Values vs. Value. New research shows a disparity between what shoppers believe and what they actually do.
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vs. Value
New research revealing a disparity between what shoppers say and what they do debunks the myth of the ethical consumer.
Illustration by Keith Negley
During the last 25 years, there has been debate about the value of corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly as it relates to the rise of “ethical consumers.” These are shoppers who base purchasing decisions on whether a product’s social and ethical positioning — for example, its environmental impact or the labor practices used to manufacture it — aligns with their values. Many surveys purport to show that even the average consumer is demanding so-called ethical products, such as fair trade–certified coffee and chocolate, fair labor–certified garments, cosmetics produced without animal testing, and products made through the use of sustainable technologies. Yet when companies offer such products, they are invariably met with indifference by all but a selected group of consumers.
Is the consumer a cause-driven liberal when surveyed, but an economic conservative at the checkout line? Is the ethical consumer little more than a myth? Although many individuals bring their values and beliefs into purchasing decisions, when we examined actual consumer behavior, we found that the percentage of shopping choices made on a truly ethical basis proved far smaller than most observers believe, and far smaller than is suggested by the anecdotal data presented by advocacy groups.
The trouble with the data on ethical consumerism is that the majority of research relies on people reporting on their own purchasing habits or intentions, whether in surveys or through interviews. But there is little if any validation of what consumers report in these surveys, and individuals tend to dramatically overstate the importance of social and ethical responsibility when it comes to their purchasing habits. As noted by John Drummond, CEO of Corporate Culture, a CSR consultancy, “Most consumer research is highly dubious, because there is a gap between what people say and what they do.”
The purchasing statistics on ethical products in the marketplace support this assertion. Most of these products have attained only niche market positions. The exceptions tend to be relatively rare circumstances in which a multinational corporation has acquired a company with an ethical product or service, and invested in its growth as a separate business, without altering its other business lines (or the nature of its operations). For example, Unilever’s purchase of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. allowed for the expansion of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream franchise within the United States, but the rest of Unilever’s businesses remained largely unaffected. Companies that try to engage in proactive, cause-oriented product development often find the ...
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PATRICK DE PELSMACKER, LIESBETH DRIESEN,
AND GLENN RAYP
Do Consumers Care about Ethics? Willingness to
Pay for Fair-Trade Coffee
Consumers’ buying behavior is not consistent with their positive
attitude toward ethical products. In a survey of 808 Belgian respond-
ents, the actual willingness to pay for fair-trade coffee was measured.
It was found that the average price premium that the consumers were
willing to pay for a fair-trade label was 10%. Ten percent of the sample
was prepared to pay the current price premium of 27% in Belgium.
Fair-trade lovers (11%) were more idealistic, aged between 31 and
44 years and less ‘‘conventional.’’ Fair-trade likers (40%) were more
idealistic but sociodemographically not significantly different from
the average consumer.
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent consumers
were willing to pay for the fair-trade attribute when buying coffee, and
how consumers differed in terms of their willingness to pay. First, we will
describe fair trade within the context of ethical consumer behavior. Sub-
sequently, the research questions used in our study will be examined.
Consumers can express their concern about the ethical behavior of com-
panies by means of ethical buying and consumer behavior. In general, the
ethical consumer feels responsible toward society and expresses these feel-
ings by means of his or her purchasing behavior. Doane (2001) defined
ethical consumption as the purchase of a product that concerns a certain
ethical issue (human rights, labor conditions, animal well-being, environ-
ment, etc.) and is chosen freely by an individual consumer. There are
several dimensions of ethical consumer behavior. Some forms of ethical
consumption benefit the natural environment (e.g., environmentally friendly
products, legally logged wood, animal well-being), while others benefit peo-
ple (e.g., products free from child labor, fair-trade products). Cutting across
this distinction, ethical consumption may benefit people or the environment
close to home (e.g., some types of green products or organic food), or
Patrick De Pelsmacker ([email protected]) is a marketing professor at the University of
Antwerp. Liesbeth Driesen was a researcher at the Ghent University. Glenn Rayp ([email protected])
is a professor in international economics at the Ghent University.
Financial support of the University Development Cooperation of the Flemish Interuniversity Council
is gratefully acknowledged. The authors wish to thank the participants of the 33rd European Marketing
Academy (EMAC) conference for their useful comments and suggestions. All remaining errors are ours.
The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2005
ISSN 0022-0078
Copyright 2005 by the American Council on Consumer Interests
WINTER 2005 VOLUME 39, NUMBER 2 363
conversely in a faraway part of the world (e.g., fair-trade products or legally
logged wood). Consumers can translate their ethical concerns by means.
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PATRICK DE PELSMACKER, LIESBETH DRIESEN,
AND GLENN RAYP
Do Consumers Care about Ethics? Willingness to
Pay for Fair-Trade Coffee
Consumers’ buying behavior is not consistent with their positive
attitude toward ethical products. In a survey of 808 Belgian respond-
ents, the actual willingness to pay for fair-trade coffee was measured.
It was found that the average price premium that the consumers were
willing to pay for a fair-trade label was 10%. Ten percent of the sample
was prepared to pay the current price premium of 27% in Belgium.
Fair-trade lovers (11%) were more idealistic, aged between 31 and
44 years and less ‘‘conventional.’’ Fair-trade likers (40%) were more
idealistic but sociodemographically not significantly different from
the average consumer.
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent consumers
were willing to pay for the fair-trade attribute when buying coffee, and
how consumers differed in terms of their willingness to pay. First, we will
describe fair trade within the context of ethical consumer behavior. Sub-
sequently, the research questions used in our study will be examined.
Consumers can express their concern about the ethical behavior of com-
panies by means of ethical buying and consumer behavior. In general, the
ethical consumer feels responsible toward society and expresses these feel-
ings by means of his or her purchasing behavior. Doane (2001) defined
ethical consumption as the purchase of a product that concerns a certain
ethical issue (human rights, labor conditions, animal well-being, environ-
ment, etc.) and is chosen freely by an individual consumer. There are
several dimensions of ethical consumer behavior. Some forms of ethical
consumption benefit the natural environment (e.g., environmentally friendly
products, legally logged wood, animal well-being), while others benefit peo-
ple (e.g., products free from child labor, fair-trade products). Cutting across
this distinction, ethical consumption may benefit people or the environment
close to home (e.g., some types of green products or organic food), or
Patrick De Pelsmacker ([email protected]) is a marketing professor at the University of
Antwerp. Liesbeth Driesen was a researcher at the Ghent University. Glenn Rayp ([email protected])
is a professor in international economics at the Ghent University.
Financial support of the University Development Cooperation of the Flemish Interuniversity Council
is gratefully acknowledged. The authors wish to thank the participants of the 33rd European Marketing
Academy (EMAC) conference for their useful comments and suggestions. All remaining errors are ours.
The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2005
ISSN 0022-0078
Copyright 2005 by the American Council on Consumer Interests
WINTER 2005 VOLUME 39, NUMBER 2 363
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logged wood). Consumers can translate their ethical concerns by means.
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PATRICK DE PELSMACKER, LIESBETH DRIESEN,
AND GLENN RAYP
Do Consumers Care about Ethics? Willingness to
Pay for Fair-Trade Coffee
Consumers’ buying behavior is not consistent with their positive
attitude toward ethical products. In a survey of 808 Belgian respond-
ents, the actual willingness to pay for fair-trade coffee was measured.
