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Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies

Use the Internet to research the Apple Corporation, its current position and reputation regarding ethical and social responsibility, and the strategies that it currently employs to market its products. 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Examine Apple’s current position on the company’s ethical and social responsibilities, and determine whether or not the company has met these responsibilities. Provide two (2) examples that support your position.
2. Determine the impact that the publication of ethics and social responsibilities violations made by Apple’s suppliers has had on Apple’s reputation. Support your response with examples of the impact in question.
3. Suggest two (2) methods that Apple can utilize to ensure that its suppliers adhere to wage and benefits standards going forward. Justify your response.
4. Determine whether or not you believe that Apple’s customers would be willing to pay more for its products if Apple had to increase selling prices in order to provide better wages and benefits for suppliers’ workers. Provide a rationale for your position.
5. Analyze Apple’s current overall marketing strategy. Recommend two (2) actions that Apple can take in order to improve its competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Support your response with examples of instances where your recommendations yielded the desired results.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the private enterprise systems, drivers of change on the system, ethical and social responsibilities of business, and the requirements for success in today’s business environment.
• Analyze the factors that drive supply and demand, different types of market structures in a free enterprise system, and factors of stability in a nation’s economy.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary business.
• Write clearly and concisely about contemporary business using proper writing mechanics.

Paper format 

Discuss White’s argument that the legal bureaucracy of criminal justice inhibits police cooperation. Do you agree or disagree with his statement that efforts to increase homeland defense efficiency will not change relationships? Explain.

This is the book to use as a ref: White, Jonathan (2011), Terrorism and Homeland Security: Law Enforcement and Homeland Security. 8th edition.

Work needs to answer question, no plagiarism, 1-2 paragraphs, no extensions.  

3-4 pages with references

. Your article should cover one or more of the following topics that were introduced in your readings:

·  multicultural marketing

·  global implementation planning

·  global marketing and sales strategies

Support your analysis with what you have learned from the course text, in addition to peer-reviewed articles.

Strahle, W. M., Spiro, R. L., & Acito, F. (1996). Marketing and sales: Strategic alignment and functional implementation. The Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 16(1), 1-1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/216749395?accountid=32521

P’kolino Case Study Analysis

Case studies are a great way to apply your new knowledge to a real world situation. This week you will read and interpret the P’kolino case study located in your textbook.

• Chapter Seven Case Study: P’kolino (pages 261 – 304).
• Case Study questions are on page 304.

Write a 2-3 page paper.

Address the following in your paper:

• Does the business plan tell a coherent and compelling story?
• If not, what would you change?
• Does the plan capture all of the learning that Antonio and JB have accumulated?
• If not, what would you change?
• What three questions do you think Antonio and JB need to answer through further planning before they launch the venture?
• Give a thorough explanation of each
• What are the three strongest aspects of the plan?
• Give a thorough explanation of each
• What areas need improvement?

Provide a summary/concluding paragraph

Grading Criteria Assignments	Maximum Points
Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria	40
Demonstrates an understanding of lesson concepts	20
Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts	30
Uses proper mechanics, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, and APA formatting	10
Total	100

Consider the following statements about capital budgeting.
a. _______ is (are) more appropriate for long-term investments.
b. _______ highlights risky investments.
c. _______ shows the effect of the investment on the company’s accrual-based income.
d. _______ is the interest rate that makes the NPV of an investment equal to zero.
e. In capital rationing decisions, management must identify the discount rate when the _______ method is used.
f. _______ provides management with information on how fast the cash invested will be recouped.
g. _______ is the rate of return, using discounted cash flows, a company can expect to earn by investing in the asset.
h. _______ does not consider the asset’s profitability.
i. _______ uses accrual accounting rather than net cash inflows in its computation.
Requirement:
1. Fill in each statement with the appropriate capital budgeting method: Payback period, ROR, NPV, or IRR.

Water Planet is considering purchasing a water park in Atlanta, Georgia, for $1,870,000. The new facility will generate annual net cash inflows of $460,000 for eight years. Engineers estimate that the facility will remain useful for eight years and have no residual value. The company uses straight-line depreciation, and its stockholders demand an annual return of 10% on investments of this nature.

Requirements:

1. Compute the payback period, the ROR, the NPV, the IRR, and the profitability index of this investment.

2. Recommend whether the company should invest in this project.