Category: Business

What purpose does the Federal Trade Commission serve and why must business owners be educated on Federal Trade Commission practices?

Week 6 Discussion

Consumer laws were established to protect purchasers of goods and services.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

What purpose does the Federal Trade Commission serve and why must business owners be educated on Federal Trade Commission practices?

Consider 1 of the following sections of the Federal Trade Commission Act:
Deceptive Advertising
Labeling and Packaging Laws
Sales

Regarding the section you chose, provide an example of when a deceptive practice has been used in business and the consequence(s) for the deceptive practice.

What role has e-mail played in business ethics and company practices?In assessing a country’s national competitive advantage, what is meant by factor conditions?

BAM 105 Introduction to Business

Sources are listed in two places.

The first, a citation, is briefly listed within your answer. This includes identifying information that directs the reader to your list of references at the end of your writing assignment.

The second, a reference, is at the end of your work in the list of references section

All sources cited should follow APA style and provide enough identifying information so that the reader can access the original material

Choose a question below. You only need to select one question from the list below:

What are the benefits of business for society?

What role has e-mail played in business ethics and company practices?

In assessing a country’s national competitive advantage, what is meant by factor conditions?

Describe what implications this concept has for management decision making.Explain how you might use information like this in your current work.

Cigarette prices:

$9.07 / $9.52 / $8.90 / $9.10 / $8.99 / $9.09 / $9.06 / $9.00 / $9.05 / $9.16

Post a 150- to 225-word (2- to 3-paragraph) explanation of how probability distributions affect management decisions. In your explanation, address the following:

Provide your results of the following:

Your calculations for your standard deviation

The range within which 90% of the prices of cigarettes in your area falls

The chances of anyone paying less than 4 dollars for a pack of cigarettes

The chances of anyone paying more than 10 dollars for a pack of cigarettes

Describe what implications this concept has for management decision making.

Explain how you might use information like this in your current work.
To support your response, be sure to reference at least one properly cited scholarly source.

Tell us about a time in your life, either personally or professionally, when you did not demonstrate servant leadership and describe how this experience informed your leadership style going forward.

Essay 2

Tell us about a time in your life, either personally or professionally, when you did not demonstrate servant leadership and describe how this experience informed your leadership style going forward.

Follow these guidelines:
• Size 12 font
• Double-spaced with paragraphs
• 250 words or less

 Describe the role of logic, evidence, and arguments in the company’s decision-making process.Was the decision to expand products, services, or value chain successful? Why or why not?

Critical Thinking for Business Decisions

Analyze the diversification strategy of either Disney or Kimberly-Clark using the documents linked within your Soomo webtext. Explain how critical thinking applies to decision making based on your review of a real-world scenario.

Explain how critical thinking for decision making is applicable to the scenario. Use evidence to support your explanations.

What makes critical thinking crucial for decision making?

Explain how information (such as facts, opinions, and published reports) is used to determine or establish the context. Use evidence to support your explanations.

Why do you think the company reached the decision to diversify?

What steps do you believe were taken? Explain your response using sources found during the research of your selected company.
Describe the role of logic, evidence, and arguments in the company’s decision-making process.

Was the decision to expand products, services, or value chain successful? Why or why not?

To begin, choose one of the following to focus on for this assignment and review the corresponding document provided in the Soomo webtext.

List and briefly describe the six steps in the financial planning process.Determine the tax bracket you would be in if you (and your spouse if applicable) earned $90K per year and apply that to your own filing status(married filing jointly, single, etc). Based on your findings, what is the amount you owe annually in taxes.

1. list and briefly describe the six steps in the financial planning process

2.List the components (headings) of a balance sheet and give a brief description of each.

3.Determine the tax bracket you would be in if you (and your spouse if applicable) earned $90K per year and apply that to your own filing status(married filing jointly, single, etc). Based on your findings, what is the amount you owe annually in taxes

Write a 1-2 page essay where in you choose a nation-state in which you would like to open and operate a business. In your essay describe the problems you might encounter in entering the foreign market and in operating your business in that nation.

Choose United States
Write a 1-2 page essay where in you choose a nation-state in which you would like to open and operate a business. In your essay describe the problems you might encounter in entering the foreign market and in operating your business in that nation.

Explain the direction of change and what it suggest about the effectiveness of “Democratic Socialism”.Was your country’s economic system more socialist or capitalist in 1990?

Select a (just one!) Scandinavian country: Sweden, Norway or Denmark.

Review the definitions of Capitalism and Socialism below. Using these as a guide, look at the behavior of your chosen state within the framework provide.

Research its economic and political behavior from 1990 to 2020.

Now analyze.

Was your country’s economic system more socialist or capitalist in 1990?

Was it more or less socialist or capitalist in 2020?

Explain the direction of change and what it suggest about the effectiveness of “Democratic Socialism”.
Provide evidence for your conclusion.

Did the size of government grow or shrink during this time?

Did businesses have more or less control by the government during this time?

Did the tax rate for business and individuals grow or shrink during this time?

Using these and other questions that support your points, make your case — is your country more Capitalist or Socialist today?