It was found that the average price premium that the consumers were
willing to pay for a fair-trade label was 10%. Ten percent of the sample
was prepared to pay the current price premium of 27% in Belgium.
Fair-trade lovers (11%) were more idealistic, aged between 31 and
44 years and less ‘‘conventional.’’ Fair-trade likers (40%) were more
idealistic but sociodemographically not significantly different from
the average consumer.
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent consumers
were willing to pay for the fair-trade attribute when buying coffee, and
how consumers differed in terms of their willingness to pay. First, we will
describe fair trade within the context of ethical consumer behavior. Sub-
sequently, the research questions used in our study will be examined.
Consumers can express their concern about the ethical behavior of com-
panies by means of ethical buying and consumer behavior. In general, the
ethical consumer feels responsible toward society and expresses these feel-
ings by means of his or her purchasing behavior. Doane (2001) defined
ethical consumption as the purchase of a product that concerns a certain
ethical issue (human rights, labor conditions, animal well-being, environ-
ment, etc.) and is chosen freely by an individual consumer. There are
several dimensions of ethical consumer behavior. Some forms of ethical
consumption benefit the natural environment (e.g., environmentally friendly
products, legally logged wood, animal well-being), while others benefit peo-
ple (e.g., products free from child labor, fair-trade products). Cutting across
this distinction, ethical consumption may benefit people or the environment
close to ...
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The Changing Consumer - Rise of the Consumer ActivistMarkKershaw11
At Continuous, we believe that brands no longer need radical transformation. What they do need to do is adapt - to stay relevant in a constantly changing landscape. But what is that constantly changing landscape? What does it mean for our consumers?
At the end of 2020, after a particularly challenging year,
we set about researching exactly how consumers had changed. We read trend reports (lots), articles, news stories and other research papers and then workshopped all of
our ideas. What we found? An emerging, but powerful voice; a consumer holding brands accountable and ready to boycott the ones that didn’t match up. They demanded certainty, responsibility and connection. We called them the Consumer Activist.
We’ve written a lot in the past year about the Consumer Activist, but it was still a hypothesis — albeit backed up with lots of desk research. We wanted to test our thinking; to find out if the Consumer Activist really existed, if they thought and acted how we thought they did and, most importantly, how they’re growing. We got in touch with our research partners at Market Measures to help us.
This piece forms the beginning of tracking the Consumer Activist and the influence that they have on other consumer groups. It explores what they care about, what other brands they like, and how that compares to other groups. It proves they exist.
Say hello to the Consumer Activist.
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Research Paper Instructions
You will write a Research Paper on a topic relating to business ethics. Your paper must be 8–10 pages and double spaced, not including the title page, abstract, and references pages. You must include 8–10 scholarly references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. You must use your textbooks as sources; other acceptable sources are journal articles from peer-reviewed journals, theoretical texts, and the Bible. Citations must be in current APA format. As this is a Research Paper, it must be written in third person.
You will choose a topic and write a rationale for that topic. Final approval must be received from your instructor.
The Annotated Bibliography will not be part of the final Research Paper due in. The final Research Paper will have only the REGULAR references section AND in text citations WITH page numbers.
Research topic: The influence of business ethics on purchase intention: Do consumers really careabout a firm’s behavior?
Rationale: There has always been a lot of discussion about how firms should behave, and whetherthere should be repercussions for crossing certain lines in their professional conduct. This researchis aimed at discovering whether consumers really care about the actual behavior of firms, or justfor the products they give.
References:
Boulstridge, E., & Carrigan, M. (2000). Do consumers really care about corporate responsibility? Highlighting the attitude—behaviour gap. Journal of Communication Management, 4(4), 355-368. doi:10.1108/eb023532
This article investigates whether there is any truth in the assumption that clients are so interested in the behavior of the companies that they engage with that they adjust their purchasing behavior accordingly. It is a good pointer of the opinions held at an earlier age where there were questions cast on whether corporate reputation did any good towards a financial payoff for businesses. Through their reported findings from focus group research, Boulstridge and Carrigan will provide a back in the day analysis of the matter at hand, and this will be useful for making comparisons to much more current literature and opinions in my research.
Brunk, K. H., & Bluemelhuber, C. (2010). The impact of un/ethical corporate conduct on consumers' ethical perceptions - a multidimensional framework. Advances in Consumer Research, 37, 368-373. Retrieved from http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/v37/acr_v37_15198.pdf
Brunk and Bluemuelhuber look at how companies have grown, and how their influence is increasingly having a huge societal impact. As such, the two examine whether the abuse of these corporations’ positions, which has on occasion resulted in mass outrage, has had any effect on purchasing intention. This article helps my research in that it conceptualizes the various ways in which various business practices may actually lead to the formation of a negative consumer perception. It, therefore, provides insight into how understanding the format ...
MAT308Chapter 10 Test (75 Points)Show You Work!(1) The mean .docxtienboileau
MAT308
Chapter 10 Test (75 Points)
Show You Work!
(1) The mean number of hours of sleep for adults in the population of the U.S. is 6.8. A researcher believes that the mean number of hours that college students get per night is significantly different from adults in the population. The mean number of hours of sleep in a sample of 25 college students is 7.1 hours. The standard deviation of this sample is 0.87. Does the data provide support for the researcher's prediction? α level: 0.05
(15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(2) Is the percentage of Creamery customers who prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla less than 80%? In a sample of 50 customers 60% preferred chocolate over vanilla. α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(3) A manufacturer finds that baseballs dropped 24 ft. onto a concrete surface are supposed to bounce an average of 93 in. The manufacturer of the balls has moved to a new facility, and there is concern that the balls are different. One hundred balls were sampled and it was found that the average of the bounce height was 92.232 with a standard deviation of 1.56. . α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(4) The mean Verbal SAT score for the population of all first students at Radford is 520. The standard deviation of scores in this population is 95. An investigator believes that the mean Verbal SAT of first year psychology majors is significantly different from the mean score of population. The mean of a sample of 36 first year psychology majors is 540. Please test the investigator's prediction using an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(5) First graders in the state of Virginia get an average score of 20 on a reading test (higher score reflect higher levels of performance). A teacher is using a new method to teach reading. She predicts that by the end of the first grade, students getting her new method will have significantly higher scores on reading than those in the population. The mean of the 25 students in her class is 23.2 and the standard deviation of the students in the class is 4.7. Use an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
Two Part assignment requiring articulate, professionally written content, that is non repetitive? Plagiarism sensitive. Please use MLA format and must cite all resources and references.
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Do Consumers Care about Ethics? Willingness to
Pay for Fair-Trade Coffee
Consumers’ buying behavior is not consistent with their positive
attitude toward ethical products. In a survey of 808 Belgian respond-
ents, the actual willingness to pay for fair-trade coffee was measured.
It was found that the average price premium that the consumers were
willing to pay for a fair-trade label was 10%. Ten percent of the sample
was prepared to pay the current price premium of 27% in Belgium.
Fair-trade lovers (11%) were more idealistic, aged between 31 and
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idealistic but sociodemographically not significantly different from
the average consumer.
