Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 - Questions and Exercises Chapter 1 (pages 26-27) 1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation? The potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation is giving gifts can lead to dilemmas about whether the gift being given will be perceived as a bribe or simply a gift. If gifts are given, it shouldn’t be given to one person, but instead, an entire team or division. As this could cause other members of the team to feel that there is something more
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Case Analysis Report: 1. Case Overview Acme Corp won a new contract and assigned Wiley Coyote as the PMP. Timing was critical to the project - Acme estimated that delayed completion would cost the company at least $100 a month. Coyote’s first job was to select an engineering contractor. Out of eight bids, Coyote decided to negotiate with only the lowest bidder. The contractor’s PM, Ima Roadrunner, which has been selected was unknown to Coyote. Coyote reviewed the proposal
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ACME Furniture Crisis Management Plan 2013 NB – A crisis management template has been used in creating this plan. The template is available from http://www.brighthubpm.com/risk-management/104970-tips-and-template-for-developing-a-crisis-management-plan/ Table of Contents I. Purpose: 4 Principals for crisis management 4 II. Process: 5 III. Communication Responses Protocol (List of Emergency Contacts): 6 iii – (a) Key personnel, Legal Counsels and Advisors 6 iii – (b) Crisis
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Overview What responsibilities do businesses have? Who takes priority when decisions are made? Are shareholders the most important to consider, or is it the customer? Should a company simply meet the required regulations, or attempt to go above-and-beyond the requirements? All of the questions involve corporate social responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility can be defined as “the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving
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1. List the advantages of a relational model specific to ACME Global Consulting. Relational models can provide some very significant advantages over other methods. First, they are very easy to read due to the nature of two-dimensional tables. Columns and row format is straightforward and consists of a collection of similar data among rows that allow for the user to easily locate what they need. One of the biggest advantages of the relational model of database design is that its foundation is formal
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opCHAPTER 10 E-Shoplifting The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 276 E-Shoplifting Introduction I the beginning, computer systems were installed to manage back-end N operations and support employees in their daily tasks. As technology evolved and systems became cheaper to deploy, businesses started using computers more and more in the management of their operations. By the early 1990s, computers
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Ratios Paper FIN/370 RUNNING HEAD: INDUSTRY AVERAGES AND FINANCIAL RATIOS 2 ACME is looking for a bank loan to provide it with increased capital for its heater business. When deciding whether or not a company, like ACME, is financially healthy and would provide a return on the invested capital there are many tools available. By using a company’s financial statements, such as their balance sheet,
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Business Operations/Functions Report A Note from Our Team: This report serves as both an in-depth analysis as well as a summary of proposed improvements for the shipment process of both ACME and the United Boxing Company (UBC). The report is based upon first-hand observations made by our consultants who went through the process. All proposed courses of action serve only as recommendations to both companies and should not be taken as direct orders from our consulting firm. Additionally, all observations
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but I also believe there is always room for change and improvement in the organizations culture too. 8. Acme Corp. is planning to acquire Beta Corp., which operates in a different industry. Acme’s culture is entrepreneurial and fast-paced, whereas Beta employees value slow, deliberate decision making by consensus. Which merger strategy would you recommend to minimize culture shock when Acme acquires Beta? Explain your answer. -“Mergers have a substantial disruptive effect on the organizations
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Project Finance Definition: It is a method of raising long-term debt financing for major projects based on lending against the cash flow generated by the project alone. It is a financial discipline that has developed rapidly over the last 20 years. Project Finance is not the same thing as “financing projects.” Traditionally: In developed countries: • Large-scale public sector projects in developing countries were financed by public-sector debt • Private-sector projects
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