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Outline the two most pressing environmental challenges that we face as a nation. How would you address these issues?

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Project 2 – BUS/ECO 105

Spring 2023 The Chazanoff School of Business

Dr. J. Peters The College of Staten Island (CUNY)

4 Page Report – Answer the following four questions:

1) Outline the two most pressing environmental challenges that we face as a nation.
2) How would you address these issues?

3) Outline the two most pressing environmental challenges that we face as a planet.
4) How would you address these issues?

Submit a 2–3 page paper covering these issues by April 4, 2023 at 10:10 AM.

Select TWO (2) of the following issues and evaluate how they may affect your ability to adhere to your philosophy.

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Philosophy Question

Select TWO (2) of the following issues and evaluate how they may affect your ability to adhere to your philosophy. (10 marks)

  • Racism Sexism
  • Classism Homophobia
  • Justice Violence
  • Discipline and punishment
  • Rights of the child
  • Plagiarism and copyright
  • Gender difference in academic performance Technology

Research both sides of this issue particularly in light of the rulings of the current U. S. Supreme Court.. Keeping in mind the principle explained in Chapter 2: If you don’t understand both (or all) sides of an issue, you don’t understand the issue. Then decide which view is more reasonable and explain your reasoning.

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INT 322: Approaches to Critical Thinking on Judicial Activism

“Judicial activism” refers to the philosophy under which judges not just interpret the law–in particular, the Constitution–but also, in effect, revise it. Supporters of such activism claim that the law–in particular, the Constitution–is a living entity that must be revised to fit new circumstances and insights. Opponents argue that the legislature alone should legislate and the courts should only the decide whether a law is constitutional. Research both sides of this issue particularly in light of the rulings of the current U. S. Supreme Court.. Keeping in mind the principle explained in Chapter 2: If you don’t understand both (or all) sides of an issue, you don’t understand the issue. Then decide which view is more reasonable and explain your reasoning.

What is your belief about the nature of ultimate reality? Why? What is your belief about the nature of the universe? Why? What is your belief about human nature and the afterlife? Why?

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Basic Components of Worldview

Instructor:

Be sure you answer both Part 1 and Part 2 of this assignment before submitting.

Part 1: Core Worldview Beliefs

Based on the basic components of worldview presented in Chapter 2 and the topic overview, write a response to each of the six questions that form the basic components of your own core worldview beliefs. Respond to the questions about your own beliefs in your own words, and not necessarily what you think the Christian worldview believes. Keep this document intact and only add your answers in the box under each question.

  1. What is your belief about the nature of ultimate reality? Why?
  2. What is your belief about the nature of the universe? Why?
  3. What is your belief about human nature and the afterlife? Why?
  4. What are the three worldview (atheism, pantheism, theism) beliefs about the nature of knowledge? Which one best fits your belief? Why?
  5. What is your basis for determining moral right from moral wrong? Why?
  6. What is your belief about human purpose? Why?

Part 2: Evaluation

  1. Your answers to the questions in Part 1 form the basis of your worldview. Now that you have articulated your worldview, evaluate it according to the practical test described in Chapter 2 of the textbook and the topic overview. Which of the three worldviews most closely matches your core beliefs as you answered in Part 1? Does your worldview pass the practical test for livability? Why or why not? Provide a clear explanation of the workability and practical value in the most important areas of life and experience.
  2. Reflect on your current understanding of the Christian faith. In other words, what is the essence of the Christian worldview? How does one become a Christian? Your response will need to articulate your understanding of Christian beliefs and does not require you to believe it.

 

 

Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?

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An entrepreneur Start-up

Business Plan

A business plan is any simple plan, not only limited to the business start-up plan that helps the management to understand the current situation of the enterprises (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) and look forward into the future. A start-up plan is a business plan which consists of the mission, vision, objectives and action plans for the future of the new enterprises while the business plan drawn during the operation of the firm is vital for running the firm effectively, acquire new customers, partners, loans and so on. According to Fiore (2005), a business plan involves two dimensions; an organizing tool to simplify and clarify your business goals and strategy, the second one is a selling document that sells the business idea and shows that a product or a service can make a profit and attract funding and company resources.

Imagine you started a new business as an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia. Briefly mention the specific steps which you consider necessary to a successful business plan.

Think and share information on the following items:

  1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (3 Marks)
  2. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
  3.  Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….
  4. Investment capital
  5. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
  6. Scope and type of business (5 Marks)

What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?

  • Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes your idea different?
  • Mission Statement
  • Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
  • Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they live? What is your target market passionate about?

 

  1. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)

What is important to you in your business?

  • Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?
  • Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?
  • Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using SWOT.
  • Who is your competition and how do you beat them?
  1. Products and Services (3 Marks)
  2. Briefly discuss your products or services (Technical specification).
  3. Size of business: how many employees? How many offices and retail facilities?
  4. What factors will give you competitive advantages or disadvantages? Examples, include level of quality or unique or proprietary features.

Note: Use APA style of referencing

Using web pages at the University of California’s Museum of Paleontology ( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossilsarchive/molecu.htmlLinks to an external site. ), take a look at the description of molecular fossils. After reviewing what this web page has to offer, use the resources there to answer briefly these questions. What are the four main organic compounds that form molecular fossils? What conditions are necessary for the formation and preservation of molecular fossils? What can we learn from molecular fossils?

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Geology Question

Create a Word document that includes any TWO of the following.

Directions

  1. Include the entire question as part of your answer.
    1. Copy and paste(in BOLD), the instructions/questions as a whole (do not separate in smaller sections)  that correspond to the part you are answering.
    2. Do this for each part in the assignment.
  2. Include your name and “Assignment 1” at the beginning of your Word document.
    (e.g. JohnSmithAssigment1)
  3. Cite all sources of information, including the textbook, using MLA formatting (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). You must include a Works Cited section as well as in-text citations of sources used. Assignments with more than 20% direct quotations from other  sources will not receive any credit.

Assignment Parts- Choose Two (2)

Part 1

On Earth, plate tectonics has been a dynamic process for hundreds of millions of years.  Take a look at the “plate tectonics movie” on the University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology web page ( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.htmlLinks to an external site. ). Do this by clicking on “animated GIFs” for the last 750 million years.  Play the movie.  As time passes, the continents seem to move around.  Why is this so?  What is “pushing” the continents around and why?  Why do the continents appear to move around over time?

Part 2

Observe the differences between a normal and a reverse fault and the differences and similarities (if any) between a strike-slip and an oblique slip fault.  Record your observations on how these pairs of faults are different and how they are similar.  What kind of forces – compression or extension would be involved in forming these faults.  (Observe the video and see for yourself.)

Part 3

Using web pages at the University of California’s Museum of Paleontology ( http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossilsarchive/molecu.htmlLinks to an external site. ), take a look at the description of molecular fossils.  After reviewing what this web page has to offer, use the resources there to answer briefly these questions.  What are the four main organic compounds that form molecular fossils?  What conditions are necessary for the formation and preservation of molecular fossils?  What can we learn from molecular fossils?

Remember to properly cite your sources of information*

Every source used (including the textbook) must be properly cited using MLA formatting (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). You must include a Works Cited section as well as in-text citations of sources used. Assignments with more than 20% direct quotations from other  sources will not receive any credit.

 

 

Identify the most useful smart technology from a government perspective (from the case study only) and explain whether it provides any direct benefit to the taxpayer. Does the city government’s interest justify expending funds on this technology considering the benefit to the taxpayer?

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Case Study – Smart City Technologies

Instructions:

Read the Case Study information and Watch the 2 videos below.  As you watch the videos, consider the cost of smart city technologies for residents vs. the benefits gained. How long is the time period estimated to receive a positive Return on Investment (if ever)? Are the benefits directly attributable to the citizens who foot the bill or are the benefits at a more macro level such as a state, country, or the world? Using what you’ve learned, do the following:

  1. Craft and support an argument either for or against community (a city) investments in smart city technologies.
  2. Additionally, identify the most useful smart technology from a citizen’s perspective (from the case study only) and explain why it provides the best benefit to the taxpayer.
  3. Identify the most useful smart technology from a government perspective (from the case study only) and explain whether it provides any direct benefit to the taxpayer. Does the city government’s interest justify expending funds on this technology considering the benefit to the taxpayer?

 

Be sure to fully support your positions (in both parts A, B, & C) with at least 3 external sources (total) – these sources can be used to support any of your three arguments, but the textbook is not considered an external source.

Be sure to properly cite all sources and provide a bibliography.

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPH0cSI2doLinks to an external site.

Case:

A “smart city” is a city where the day-to-day processes and the infrastructure of the city are able to provide real-time data to the city and its citizens, allowing them to better allocate resources and plan for the future.

Smart cities can be identified using six dimensions: a smart economy, smart mobility, a smart environment, smart people, smart living, and smart governance. Cities are “smart” when investments in social capital and infrastructure coupled with wise management of natural resources fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life.

Smart cities focus on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Wireless sensor networks are one type of ICT. The goal of wireless sensor networks is to create a distributed network of sensors which measure a host of parameters that allow city management to run their city more efficiently. Ideally, ICTs will help increase local prosperity and competitiveness.