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent consumers
were willing to pay for the fair-trade attribute when buying coffee, and
how consumers differed in terms of their willingness to pay. First, we will
describe fair trade within the context of ethical consumer behavior. Sub-
sequently, the research questions used in our study will be examined.
Consumers can express their concern about the ethical behavior of com-
panies by means of ethical buying and consumer behavior. In general, the
ethical consumer feels responsible toward society and expresses these feel-
ings by means of his or her purchasing behavior. Doane (2001) defined
ethical consumption as the purchase of a product that concerns a certain
ethical issue (human rights, labor conditions, animal well-being, environ-
ment, etc.) and is chosen freely by an individual consumer. There are
several dimensions of ethical consumer behavior. Some forms of ethical
consumption benefit the natural environment (e.g., environmentally friendly
products, legally logged wood, animal well-being), while others benefit peo-
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this distinction, ethical consumption may benefit people or the environment
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The Changing Consumer - Rise of the Consumer ActivistMarkKershaw11
At Continuous, we believe that brands no longer need radical transformation. What they do need to do is adapt - to stay relevant in a constantly changing landscape. But what is that constantly changing landscape? What does it mean for our consumers?
At the end of 2020, after a particularly challenging year,
we set about researching exactly how consumers had changed. We read trend reports (lots), articles, news stories and other research papers and then workshopped all of
our ideas. What we found? An emerging, but powerful voice; a consumer holding brands accountable and ready to boycott the ones that didn’t match up. They demanded certainty, responsibility and connection. We called them the Consumer Activist.
We’ve written a lot in the past year about the Consumer Activist, but it was still a hypothesis — albeit backed up with lots of desk research. We wanted to test our thinking; to find out if the Consumer Activist really existed, if they thought and acted how we thought they did and, most importantly, how they’re growing. We got in touch with our research partners at Market Measures to help us.
This piece forms the beginning of tracking the Consumer Activist and the influence that they have on other consumer groups. It explores what they care about, what other brands they like, and how that compares to other groups. It proves they exist.
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References:
Boulstridge, E., & Carrigan, M. (2000). Do consumers really care about corporate responsibility? Highlighting the attitude—behaviour gap. Journal of Communication Management, 4(4), 355-368. doi:10.1108/eb023532
This article investigates whether there is any truth in the assumption that clients are so interested in the behavior of the companies that they engage with that they adjust their purchasing behavior accordingly. It is a good pointer of the opinions held at an earlier age where there were questions cast on whether corporate reputation did any good towards a financial payoff for businesses. Through their reported findings from focus group research, Boulstridge and Carrigan will provide a back in the day analysis of the matter at hand, and this will be useful for making comparisons to much more current literature and opinions in my research.
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Show You Work!
(1) The mean number of hours of sleep for adults in the population of the U.S. is 6.8. A researcher believes that the mean number of hours that college students get per night is significantly different from adults in the population. The mean number of hours of sleep in a sample of 25 college students is 7.1 hours. The standard deviation of this sample is 0.87. Does the data provide support for the researcher's prediction? α level: 0.05
(15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(2) Is the percentage of Creamery customers who prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla less than 80%? In a sample of 50 customers 60% preferred chocolate over vanilla. α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(3) A manufacturer finds that baseballs dropped 24 ft. onto a concrete surface are supposed to bounce an average of 93 in. The manufacturer of the balls has moved to a new facility, and there is concern that the balls are different. One hundred balls were sampled and it was found that the average of the bounce height was 92.232 with a standard deviation of 1.56. . α level: 0.05 (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(4) The mean Verbal SAT score for the population of all first students at Radford is 520. The standard deviation of scores in this population is 95. An investigator believes that the mean Verbal SAT of first year psychology majors is significantly different from the mean score of population. The mean of a sample of 36 first year psychology majors is 540. Please test the investigator's prediction using an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
Ho:
Ha:
Level of Significance:
Test Statistic:
P-Value:
Decision Reject or Fail to Reject:
Conclusion:
(5) First graders in the state of Virginia get an average score of 20 on a reading test (higher score reflect higher levels of performance). A teacher is using a new method to teach reading. She predicts that by the end of the first grade, students getting her new method will have significantly higher scores on reading than those in the population. The mean of the 25 students in her class is 23.2 and the standard deviation of the students in the class is 4.7. Use an alpha level of 0.05. (15 Points)
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Compare and contrast what President Woodrow Wilson and Frank Goodnow said about politics and public administration. Discuss and critique their writings and analyze the politics-administration dichotomy, whether the dichotomy is real or ideal, and how they impacted public administration today.
3 citations
500 word minimum
lesson attached
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The coronavirus seeks only to replicate. We seek to halt that replication. Unlike the virus, humans make
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behind. It is the first such pandemic for a century. And it comes to a world that — unlike in 1918, when
the Spanish flu hit — has been at peace and enjoys unprecedented wealth. We should be able to
manage it well. If we do not do so, this will be a turning point for the worse. Making the right decisions
requires that we understand the options and their moral implications. We now confront two
fundamental sets of choices: within our countries and across borders. In high-income countries, the
biggest choice is how aggressively to halt transmission of the virus. But we also need to decide who will
bear the costs of that choice and how. Some continue to argue that it is wrong to force the economy
into a depression to suppress transmission of the virus. This, they suggest, will cause unnecessary
disruption. If, instead, the virus is left to spread relatively freely, we can achieve “herd immunity”,
sustain the economy and still focus resources on the vulnerable. Yet it is not clear that the economy
would fare better under this relatively laissez faire “mitigation” policy than under one of determined
“suppression”. Long before government-imposed lockdowns, many people stopped travelling or going
to restaurants, cinemas or shops. Decisive action to suppress the virus and follow up with testing and
tracking of new infections could well end the inevitable economic slump even sooner than otherwise.
What seems quite certain is the global health system would fare much better under suppression than
mitigation. Under the latter, argues the Imperial College Covid-19 Response Team, the health systems of
the UK and US would be overwhelmed: large numbers of predominantly old people would be left to die
untreated. It was presumably to prevent this from happening across China that the government
suppressed the virus so fiercely in Hubei. Could a health calamity that is unacceptable in China be
acceptable in the UK or US? Yet the critics are also right: it will be impossible to close large parts of our
economies for very long. If suppression is to be tried, it must be successful quickly and resurgence of the
virus must be throttled. Meanwhile, central banks and governments must seek to keep as much of the
economy going as possible, preserve as much productive capacity intact as possible and ensure that the
people, above all the vulnerable, are generously protected in whatever way a country finds practical.
The solidarity between countries needs to be as strong as within them. The financial instability and
looming recession (probably depression) we see coming will inflict huge harm on emerging and
developing countries. The IMF states that investors have already removed $83.
Mass movementChoose oneA. happens only when the slope .docxtienboileau
Mass movement
Choose one:
A. happens only when the slope of a hill gets steeper than the angle of repose.
B. can't happen underwater because the buoyancy force of water is too great.
C. is a gravity-driven downslope movement of natural materials.
D. is more likely to happen under dry conditions than under wet conditions.
Which of the following processes most logically explains the different tilts of gravestones in a hillside cemetery?
Choose one:
A. slump
B. creep
C. mudflow
D. liquefaction
Avalanches
Choose one:
A. are slow mass-movement events.
B. never happen twice in the same place; therefore, the pathway an avalanche creates is a safe place to build.
C. always contain snow and/or ice.
D. can be triggered by explosions, people, or even just new snow.
Solifluction
Choose one:
A. is a kind of creep that is found in high-elevation regions or in the Arctic on slopes that are underlain by permafrost.
