1 Running head: Title TITLE 4Week 1 - AssignmentFinancial Management Challenges and Ethics Find at least two articles from the Ashford University Library that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today. One of the articles should be about the challenge of maintaining ethical financial integrity and the other article should be on any other challenge that a financial manager may face (e.g., competition, foreign markets, government intervention, etc.). Summarize your findings from the articles in a two- to three-page paper (excluding title and references pages). The paper should be formatted according to APA. Be sure to properly cite your selected articles using APA style. Grading Summar escription: Total Possible Score: 6.00 Summarizes an Article that Discusses the Challenge of Maintaining Ethical Financial Integrity Total: 2.70 Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive summary of an article that discusses the challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical financial integrity. Proficient - Provides a summary of an article that discusses the challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical financial integrity. Minor details are missing. Basic - Provides a partial summary of an article that discusses the challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical financial integrity. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a summary that discusses a challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical financial integrity; however, significant details are missing. Non-Performance - The summary of an article that discusses the challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical financial integrity is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Summarizes an Article that Discusses a Challenge that a Financial Manager may Face other than Maintaining Ethical Financial Integrity Total: 2.70 Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive summary of an article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining ethical financial integrity. Proficient - Provides a summary of an article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining ethical financial integrity. Minor details are missing. Basic - Provides a partial summary of an article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining ethical financial integrity. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a summary of an article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining ethical financial integrity; however, significant details are missing. Non-Performance - The summary of an article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers, other than maintaining ethical financial integrity, is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics Total:.

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Running head: Title
TITLE 4Week 1 - AssignmentFinancial Management
Challenges and Ethics
Find at least two articles from the Ashford University Library
that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing
financial managers today. One of the articles should be about
the challenge of maintaining ethical financial integrity and the
other article should be on any other challenge that a financial
manager may face (e.g., competition, foreign markets,
government intervention, etc.).
Summarize your findings from the articles in a two- to three-
page paper (excluding title and references pages). The paper
should be formatted according to APA. Be sure to properly cite
your selected articles using APA style.
Grading Summar
escription:
Total Possible Score: 6.00
Summarizes an Article that Discusses the Challenge of
Maintaining Ethical Financial Integrity
Total: 2.70
Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive summary of an article
that discusses the challenge financial managers face in
maintaining ethical financial integrity.
Proficient - Provides a summary of an article that discusses the
challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical
financial integrity. Minor details are missing.
Basic - Provides a partial summary of an article that discusses
the challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical
financial integrity. Relevant details are missing.

2. Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a summary that
discusses a challenge financial managers face in maintaining
ethical financial integrity; however, significant details are
missing.
Non-Performance - The summary of an article that discusses the
challenge financial managers face in maintaining ethical
financial integrity is either nonexistent or lacks the components
described in the assignment instructions.
Summarizes an Article that Discusses a Challenge that a
Financial Manager may Face other than Maintaining Ethical
Financial Integrity
Total: 2.70
Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive summary of an article
that discusses a challenge facing financial managers other than
maintaining ethical financial integrity.
Proficient - Provides a summary of an article that discusses a
challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining
ethical financial integrity. Minor details are missing.
Basic - Provides a partial summary of an article that discusses a
challenge facing financial managers other than maintaining
ethical financial integrity. Relevant details are missing.
Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a summary of an
article that discusses a challenge facing financial managers
other than maintaining ethical financial integrity; however,
significant details are missing.
Non-Performance - The summary of an article that discusses a
challenge facing financial managers, other than maintaining
ethical financial integrity, is either nonexistent or lacks the
components described in the assignment instructions.
Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and
organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and
grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to

3. understand.
Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work
contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to
understand.
Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics,
such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few
errors, which may slightly distract the reader.
Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of
syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written
work contains major errors, which distract the reader.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: APA Formatting
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently
throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.
Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper.
However, layout contains a few minor errors.
Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout
the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.
Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA
formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout
difficult to distinguish as APA.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: Page Requirement
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the
required number of correctly formatted pages.
Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the
required number of correctly formatted pages.
Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three
quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

4. Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at
least one half of the required number of correctly formatted
pages.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: Source Requirement
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of
scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support
ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited
correctly within the body of the assignment.
Proficient - Uses required number of scholarly sources to
support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and
cited correctly within the body of the assignment.
Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support
ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the
reference page are used within the body of the assignment.
Citations may not be formatted correctly.
Below Expectations - Uses inadequate number of sources that
provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be
scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used
within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted
correctly.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
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Running head: Title
TITLE 4Week 3 - Assignment
Return on Investment: Education Funding
Develop a three- to four-page analysis (excluding the title and
reference pages) on the projected return on investment for your
college education and projected future employment. This

