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Suppose you have been hired by a small group of partners who are in the process of starting a new business. The business will design, produce, and sell an innovative product to the biomedical industry. The partners have a great deal of experience designing products but very little knowledge about starting a business. Due to the sensitive nature of the new business, you feel that the partners need to develop a code of ethics and a mission and vision statement for the company. They do not agree. You need to write a white paper (a document providing information on a topic) to convince them that this is an important step in establishing a new business.

Based on the scenario above, develop a white paper on the importance of mission and vision statements and a code of ethics. Use the Week 4 Assignment Template [DOCX] to develop your white paper with the following sections.

• Purpose of Mission and Vision Statements.
  • Explain the purpose of mission and vision statements using real-world examples and supporting evidence.
• Key Elements of Mission and Vision Statements.
  • Identify key elements within mission and vision statements and explain why the elements are important for a company.
• Purpose of a Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the purpose of a code of ethics and why the code should be directed toward all stakeholders, including leadership, employees, and customers.
• Key Elements of a Code of Ethics.
  • Identify key elements within a code of ethics and explain why the elements are important for a company.
• Relationship Between a Company’s Mission and Vision Statements and Its Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the relationship between a company’s mission and vision statements and its code of ethics in terms of strategic management.
• Role of Leadership in Promoting and Supporting the Mission, Vision, and Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the role of an organization’s leadership in promoting and supporting the mission, vision, and ethical principles of the organization, and discuss the consequences of a leader who fails to promote and support the mission, vision, and ethical principles of the company.

Discuss the ways in which environmental crimes can be a form of white-collar crime.

Explain the three cultural factors that lead to white-collar crime according to the cultural theory.

Defend or argue the deterrence theory of white-collar crime.

Compare and contrast the classical strain theory with one of the other two types of the strain theory.

Discuss the pros, cons, and potential ethical issues regarding the use of undercover investigations in white-collar crime.

Summarize four of the six main problems encountered by enforcement officials when addressing white-collar crime.

Choose a self-policing strategy and write a persuasive argument for its use versus a governmental policing strategy.

Compare an administrative white-collar crime proceeding versus a criminal white-collar crime proceeding.

Describe some of the reasons researchers believe judges treat white-collar offenders more leniently than traditional offenders. Then argue whether or not you believe white-collar offenders are punished more leniently than traditional offenders are. Provide evidence to support your argument.

Why are white-collar criminals more difficult to hold accountable in the criminal justice system than traditional criminals?

Choose a topic below and discuss how class played a role in the conflict.

Compare and contrast the different techniques for anomaly detection that were presented in Chapter 9.

Discuss techniques for combining multiple anomaly detection techniques to improve the identification of anomalous objects.

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1. Should pharmaceutical companies be blamed for causing the opioid epidemic? Why or why not? What role should they play in combating it?
2. What role have doctors played in creating the opioid epidemic? How much should they be blamed for addicts’ struggles? How can doctors help combat the epidemic?
3. Is using the legal system to prosecute addicts an effect means for combating the opioid epidemic? How might being incarcerated affect an addict? Should we be doing more to treat, rather than prosecute, Americans struggling with addiction?
4. Many Americans believe that drug use is a choice and that addicts should just use their will power to get over their addictions. How do these false beliefs affect how we treat addicts in our society? How do they contribute to prolonging the opioid epidemic? What more should we be doing to help and support Americans struggling with opioid addiction?

Research a topic related to organizational development and write a paper based on three peer reviewed article.

In a minimum 250-word paragraph, Answer the following questons: what do you see as the biggest difference between communites of practice and discoures communities. Between the two frameworks, which do you find to be the most useful for thinking about your professional and academic life and why? Explain and give examples.

The questions you will need to answer/analyze in paragraph form are:

1. How did John Muir and Josiah Whitney differ on their theories of how Yosemite Valley formed?
2. In 1872, what was John Muir’s data collection method for testing if glaciers are alive (moving)?
3. What is the data on the diminishing glaciers of the American West? The world? What does this melting coincide with?
4. Since record keeping began, what does the temperature record show for California and how does it affect the show pack in the Sierras?
5. When a glacier disappears, what are the effects on the local ecology?
6. What did the research find about the difference between the Lyell and Maclure Glaciers in Yosemite?

N.B. Support your arguments and conclusions. Explain your answers thoroughly. Reference any appropriate readings in your answer.

1) How have recent changes in technology (for example, robots, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence (AI), Virtual reality (VR), blockchain) affected the four major business-level strategies – overall low-cost, differentiation, focused, and hybrid or combination strategies? How does this relate to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage for a firm?

2) If a firm is successful domestically, it is likely to be successful internationally? Why or why not?

3) What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry?

4) Marcus Aurelius Antoninus said: “Time is a river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight then it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.” Explain what you think this statement means and what are its implications for managing strategically.

5) It is widely recognized that changes in technology and competition have diminished many of the traditional roles of location. Resources, capital, technology, and other inputs can be efficiently sourced in global markets. Firms can access immobile inputs via corporate networks. It is no longer necessary to locate near large markets to serve them. Governments are widely seen as losing their influence over competition to global forces. It is easy to conclude, then, that location is diminishing in importance. Do you agree or disagree with the statement that location is diminishing in importance in the global economy? Support your conclusions.