B. is the proper term for alternate expanding and contracting of swelling clays.
C. means that the level of the water table fluctuates with precipitation.
D. is a faster-than-usual kind of slump in wetlands.
Identify the true statement.
Choose one:
A. The angle of repose is the steepest angle at which unconsolidated sediments can sit without slipping downhill.
B. The head scarp of a slump is found at the base of the slump block.
C. Lahars are mudflows that have been triggered by earthquake shaking.
D. Slow movement of unconsolidated material downslope is called a turbidity current.
Which of the following is a suitable method of managing snow avalanches?
Choose one:
A. increasing the slope's load by planting vegetation on the cornice of mountain slopes
B. expansive water drainage systems
C. targeted, controlled explosions
D. allowing skiers to use only avalanche chutes (regions where avalanches will not occur)
Identify the true statement.
Choose one:
A. Weathering does not affect the stability of a slope.
B. Vegetation is heavy, and therefore deforesting an area can help keep slopes stable.
C. Forest fires followed by heavy rains are likely to result in severe mud and debris flows.
D. Saturating a slope with water tends to hold unconsolidated grains together and thus helps stabilize slopes.
Consider the following eight phrases:
1. careful inventory and mapping to determine dangers
2. weathering of minerals to produce clay
3. controlled blasting of unstable slopes
4. controlled water drainage
5. retaining walls along highway embankments
6. spraying shotcrete on road cuts
7. removing support at the toe of the slope
8. adding weight at the top of the slope
Which of these are factors that lead to mass movement?
Choose one:
A. choices 3 and 8 only
B. choices 2, 7, and 8
C. choices 1, 2, and 4
D. choices 2, 4, 7, and 8
Watch the
Submarine Slide
portion of the
Slides
topic of the animation. How can a submarine slide at the edge of a continental shelf create a tsunami?
Choose .
Marys one year old daughter is due to be given the Measles, Mum.docxtienboileau
Mary's one year old daughter is due to be given the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine during her next visit to the doctor. Mary is upset and concerned because one of her friend's sons became ill after a similar vaccination. She has also heard rumors that MMR vaccine causes rubella. Mary was also told that her daughter will need to be vaccinated before Mary returns to work. Mary is not alone. Many parents face this issue. Therefore, it is important for Mary and all such parents to make decisions that are best for their children, based on facts and not emotions. Place yourself in the role of a health care worker, submit to the discussion area your plan to validate the importance of vaccination by addressing the following questions:
Why are vaccinations necessary components of the healthcare programs?
Are there reasons for people not being vaccinated despite of such elaborate healthcare programs? Explain.
What are the consequences of people not being vaccinated?
What is the impact of religious, cultural, legal, and ethical issues that parents need to consider before vaccination?
What type of information will help the parents make an informed decision about vaccinating their children?
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Your initial posting should be addressed at 150-300 words. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format.
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Masaccio, Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1426-27.docxtienboileau
Masaccio, Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1426-27
Often credited with being the first painting employing scientific, single-point perspective—discovered by Brunelleschi only a few years earlier—looks like actual space that recedes—at center of fresco we see Holy Trinity—body of Christ, dove, and God the Father—head of dove looks down at Christ—incredible rendering of human body—pulled, tortured, affected by gravity—what happens to muscles of body—evokes sympathy (hollow of abdomen), bleeding—deep faithfulnessscientific observation—on left Mary points towards Christ, holds out hand (way to salvation)—on right St. John—donors on lower level—at bottom exposed tomb—inscription reads ‘As I am now, so you shall be. As you are now, so once was I.’—memento mori—imminence of death—reminder of death, prepare now for salvation—eternal life in Heaven—innovation of new perspective—specific viewpoint for viewer—architecture based on ancient Greek and Roman architecture—Masaccio shows off—not simple tile floor—modeling to show dimension, sculptural relief—proportional accuracy of the bodies—culture of trade in Florence—buy/sell, fractions, space volumes, analytic and rational culture
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1500
Investigation of the
Ferguson Police Department
United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
March 4, 2015
i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. REPORT SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1
II. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 6
III. FERGUSON LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON
GENERATING REVENUE ............................................................................................... 9
IV. FERGUSON LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES VIOLATE THE LAW AND
UNDERMINE COMMUNITY TRUST, ESPECIALLY AMONG AFRICAN
AMERICANS .................................................................................................................... 15
A. Ferguson’s Police Practices ............................................................................................ 15
1. FPD Engages in a Pattern of Unconstitutional Stops and Arrests in Violation
of the Fourth Amendment ..................................................................................... 16
2. FPD Engages in a Pattern of First Amendment Violations .................................. 24
3. FPD Engages in a Pattern of Excessive Force in Violation of the Fourth
Amendment ........................................................................................................... 28
B. Ferguson’s Municipal Court Practices ........................................................................... 42
1. Court Practices Impose Substantial and Unnecessary Barriers to the
Challenge or Resolution of Municipal Code Violations .......................
Matthew Shepard Was Killed Due To His Sexual Orientation. Defend, Ch.docxtienboileau
Matthew Shepard Was Killed Due To His Sexual Orientation. Defend, Challenge, Or Qualify This Statement
qualify his death
thesis statement There is substantial evidence to support that Matt Shepard's death was because of his sexual orientation. However, there is also a growing body of evidence that suggest Matt's death was because of drug dealing and drug uses
have two supporting evidence paragraphy a nd site the source
Turn-it –in the report and checkyour work and make sure it will be Grammarly approved.
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MBA 665 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric .docxtienboileau
MBA 665 Final Project Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of an impact of governmental action on a business paper. For Milestone Three you will submit the
Analysis section of your final project, which is Section II of the critical elements. Your analysis should include answers to all the questions in the Analysis section
on business environment, sustainability, internal resources, communication, company image, response, impact, and external resources.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Analysis: After submitting your overview, your boss is having second thoughts about bringing Jack Harris and his firm, Crisis Consulting, on board. Before
he makes his final decision he has asked you to provide him with a thorough analysis of the situation faced by your business. He asks you to prepare a
memorandum to him (the CEO) analyzing the situation that your business faces as well as the resources that are available to it. Address the following:
A. Business Environment: Based on your analysis of the governmental action or political challenge, what will be the impact of the governmental
action or political challenge on the business’s financial situation and operations? Does the action represent an opportunity or a threat?
B. Sustainability: Based on your analysis of the governmental action or political challenge, how will the governmental action or political challenge
impact the sustainability of the business?
C. Internal Resources: Evaluate the internal resources of the company, including the business project teams that are available to respond to the
opportunity or threat. In other words, is the business adequately organized to address the opportunity or threat?
D. Communication: How has information about the situation been communicated to various stakeholders? For example, have any public hearings
been held? Have the radio, newspapers, or social media been used?
E. Company Image: Assess how the situation has affected the company’s public image. Has the impact been primarily positive or negative? If the
impact has been primarily negative, what are the positive aspects in addition to the negative aspects? If the impact has been primarily positive,
what are the negative aspects in addition to the positive aspects?
F. Response: What are the potential courses of action to respond to the situation in the current macroeconomic and business environment? In
other words, what is the range of options for the business in this situation?