For example, citizens of smart cities can monitor pollution concentration on their specific street, and trash cans can send signals when they are close to full. Vehicle traffic and street light usage can be monitored to optimize city lights dynamically.

In smart cities, people have the tools to quickly and easily get the data they need to make smarter choices about their energy consumption. All the data in the world is useless without information systems than effectively communicate that data to users. Using IBM technologies, Dubuque was able to determine how much water was saved by decreased consumption and leak detection, as well as precise information about how much electricity individual appliances are consuming.

Users don’t see the back end infrastructure underlying these ICT technologies, which are increasingly depending on the cloud. Using the cloud has made these technologies integrated and, more importantly, cheap enough for cities like Dubuque to use to their fullest extent. They also don’t see the sheer amount of data that they are generating, because IBM’s systems distill that data into smaller chunks of relevant information that allows Dubuque’s citizens to live smarter.

In Portland, IBM created a model that allows city leaders to simulate the impacts of changes to various utilities. They collected ten years of data and built a model that supports the development of new metrics and identifies drivers of change for the city’s strategic plan. Using this data, Portland city officials hope to achieve a 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050.

 

Summarize the Christian beliefs about the following: origins, Genesis 1 and 2, general and special revelation, and the three Christian approaches to creation. Explain and support your current understanding of the origin of the universe, evolution, and the age of the earth, and whether or not your view can be reconciled with the message of the Bible and science.

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Psychology Question

Assessment Description

In this assignment, you will summarize beliefs about the origin of the universe and life, including what Christians believe, what you believe, and how people’s beliefs about origins might impact how they live.

After reflecting on chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis, in a total of 750-1050-words, complete the “Origins” document to do the following:

  1. Summarize the Christian beliefs about the following: origins, Genesis 1 and 2, general and special revelation, and the three Christian approaches to creation.
  2. Explain and support your current understanding of the origin of the universe, evolution, and the age of the earth, and whether or not your view can be reconciled with the message of the Bible and science.
  3. Express how your current understanding of the origin of the universe impacts or supports your worldview, specifically your view of the nature of God, the nature of humanity (human value, dignity, and flourishing), and the responsibility to care for the earth.

Use two to four academic resources in addition to the Bible.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Research and analysis of 2,800 to 3,000 words on a case of security breaches in the field of IKEA cyber security in 2016.

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Research on a cyber security incident at IKEA in 2016

Research and analysis of 2,800 to 3,000 words on a case of security breaches in the field of IKEA cyber security in 2016.

Contains the following:

1. An overview of the IKEA company.

2. Statement of the type of penetration, the reason for the penetration, whether it was internal or external, details of the penetration, and the tools and techniques used in the penetration, supported by pictures and evidence.

3. What are the precautionary and security measures taken by IKEA?

4. What are the company’s media reactions and did they acknowledge that?

5. What are the losses and damages caused by the breach?

6. Clearly communicate the information and your conclusion of the incident.

7. Mention the sources.

Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to solve problems and make decisions that impact organizations and their stakeholders.

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BUS 225- Module 5 Project Two

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

  • Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to solve problems and make decisions that impact organizations and their stakeholders.

Scenario

You have been asked to present your data findings and decision-making modeling to the leadership panel for feedback prior to the stakeholder meeting presentation. The panel wants to preview the charts and graphs that will be included in your presentation based on the research you have conducted. They would like to see how you will use the data to inform your recommendation, and how you will tell the story of that data.

Directions

Part 1: Using the research gathered in Project One, provide a visualization for each of the following, then summarize what the data is showing:

  1. The current state of the U.S. automotive manufacturing industry
    1. Sales by fuel type (electric, hybrid, gas)
  2. Current automotive industry trends
    1. The trend toward different types of motors for the vehicles being made and sold, such as electric and hybrid
    2. Trends in customer demands such as vehicle color, extra features, and styles
    3. Trends in the body types of vehicles sold (SUVs, trucks, sedans)
  3. Trends in the new industry
    1. Expected growth areas
    2. Sales by type of products or services offered
    3. Trends in customer demands

Then, provide a summary of all of the data visualized.

  1. Summarize the collective data about both industries as a whole.
  2. Determine what the data is not telling you about the new industry.

Part 2: Analyze three decision making models and select the one model that is best suited for making your decision.

  1. Analyze and provide an overview of the following three models and select one for use. Resources are listed in the Supporting Materials section.
    1. The Rational Model
    2. The Intuitive Model
    3. The Recognition-Primed Model
  2. Explain your choice of decision-making model.
    1. Why does your selection make the most sense for this project?