Business Ethics – Fixed Price

 

If you can’t do it leave it else Dispute.

 

1. According to Aristotle, there are ___________ kinds of virtues.

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

2. ____________ virtues result from the proper functioning of the higher aspects of human beings.

a. Moral

b. Intellectual

c. Character

d. Ethical

3. ___________ virtues come about from the proper control by reason of the bodily appetites and

inclinations.

a. Moral

b. Intellectual

c. Character

d. Ethical

4. According to Aristotle, we become virtuous _____________.

a. at birth

b. with practice

c. when we are at our height of moral enlightenment

d. none of the above

5. The _____________ of a person is the sum of his or her virtues and vices.

a. character

b. beliefs

c. attitude

d. actions

6. The technique of moving to another level to find a solution is called:

a. ethical arrangement.

b. ethical displacement.

c. ethical replacement.

c. ethical awareness.

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7. In law, ___________ liability means that no excusing conditions are accepted or applicable.

a. strict

b. closed

c. firm

d. absolute

8. Moral ___________ is the feeling of sorrow for our immoral actions, together with an intention

not to perform similar actions in the future.

a. remorse

b. guilt

c. regret

d. consequences

9. One way of evaluating economic systems is a(n) ____________ approach.

a. open-state

b. end-state

c. productive

d. none of the above

10. Which of the following is not a true statement?

a. In a free-market system, government controls everything.

b. In a free-market system, government does not set the price of goods.

c. In a free-market system, government does not set wages.

d. In a free-market system, government does not control production.

11. Historically, there have been ___________ types of relations between government and

capitalism.

Dunkin Donuts Critical Success Factors

Go to the selected company’s website and look at their annual report (10k). If you prefer, you may also go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database and download the annual report. In researching the company, determine the company’s critical success factors. In a thread of at least 400 words, explain what you believe the critical success factors are, and what the company needs to do to either gain a competitive advantage, or maintain their competitive advantage. Your thread must include 2 peer-reviewed references. 

 

 

 

There are TWO headers I am requesting for this DB post:

 

Dunkin Donuts Critical Success Factors

 

Requirements for Dunkin Donuts to Gain or Maintain a Competitive Edge

 

The post is required to be in 6th Edition APA format.

Go to the selected company’s website and look at their annual report (10k). If you prefer, you may also go to the Securities Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database and download the annual report. In researching the company, determine the company’s critical success factors. In a thread of at least 400 words, explain what you believe the critical success factors are, and what the company needs to do to either gain a competitive advantage, or maintain their competitive advantage. Your thread must include 2 peer-reviewed references. 

 

 

 

There are TWO headers I am requesting for this DB post:

 

Dunkin Donuts Critical Success Factors

 

Requirements for Dunkin Donuts to Gain or Maintain a Competitive Edge

 

The post is required to be in 6th Edition APA format.

 

Financial Management Ratio Calculations

By Wednesday, June 15, 2016 solve the problem below, calculate the ratios, interpret the results against the industry average, and fill in the table on the worksheet. Then, provide an analysis of how those results can be used by the business to improve its performance. Turn in your completed work to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Wednesday, June 15, 2016.

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2010
Gary and Company
Cash $45   Accounts payables $45
Receivables 66   Notes payables 45
Inventory 159   Other current liabilities 21
Marketable securities 33   Total current liabilities $111
Total current assets  $303      
Net fixed assets 147   Long Term Liabilities  
Total Assets   $450   Long-term debt 24
    Total Liabilities  $135
       
    Owners Equity  
    Common stock $114
    Retained earnings 201
    Total stockholders’ equity 315
      Total liabilities and equity $450

 

Income Statement Year 2010
   
Net sales $795
Cost of goods sold 660
Gross profit   135
Selling expenses 73.5
Depreciation 12
EBIT 49.5
Interest expense 4.5
EBT 45
Taxes (40%) 18
Net income 27

Discuss on Financial Management Cash Management

By Wednesday, June 22, 2016 solve the following problem. Norma’s Cat Food of Shell Knob ships cat food throughout the country. Norma has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by two and one-half days. Furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. The bank has a remote disbursement center in Iowa.

  1. If the company has $5 million per day in collections and $3 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?  Justify your answers.
  2. If the company can earn 8 percent per annum on freed-up funds, how much will the income be? Justify your answers.
  3. If the annual cost of the new system is $800,000, should it be implemented? Explain why or why not.

Turn in your completed work to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox byWednesday, June 22, 2016.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Correctly calculated that amount in dollars the cash management system will free up and justified the response.
30
Correctly calculated income and justified response.
30
Clearly explained if the new system should be implemented.
30
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
10
Total:
100

 

Explain why limited leverage is good for business.

Analyze the case study, “Frank Smith Plumbing.”

Analyze the “Frank Smith Plumbing’s Financial Statement” spreadsheet.

Compare the cost of the truck to the cash flow records

Compile your calculations in a Microsoft® Excel® document

Develop a 1,050-word analysis and include the following:

  • Explain why limited leverage is good for business.Show the profitability of the project so that Stephanie can convince her father to purchase the truck by borrowing money.
  • Explain how Stephanie should convince her mother that it is inappropriate to call the bank manager and his wife for assistance in getting the loan approval?
  • Analyze whether the investment in the truck is profitable.
  • Explain whether it is more beneficial for Frank to close his business.
  • Explain what you would do in this same situation.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Cash Management And Budgeting

 

The new owner of Bob’s Boats, Bob, just purchased the business and discovered that the prior owner did not have a plan for managing the current assets of the company.  Bob has decided that the place to start is with a cash budget, using the template he used in his prior position.

 

Click here to download the Excel template for this assignment.

 

Bob has requested that you to complete the cash budget given the data that he has already retrieved from the company’s records and from his own analysis.

 

Table-1:

 

Sales Forecast for the next 9 Months
Month Sales
January  $ 162,000.00
February  $ 168,000.00
March  $ 324,000.00
April  $ 485,000.00
May  $ 648,000.00
 June  $ 325,000.00
July  $ 325,000.00
August  $   80,000.00
September  $ 162,000.00

 

Collections on receivables have historically been collected as follows and this pattern is expected to continue:

 

  • 12% in the Month of Sale

Discuss U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio

Discuss U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio

It is the management’s responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth as it is based on the organization’s future cash flows. To accomplish this, managers have to understand how to use financial statements for analysis.

In this assignment, you will explain the importance of the statements to the financial reporting process and management decisions.

Tasks:

  • Locate the financial statements of a publicly-traded company of your choice by visiting the organization’s Web site or the investor section of the following Web site:
  • Review the information presented in the financial statements of the company you selected.
  • Using the company you selected, calculate one ratio for a three-year period from each category located athttp://www.netmba.com/finance/financial/ratios/.
    • Describe what the trends you see might mean for your company.
    • Compare your company’s ratios with those of the industry it is in.
  • Analyze the financial reporting information and the financial health of the company with the help of the calculated ratios. Describe the information you did not see in the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements.

Write a 2–3-page research paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Discuss U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio

It is the management’s responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth as it is based on the organization’s future cash flows. To accomplish this, managers have to understand how to use financial statements for analysis.

In this assignment, you will explain the importance of the statements to the financial reporting process and management decisions.

Tasks:

  • Locate the financial statements of a publicly-traded company of your choice by visiting the organization’s Web site or the investor section of the following Web site:
  • Review the information presented in the financial statements of the company you selected.
  • Using the company you selected, calculate one ratio for a three-year period from each category located athttp://www.netmba.com/finance/financial/ratios/.
    • Describe what the trends you see might mean for your company.
    • Compare your company’s ratios with those of the industry it is in.
  • Analyze the financial reporting information and the financial health of the company with the help of the calculated ratios. Describe the information you did not see in the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements.

Write a 2–3-page research paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Discuss which financial management practices are most effective in creating and monitoring an operating budget

It is the management’s responsibility to maximize shareholder wealth as it is based on the organization’s future cash flows. To accomplish this, managers have to understand how to use financial statements for analysis.

In this assignment, you will explain the importance of the statements to the financial reporting process and management decisions.

Tasks:

  • Locate the financial statements of a publicly-traded company of your choice by visiting the organization’s Web site or the investor section of the following Web site:
  • Review the information presented in the financial statements of the company you selected.
  • Using the company you selected, calculate one ratio for a three-year period from each category located athttp://www.netmba.com/finance/financial/ratios/.
    • Describe what the trends you see might mean for your company.
    • Compare your company’s ratios with those of the industry it is in.
  • Analyze the financial reporting information and the financial health of the company with the help of the calculated ratios. Describe the information you did not see in the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements.

Write a 2–3-page research paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Problems From Investment Analysis And Portfolio Management

Problems From Investment Analysis And Portfolio Management

Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 21 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

You must use excel and all calculations must be shown

 

 

  • Problem 2 on p. 885
  • Problem 8 on p. 887

 

Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 23 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

 

  • Problem 2 on p. 985

 

Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 24 of  your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

 

  • Problem 4 on p. 1037Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 21 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

    You must use excel and all calculations must be shown

     

     

    • Problem 2 on p. 885
    • Problem 8 on p. 887

     

    Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 23 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

     

    • Problem 2 on p. 985

     

    Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 24 of  your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

     

    • Problem 4 on p. 1037

      Problems From Investment Analysis And Portfolio Management

      Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 21 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

      You must use excel and all calculations must be shown

       

       

      • Problem 2 on p. 885
      • Problem 8 on p. 887

       

      Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 23 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

       

      • Problem 2 on p. 985

       

      Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 24 of  your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

       

      • Problem 4 on p. 1037Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 21 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

        You must use excel and all calculations must be shown

         

         

        • Problem 2 on p. 885
        • Problem 8 on p. 887

         

        Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 23 of your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

         

        • Problem 2 on p. 985

         

        Provide answers to the following problems from Ch. 24 of  your Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management text:

         

        • Problem 4 on p. 1037

Financial Options And Weighted Average Cost Of Capital

Financial Options And Weighted Average Cost Of Capital

Determine two to three (2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio. Support your answer with examples of these methods being used to create a risk-free hedge portfolio.

  • * From the scenario, create a unique hypothetical weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and rate of return. Recommend whether or not the company should expand, and defend your position.
  • Determine two to three (2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio. Support your answer with examples of these methods being used to create a risk-free hedge portfolio.
  • * From the scenario, create a unique hypothetical weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and rate of return. Recommend whether or not the company should expand, and defend your position.Determine two to three (2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio. Support your answer with examples of these methods being used to create a risk-free hedge portfolio.
    • * From the scenario, create a unique hypothetical weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and rate of return. Recommend whether or not the company should expand, and defend your position.
    • Determine two to three (2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio. Support your answer with examples of these methods being used to create a risk-free hedge portfolio.
    • * From the scenario, create a unique hypothetical weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and rate of return. Recommend whether or not the company should expand, and defend your position.