The purpose of this discussion is to give you the opportunity to apply ethical theories to the complex issue of ageism in the workplace, particularly in the area of employment. In the modern workplace, there appear to be the following three key issues that exhibit ageism in employment, some of which have been exacerbated by recent economic issues and an aging population.

  • Older job seekers fight ageism as a barrier to re-employment.
  • Younger job seekers have trouble obtaining career entry.
  • Evidence in many countries highlights that older worker employment and youth employment are not connected in any way.

Prepare and post a response to the following prompt:

  • Using at least one ethical perspective or theory from the text and one item of scholarly evidence, present an argument to a group of younger workers (regarding older worker and youth employment) in which you refute the notion that older workers take employment from the young.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required resources and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center resources Introduction to APA (Links to an external site.) and Integrating Research (Links to an external site.).
Guided Response: Be aware that the themes in this discussion are based on what is generally known in economics as the “lump of labor fallacy.” This perspective challenges the view that if older workers are employed in a tight labor market, then they must be occupying the jobs of the country’s youth. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

GUIDELINES FOR ANALYZING A CASE STUDY
 
A case study analysis requires you to investigate a business problem, examine the alternative solutions, and propose the most effective solution using supportive evidences.
Before you analyze the case, follow the following guidelines to help you understand the case:
1. Read the case thoroughly more than once
2. Take notes
3. Highlight relevant facts
4. Underline key problems
5. Think of possible solutions for the problems. Imagine that you are the consultant of the company and you need to offer solutions for the problems the company faces.
6. Select the best solution.
 
Some issues of the case mainly belong to the material given in a certain chapter of the textbook but also it could be that some issues are related to other chapters you have studied. Moreover, use your knowledge of other business subjects like Marketing, Finance, Economics, IT and so on, when answering the questions of the case.

Question 1
The attached file contains hypothetical data for working this problem. Goodman Corporation’s and Landry Incorporated’s stock prices and dividends, along with the Market Index, are shown in the file. Stock prices are reported for December 31 of each year, and dividends reflect those paid during the year. The market data are adjusted to include dividends.

  1. Use the data given to calculate annual returns for Goodman, Landry, and the Market Index, and then calculate average returns over the five-year period.  (Hint: Remember, returns are calculated by subtracting the beginning price from the ending price to get the capital gain or loss, adding the dividend to the capital gain or loss, and dividing the result by the beginning price. Assume that dividends are already included in the index.   Also, you cannot calculate the rate of return for 2015 because you do not have 2014 data.)
  2. Calculate the standard deviation of the returns for Goodman, Landry, and the Market Index.  (Hint:  Use the sample standard deviation formula given in the chapter, which corresponds to the STDEV function in Excel.)
  3. On a stand-alone basis which corporation is the least risky?
  4. Construct a scatter diagram graph that shows Goodman’s and Landry’ returns on the vertical axis and the Market Index’s returns on the horizontal axis.
  5. Estimate Goodman’s and Landry’s betas as the slopes of regression lines with stock returns on the vertical axis (y-axis) and market return on the horizontal axis (x-axis).  (Hint: use Excel’s SLOPE function.)  Are these betas consistent with your graph?
  6. The risk-free rate on long-term Treasury bonds is 8.04%.  Assume that the market risk premium is 6%.  What is the expected return on the market?  Now use the SML equation to calculate the two companies’ required returns.
  7. If you formed a portfolio that consisted of 60% Goodman stock and 40% Landry stock, what would be its beta and its required return?
  8. Suppose an investor wants to include Goodman Industries’ stock in his or her portfolio.  Stocks A, B, and C are currently in the portfolio, and their betas are 0.769, 0.985, and 1.423, respectively.  Calculate the new portfolio’s required return if it consists of 30% of Goodman, 20% of Stock A, 30% of Stock B, and 20% of Stock C.

