Compare and contrast these readings (Gioia 1992; Jones & Ryan 1998; Monahan & Quinn 2006; Sonenshein 2007) and produce a reflection on the four articles about what ethical decision making is, and the factors that influence ethical decision making in organisations.

Compare and contrast these readings (Gioia 1992; Jones & Ryan 1998; Monahan & Quinn 2006; Sonenshein 2007) and produce a reflection on the four articles about what ethical decision making is, and the factors that influence ethical decision making in organisations.

In this critical reflection you should provide a reasoned explanation for choosing the perspective(s) that you believe best explain ethical decision making in organisations.

Jones, TM & Ryan, LV (1998) ‘The effect of organizational forces on individual morality: Judgment, moral approbation, and behavior (Links to an external site.)‘, Business Ethics Quarterly, 8 (3), 431-45. Gioia, D. A. (1992). ‘Pinto fires and personal ethics: A script analysis of missed opportunities’, (Links to an external site.)Journal of Business Ethics, 11(5-6), 379-389. Monahan, S. C., & Quinn, B. A. (2006) ‘Beyond ‘bad apples’ and ‘weak leaders’ Toward a neo-institutional explanation of organizational deviance (Links to an external site.)‘. Theoretical Criminology, 10(3), 361-385.

Sonenshein, S. (2007) ‘The role of construction, intuition, and justification in responding to ethical issues at work: The sensemaking-intuition model’, (Links to an external site.) Academy of Management Review, 32(4), 1022-1040.

GUIDE:

1) Focus on the 4 articles provided. There is no need to include others – you can if you desperately want to but remember we really want you to compare and contrast these 4.

2) Read all the articles and summarize them attempting to overview and capture their major arguments – what do these authors propose? You cant fake having read the articles and this will take you some time. Every bit of reading you do here, will be of benefit to you in the first two assessment tasks, and may also be helpful in the exam. In other words, you will directly benefit from it.

3) Summarizing articles enable you to compare and contrast them – you need to be able to overview whats written in them – the major arguments – so that you really understand the essence of them and enough of the detail. It will also help you build connections between these articles and other ideas/concepts/theories contained within the course.

4) Make sure you conclude by answering the question – which of the articles you believe best explains the decision making process and tell the reader why.

Discuss the importance of the organization’s policies and practices as they relate to information systems and IT infrastructure.

Your Smallville client has asked you to gather details to meet IT audit requirements to determine whether IT services meet the organization’s objectives. Prepare a report for your Smallville client on IT audit objectives, risk assessment, and what help you may need from them to complete this task. Write or present as if to the client.

Review the Gail Industries Case Study.

Write a  report or create a media-rich presentation with speaker notes in which you:

  • Describe the reasons it is important to conduct periodic reviews of information systems to determine whether they continue to meet the organization’s objectives.
  • Discuss the importance of the organization’s policies and practices as they relate to information systems and IT infrastructure.
  • Identify strategic and operational objectives for planning for the audit.
  • Evaluate different risk assessments techniques and monitoring tools to consider during an audit process.
  • Note: You are preparing for a systems audit, not a financial audit. Frame your analysis around the systems, not the accounting or finance aspects directly.

Socrates says it is impossible to harm a good man either in life or in death.Discuss how does that make any sense?

Socrates says it is impossible to harm a good man either in life or in death. How does that make any sense? Good men can certainly be killed, and Socrates knows that, so in what sense are they ‘not being harmed’? Is that sense really the one that matters?

Discuss and define key items in an SLA, the use of predictive analytics and how an IT manager might use such analytics, how to mitigate vendor lock-in.

