week 1 we start our research design process by trying to create a useful definition of a concept or variable we might study. Once we have a workable “operational definition” of all our variables we are ready to create the measurement system we will use. This week: (1) Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages with the following: o Rating and ranking scales o Likert scales o Unidimensional and multidimensional scales (2) Consider the way you operationalized the variable “binge drinking” in Week 1. Now, using one or more of the scales noted in (1) above, create two questions you might use in a study about binge drinking. Make sure you include the answer scale you would want the participant to use as well. Make sure if you quote or paraphrase a source that you use proper APA citation and referencing. Week 4 – DQ 1 Post a 200-300 word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply In business research we often will need to create measurement instruments for the variable(s) we want to understand. Remember in Week 1 we start our research design process by trying to create a useful definition of a concept or variable we might study. Once we have a workable “operational definition” of all our variables...
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...Moral codes are reviewed from occasionally; however, they are of top priority for a number of causes in companies. Companies have to ensure they go after the top tier of moral principles in all of their actions. Moral principles are also significant with respect to business investigation. Throughout this paper, the discourse shall be lodged with regard to a case in which corrupt business analysis methods were executed by the company. My intent is to talk about this case and a range of main clauses concerning this particular case. Presently, in this peculiar case, some moral subjects are to be taken into reflection. In terms of immoral investigation performance, this particular company was certainly engrossed in immoral research performance. The company was a pharmaceutical corporation that worked together with a professor who beforehand supplied the required research linked to the medication of flu (Dominick & Wimmer, 2010). Throughout the course of their accord, he was inquired to remain the research information secret and not to unveil the same to any other party. The corporation which was working on his investigation work was planning to hold back the study work. Consequently, it was judged to be immoral on the side of the pharmaceutical corporation. The pharmaceutical corporation desired to make sure that it collected a high bulk of earnings, in spite of whether the investigation work was complete at the price of collective interests. The upset shareholding groups...
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...Research Process Paper Some individuals believe that education and earnings go hand in hand. The lesser the education, the smaller the wages, and thus with a greater education may lead to an increase in wages. The focus of this discussion will involve what the research process entails for the subject of wages and the relationship between education, and wage earnings. This research project will discuss the purpose of the research, define the problem, propose three possible hypothesizes, identify the variables, and define the problem in quantifiable measurements. According to some research studies the level of education that an individual obtains directly correlates to the wages that he or she will earn over his or her lifetime. The higher the degree of education that a person attains can affect the amount of wages that he or she will earn. Research shows that there is also a difference in wage earnings by males and females who have earned the same degrees. “The highest paid 10% of male workers with advanced degrees earned $3,260 or more weekly, compared to $2,252 or more for women of the same education level” (Wall Street Journal, 2009). The research suggests that there is an advantage of an increase in earning power by an individual who continues his or her education, and advances the degrees that he or she holds. This research may be important for anyone who is considering whether or not he or she should continue to further his or her education. The time, effort, and...
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...RES/351 Business Research Ethics Individual Eloisa Montoya Beech Nut was a wholly owned and operated company that was ran fully by Nestle, which is a manufacturer of infant formula. Beech Nut was their company that made juices for infants and children. In 1982 Beech Nut found an entity that would cut their costs by a lot, and offered them apple juice concentrate, which again, was at a very low price. After using this product for just a little while, an employee started wondering why and how this company was offering apple juice concentrate for such a low dollar amount, so he decided to investigate further. During this employees investigation of the apple juice concentrate, he came to find out that the concentrate actually had no apple juice concentrate at all in its contents, instead this was a concentrate that was entirely chemical based and man-made. This employee went to his bosses with this information, and in turn, Beech Nut as well as Nestle did absolutely nothing. After trying to get this stopped and having no luck, this employee finally just quit the company all together. Soon after this employee quit, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started their own investigation, and it was noted that Nestle and Beech Nut were not cooperative at all. Apparently Beech Nut had thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stored and they were scared that the Food and Drug Administration was going to confiscate it, so instead of turning it over to the Food and Drug Administration...