Question 2
Quest Financial services balance sheets report $200 million in total debt, $100 million in short-term investments, and $30 million in preferred stock. Quest has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding. A financial analyst estimated that Quest’s value of operations is $1000 million. What is the analyst’s estimate of the intrinsic stock price per share?
Question 3
Lincoln Incorporated is expected to pay a $4.5 per share dividend at the end of this year (i.e., D1 = $4.50). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. The required rate of return on the stock is, rs, is 12%. What is the estimated value per share of Boehm stock?
Question 4
Assume that the average firm in Masters Corporation’s industry is expected to grow at a constant rate of 3% and that its dividend yield is 5%. Masters is about as risky as the average firm in the industry and just paid a dividend (D0) of $2.5. Analysts expect that the growth rate of dividends will be 25% during the first year (g0,1 = 25%) and 10% during the second year (g1,2 = 10%). After Year 2, dividend growth will be constant at 5%. What is the required rate of return on Masters’s stock? What is the estimated intrinsic per share?
Question 5
Several years ago, Macro Riders issued preferred stock with a stated annual dividend of 5% of its $600 par value. Preferred stock of this type currently yields 10%. Assume dividends are paid annually.
a. What is the estimated value of Macro’s preferred stock?
b. Suppose interest rate levels have risen to the point where the preferred stock now yields 14%. What would be the new estimated value of Macro’s preferred stock?
Question 6
1. Define each of the following terms:

  • Call option
  • Put option
  • Strike price or exercise price
  • Expiration date
  • Exercise value
  • Option price
  • Time value
  • Writing an option
  • Covered option
  • Naked option
  • In-the-money call
  • Out-of-the-money call
  • LEAPS

2. The current price of a stock is $50. In 1 year, the price will be either $65 or $35. The annual risk-free rate is 10%. Find the price of a call option on the stock that has an exercise price of $55 and that expires in 1 year. (Hint: Use daily compounding.)
3. The exercise price on one of Chrisardan Company’s call options is $20, its exercise value is $27, and its time value is $8. What are the option’s market value and the price of the stock?

For this assignment, you will be creating a poster to represent three relationships in your life. The relationships you choose can be ones that you are currently engaged in, or ones that have ended; it should however, be somewhat recent. You do not need to disclose any information you are not comfortable with disclosing. Your poster can include song lyrics, newspapers articles, personal or general photos, magazine clippings, articles, poetry, prose, art, etc. that represents these relationships to you.
My hope is that you will get creative with this assignment and showcase these relationships however you see fit. On your poster, be sure to tie each relationship to at least 2 concepts discussed in lecture or readings.
You are welcome to complete your poster using an online tool (Canva, Google Slides, etc.) or create an actual poster and upload a photo to Canvas. Your poster will be uploaded to our week ten discussion board, so we can “workshop” all together, and engage with each other’s work (similar to an online poster session). The goal of this assignment is to provide an opportunity to apply course concepts to your personal relationships, engage in the material and creatively express what you have learned this quarter.
BREAKDOWN OF POINTS (100 TOTAL POINTS)
Ability to Integrate Course Concepts into Three Personal Relationships (50 points)
Student has integrated at least two concepts to each relationship (six total concepts on the poster) and this is clearly connected and showcased on the poster in a creative, but direct, manner. It is obvious which concepts belong to which relationship.
Creativity (30 points)
Student creatively showcases three relationships on their poster. Student used a variety of artistic details/choices to exemplify the relationships (including, but not limited to: song lyrics, newspaper articles, photos, magazine clippings, articles, poetry, prose, art, etc.). The student does an excellent job at representing each relationship.
Assignment Logistics (20 points)
The poster is uploaded to our week ten discussion board on time. It is obvious that time, thought, reflection and effort were put into the poster. The poster is very well put together.
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 Psychology homework help
For this Assignment, start by selecting one of the case studies (accessible from the Course Resources) and develop a patient portfolio. The goal of the portfolio is to identify a disorder and recommend a plan of action to help the patient manage his or her symptoms and change behavior for therapeutic outcomes.
To begin your Assignment, do a search of the Library and the internet. You are also to use course material, but your project should include at least four additional references from the library and/or the internet (your final Assignment must include one library resource). The internet sources you use for the Assignment should be credible. You should not use internet sites such as Wikipedia where anyone can post information or About.com. Your information should be from acceptable psychological or medical societies, such as the National Institute of Health, Web MD, etc.
You will address the following areas that are outlined in the patient portfolio document. Part 2 through Part 4 of the patient portfolio should be a minimum of 675 words. All work should be in the student’s own words with quotes used very sparingly. No more than 10% of the work should be direct quotations.
Using the provided template, as-is, develop the patient’s portfolio by addressing the following:
Part 1: Background information about the patient
Provide background information that includes (a) the patient’s disorder, and (b) a list of the diagnostic criteria that the patient meets listed in the DSM-5 under the diagnostic criteria for the disorder.
Part 2: Psychological Approach
Select a psychological theory from the course textbook (chose either a cognitive or behavioral theory). Refer directly to the textbook or an academic source to explain the theory. After explaining the theory, apply it by discussing how it may explain the development of the case study’s mental illness. (Approximately 225 words)
Part 3: Biological Approach
Select a theory from the biological approach from the course textbook (choose either the genetic or neurological influence). Refer directly to the textbook or an academic source to explain the theory. After explaining the theory, apply it by discussing how it may explain the development of the case study’s mental illness. (Approximately 225 words)
Part 4: Sociocultural Approach
Select a theory from the social and cultural or interpersonal relationship approach from the course textbook. Refer to the textbook or an academic source to explain the theory. After explaining the theory, apply it by discussing how it may explain the development of the case study’s mental illness. (Approximately 225 words)
Part 5: Treatment