G. Impact: How will these courses of action impact the business? Make sure to consider both short- and long-term impacts, including operational,
financial, and ethical implications.
H. External Resources: Evaluate the roles and functions of third parties or external resources in the situation. Consider questions such as these in
your response: How will lobbyists be involved in the situation? .
max 200 words due in 2 hoursSummarize the article by parap.docxtienboileau
max 200 words
due in 2 hours
Summarize the article by paraphrasing the major points in it. Begin with the central idea and give an overview. Then describe the supporting points. As well, capture the development of the supporting points and show how the writer supports them. Be objective and avoid evaluative and judgmental statements in this section. (200 words maximum)
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MBA 599 – Strategic Management Case Project This capsto.docxtienboileau
MBA 599 – Strategic Management Case Project
This capstone course requires each student to construct a detailed and well-thought-out analysis of a
business employing all the relevant strategic analysis tools studied in the course. This project will take the
full term to complete. It is our sincere hope that you will find this project to be the most rewarding effort in
your educational career.
Project Overview
This course is designed to help you develop strategic skills that can be used in management. The
process of strategic planning is an iterative cycle of research and analysis, ending with a series of choices
about what will be attempted and how it will be approached. The most tangible output is the strategic
planning document. The most important output is the increased understanding that the participants
acquire. Accordingly, the assessment of the final project will be heavily dependent on the quality of the
strategic thinking inside that polished report. Students that focus on the expeditious completion of the
steps may find that they have shortchanged the important and time-consuming exploration and thinking
that is necessary to create a quality strategic case. Since not all tools can tell the planner which factors
and alternatives are important to consider, the planner should pull in as much diverse information and
perspectives as possible. Additionally, you should put yourselves in the competitor’s shoes and consider
how the “game” will play out. Your homework and subsequent improvements are intended to become a
primary basis for the exploration and questioning that drives your strategic understanding and creative
ideas. In addition, it is important to test your strategic thinking and your use of analytical tools in
preparation for your final project.
Tips for Selecting an Organization
As you select an organization for your class project, it is important that you select one that is interesting,
possibly useful to you in your career, industry, or interests, and allows you to explore strategic challenges
in a meaningful way. If you select the industry in which you currently work, you must address two critical
issues: (1) integrating and clearly citing existing information. (You will need to delineate work you’ve
contributed as opposed to pre-existing information), and (2) succinctly presenting existing information
while adding new insight, analysis, and plans that substantially add to strategy development,
implementation, and/or assessment of the organization. An organization or industry you are interested in
should give you better access to information although you need to pay careful attention to the points
made above.
Do not underestimate the degree to which you will need to be an expert in the selected industry and
related areas. It is impossible to create a strategy without understanding the terms, technologies, market
changes, and so forth in great depth. A.
MBA 640 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric .docxtienboileau
MBA 640 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of an external capital funding proposal.
Most businesses face a landscape of uncertainty and a never-ending stream of risks and opportunities. Managers must continually project the likely financial
impact of decisions, make recommendations, act on those decisions, determine how to pay for them, and evaluate the costs and effectiveness of what has been
done. Many decisions are short-term, routine, and operational. Others are longer-term investment decisions that require substantial new resources, such as
developing new services, expanding into new geographic markets, or undertaking business combinations or spin-offs. Each requires managers to forecast, plan,
and make decisions based on a thorough understanding of both internal and external factors that can affect a company’s financial success.
For the summative assessment in this course, you will bring your finance and economics knowledge to bear by preparing an external capital funding proposal for
a major international investment at a publicly traded corporation. In order to secure the support of potential financial backers, your proposal will need to lay out
what the proposed investment opportunity is, how it fits within the company’s broader mission and goals, its financial impact, and the amount being requested
and why (including alternative funding mechanisms considered). In addition, it will also need to include information on the organization’s context, risk factors,
and microeconomic assumptions that could affect the success of the investment.
Prompt: Submit a paper that addresses critical element IV, Risks, of the final project. Discuss any risks that might affect the success of the project and how you
have planned for those contingencies.
Note: The risks (and opportunities) you identify should demonstrate your understanding of the company you selected, the industry, the investment project you
are proposing, and your project’s country and timing. Your estimates of financial impacts will be only preliminary; you will most likely revise them in your final
submission at the end of Module Nine.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Section IV Risks:
1. Internal. What are the company’s most significant internal risks and opportunities related to the project? How might they affect your financial estimates
and how will you address them? Support your response with specific examples.
2. External. How will you address significant qualitative risks outside the company that might affect project success? Give specific examples. For example,
how might culture or politics in the target country affect the proposed investment’s financial success? Natural disasters? How have you planned for
these risks?
3. Microeconomic. Assess the microeconomic factors that might affect decisions about the proposed investment. .
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely a.docxtienboileau
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely and is 1-month old. Sarah, age 13, Martin, age 12, and Wayne, age 8, attend the Amish elementary school located 1 mile from their home. Lucille, age 4, is staying with Mary’s sister and her family for a week because baby Melvin has been having respiratory problems, and their physician told the family he will need to be hospitalized if he does not get better within 2 days.
Choose two or three areas of prenatal care that you would want to discuss with Mary, and then write brief notes about what you know and/or need to learn about Amish values to discuss perinatal care in a way that is culturally congruent.
Discuss three Amish values, beliefs, or practices to consider when preparing to do prenatal education classes with Amish patients.
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
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Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company create.docxtienboileau
Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company created for the IFSM 300 Case Study.
MTC Case Study 11/23/2019 Ver. 1 1
Maryland Technology Consultants, Inc.
Maryland Technology Consultants (MTC) is a successful Information Technology consulting firm
that utilizes proven IT and management methodologies to achieve measurable results for its
customers. Its customer base includes small to mid-tier businesses, non-profit organizations
and governmental agencies at the local, state and federal levels. MTC feels strongly that its
success is dependent on the combination of the talent of its IT consultants in the areas of,
Business Process Consulting, IT Consulting and IT Outsourcing Consulting and their ability to
deliver truly extraordinary results to their clients.
Corporate Profile
Corporate Name: Maryland Technology Consultants, Inc.
Founded: May 2008
Headquarters: Baltimore, Maryland
Satellite Locations: Herndon, Virginia; Bethesda, Maryland
Number of Employees: 450
Total Annual Gross Revenue: $95,000,000
President and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Samuel Johnson
Business Areas
MTC provides consulting services in the following areas:
• Business Process Consulting - Business process redesign, process improvement, and best
practices
• IT Consulting - IT strategy, analysis, planning, system development, implementation, and
network support
• IT Outsourcing Consulting – Requirements analysis; vendor evaluation, due diligence,
selection and performance management; Service Level Agreements
Business Strategy
MTC's business strategy is to provide extraordinary consulting services and recommendations
to its customers by employing highly skilled consultants and staying abreast of new business
concepts and technology and/or developing new business concepts and best practices of its
own.
Maryland Technology Consultants is a fictitious company created for the IFSM 300 Case Study.
MTC Case Study 11/23/2019 Ver. 1 2
Excerpt from the MTC Strategic Business Plan
While the complete strategic plan touches on many areas, below is an excerpt from MTC’s
latest Strategic Business Plan that identifies a few of MTC's Goals.