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...| | | | | My name goes here RES351 Today’s date Teacher’s name TITLE In 2007 I was an electronics instructor for a powerful international organization. The organizations was always looking for ways to cut costs, and since manpower very expensive the managers wanted to see if they could cut manpower while retaining operational effectiveness. An outside group was hired to examine manning levels in the field, and make recommendations on improving efficiency, while the schoolhouse staff I directed was also tasked with researching how the system was manned, and how planned upgrades would affect manning levels in the future. Initially we used current instructions to determine personnel assignments and divisions of labor during operations to give us a baseline. This was helpful because often these guidelines are based on years of experience by technicians and operators under real-world conditions. Next, we used students who were approaching graduation, but with no actual experience in the field, and had them try to operate the system with reduced manpower without giving them the current instructions. We were hoping that the students would bring a fresh perspective to the problem and find a new way to accomplish the task. Finally, a group of the engineers who design the system upgrades along with seasoned instructors with many years of practical experience operating the equipment in the field ran scenarios and brainstormed new ideas. Our assessment was...
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...Cohesive Research Proposal Preparing to Conduct Business Research: Part One Over the last 20 years this country has seen more school shootings publicized than ever before. Instead of looking at the perpetrators of these violent acts, the nation needs to look at the schools and their safety measures. Schools need to be updated to allow newly developed safety measures as well as providing training for staff on emergency procedures so a person in authority will know what to do if an emergency situation arises. Children need to be taught about gun safety at an early age to help prevent any misuse of firearms. Even though undefined, violence needs to be stopped; innocent people are dying and people are scared to go to school. Key information that needs to be determined includes what type of violence is happening and why. There are many research questions to be considered to begin assessing issues behind violence in schools. The tragedies of school shootings in the USA and Canada have occurred on more than one occasion. Why wait until a series of tragedies occur rather than fixing the issue after the first incident? Some schools already provide training to teachers for gun use. Should schools provide guns to male or female teachers? Parents want to know about the impact of teachers using guns to protect students. In Canada, anybody who wants to purchase a firearm needs to get a license and present a reference letter from five people who have known the person for more than...
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...DQ1 Distinguish between a Z test and a t-test. Provide an example of each one that might be appropriate for your current or previous place of employment Similarities o A Z test and a t-test are each a type parametric tests. o Parametric tests are resultant data from the given ranges which have given the consumers to choose from intervals, such as 1-5. o Parametric tests such as the Z test and t test are used to “conclude if there is a statistical significance among the sample distribution average and a parameter (Cooper, D. & Schindler, P., 2011). o A Z test and a t-test could be opted as one sample test. One sample tests are opted when one sample is derived from a populace and a hypothesis “from the specified population” (Cooper, D. & Schindler, P., 2011), is tested o A Z test and a t-test could be used as a two sample test with each of its sample being independent. o The Z test and t tests are matching while the sampling size is more than 120. · Differences o The Z test and t test differ when the sample size is lower than 120. o The t test is suitable for minute sample sizes. o The Z test is suitable for huge or minute sample sizes. o A t test can be opted as a two sample test by pairing the samples. o A t test has more tail area, means most results that are lesser and greater than the central are rejected. It implies a t test would give a improved sample average since most results which diverge away from the mean...
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...Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire Christina Kapua ARTS/100 April 18, 2013 Taurie Kinoshita Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire The Romans ingeniously display majestic art while incorporating function and purpose to build an empire. The Romans had many forms in which they created art. They adorned their city, homes, and palaces with paintings, sculptures, and grand architectural structures. Rome admired and emulated the artistry of the Greek, Egyptians, and Celtic designs. They learned engineering techniques from the Etruscans that has developed Rome’s historical development and style. With its influence of other cultures, Romans have established its own characteristics of ancient classical Rome, which has carved a pathway to many forms of artwork in the past and present time. The different genre that Rome has influenced is two-dimensional arts, sculpture, and architecture; with significant contributors, such as Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Benini. Historical Development and Evolution of Style Influenced by the Etruscans and inspired by the Greeks, the Romans artistry evolved to display realism and power. Romans learned practical and advanced engineering techniques from the Etruscans that began the groundwork for the vast buildings built to serve the needs of a growing population. After the overthrow of Greece majority of their artwork, and sculptures were brought back to Rome to adorn their city and palaces. Many Greek artists migrated to Rome to impart...