 

  • Cloud Services – based on content from Chapters 10-13 in Cloud computing: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, virtualization, business models, mobile, security and more.
  • Overview: Discuss and define key items in an SLA, the use of predictive analytics and how an IT manager might use such analytics, how to mitigate vendor lock-in.
  • Guidelines for Submission: Submit a Word document that is 3-4 pages in length (excluding title page, references, and appendices) and include at least three credible scholarly references to support your findings.use apa guidelines to site references
  • Include the following critical elements in your essay:
  • I.  Discuss key items that should be included in an SLA.
  • II. Define predictive analytics and discuss how an IT manager might use such analytics.
  • III. Define and discuss vendor lock-in and identify steps a company should take to mitigate this risk.
  • Required elements:

 

Develop a counseling program using the information provided in the Figler and Bolles’ book, your textbook, and one additional source.

Develop a counseling program using the information provided in the Figler and Bolles’ book, your textbook, and one additional source.

Include the following things:

· Processes you would use for identifying and using career, avocation, education, occupational and labor market information.

· Approaches you would use for assessing the conditions of the work environment on the client’s life experiences.

· Strategies for career development, program planning, organization, implementation, administration, and evaluation are identified in the textbook and supplemental reading.

What role do the administrative agencies, the media, and individual citizens play in making policy?

Who are the primary and secondary actors involved in the policymaking process? What role does each play? How effective are Congress and the president in creating effective public policy? What role do the administrative agencies, the media, and individual citizens play in making policy?

Create an Activity Plan with your site supervisor that identifies the plan for attaining the knowledge and skills identified in the Learning Contract.

Create an Activity Plan with your site supervisor that identifies the plan for attaining the knowledge and skills identified in the Learning Contract.

Include the following:

1. Resources utilized, including readings, websites, and agency materials

2. Persons to be consulted

3.Observations to be done

4.Timeline for goals to be met

5. Feedback loop: Plan for revisiting the Activity Plan to determine progress towards meeting learning goals and appropriate revisions

Reflect on your progress in gaining knowledge, skills, attitudes, and identity of professional practice.

Each week you must write a paper of approximately 250 words reflecting upon the week’s learning experiences at the agency in which you are completing your practicum.Summarize the task areas you performed and the number of hours in each, as per the “Typhon Weekly Hour Log.”Reflect on your progress in gaining knowledge, skills, attitudes, and identity of professional practice. Explore any concerns that arose and may require special supervision or faculty intervention.

What factors would cause an acquirer to include deferred tax assets and liabilities in the net identifiable assets acquired?

Select three of the following questions for your initial response. Copy and paste the questions you decide to answer in bold type. It is a good idea to select questions to which you do not know the answer or would like to understand better. Also, be bold and answer a question you have not seen a classmate answered yet.

  1. What effect will a subsidiary’s 15% stock dividend have on the consolidation entries used in preparing a consolidated balance sheet at the end of the      year in which the dividend is distributed?
  2. What effect will a subsidiary’s 15% stock dividend have on the consolidated financial statements?
  3. S Corporation holds 70% ownership of B Company, and B Company holds 60% of P Company. Should P Company be consolidated with S Company? Why or why not?
  4. P Company holds 80% percent ownership of S Company, and S Company owns 90% of the stock of T Company. What effect will $100,000 of unrealized company profits on T’s books on December 31, 20X5 have on the amounts reported as consolidated net income and income assigned to the controlling interest?
  5. How will parent company shares held by a subsidiary be reflected in the    consolidated balance sheet when the treasury stock method is used?
  6. Explain how a reciprocal ownership arrangement between two subsidiaries could lead the parent company to overstate its income if no adjustment is made for     the reciprocal relationship?
  7. How do the consolidation entries at the end of the year change when an acquisition occurs at midyear rather than the beginning of the year?
  8. What factors would cause an acquirer to include deferred tax assets and liabilities in the net identifiable assets acquired?
  9. Are there any book-tax differences that may arise in an acquisition that does    not require the inclusion of a deferred tax asset or liability in the net     identifiable assets acquired?
  10. How do unrealized profits on intercompany transfers affect the amount reported as income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements?
  11. How are dividends paid to the parent’s preferred shareholders and to the subsidiary’s preferred shareholders in computing consolidated EPS?
  12. Why are payments to suppliers not shown in the statement of cash flows when the indirect method is used in presenting cash flows from operating activities?