What are some potential solutions to virtual team problems? Which solutions would apply to regular project teams also?

Discussion question for Ethics in Organizations.

Should America Fire Ronald McDonald?

There are ethical issues and potential ramifications to consider in marketing, when unhealthy products (or those that would be unhealthy when consumed in excess) are sold. Examples could include some of the advertising used for sodas and sugary drinks, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and high-calorie “junk food.” A particularly sensitive topic is the issue of marketing to children. Think about how perceptions of “healthy,” what business practices are socially acceptable, and where responsibilities lie have changed over time.

Several articles on this subject have been identified for you in the South University Online Library and are listed below. Review those and conduct your own research on this topic. Then respond to the following:

  • Ronald McDonald has been a staple in advertising McDonald’s fast food restaurants since the 1960s. What ethical issues do you see in using Ronald McDonald or McDonald’s new mascot, Happy, to market to children?
  • Is it ethical to use either Ronald or Happy in McDonald’s charitable efforts? What issues concern you?
  • Should McDonald’s and other food sellers do more to make their menus healthy?
  • What changes do you think should be made to try and resolve some of these issues, and how would you go about implementing them?

Be sure to cite appropriately from your reading/research in your post and responses. As you respond to your peers, debate the resolution of ethical dilemmas based upon your reading, research, and experience; consider the issues from multiple perspectives and the problems that can arise when trying to resolve these issues.

You may use these references as you begin researching this assignment:

  • Bakir, A., & Vitell, S. J. (2010). The ethics of food advertising targeted toward children: Parental viewpoint. Journal of Business Ethics, 91(2), 299–311. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0084- 2
  • Beaubien, G. (2011). Ronald McDonald’s role reduced in image revamp. Public Relations Strategist, 17(1), 27.
  • Hansen, D. (2006, June 5). Ronald McDonald fronts 2010 Olympic fitness pitch. The Vancouver Sun.
  • McDonald’s gives Ronald makeover for healthier image. (2005, June 10). Kamloops Daily News.
  • McDonald’s introduces new mission and image for Ronald McDonald. (2014). Food and Beverage Close-Up.

Based on your readings in the Strategic Market Management book, by David A. Aaker and Christine Moorman, eleventh edition,what areas do you feel will be challenging to accomplish?

Q. Based on your readings in the Strategic Market Management book, by David A. Aaker and Christine Moorman, eleventh edition,

1. What areas do you feel will be challenging to accomplish?

2. How would you plan to collect data in order to conduct research on what is needed?

3. What data and metrics would you take into account in order to evaluate an existing brand?

Please feel free to read the following sources for additional information on data-driven marketing:

– https://marketinginsidergroup.com/content-marketing/marketing-needs-data-driven/

– https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2016/08/25/data-driven-marketing

– https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/8722-build-your-marketing-data-strategy-in-6-step

Write a detailed narrative explaining the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient.

Based on the scenarios provided:

  • Select one scenario, and reflect on the material presented throughout this course.
  • What necessary information would need to be obtained about the patient through health assessments and diagnostic tests?
  • Consider how you would respond as an advanced practice nurse. Review evidence-based practice guidelines and ethical considerations applicable to the scenarios you selected.

The Lab Assignment

Write a detailed narrative explaining the health assessment information required for a diagnosis of your selected patient. Explain how you would respond to the scenario as an advanced practice nurse using evidence-based practice guidelines and applying ethical considerations. Justify your response using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.

In response to your peers discuss the success and shortcomings of each model’s application.

Using a social problem of your choosing (i.e.: addiction, homelessness, suicide, etc.) and the problem must be different that one you chose for your paper. Create a scenario and choose the model you see as the best fit to address your selected social problem, either the medical model, the public health model, or the human services model.

In response to your peers discuss the success and shortcomings of each model’s application.

“do you know” is an investigative role about the news articles or report regarding politically related, the current issues in the world of politics and social relations. Write two article and what you think about it as an political science student (agree or disagree).