Goal 1: Increase MTC Business Development by winning new contracts in the areas of IT
consulting.
Goal 2: Build a cadre of consultants internationally to provide remote research and analysis
support to MTC’s onsite teams in the U. S.
Goal 3: Continue to increase MTC’s ability to quickly provide high quality consultants to
awarded contracts to best serve the clients’ needs.
Goal 4: Increase MTC’s competitive advantage in the IT consulting marketplace by increasing its
reputation for having IT consultants who are highly skilled in leading edge technologies and
innovative solutions for its clients.
Current Business Environment
MTC provides consultants on-site to work with its cli.
Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human BeingsFOR THE THEORY CRI.docxtienboileau
Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
FOR THE THEORY CRITIQUE of Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
SUGGESTION: Get article/s which are CRITIQUES of the THEORY ASSIGNED TO YOU
CRITERIA
UNITS OF ANALYSIS
CRITIQUE ARTICLE NO. 1
(Author of Critique)
CRITIQUE ARTICLE NO. 2
(Author of Critique)
MY VIEWPOINT
(3.1) Relationship between
structure and function
(3.1.1) Clarity
(3.1.2) Consistency
(3.1.3) Simplicity / Complexity
(3.1.4) Tautology / Teleology
(3.2) Diagram of Theory
(3.2.1) Visual and Graphic Presentation
(3.2.2) Logical Representation
(3.2.3) Clarity
(3.3) Circle of Contagiousness
(3.3.1) Graphical origin of theory and geographical spread
(3.3.2) Influence of theorist versus theory
(4) Usefulness
(4.1) Practice
(4.1.1) Direction
(4.1.2) Applicability
(4.1.3) Generalizability
(4.1.4) Cost Effectiveness
(4.1.5) Relevance
(4.2) Research
(4.2.1) Consistency
(4.2.2) Testability
(4.2.3)
Predictability
(4.3) Education
(4.3.1) Philosophical Statement
(4.3.2) Objectives
(4.3.3) Concepts
(4.4) Administration
(4.4.1) Structure of Care
(4.4.2) Organization of Care
(4.4.3) Guidelines for Patient Care
(4.4.4) Patient Classification System
(5) External Components of Theory
(5.1) Personal Values
(5.1.1) Theorist implicit/explicit values
(5.2) Congruence with other professional values
(5.2.1) Comlementarity
(5.2.2) Esoterism
(5.2.3)
Competition
(5.3) Congruence with social values
(5.3.1) Beliefs
(5.3.2) Values
(5.3.3) Customs
(5.4) Social Significance
ISM 645 Mission, Vision, and Time Horizon Statement (MVTH)
Worksheet
The following information is provided to assist you in writing the Mission, Vision, and Time Horizon
Statements.
Writing the Mission Statement – Comparisons
The mission statement describes the purpose of the organization and the reason the business or business
unit exists. You will be creating an IT mission statement for the Acme Company. Review the article,
“Mission Statements.” Then, based on what you have learned, evaluate the mission statements of the
following service companies:
• Microsoft®
“At Microsoft, our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the
world realize their full potential.”
• Apple®
“Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork
and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes
online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.”
In your evaluation, consider the positive aspects as well as the shortfalls of the statements. Do your own
additional research on these companies and consider whether the company’s strategic approach aligns
with its mission statement.
Writing the Vision Statement – Comparisons
The vision statement describes the business o.
Materials for Your Works Cited PagesNOTE When you are writing.docxtienboileau
Materials for Your Works Cited Pages
NOTE:
When you are writing your papers for this class, you will notice that some of the versions of the primary texts that I have posted do not have any publication information. This is because I like to present the works to you in a consistent Word format. However, when you write your papers, you will be required to provide a works cited page in proper MLA format. So below you will find pre-made entries that you can cut and paste into the works cited page at the end of your papers. Of course, for any additional material you use, you will have to create the citations yourself.
If you are writing about Dante:
Alighieri, Dante.
The Inferno. Dante On Line
. Societa Dantesca Italiana, n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.
If you are writing about Antigone:
Johnston, Ian, trans.
Sophocles’
Antigone.
442 B.C. n.p. Johnstonia Web. May 2005. Web. 9
May 2016.
If you are writing about The Code of Hammurabi:
"Ancient History Sourcebook: Code of Hammurabi, C. 1780 BCE." Internet History Sourcebooks. n.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2016.
If you are writing about: Deuteronomy:
Deuteronomy.
New International Version
. Bible Gateway. Web. 5 May 2016.
If you are writing about “The Lottery”:
Jackson, Shirley. “The Lottery.”
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Diana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 298-300. Print.
If you are writing about “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”:
Le, Guin U. K. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories
. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Print.
If you are writing about the Trial of Susanna Martin:
Mather, Cotton.
The Wonders of the Invisible World
. 1693. London: John Russell Smith, 1862.
Project Gutenberg
. Web. 9 May 2016.
If you are writing about
12 Angry Men
:
12 Angry Men
. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb. MGM Entertainment, 2001.
Berkeley College Digital Campus
. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “A Jury of Her Peers”:
Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers."
A Jury of Her Peers
. Provincetown: n.p., 1916. 1-16.
Interactives
. Literature. Web. 21 Mar. 2017.
If you are writing about “In a Grove”:
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke. "In a Grove." 1922.
Feedbooks
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “The Lynching of Jube Benson”:
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Lynching of Jube Benson.”
The Heart of Happy Hollow
. 1904.
Lit2Go.
N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”:
Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.” 1924.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Canon
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “They Can Only Hang You Once”:
Hammett, Dashiell. “They Can Only Hang You Once.” 1932.
E-Reading Club
. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2016.
If you are writing about “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”:
Miller, T. Christian and Armstrong, Ken. “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”
P.
MasubenPrivate equity firm can be very helpful for a company’s g.docxtienboileau
Masuben
Private equity firm can be very helpful for a company’s growth as its money helps in various restructuring of the company as large amounts of funding are invested in the company . It could be very helpful in developing companies' growth from grass root level. As optimum money is invested the production of goods will be more and retailers will get the product on time. Also as money is invested in advancement of technology the cost of production can be low so the retailers could make some more profit and manufacturers can make the product much quicker. As private equity holders are more concerned about their money they are actively involved in business to maximise the value. As the funding is major the return on investment will be huge which can be very helpful for manufacturers and retailers.(Piloto Sincerre, B., Sampaio, J., Famá, R., & Flores, E. S. 2019)
As every coin has two sides, sometimes private equity has its own downside. The biggest threat is to manufacturers as it can lose its ownership. As with private equity, more money is involved in business which leads to loss of a larger share of the business as private equity firms always take the larger majority stake of the business. As a private equity holder becomes actively involved in business, sometimes they overpower the management decision like hiring, business strategy, business decisions and other valuable management responsibilities. The main mission of equity holders is to generate revenue on their investment which might lead to unethical activities as larger money is involved. Also as production is increased there might be more pressure on retailers to sell the item as supply of goods will be more and demand is low.(BACON, N., WRIGHT, M., MEULEMAN, M., & SCHOLES, L. 2012) As larger money is involved the business can grow rapidly across the countries so to conclude private equity can help in growing business more.
2. Maheshwari
Private equity refers to capital that is not traded publicly. The acquisition of public manufacturing and retail firms, therefore, refers to privatization. Part of the entire firm is purchased by a high net worth individual or firm that aims at controlling it. This mostly involves buying the shares of the firm. This is mostly done by institutional investors such as pension funds and equity private firms (Chen, et al., 2020). This kind of acquisition has several effects on the firm. Some of these effects are outlined below.
a)
Huge amounts of funding
The process of private equity acquisition provides firms with a lot of capital that can transform their operations if properly budgeted for and utilized.
b)
Investor Involvement
As a result of the huge amounts of money invested by the institutional investors into the firms, they are actively involved in the operations of the firm to ensure maximization of value as opposed to other options of funding which allow for limited involvement by the lenders.
c)
Higher Retu.
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MATH 114
Discussion Board Forum 2 Prompt
Please also pay close attention to any additional specifications provided by your professor. Professors often will clarify their expectations regarding the format and presentation of your submission.
Topic – Causes of Death in 1980 and 2016
According to the 1980 Census, the United States population was approximately 226,540,000 in 1980. It grew to approximately 323,120,000 at the beginning of 2016. Using Census data for 1980 and estimates derived from mortality data for 2016, we arrive at the population estimates given in the table below:
Year
Total Population
Ages 15–24
Ages 25–44
Ages 45–64
1980
226,540,000
42,475,000
62,707,000
44,497,000
2016
323,120,000
43,500,000
85,150,000
84,300,000
The National Center for Health Statistics published a document entitled “Health, United States, 2015: With Special Feature on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities” that includes a table listing the leading causes of death in 1980 by age bracket. The CDC further produced a National Vital Statistics Reports that provided similar information for the year 2016. Under the Project Instructions link in Blackboard, you’ll find Discussion Board Forum 2: Data, a spreadsheet showing the leading causes of death in both 1980 and 2016 for these 3 age categories. Each of the first 3 questions has both a computational part and a discussion part. To get full credit for each of the discussion parts, please cite a reference to support your claims. This should not be an excessively difficult task: you can easily find information online for most of the illnesses or other causes listed in the report. All you need to do is provide the website you used (though other resources are also permitted if you prefer to use one of those).
1. Assuming that the population numbers in the above table are relatively accurate, use the Discussion Board Forum 2: Data spreadsheet to compute the deaths per 1000 people for each age group in both 1980 and 2016. Deaths per 1000 people is computed using the formula Deaths per 1000 = (# of deaths) / (total population) Do not round your answer to the nearest whole number, provide at least 2 decimal places (but no more than 4). Give these 6 values (e.g. deaths per 1000 people for ages 15–24 in 1980) and then cite a reference to discuss what might account for the changes between the deaths per 1000 in 1 of these 3 age categories between 1980 and 2016. Your discussion should be at least 40 words.
2. Besides the changes in the overall death rate in the past 3 decades, the leading causes of death vary somewhat between 1980 and 2016. Choose 1 of the 3 age ranges and select 1 cause of death from the Discussion Board Forum 2: Data spreadsheet that strikes you as noteworthy and that appears in both the 1980 and 2016 lists. For the cause of death that you selected, compute the number of deaths per 1000 in both 1980 and 2016 for your chosen age group. Do not round your answer to the nearest whole number,.
MaterialsGeology.com (httpsgeology.comrocks) as .docxtienboileau
Materials:
Geology.com (
https://geology.com/rocks/
) as a reference.
Rock pictures available in in the Google folder “Pictures for Rocks Lab”
Part 1 - Igneous Rocks
1. The texture of igneous rock is typically described as phaneritic, aphanitic, glassy, or vesicular. Briefly
describe
what each of these textures means, and how it relates to the
rate of cooling
to form the rock.
Texture
Description
Rate of Cooling
Phaneritic
Aphanitic
Glassy
Vesicular
2. Using the website and your lecture notes, state the texture for each of the following rocks.
Rock
Texture
Gabbro
Rhyolite
Obsidian
Andesite
Pumice
Granite
Basalt
Diorite
3. The composition of igneous rock is typically described as felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic. The composition of the igneous rock is determined by the minerals that are in the magma or lava that forms the rock. State the type of color that is found in igneous rocks of each type of composition. (Choose from
light, dark, dark greenish, and in between light and dark.
)
Composition
Color
Felsic
Intermediate
Mafic
Ultramafic
4. Using the website and your notes, state the composition (felsic, intermediate, mafic, ultramafic) for each of the following rocks.
Rock
Composition
Gabbro
Rhyolite
Obsidian
Andesite
Pumice
Granite
Basalt
Diorite
5. Complete the following table to identify the pictures of igneous rocks.
Texture:
phaneritic, aphanitic, glassy, or vesicular
Composition:
felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic
Igneous Rock Name:
Basalt, granite, etc.
Number
Texture
Composition
Igneous Rock Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Part 2 - Sedimentary Rocks
1. Sedimentary rocks are classified by the materials that most directly make up the rock. Briefly describe the three basic types of composition for sedimentary rocks.
Composition
Description
Clastic
Chemical
Organic
2. Using the website and your lecture notes, state the composition of each of the following types of rocks.
Rock
Composition
Sandstone
Coquina
Shale
Bituminous coal
Limestone
Conglomerate
3. Carbonate minerals, such as calcite (CaCO3) will undergo a chemical reaction with HCl to create CO2, which is a gas at room temperature. Therefore, when HCl is applied to these minerals, they will bubble or fizz. Considering which carbonates we have discussed, and which sedimentary rocks are made of these minerals, complete the chart below with which rocks you would expect to produce bubbles when you apply HCl.
Rock
Produce bubbling when HCl is applied?
Sandstone
Coquina
Shale
Bituminous coal
Limestone
Conglomerate
4. Complete the following table to identify the pictures of sedimentary rocks.
Composition:
clastic, chemical, or organic
Mineral Composition
(
for chemical sedimentary rocks only!
): state dominante mineral present
Reaction with HCl:
if reaction with HCl is expected, based on chemical composition
Sedimentary Rock Name:
sandstone, bituminous coal, e.
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Human Resource Information Management Model based on
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Xin Wang
School of Traffic and Transportation Management
Dalian Maritime University
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Libo Feng*, Hui Zhang
Digital Society & Blockchain Laboratory,
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
Beihang University
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Li Wang Yue You
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The authenticity of human resource
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1. Values vs. Value. New research shows a disparity between
what shoppers believe and what they actually do.
Read the article and pose a discussion question to your fellow
classmates.
vs. Value
New research revealing a disparity between what shoppers say
and what they do debunks the myth of the ethical consumer.
Illustration by Keith Negley
During the last 25 years, there has been debate about the value
of corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly as it
relates to the rise of “ethical consumers.” These are shoppers
who base purchasing decisions on whether a product’s social
and ethical positioning — for example, its environmental impact
or the labor practices used to manufacture it — aligns with their
values. Many surveys purport to show that even the average
consumer is demanding so-called ethical products, such as fair
trade–certified coffee and chocolate, fair labor–certified
garments, cosmetics produced without animal testing, and
products made through the use of sustainable technologies. Yet
when companies offer such products, they are invariably met
with indifference by all but a selected group of consumers.
