Entine and Jennings (Case 3.3, p. 104) note that there are eight questions that should be answered about a company to determine the character of its soul: 1. Does the company comply with the law? 2. Does the company have a sense of propriety? 3. How honestly do product claims match with reality? 4. How forthcoming is the company with information? 5. How does the company treat its employees? 6. How does the company handle third-party ethics issues? 7. How charitable is the company? 8. How does the company react when faced with negative disclosures? Develop a blog aimed at assessing corporate social responsibility. Be sure to address the following: · Contrast the Entine and Jennings’ views with those of Friedman and Freeman, found within your text. · What is the difference between Entine and Jennings’ eight questions and traditional measures of social responsibility? · Would the model mean that Fannie Mae could be labeled an “honest” company? Why or why not? Support your blog with at least three (3) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included. Length of blog: 3 entries (approximately 350 words per entry) Your blog should be located at a web site that can be easily accessed by Faculty (e.g., www.blogger.com, www.wordpress.com, www.blogster.com, www.blog.com, or www.multiplicity.com). It should contain text that is readable, links that work, a display of at least one graphic, and content information that supports the assignment requirements. Your writing within the blog should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy. Submit a word document that contains the URL of the blog and your name. Include references to course resources presented in proper APA format. MATERIALS Corporate Social Responsibility    Corporate social responsibility refers to the promotion of social consciousness as a business platform or marketing strategy. These companies are associated with labels such as “green” and “socially responsible” and promote themselves in contrast to companies who are caricatured as old-school corporate kings such as: Gillette, Dow Chemical, Exxon, tobacco companies, defense contractors, and the chemical industry (Jennings, 2012, p. 102). Of course, business ethics is much more complex and blurry than these two dichotomous stereotypes: social responsibility and big business. 1. Review the resources listed in the Books and Resources area below to prepare for this week’s assignment(s). 2. Complete the following Spotlight on Skills if you need assistance with the tools used to complete your assignments. Spotlight on Skills: How to Prepare a Blog This week, you will create a blog. Refer to ...

1. Entine and Jennings (Case 3.3, p. 104) note that there are eight
questions that should be answered about a company to
determine the character of its soul:
1. Does the company comply with the law?
2. Does the company have a sense of propriety?
3. How honestly do product claims match with reality?
4. How forthcoming is the company with information?
5. How does the company treat its employees?
6. How does the company handle third-party ethics issues?
7. How charitable is the company?
8. How does the company react when faced with negative
disclosures?
Develop a blog aimed at assessing corporate social
responsibility. Be sure to address the following:
· Contrast the Entine and Jennings’ views with those of
Friedman and Freeman, found within your text.
· What is the difference between Entine and Jennings’ eight
questions and traditional measures of social responsibility?
· Would the model mean that Fannie Mae could be labeled an
“honest” company? Why or why not?
Support your blog with at least three (3) scholarly resources. In

2. addition to these specified resources, other appropriate
scholarly resources may be included.
Length of blog: 3 entries (approximately 350 words per entry)
Your blog should be located at a web site that can be easily
accessed by Faculty (e.g., www.blogger.com,
www.wordpress.com, www.blogster.com, www.blog.com, or
www.multiplicity.com). It should contain text that is readable,
links that work, a display of at least one graphic, and content
information that supports the assignment requirements.
Your writing within the blog should demonstrate thoughtful
consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the
course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly
to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and
current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral
University's Academic Integrity Policy.
Submit a word document that contains the URL of the blog and
your name. Include references to course resources presented in
proper APA format.
MATERIALS
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility refers to the promotion of social
consciousness as a business platform or marketing strategy.
These companies are associated with labels such as “green” and
“socially responsible” and promote themselves in contrast to
companies who are caricatured as old-school corporate kings
such as: Gillette, Dow Chemical, Exxon, tobacco companies,
defense contractors, and the chemical industry (Jennings, 2012,
p. 102). Of course, business ethics is much more complex and
blurry than these two dichotomous stereotypes: social

3. responsibility and big business.
1. Review the resources listed in the Books and Resources area
below to prepare for this week’s assignment(s).
2. Complete the following Spotlight on Skills if you need
assistance with the tools used to complete your assignments.
Spotlight on Skills: How to Prepare a Blog
This week, you will create a blog. Refer to the resources below
to get started if this is your first time writing a blog.
How to Write a Blog in 5 Easy Steps. About.com at
http://weblogs.about.com/od/writingablog/tp/How-To-Write-A-
Blog-In-5-Easy-Steps.htm
How to Write a Blog. ehow.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2124349_write-popular-blog.html
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Friedman, M. (1970). The social responsibility of business to
increase its profits.
http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/fried
man-soc-resp-business.html
1. Any distribution of values may be completely and
accurately described by presenting three pieces of information.
What are those 3 pieces?

4. 2. What distinguishes a true experiment from a quasi
experiment?
3. What two inferences can be drawn from data collected
from a sample?
4. For the following hypothesis, what is the dependent
variable: Nursing students who learn health assessment “on-
site” receive higher scores on the NCLEX than nursing
students who learn health assessment through a virtual, on-line
course?
5. In what form is the hypothesis in question # 4 stated?
6. For a research study in which the outcome of the
intervention is measured as “optimal” vs. “sub-optimal,”
what level of measurement is employed?

5. 7. If a distribution of scores has a mean of 65.5, a median of
77.8 and a standard deviation of 15, what is the shape of the
distribution?
8. What measures of central tendency and variability are
appropriate in describing a multi-modal distribution shape?
Central Tendency:_____________________
Variability:____________________
Briefly define each of the following:
9. Statistic:
10. Frequency Polygon:
11. Percentile:
12. Ordinal Data: