Category: Business and Management : Business

What is the Role of Ethical Behavior in a Free Market?
Conventional wisdom views free markets as places where self-interest, rather than ethical behavior, reigns, but this is a narrow view, keeping in mind that people are also self-interested when they are outside the marketplace as when they are acting in the political arena.
Markets may actually encourage ethical behavior. The only way to make money in a market is to provide a service that other people value enough to pay for. This leads people to be cooperative and friendly and to try to provide a product or service that people want. In contrast, in politics, politeness and cooperation are difficult to achieve.
When corporate leaders act unethically (making false statements about the condition of their stock or illegally using money from their corporation) they generally suffer as a result. Their companies may be forced into bankruptcy or go out of business. In other words, markets themselves punish wrongdoers.
Another way to look at markets and ethical behavior is to argue that markets can operate only if people are ethical. Some say that markets are not themselves either ethical or not ethical. Rather, they are just a system of voluntary trade. Whether the actions are ethical depends on the people involved.
Question: Does business have a special ‘ethical responsibility’ to do good (to go beyond just following the laws and avoiding fraudulent behavior)? Doing good this way is sometimes called ‘corporate social responsibility’.
Economists such as Milton Friedman argue that companies have one responsibility: to make a profit, following laws and acting responsibly but not taking on special charitable tasks. Others, such as John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, disagree.
What is your position on this ethical marketing and responsibility issue?

What inspired you to start this business?
How did you come to recognize the gap in the market you could fill with a new business?
What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced as a small business owner?
How do you differentiate your business from others in the market?

How do you set your business apart from others in your industry? Small businesses require a special twist that makes them different. This may be a unique ..

What inspired you to start this business?
How did you come to recognize the gap in the market you could fill with a new business?
What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced as a small business owner?
How do you differentiate your business from others in the market?

PART 1
1. Create an MS Word document.
2. Create a title for your document using the style “Heading 1” 
3. Create an example of each of the following Smart Art Graphics, and use the style “Heading 2” to label each kind:
List
Process
Cycle
Hierarchy
Relationship
Matrix
Pyramid
4. For each Smart Art Graphic, create appropriate data for the type of graphic.  Be creative. Have fun with it. Experiment with colors and backgrounds.
5. Then, add examples of the following three chart types, and create your own data/labels that demonstrate you understand the purpose of using each type.
Pie
Line
Column
6. Create a hyperlink from your name to your school email address.
7. Lastly, create a hyperlink to the top of your document.
PART 2
Create a (minimum 6-slide) PowerPoint presentation:
Slide One – Title Slide – “Vacation Options 2024” or something similar, with your name as the Subtitle
Slide Two –  Create an appropriate infographic of 4-5 places you would like to vacation (show the names of the destinations and your level of desire to go there)
Slide Three –  Add a picture. Your #1 choice for a vacation spot and list reasons why it is #1 to you
Slide Four – Add a picture. Offer some brief advice about your destination. (i.e., What to pack, How to find, Must-do, Must-see)
Slide Five –  Add a chart of costs for your #1 Choice – (categories such as airfare, gas, hotel costs, admission tickets, meals, etc.)
Slide Six – Link to your website source(s) for more information using the website name, and add a hyperlink.
Use a theme that complements your destination aesthetic.
Be thoughtful in your font choice, use white space wisely, don’t overload your slide with text, and keep a consistent look throughout the presentation.
You may create more than six slides to share more about your cool vacation spot, but not more than ten.  You must have a minimum of these six slides.
Proofread for consistent formatting, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Proofread again.

see rubric create the schema then answer the question, no essay format needed just have to answer below each questions.

What does climate evidence imply for corporate social responsibility (CSR)?
Using the five criteria described by Dyer, critically assess the evidence in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report as described and presented in the assigned videos. Based on this evidence, critically assess Milton Friedman’s claim that “the only social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” Do contemporary businesses thinking and practice support his claim? Why or why not?

Touchstone: Did Jim and Laura Buy a Car?
SCENARIO: Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.
Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan. Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.
The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan Salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.
Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.
Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.
ASSIGNMENT: In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented and the material covered in the lessons. In your paper, be sure to address the following:
Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the touchstone.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.
1. Understanding of Contract Law❒ Have you defined the elements of a legal contract?❒ Have you used examples from the scenario to illustrate these elements?
2. Case Judgment and Support❒ Have you provided a judgment on the existence of a contract in this scenario?❒ Have you used specific examples from the scenario to defend your position?
3. Research❒ Have you referenced at least two academic sources in your essay?❒ Have you explained how each source relates to and supports your judgment on the case?
C. Requirements
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Composition must be 3-5 pages (approximately 750-1250 words).
Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
Use a readable 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
D. Additional Resources
The following resources will be helpful to you as you work on this assignment:
Purdue Online Writing Lab’s APA Formatting and Style Guide
This site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style
This page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA formatting. The “References,” “Punctuation,” and “Grammar and Writing Style” sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
APA Style: Quick Answers—References
This page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.

In lieu of quizzes, you will post six observations about what you read. These can be things you liked, disliked, or did not understand about the reading or perhaps something that the reading made you think of—or a mixture of all of these. These should be at least 250 words in total and should not merely summarize the reading.
*If there are readings from two or more authors (or items to listen to or watch), please address the writing of all the authors.*
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/tcentury/FeminineMystique.pdf
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem
https://sfponline.org/Uploads/372/sonnysblues.pdf

Provide evidence and reflect on your mastery of: “I have the ability to articulate and apply a public service perspective emphasizing the role of civil society in democratic governance.” Write 3 pages on the public service perspective in the nonprofit sector.  Reflect on how the assignments used as evidence in this section allowed you to demonstrate (or learn about) this topic. 
1.     Volunteer Motivation Competency Measurement
o   I can articulate and apply the public service perspective to the motivations of nonprofit volunteers.
o   Evidence: PAD 5145 Volunteer Motivation Literature Review Paper (Attached)
2.     Codes of Ethics Competency Measurement
o   I can articulate the public service perspective as demonstrated by the ASPA Code of Ethics and the AFP Code of Ethics as they apply to the nonprofit sector.
o   Evidence: PAD 6237 Governance Case Study (Attached)