Is the consumer a cause-driven liberal when surveyed, but an
economic conservative at the checkout line? Is the ethical
consumer little more than a myth? Although many individuals
bring their values and beliefs into purchasing decisions, when
we examined actual consumer behavior, we found that the
percentage of shopping choices made on a truly ethical basis
2. proved far smaller than most observers believe, and far smaller
than is suggested by the anecdotal data presented by advocacy
groups.
The trouble with the data on ethical consumerism is that the
majority of research relies on people reporting on their own
purchasing habits or intentions, whether in surveys or through
interviews. But there is little if any validation of what
consumers report in these surveys, and individuals tend to
dramatically overstate the importance of social and ethical
responsibility when it comes to their purchasing habits. As
noted by John Drummond, CEO of Corporate Culture, a CSR
consultancy, “Most consumer research is highly dubious,
because there is a gap between what people say and what they
do.”
The purchasing statistics on ethical products in the marketplace
support this assertion. Most of these products have attained only
niche market positions. The exceptions tend to be relatively rare
circumstances in which a multinational corporation has acquired
a company with an ethical product or service, and invested in its
growth as a separate business, without altering its other
business lines (or the nature of its operations). For example,
Unilever’s purchase of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. allowed
for the expansion of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream franchise
within the United States, but the rest of Unilever’s businesses
remained largely unaffected. Companies that try to engage in
proactive, cause-oriented product development often find
themselves at a disadvantage: Either their target market proves
significantly smaller than predicted by their focus groups and
surveys or their costs of providing ethical product features are
not covered by the prices consumers are willing to pay. (For a
different perspective on these issues, see “
The Power of the Post-Recession Consumer
,” by John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio,
s+b
3. , Spring 2011.)
To understand the true nature of the ethical consumer, we set up
a series of generalized experimental polling studies over nearly
10 years that allowed us to gather the social and ethical
preferences of large samples of individuals. We then conducted
120 in-depth interviews with consumers from eight countries
(Australia, China, Germany, India, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and
the United States). We asked them not just to confirm that they
might purchase a product, but to consider scenarios under which
they might buy an athletic shoe from a company with lax labor
standards, a soap produced in ways that might harm the
environment, and a counterfeit brand-name wallet or suitcase.
They were also asked how they thought other people from their
country might respond to these products — a well-established
“projective technique” that often reveals more accurate answers
than questions about the respondent’s direct purchases. And
they were asked about their own past behavior; for example, all
the interviewees admitted purchasing counterfeit goods at some
point. The interviews asked participants explicitly about the
ramifications of these ethical issues, and the inconsistencies
between their words and their actions.
The participants knew a great deal about the issues, and agreed
that good practices involving labor, the environment, and
intellectual property are important to society. But most did not
consider such issues to be relevant to them personally. Indeed,
they often stated that someone other than the individual
consumer should be responsible: the law (“the government
should protect the environment”), the competitive market (“it’s
too bad, but all sneaker companies do this”), the companies
themselves (“advertising should let us know about this”), or the
overall system (“I cannot do anything, so why bother thinking
about it?”).
Another key finding that refutes conventional wisdom on this
4. topic is that most people will not sacrifice product function for
ethics. When faced with a choice of good ethical positioning
and bad product functionality or good product functionality and
bad ethical positioning, individuals overwhelmingly chose the
latter. They revealed an astounding reluctance to consider
ethical product features as anything but secondary to their
primary reasons for purchasing the products in question. “It
would take some kind of catastrophe to make me care,” said one
respondent.
Contrary to other research that has typecast ethical consumers
demographically or by their responses to surveys of values, we
find little difference between people who take into
consideration social aspects of products and those who do not.
For example, it has been commonly assumed in the popular
media that Europeans, with their strong tradition of social
democracy, are more socially aware than Americans bred on
notions of self-sufficiency and individualism. However, we
found only weak support for this idea. Simplistic notions about
differences influenced by gender, education, income, culture,
domicile, basic values, and so on proved similarly unfounded. It
is often assumed that individuals from emerging-market
countries are significantly less sensitive to social issues, being
more concerned about economic development. Again, the reality
is more complex; individuals’ responses were more nuanced.
We found that although those from Germany, the U.S., or China
might rationalize their ethical consumption (or lack of it)
differently, the behaviors being justified are remarkably similar.
Proponents of ethical consumerism want to believe that people’s
socially oriented choices are somehow different — perhaps
made at a higher level of consciousness — from their general
product choices. This is a delusion. Product ethics are more
important only when individuals, comparing such ethics to all
the other things that have value to them, determine that they are
more important. And our research shows that for many people,
5. this is seldom the case.
To some, this will sound like heresy. How can it possibly be
that the cost of a bar of soap is more important than knowing
that it won’t pose an ecological hazard? Whatever the moral
merits of the issue, for many ordinary people in ordinary
circumstances, the cost does matter more. Even a factor like the
color of a running shoe matters more, to most people, than the
conditions under which the shoe was made.
The emergence of a true ethical consumer base is a long way
from being a reality. Although some consumers today do take
into consideration the social aspects of their purchasing
behavior and care about a company’s CSR policies, most do not
care enough to pay a higher price. Looking ahead, however,
social consumption may have the potential to become a mass-
market phenomenon. In fact, we see a parallel between the
current ethical consumer market and the early days of e-
commerce in the mid-1990s. As Internet usage expanded and
capabilities and security grew more sophisticated, consumers
learned to integrate technology into their daily lives. Now,
Amazon and myriad other online destinations have made e-
commerce an integral part of the shopping (and banking)
culture. Socially responsible consumption today is a nascent
skill. Individuals do not necessarily know how to translate
descriptions of ethical activity into judgment. (For example,
what is a “good” labor practice? How much of a difference does
an “ethical” sneaker purchase make in improving labor
conditions?) Nor do they have any reason to trust in the
verifiers, which are often the corporations themselves, or biased
third-party organizations.
For more ethically oriented consumption to really take hold, the
consumer needs to become a knowledgeable participant, not a
reader of labels. Rather than relying on traditional market
research techniques, firms need to help their existing and future
6. consumers become more socially conscious in their purchasing.
This will require giving consumers more tangible, reliable
information about the health, social, and environmental benefits
of their products and services, in the context of the many
choices consumers have to make. Product labels will have to
explain why a certain company’s production footprint,
packaging techniques, or ingredients are better than those of the
competition — and have that superiority verified, ideally by
independent sources that are accessible through the Web or
social media, conceivably through a shopper’s smartphone. Bit
by bit, this type of information is becoming more available, and
people are starting to bring their values not just to the survey
but to the checkout counter. But that movement will be gradual,
and such behavior is still far from being second nature. It is
possible that 10 or 20 years from now people will be purchasing
ethically as a matter of habit, but corporations (along with
third-party information providers) must first make the social
merit of their products and services tangible to the pragmatic
consumers who dominate the market.
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Author Profiles:
Timothy Devinney
is a professor of strategy at the University of Technology,
Sydney. He is the author of seven books and more than 80
articles in academic journals.
Pat Auger
is an associate professor and the academic director of the
executive MBA program at the Melbourne Business School. He
has published extensively on ethical consumerism and e-
commerce in leading academic journals.
7. Giana M. Eckhardt
is an associate professor of marketing at Suffolk University in
Boston. She has published widely on global branding and
consumer behavior in academic journals and books.
This article was adapted from Devinney, Auger, and Eckhardt’s
book,
The Myth of the Ethical Consumer
(Cambridge University Press, 2010).