Explain the court’s decision, and relating the information to the materials covered in this week’s readings.

Visit one of the following sites:

The Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

These sites offer an overview of negotiable instruments law, federal and state statutes and regulations, and federal and state court decisions. Using one of these sites, search for “negotiable instruments”.

Choose one of the cases listed (not the results from US Code).

Write a 1-2 page summary discussing the case, explaining the court’s decision, and relating the information to the materials covered in this week’s readings.

Be sure to document the case you choose to use by listing the name of parties involved, dates of decision (if given), along with appropriate APA citations of the website URL.

Discuss how the codes apply to information presented in the Module 7 reading assignment.

Discuss how the codes apply to information presented in the Module 7 reading assignment. For example, what particular aspect of the codes addresses ethical responsibilities to stakeholders such as employees, clients, or the public?

Your research should be documented by citing at least five credible sources, such as a newspaper, a biographic article, book, or website. To assist you in your research, the library has the following tutorials and links for you to use:

Getting Started with Your Research: https://my.excelsior.edu/group/library/get-started-with-research
Frequently Asked Questions: https://my.excelsior.edu/group/library/faq
Research Databases: https://my.excelsior.edu/group/library/articles-and-research-databases
1. Communication and Mass Media Complete, listed alphabetically, fifth down the list

Be sure to check your essay for grammar and spelling errors before you sub

What kind of marketing strategy would you use for your consulting business and why?

Scroll down and click “Respond” to post your reply to the Discussion topics. Please review the Discussion Board Participation grading rubric on your course Syllabus. This is important information that will ensure that you earn maximum points. Your postings should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the Discussion.

Topics

Marketing Planning

You are a small start-up consulting service business in your own local market. Your feasibility analysis indicates that you have several struggling small businesses that are opportunities in your community. At present there are no other consulting businesses with which you would compete.

What kind of marketing strategy would you use for your consulting business and why? What would your implementation plan be?

You can go to information regarding marketing plans on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) site at: http://www.sba.gov/

Look under creating your business plan, marketing and sales, and then under the helpful blogs regarding a marketing plan.

Respond per your Syllabus guidelines.

Determine the amount of income tax to withhold for each employee, proceeding as follows:

Discussion 2 of 2

There are two methods of calculating the Federal Income Tax withholding. What determines the method used by an employer? Continuing with Continuing Payroll Problem B on page 4-67 determine the amount of federal income tax withholding for each employee. Each person show the work for one hourly and one salaried employee only.

CONTINUING PAYROLL PROBLEM • B

Refer to the partially completed payroll register which you worked on at the end of Chapter 3. You will now determine the amount of income tax to withhold for each employee, proceeding as follows:

1. In the appropriate columns of your payroll register, record the marital status and number of withholding allowances claimed for each employee, using the information provided.

2. Record the payroll deductions for the SIMPLE plan that the employer has established for participating employees. All of the employees are participating, and their weekly contributions are listed below. The tax deferral on these deductions applies only to the federal income tax.

3. Record the amount of federal income taxes using the wage-bracket method. (Must use percentage method for Olney.)

4. Record the state income taxes on the gross weekly earnings for each employee. The rate is 3.07% for the state of Pennsylvania.

5. Record the city income taxes on the gross weekly earnings of each employee. The rate is 1.35% for the city of Allentown residents.

Analyze how future technology trends may help terrorist groups support their agendas.

Write a1050 to 1400-word paper in which you describe how the use of the Internet has helped terrorist groups further their agendas.

Address the following in your paper:
- Describe how terrorist groups use social media.
- Analyze how future technology trends may help terrorist groups support their agendas.
- Assess the threat that future technologies present and describe how to counter the threats.

Format your paper following APA guidelines.

How would you expand the business?

2. To answer 2 pages on Question 3:

How would you expand the business? would you add more products, more geographies or by selling private lables? As you expand the business, how can the company become more profitable, particulary inlight of the costs associated with the focus on service?

Identify a potential cause of the thefts and provide two recommendations to the management of The Yogurt Company on how they can eliminate this problem.

Review Action Time 3.1: The Yogurt Company and Security (found in Chapter 3 of the text). In 200-300 words, identify a potential cause of the thefts and provide two recommendations to the management of The Yogurt Company on how they can eliminate this problem.

Live Racking at B.M.W.

Review Case Study 5.1: Live Racking at B.M.W. found in Chapter 5 of the text. Assume that you are the warehouse director for B.M.W. B.M.W. has learned that the 39-second cycle time described in the case is inadequate for 21st century operations and has asked you to reduce the cycle time down to 30 seconds or less. In 200-300 words, identify a technique described in Chapter 4 or 5 that could potentially be used to reduce cycle time down to 30 seconds or less. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

How do you think your chosen metaphor affects the conflict?

For this discussion, let’s consider the use of “war metaphors.” Conflict often occurs among different nations and nation-states such as India and Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, and others. Media coverage of conflicts is not the only way that the language of war infuses our daily lives. Metaphors such as “advancing the argument,” “attacking your opponent,” “seizing the high ground,” “being off target,” or “shooting down a point” are sometimes used in personal and intercultural communication. Let’s consider these and other examples and how they affect a conflict.

In a post of 200 words or more, tell us about a war metaphor that you might use or have heard used and answer the following question:

• How do you think your chosen metaphor affects the conflict?

Once you have completed your post, read two peer posts and respond by analyzing the metaphors they used. In your opinion how effective is the metaphor they present?

Ethanol: Identify at least three advantages and three disadvantages of its use.

Public Complaint

In the newspaper, find an example of a public complaint against a police department. It can be a police agency of any size, at the municipal, state, or federal level.

In a one page paper, outline the nature of the complaint and answer the following questions:

How would you begin investigating the complaint mentioned?

What kind of morale problems might results from an inadequate investigation?

Be sure to include the full source of the article.

Ethanol

In 2-3 pages, using APA-style formatting, discuss ethanol as a transportation fuel. Identify at least three advantages and three disadvantages of its use. Also, assess the government’s policy regarding ethanol and make a recommendation as to whether you feel use of ethanol is a feasible approach to decreasing the amount of oil used to power vehicles.

What are some of the similarities and differences between motivational interviewing techniques used in a counseling setting and persuasive techniques used in a business sales setting?

What are some of the similarities and differences between motivational interviewing techniques used in a counseling setting and persuasive techniques used in a business sales setting? What are the ethical considerations in each setting? Be sure to cite as appropriate, the online course, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources to