CASE 30 “Goodbye‚ Indiana --- Hello‚ Mexico: The Whirlpool Plant Closing*” Ethics in Practice Case 1) Was the Whirlpool Plant Closing just another “business decision”‚ or did it carry with it social and ethical responsibilities and implications? Explain. This was not only a business decision‚ but it carried social and ethical responsibilities with it because the company was thinking for the benefit of its shareholders and consumers by making more energy-efficient products while keeping consumer
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electronic spreadsheets‚ accountants relied heavily on manual calculations for financial reports‚ budgetary projections‚ incomplete records accounting ect. As Ballantine explains‚ “much valuable time had been spent on repetitive calculations [...] if one or more input values were altered and the entire worksheet had to be recalculated manually.” (1991‚ p.204). Today the same logic behind manual worksheets apply but with the added power of spreadsheets. The development of electronic spreadsheet programs
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It is quite common these days for people to use technology in the information age. However‚ Matt Richtel claims in his essay “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price” that being attached to technology can cause deadly consequences. Richtel asserts that overusing technology have negative influences to people’s works and family life‚ minds and relationship among people. On one hand‚ he believes that heavy technology use will interrupt works and family lives. On the other hand‚ he claims that heavy
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Network Attached Storage What is a NAS device? NSA is a file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to a large group of clients‚ and is specialized for the task either by its software or hardware‚ or configuration of those elements. What is the speed of the network adapter available on a NAS device? NAS devices come in many varieties depending on if it is built from scratch or purchased from a manufacturer. The speed is generally a one gigabit Ethernet
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Activity 6.2 - Case Study: Goodbye‚ Indiana - Hello‚ Mexico: The Whirlpool Plant Closing Complete the answers to the six questions at the end of Case 30‚“Goodbye‚ Indiana—Hello‚ Mexico: The Whirlpool Plant Closing”. pages 694-696 1. Was the Whirlpool plant closing just another “business decision‚” or did it carry with it social and ethical responsibilities and implications? Explain. The closure of Whirlpool plant definitely carries social and ethical implications. Many people will lose their
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different types of features for a same product and understanding the local demands will help the company in gaining the market share. For example‚ Hank Bowman attempts in listening to customers allowed Whirlpool to duplicate its three-tiered approach to brands that has works so well in the U.S. Whirlpool has made a smart decision when they decided to outsource management of some distribution function. This could be an important source of information as local distributors are people who know best about
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An insecure infant/ caregiver bond characterized by the infant’s dazed appearance on reunion or a tendency to first seek and then abruptly avoid the caregiver Outcome of being securely attached is‚ it actively explores and child may be outgoing with strangers while mother is present Outcome of not securely attached is infant lacks trust from caregiver or strangers. Peers as Socialization
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Chapter 1: Mother-Love: Worst-Case Scenarios The human need to have our mother near is the theory that is expressed in chapter one. Chapter one goes through a time line of how we‚ as humans‚ came across this theory. The author tends to talk about and describe how as babies the basic need to have mother around is just as important as having food‚ water‚ and clean diapers. The author gives examples of children who were adopted after infancy and children whom had to spend significant amounts of time
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P1 – Explain the range of meanings attached to citizenship‚ diversity and the associated terminology Racism Racism is prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief. An example of racism in the public services comes from a news report on channel 4 earlier this year. The report tells how there has 120 racism cases in the Metropolitan Police over the past decade‚ but only one officer was dismissed as a result. This shows that racism is common in
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1. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 2. A. THE BUSINESS 5 3. B. THE STRATEGY 5 4. C. THE MARKET 6 5. D. THE MANAGEMENT 6 6. E. THE FINANCIALS 7 7. F. THE COMPANY MISSION 7 8. G. THE CRITERIA OF MVNO 8 9. H. EXCEPTIONS 8 10. 2. THE BUSINESS 9 11. A. REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS 9 12. B. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 9 13. C. TARGET MARKET 10 14. D. SERVICES OFFERED – PRIMARY REVENUE DRIVERS 11 15. E. POTENTIAL FUTURE SERVICES – ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES 12 16. F. DISTRIBUTION‚ PURCHASING AND REFILLS 17
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