  1. Discuss what types of medical approaches (ECT, prescription medications, psychosurgery, or current medical devises) you would recommend for the patient by referring to studies showing its effectiveness in treating the disorder. (Approximately 75 words)
  2. Compare and contrast the side effects the patient may experience from the selected type of medical approach and support what benefit the treatment has on the brain chemistry or neurotransmitter activity. (Approximately 75 words)
  3. Discuss psychotherapy options (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, exposure therapy). Explain the chosen therapy and specifically how the patient would benefit from it. (Approximately 100 words)
  4. Provide both short and long-term goals for the patient’s treatment plan. Include accomplishments or behavioral changes you want to see in the patient. (Approximately 75 words)

Part 6: Conclusion
Defend which of the approaches can best explain the development (or cause) of the case study’s mental disorder and why your chosen treatment plan would be the most beneficial plan for the patient (biological approach, psychological approach, or sociocultural approach). (Approximately 150 words)
Submitting Your Assignment
Referring to the textbook and five additional credible sources, complete the Unit 8 Patient Profile Assignment Template. Complete the document in 4–5 pages (approximately 1200 words),

Special Populations Essay
Your essay should be approximately one page in length (not including the cover and reference page.) Follow APA format and be sure to cite, and reference all outside sources that you used.
There are various considerations that must be taken into account when initiating drug therapies in a geriatric, pediatric, or pregnancy patient. In a well-developed essay, discuss one to two key factors/elements that must be taken into consideration when initiating a particular drug (your selection) in a geriatric, pediatric, or pregnant patient.
Include the following elements in your essay:
 An introduction with an argumentative thesis statement
 The description and considerations of the first key factor
 The description and considerations of the second key factor
 A conclusion
 At least two outside sources. One can be your textbook, but the other must be from the CSU Online Library.
Your essay should be approximately one page in length (not including the cover and reference page.) Follow APA format and be sure to cite, and reference all outside sources that you used.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below. Follow APA format and be sure to cite, and reference all outside sources that you used

Find and Summarize 2 sources separately answering questions below in the summery
Paper topic-   The impact of bullying behaviors on children both as bullies and victims

