Case #1: Merck and River Blindness MGT 597: Leadership Ethics Dr. Brandon Randolph-Seng Javiaur Harmon: Winter Mini 2014 - 2015 1. Think about the definition stakeholders—any parties with a stake in the organization’s actions or performance. Who are the stakeholders in this situation? How many can you list? On what basis would you rank them in importance? The stakeholders in this situation were the employees (research scientists doing the R&D)‚ Merck‚ and the target audience which
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a cost of $1‚500‚000 that indicates a high receptivity among the 30‚000‚000 American males for a new Gillette shaving razor. Research indicates that between 5% - 12% of the target market would purchase the razor. Marketing has stated that your analysis should assume that only 10% of the target market is penetrated. The research also indicated that out of every 10 new razors sold‚ only 3 of the purchasers (30% of sales) would have purchased an existing Gillette razor if the new razor had not been
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Case 1: Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success Identify the positive and negative effects of the general environment faced by Saffronart.com. Positive: India has become an international business major power of country now. Local works of art more popular in the international market‚ not only in India or the United States; it extends the size of the population may be interested in Saffronart art sales geography in the world. In economic areas: global positive macroeconomic trends‚ promote the
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Part 2 – Contractual Formation A. Offer and Acceptance Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists The display of goods in a shop is only an offer to treat Australian Woollen Mills v Cth The offer must be in exchange for the other party’s consideration (quid pro quo). If it isn’t it is more likely a gratuitous promise Seppelt & Sons v Commissioner The use of the word “offer” is not conclusive Carlill v Carbolic An offer can be made to the whole world. Unilateral offers may require
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N 50 b. To find the standard deviation: s = √∑f (M - X)2 = √33‚728 = √688.33 = 26.24 n – 1 50 - 1 c. To find the proportion of costs within two standard deviations of the mean: X ± 2s 141.2 + 2(26.24) = 193.68 141.2 - 2(26.24) = 88.72 The electricity costs are all almost all within $89 to $194. Exercise 87* a. Select the variable selling price. 1. Mean = 221.1029 Median = 213.6 Standard Deviation = 47.1054 2. The mean selling price for a home in the
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Pei Shan Liu Professor: David Hossain Accounting 495 10/1/2012 Case 08-1 Go With the Flow‚ Inc. 1. Insurance Settlement Proceeds According to ASC 230-10-45-12‚ the insurance settlement proceeds should be classified as an investing cash flow in the statement of cash flow. “All of the followings are cash inflows from investing activities: a. Receipts from collections or sales of loans made by the entity and of other entities’ debt instruments (other than cash equivalents and certain debt
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Individual Assignment: Ethics Essay * Resources: Week One readings * Write a 350- to 700-word essay comparing the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. Include the following in your essay: * A description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality * A personal experience to explain the relationship between virtue‚ values‚ and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories * Format
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A case study on the luxury watch market The following case study is largely focused upon Prestige luxury watches but in order to give a context to the activities of this business also presents some background information on the luxury watch market and some information about a number of other brands operating in this market. A number of positioning matrices are included in the Appendix to aid understanding of the competitive
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CASE STUDY 1 BNSF Railway: Training New Hires for Safety In 2011‚ BNSF rolled out a plan to hire more than 4‚000 new employees – one of the most ambitious hiring plans ever for the company. Of the new hires‚ the majority of them (about 2‚400) are being hired into the company’s Transportation Group as conductors. The hiring is essential to fill vacancies due to retirements and to respond to the increasing business volumes BNSF is shipping. While these new people will help BNSF continue providing the
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This case is talking about an executive retreat. It was introduced by John Matthews who was a executive had been selected to attend the two-and-a-half-week retreat. The retreat was more like a competition about academic and athletic. The team members should not only get know each other and cooperate with teammates but also need to compete with others. The whole participants were broken into five groups and their aim was to win the competition. There are several sessions about academic and athletic
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