Business Project One Demetrius Cohen MGT/101 April Miller‚ Instructor May 9‚ 2014 Business Project One Purpose of Company NIKE is a for profit Corporation (Nike‚ Inc. 2014). This company has reported their third quarter revenue for 2014 is at 7 billion dollars (Nike‚ Inc. 2014). Nike Inc. is the world leading innovator in athletic footwear ‚ equipment‚ apparel‚ accessories‚ and services (Nike‚ Inc. 2014). The Company sells a line of performance equipment under the NIKE brand
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29‚ 2012 Martha Nussbaum: “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities” Martha C. Nussbaum is the author of the book‚ “Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities.” The book begins by drawing the reader’s attention by explaining the “Silent Crisis.” She describes education in the eyes of the government‚ and in the eyes of the people. There is a connection made between education and the liberal arts. The title of the book‚ “Not For Profit‚” are three simple words that when put
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A stakeholder is an individual‚ group‚ or organization who may be affected by or perceive itself to be affected by a decision‚ activity‚ or outcome of a project (Larson & Gary‚ 2014). Stakeholders can be internal or external and can be entry level to CEO of a business. A Stakeholder can influence the project‚ and can shape it early on in the project. These people can make sure that there are resources available that contribute to the project success. The stakeholders include owners and shareholders
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implicit cost is $190‚000($175‚000+.15X$100‚000). The total economic costs is $983‚000($793‚000+$190‚000). b. The accounting profit in 2010 is $177‚000($970‚000-$793‚000) c. The economic profit in 2010 is $-13‚000($970‚000-$793‚000-$190‚000). d. The owner should not leave his job because the economic profit is negative‚ which means he will earn less if he does his own business. 2. a. The type of agency problem that is involved here is principal-agent problem. Marriott wants to maintain a certain
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evolution of information and technology organization are operating in an environment where the geographical boundaries are none existent and a company with a subsidiary in another continent operates as if they are in the same city. This paper seeks to identify how this has affected way of doing business by multinational organization by looking and four aspects‚ which are cultural differences‚ ethical issues‚ strategy and industrial or business. 1 1. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Culture plays a very important aspect
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The SWOT of Non Profit and For Profit By Shelley Coulter Submitted: May 20‚ 2013 Instructor: Olivia Kerr PHI445: Personal & Organizational Ethics (BIJ1316A) Thesis: Believing in who you are and what your purpose in life‚ sets the standards on which you live. Shelley Coulter Introduction The highest ranking professions involve helping people. Among the lowest ranking occupations are those associated with the not profit and for profit organizations. The Mesopotamian Code
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pursuit of maximisation of profits‚ there seems to be a clear deficit of social values and commitment to serving society. This essay will turn the light on how business organisations’ ultimate aim is to generate profits and CSR activities are secondary if not often ignored. The essay takes the position that CSR initiatives are recently being acknowledged as not only beneficial to society but equally beneficial to business over the long term. The lure of quick profits has now demonstrably hurt the
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holds just as true in the world of business which‚ as discussed earlier‚ is part of society. Therefore‚ when we consider ‘Ethics versus Law’ in the area of business we cannot mean that one opposes the other but that‚ depending on circumstances and situations‚ one is effective where the other is not (or that one is more effective than the other.) The application of ethics in business would mean that the parties in a business relationship (whether the business itself‚ or customers‚ associates‚ authorities
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Chimpanzee versus Humans: Similarities & Differences Since the first days of human thought into their beginnings‚ chimpanzees have played a vital role in showing who we were. The chimpanzee‚ one of the great apes‚ makes it home in the forests of Central and West Africa. Their long arms and legs adapt them for living in such regions as lowland jungles and mountainous regions. Humans are classified in the order Primates‚ and family Hominade. Within this family‚ human beings‚ our nearest living
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November 15‚ 2004 Dear (general)‚ I am writing to you because I have just discovered a wonderful opportunity for an overseas experience that is bound to change my life. Cross-Cultural Solutions‚ a non-profit volunteer organization‚ offers a program that places volunteers in countries such as India‚ Ghana‚ Costa Rica‚ Brazil‚ Guatemala‚ Tanzania‚ Russia‚ China‚ Thailand‚ and Peru for a variety of community development projects. Cross-Cultural Solutions’ mission is to operate volunteer programs
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