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...Business Research RES/351 Business Research With looking to open a new Tattoo shop in the Plymouth area, we need to look at many things before we can open the doors. We must consider our research problem and purpose, our research design, sampling methods, the analysis of our research, and any ethical considerations we need to look at. With this information, we want to see if Plymouth is the right place for us to open our Tattoo shop and it being a profitable location. There are many questions to ask with opening a new tattoo shop, from what is a good location to what our profit margins would be. One-research question to ask is; do we have clientele in the same location as where we want to open our business? This is an important question because even though people are willing to travel to get a quality and personal tattoo, local clientele still account for profits. A second question to ask is; will we gain profit at this location? As in any business, we are in it to make profit, not debt. A third question to ask is; is there competition in the area? We as new business owners need to know if there are any other tattoo parlors in the area where we would like to open up, and if so, what kind of service and body artwork are they offering? Are they the same type of body art we are going to offer our clientele? A fourth question to ask is; what will it cost to open the doors for the first year? The last question is the most important question we need to ask ourselves...
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...University of Phoenix Material – Brandy Greiner Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 2 Brandy 7 correct; 5.5 points out of 7 Which type of research design— exploratory, descriptive, or causal—is appropriate for the following examples? Explain why. • The goal of this research is to discover the real nature of the problem and to suggest new possible solutions or new ideas. Exploratory – because they are trying to get to the route of the problem and they are exploring all the possible outcomes to see why things are happening the way they are. • A food manufacturer wants to know the demographics of people who purchase organic foods. Exploratory – they are conducting a survey to get a better understanding of whom likes their organic products and why. descriptive • A firm is considering hiring American celebrity Paris Hilton to endorse its products. Exploratory- This would require a survey as well to see what the demographic would be for a good response to her endorsing the products. causal • British Airways would like to test in-flight Internet services on one of its regular flights from New York to Tokyo. The company charges $30 one week and $15 the next week. Casual (this is spelled CAUSAL not CASUAL)- the company is trying to see who would take interest by having a dry run. They try it the following it the week for a lower fee to see if it has more appeal at half the cost. • This type of study attempts to discover...
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...Preparing to Conduct Business Research: Part 1 Benjamin Maple, Robert Gholson, Daniel Williams, Benito Serrano Business Research/RES/351 28 March 2016 Dr. Kenneth Miller Preparing to Conduct Business Research: Part 1 * Describe the selected issue, opportunity, or problem facing the organization. The organization this team agreed on to conduct business research is Playboy. This company has been in business since the beginning of its long life started in December of 1953, it was created by Hughe Hefner. Playboy does not just produce magazines but the company does also television, radio, internet, and clothes. There are various reasons the company chose to go down a different path then it known for, from being a centerfold raunchy naked magazine to a more conservative less revealing type of magazine. Do to the changing times and forever evolving technology, This company has had a problem in the last decade competing with other big companies like maxim and other big companies like them in their sales for their monthly subscription magazine. With the competition of other companies going becoming more prevalent because of the technology advances as mentioned like the internet, Playboy has become sort of obsolete. Consumers no longer really care for the naked centerfold they used to always show and have come up with solutions to stay relevant in the industry while changing the way they have operated for decades. * Discuss the significance, scope, magnitude,...
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...Mastering Teacher Leadership Read the case study Mastering Teacher Leadership. Answer questions 1 and 2 at the end of the case study. 1. Build the management-research question hierarchy for this opportunity. Research question hierarchy 1) Management Dilemma- Due to the large number of University’s within the area raises concern if developing another Master’s program would be successful. 2) Management Question- Would creating a new Masters of Arts degree program for Wittenberg University be beneficial to the school and the surrounding communities? 3) Research Questions- What are the needs of the various school districts? How can these needs be implemented and focused into Wittenberg University Masters of Arts program? What are the desired steps to develop an effective educational program? 4) Investigative Questions- Is there a demand for another Master’s of Arts program in the area? 5) Measurement Questions- How many teachers needing to receive their master’s degree would consider this program for their continual education? 2. Evaluate the appropriateness of the exploratory stage of the research design. This particular case used a communicative research design. By using focus groups consisting of local educational professionals and a mailed survey the University was able to collect the required data. The focus group narrowed in on the elements needed to build a strong program and determined the likelihood of its success. The distribution of the survey was a cost effective...
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