“do you know” is an investigative role about the news articles or report regarding politically related, the current issues in the world of politics and social relations. Write two article and what you think about it as an political science student (agree or disagree).

Select a particular botnet and discuss the target of the attack, how the botnet was spread, and what the purpose of the attack was.

Do some Web research on botnets, explore what types of botnets there are, how they are formed, and for what purposes a botnet is created. Select a particular botnet and discuss the target of the attack, how the botnet was spread, and what the purpose of the attack was.

Briefly name three (3) components required to successfully conceive a complex set of inter-operable processes and implementable procedures and structural elements.

Q1:  In order to interpret the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) diagram. It is recommended that we start from the outside of the diagram.

Briefly name three (3) components required to successfully conceive a complex set of inter-operable processes and implementable procedures and structural elements.

Discuss the 6 categories of brand names identified in chapter 16 and explain which category best describes the Tastykake brand name.

1)    Discuss fully the 6 categories of new products and provide a detailed justification for how you would categorize the Tastykake Sensables line. Apply the concepts from chapter 1 and support your position with facts from the case.

2)    Explain fully all aspects of the New Product Development 5 Stage Process.  Evaluate the Tastykake Sensables new product development activities by comparing and contrasting to the process described in chapter 2.

3)    Create a product innovation charter (P.I.C.) for Tastykake.  Explain in detail all aspects of a product innovation charter discussed in chapter 3.

4)    Develop a concept statement for Tastykake Sensables. Explain fully the 3 aspects of the product concept and 2 approaches to writing a concept statement discussed in chapter 4.

5)    Discuss fully the 4 steps in the problem analysis procedure, reverse brainstorming. Chapter 5

6)  Discuss fully the 3 types of attributes, analytical attribute techniques, and determinant gap maps for snack products. Chapter 6

7) Discuss fully adaptive conjoint analysis and the USA, Japanese, and German made car example. Chapter 7

8) a) Compare and contrast with examples, umbrella brand with individual brand strategies discussed in chapter 16.
Go to http://www.tastykake.com/products/  b) List 6 product types featured on that page and provide your reasoning for classifying the Tasty Baking Company brand strategy as either umbrella or individual.c) View the Tastykake packaging on www.amazon.com to get information to support your position.

9)  Discuss the 6 categories of brand names identified in chapter 16 and explain which category best describes the Tastykake brand name.

10) Identify and discuss 6 changes at Flowers Foods (Tastykake) from 2016 to 2018.  Refer to the Fact Sheets I provided.
For example, 2016 Sales $X vs 2018 Sales $Y

11) Identify and discuss 6 changes from the 2016 to 2019 Snack Food Industry.

Are Tastykake products Chips? Nuts? How does the report classify Tastykake products?  What changes have occurred in this category?

12) How would you classify the sale and marketing of some snack food products:

ethical and legal,

ethical, but illegal,

unethical, but legal,

unethical and legal.

How would you classify the sale and marketing of Tastykake products?

What is the ethical dilemma? Imagine you are a consultant… what actions would you recommend to Tastykake executives?

Discuss the rise of sea level and saltwater intrusion and how eroding coastlines affect human activities and ecosystems.

Choose ONE aspect of the environment that is impacted by climate change (from the 3 listed below: A, B, or C), and answer the 2 questions associated with the topic you chose:

  • Species extinction and habitat loss
    1. Explain how climate change impacts vulnerable species or results in the spread of invasive species.
    2. Explain how these changes will affect food webs.
  • Human health, agriculture, and infrastructure
    1. Explain how changing weather patterns affect food production, the spread of disease or damage to homes, transportation, or the electric grid.
    2. Discuss increases in pollution as a result of global warming.
  • Water, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels
    1. Explain how global warming is affecting ice caps and the impact to further warming.
    2. Discuss the rise of sea level and saltwater intrusion and how eroding coastlines affect human activities and ecosystems.