  • Choose 2 articles on your paper topic (from the list you submitted or new ones that you found since then)
  • The articles must be research studies where data was collected. (Theory pieces are fine for your paper, but not for this assignment.)
    • This assignment is worth 30 pointsSummarize the design of each of the articles by answering the following questions using the terminology from your reading
      • Was the study correlational, experimental, or some combination of both?
      • How do you know?
      • Was it done in the laboratory or the field?
      • What conclusions can be drawn from the study?
      • What conclusions cannot be drawn from the study?
      • What are some strengths and limitations of the research design?
      • Name two areas for future research based on the article (either those listed in the paper or your own ideas)
    •  I needed to see a discussion of whether the study was correlation or experimental based on the design of the study – was an independent variable manipulated?
please provide the two responses in 75 to 100 words for below discussion posts
Post#1
COLLAPSE
Nowadays internet is growing very fast and more collaboration services are added to the internet like online payment, online data storage, social apps, and many more so everybody from the home user to a big organization is looking for secure data storage because cyber threats are growing increasingly. Cybercriminals plan strategies for data tempting by accessing the company’s private network after that asks money to save the organizational data, also this is not with a single company, but it is with any home user to any organization. “Although almost all cloud vendors claim that their clouds are safe, security concerns are still raised widely among cloud users” (Chen, Sharieh & Blainey, 2018). To Save from this hassle a business owner can devise the SECaaS i.e. Security as a Service.
SECaaS is based on cloud base platform where a user can save its all data over the cloud and can access it from anywhere in the world, also it is more secured than other platforms like to save locally. Nowadays CIO and CTO of the organizations having the preference for security as a service because of many reasons like cost-effective, easy to use, protection against new threats, Auto-updates and customizations, and many more. “Driven by the advances in sensing, processing, storage, and cloud technologies, sensor deployments are pervasive, and thus an increasing amount of information is available to devices in the Internet of Things (IoT)” (Chen & Zhu,2017). Some of them we will discuss below:
Cost-Effective: There is no special manpower is required to move data from one server to another and vice versa also it saves time as well while doing movement of data.
Ease of Use: There is no specialized training is required for any home user to any organizational IT also it is available to access instantly.
Save from latest cyber threats: As it is always up to date so a business owner can be stress-free as it can tackle to latest cyber threats as well.
Disaster Management: In event of a disaster your data will be saved on the cloud and security as a service ensures the same.
User Authentication & Encryption: This service is based on user authentication with the user’s password for access the data saved is encrypted as well. There are several reasons to choose security as a service.
Flexibility: These offer the particular service you want to choose for your organization instead of a whole package.
Availability: Your data is available 24x7x365 days without any issues. “In the Security-as-a-service model the focus is on security delivered as cloud services; i.e. security provided through the cloud instead of on-premise security solutions” (Sharma, Dhote, & Potey, 2016).
Report:- SECaaS is having the reporting management where you can check the significant security events, attack logs, and other significant data.
TCO:- Total cost of ownership helps to share the results between the traditional following method and new platform i.e. security as a service. Also along with this user can same the time by accessing the content even the user is sitting in any part of the world and last you will find the lower TCO while adapting SECaaS.
Post#2
 