5. analysis will consist of two parts:
Part 1: Explain how you made the decision to pursue an
education in Business or Finance. Include a summary of
expenses related to that decision, such as: cost of tuition, cost
of books, the interest you may pay on any loans and any other
associated expenses.
Part 2: Conduct research on your desired occupation and
identify how much compensation (return) you expect to earn.
How long will it take to pay back the return on this investment?
Be sure to consider the trade-off between the cost of education
and the expected return on investment.
The research paper should be comprehensive and include
specific examples. The paper should be formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must
include at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford
University Library or other scholarly sources other than the
textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in-text and
on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples
and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site..
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used
to evaluate your assignment.
Explains How the Decision to Pursue a Business or Finance
Education Was Made
Total: 0.90
Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive explanation of the
decision to pursue a business or finance education. The
explanation for this decision is supported with scholarly sources
and specific examples.
Proficient - Provides an explanation of the decision to pursue a
business or finance education. The explanation for this decision
is supported with scholarly sources and specific examples but is
slightly underdeveloped.

6. Basic - Provides a limited explanation of the decision to pursue
a business or finance education. The explanation for this
decision is somewhat supported with scholarly sources and
examples and is underdeveloped.
Below Expectations - Attempts to provide an explanation of the
decision to pursue a business or finance education; however, the
explanation is not supported with scholarly sources or examples
and is significantly underdeveloped.
Non-Performance - The explanation of how the decision to
pursue a business or finance education was made is either
nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment
instructions.
Summarizes Expenses Related to the Decision to Pursue a
Business or Finance Education
Total: 1.50
Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive summary of expenses
related to the decision to pursue a business or finance education
and includes a calculation of opportunity costs. The summary is
supported with scholarly sources.
Proficient - Provides a summary of expenses related to the
decision to pursue a business or finance education and includes
a calculation of opportunity costs. The summary is supported
with scholarly sources. Minor details are missing.
Basic - Provides a partial summary of expenses related to the
decision to pursue a business or finance education and includes
a calculation of opportunity costs. The summary is somewhat
supported with scholarly sources. Relevant details are missing.
Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a summary of
expenses related to the decision to pursue a business or finance
education and include a calculation of opportunity costs;
however, the summary is not supported with scholarly sources
and significant details are missing.
Non-Performance - The summary of expenses related to the
decision to pursue a business or finance education is either
nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment

7. instructions.
Calculates How Long it Will Take to Pay Back the Return on
the Investment
Total: 3.00
Distinguished - Provides an accurate calculation of the amount
of time it will take to pay back the return on the investment for
a business or finance education, identifying expected
compensation from a desired occupation and using the financial
formulas provided in the textbook. The expected compensation
and calculations are supported with relevant scholarly sources.
Proficient - Provides a calculation of the amount of time it will
take to pay back the return on the investment for a business or
finance education, identifying expected compensation from a
desired occupation and using the financial formulas provided in
the textbook. The expected compensation and calculations are
supported with scholarly sources. Minor details are missing or
few inaccuracies are present.
Basic - Provides a limited calculation of the amount of time it
will take to pay back the return on the investment for a business
or finance education, identifying expected compensation from a
desired occupation and using the financial formulas provided in
the textbook. The expected compensation and calculations are
somewhat supported with scholarly sources. Relevant details are
missing or several inaccuracies are present .
Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a calculation of the
amount of time it will take to pay back the return on the
investment for a business or finance education, identifying
expected compensation from a desired occupation and using the
financial formulas provided in the textbook; however, the
expected compensation and calculations are not supported with
scholarly sources and significant details are missing or many
inaccuracies are present.
Non-Performance - The calculation of how long it will take to
pay back the return on the investment in a business or finance
education is either nonexistent or lacks the components

8. described in the assignment instructions.
Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and
organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and
grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to
understand.
Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax
and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work
contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to
understand.
Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics,
such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few
errors, which may slightly distract the reader.
Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of
syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written
work contains major errors, which distract the reader.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: APA Formatting
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently
throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.
Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper.
However, layout contains a few minor errors.
Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout
the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.
Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA
formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout
difficult to distinguish as APA.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: Page Requirement

9. Total: 0.15
Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the
required number of correctly formatted pages.
Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the
required number of correctly formatted pages.
Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three
quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.
Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at
least one half of the required number of correctly formatted
pages.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.
Written Communication: Source Requirement
Total: 0.15
Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of
scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support
ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited
correctly within the body of the assignment.
Proficient - Uses required number of scholarly sources to
support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and
cited correctly within the body of the assignment.
Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support
ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the
reference page are used within the body of the assignment.
Citations may not be formatted correctly.
Below Expectations - Uses inadequate number of sources that
provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be
scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used
within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted
correctly.
Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or
lacks the components described in the instructions.