“Security as a service (SECaaS) is an outsourced service wherein an outside company handles and manages your security”. (Brook, 2018). In the fundamental way, using anti-virus sound over the Internet is the best definition of security as a service. Security as a service no more offers security solutions centrally, where the IT department installs the virus detection software, spam filtering software and other security tools on each computer or network or server, upgrades the software or advises us to use it. The old way to do it is pricey as well. Hardware expenses and licensing costs continue to allow us to use the app. Instead, security as a service helps us to use only a web browser tool to make it direct and cost-effective.
For certain businesses, the security competence deficit is an urgent challenge and in-house protection practitioners have to be able to take their time on the most important business activities. By defining tasks that SECaaS or managed security services (MSS) suppliers can handle, such as program setup, repair, and disaster recovery, companies can prioritize their available time and resources.
In the past, the dominant assumption was that protection could be triggered and left to work, so a big security force wasn’t really necessary. But with the growth of the danger scene and the acceptance of cybersecurity as a continuously evolving war against ever more advanced cyber criminals, this mentality has changed. Companies need to determine whether they need to recruit more protection practitioners-a battle in a very competitive and skilful industry-or whether they need technologies and services. (Byrne, 2018).
Security as a service has many advantages. The most evident is that it includes a web interface to administer the business. It supports ongoing updates and helps outsource manual functions, such as log management. The need for expensive technology consultants and researchers may also be bypassed by using a cloud based security product. SECaaS providers are heavily dependent on their on-going defense and records are continually updated to provide up-to – date security coverage. This also eliminates the problem, instead of integrating all elements into a management scheme, that of providing different infrastructures. Yet SECaaS provides far more security experience, in addition to being an effective means of saving money and time than normally possible within an enterprise. (Panda, 2016).
The use of security as a service has many benefits. Those are:
1. People are working with the most updated and best available security software. To be accurate and useful, anti-virus software must work with the current descriptions of the virus so that risks can be stuffed out and with the latest. People always use software that have the newest risks and options modified with security as a service. This does not mean that the customers should not upgrade their anti-virus software and keep other applications up to date and make sure we use the new security updates. The same is true with email filtering upgrade and repair.
2. We have the right protection staff to work with us. IT security professionals are at our service and may have more expertise and ability than anyone on our IT squad.
3. Faster production. The beauty of the services is that we are able to provide our customers with immediate access to these resources. On request, SECaaS deals are presented so that we can measure up or down as desired and do so with agility and speed.
4. Employees should concentrate on the organisation’s most critical issues. Using a web interface or a management dashboard, it’s easier to administer and regulate our own IT team ‘s security processes in our business.
5. Allows management in-house smoother. It is not enough to keep data secure if we have secured data. We should be mindful whether a customer accesses this information when he or she has no clear business intent.
6. Cost reductions. No hardware or software licensing needs to be purchased or paid for. Instead, it is possible to substitute upfront capital at a discount rate relative to upside costs with contingent operating expenses.
7. Protection against cyber-attacks and threats. Hackers are actively designing ransomware and cyberattacking tactics. With cyber security professionals developing strategies for existing cyber challenges, cyber criminals are increasingly designing new and creative ways to escape detection and penetrate business networks effectively in stealing their data. Therefore, good cyber defense strategies should be good at adapting not only to the current established cyber threats; they should also be able to detect and counteract new threats and emerging threats. We are not only shielded from current threats by outsourcing to an SECaaS provider; we are also protected from new threats. The security company works to be completely mindful of any new risks to cybersecurity. Our provider also guarantees the complete configuration of the network security system to defend against novel cyber-attacks. (Elliott,2020).

PAPER 1- minimum of 6 pgsWrite a paper that discusses the following 3 elements:Provide an overview of how health care in the United States has evolved since the postindustrial period.How has the evolution of medical technology, graduate medical education, and the professionalization of medical and nursing staff affected the delivery of care?Why has the United States been unsuccessful in evolving the current health care system into a national health care system?3 scholarly references.Please include in text citationsDUE 5/24/2017PAPER 2 minimum of 500 wordsComplete the following tasks: minimum ofResearch and discuss 1 piece of federal legislation that has affected the use of medical technology.Explain how changes in medical technology affect health care costs.Discuss 1-2 current trends in medical technology and how those trends are expected to impact the performance of the U.S. health care system and public health.2 references

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choose a real example of both a good leader that has established a healthy ethical culture in his or her organization and a bad leader that has created an unhealthy cultural environment in his or her organization. Using terminology from our text, describe how each culture has been created. Finally, discuss ways in which bad leadership can be systematically prevented.Be sure to complete each of the following steps:1. Identify and describe a real-life example of a leader who has established a good ethical culture and provide an argument for why their organization has a good ethical culture.2. Identify and describe a real-life example of a leader who has ruined the ethical culture of an organization and provide an argument for why that leader is responsible for their company’s ethical decline.3. Provide an example of how a Formal Cultural System is used to prevent the damaging effects of bad leadership.

Course Objectives:

  • Critique a peer’s e-­portfolio and pitch by providing feedback using the assigned rubric.

Prompt
Examine the work of one of the peers with which you linked to in Week 5. You will be looking at the following elements:

  1. Completeness of Portfolium profile
  2. Correctness (absence of errors such as typos or spelling errors)
  3. Incorporation of quality artifacts
  4. Research on the basics of e-portfolios and importance today of networking sites

Instructions:
Create a PowerPoint presentation to relay findings to your classmate. Your presentation should be 8-10 slides in length.
In your presentation you must include the following:

  • Title slide
  • Agenda slide
  • At least four content slides
  • Reference slide with a minimum of 5 sources
  • Questions slide

Detailed speaker notes should be provided in the speaker notes section of the slide, or you can do a video of yourself giving the presentation.  If you are unaware of how to do the notes pages on the slide, please follow the following link provided in Supporting Materials
Supporting Materials