TaskAudience: Your English 102 instructorPurpose: To make a persuasive claim about a significant issue and support your claim using evidence from sourcesGenre: A research-based argumentConventions: A 2,000-2,500 word research paper with MLA or APA citation conventions (used consistently, only one style throughout) for in-text citations and a works cite pageCriteriaYour research-based argument will be evaluated according to the following criteria:Rhetorical choices- Does the research-based argument effectively fulfill its purpose and appeal to the audience?Content choices- Does the research-based argument make a clear, persuasive claim about a significant topic? Is the claim supported throughout the entire paper using evidence from sources? Are multiple perspectives on the topic, including counterarguments, discussed?Genre choices- Does the research-based argument effectively apply genre conventions for an academic research paper?Structural choices- Does the research-based argument introduction follow a logical arrangement?Linguistic choices- Does the research-based argument use effective language for the genre and rhetorical situation?Sources - all sources are currently imbedded in the draft document use this sources

ZIPCAR: CREATING VALUE IN THE MARKETPLACEActivity Type: Case AnalysisActivityIntroduction: Nearly a decade ago, the founders of Zipcar decided to bring the car-sharing experience to the United States. Since then, Zipcar has developed the gold standard by offering its members 24/7 access to thousands of cars around the world and creating a revolution in the way many think about alternate transportation.CaseZipcar is a membership-based car sharing service offering automobile rental to its members in hour or day increments. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Robin Chase and Antje Danielson, who were inspired by the success of car sharing in Europe; Avis Budget Group acquired the company in 2013. Zipcar has become the world’s largest car-sharing service in over 50 North American cities, 20+ European cities, and over 100 college campuses in North America.Zipcar offers different types of membership, with plans aimed at both occasional and frequent drivers. In addition, special plans for corporations and universities are offered. Aside from monthly or annual membership fees, customers pay rental charges to use a Zipcar. Members can view vehicle accessibility and reserve a vehicle on Zipcar’s website, using its mobile app, or on the telephone. “Zipsters” (as Zipcar members are called) are given a “Zipcard” that contains a wireless chip that opens their reserved vehicle; keys are stored inside the vehicle, along with a gas card members can use to fill the tank. When the Zipster is done with the car, s/he returns it to the car’s home location (a reserved spot for the automobile in the member’s area). Zipcar’s fleet consists of automobiles from Audi, BMW, Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Ford and Toyota have partnered with Zipcar to test their new electric and hybrid options with Zipcar members.Zipcar focuses not only on creating a convenient experience for its members, but also on developing awareness about alternative transportation options. One of Zipcar’s core missions is to “change the world through urban and environmental transformation.”Follow-Up ActivityZipcar has a special program targeted at universities. How might students’ wants and needs differ from those of Zipcar customers in general?Develop a brief marketing concept Zipcar should engage in when it works with universities? How to get students to use the product (Zipcar)?How can Zipcar create value for university administrators, such that they would be interested in having Zipcar locations on campus?Post your answers on the discussion board and respond to two peers post, you agree or disagree with their answer(s) and your reason why.Time New Roman, 12 font, 1 inch margins, line spacing 1.5. Memo style formatTo: ____________ (instructor name)From: ____________ (first name and last name)Re: ____________ (assignment name)Class: Online BA 317Post responses on the discussion board by the date posted no later than 11:59PM Pacific Time.Post should be no more than 400 words, MAX (1 page).Include references, make sure they are properly cited using APA style. References page is required to support your suggestion, observations, and solution to the problem.Please # each question you answer.

Assignment Details You graduated from the AIU Criminal Justice Bachelor Program only 1 year ago, and you are now the victim rights advocate for your county prosecutor’s office. When you entered the criminal justice program, you never dreamed that you would have a career helping victims of crimes to navigate the criminal justice system. Your duties include everything from comforting a victim of a sexual assault to helping the families of murder victims. You already have had opportunities to help many people, and this type of work makes you feel proud of what you do. You are so proud, and that it is all you speak about to your families and friends. When Grace, the chief attorney, asks you to do something, you try to do your absolute best. The following assignment is no different. Grace, the chief attorney (CA), asks you to draft a report that she will use in her presentation to the county commission. Her goal is to keep the victim witness assistant positions that currently exist and to increase the number of these positions in the future. She knows that providing victim advocacy is a relatively new concept to the criminal justice system and that the commissioners are not familiar with the concept that the criminal justice system should take a more active role with victims. Grace needs you to provide information from 8 of the following 12 areas of discussion in 3-5 pages:  Give a definition of victimology. What is the history of victimology, and how has it developed? Explain how it is different from criminology, sociology, or psychology. Who established the first safe houses for battered women? Where and when were these safe houses established? Who established the first rape crisis centers? Where and when were these centers established? How has the civil rights movement contributed to antidiscrimination efforts and the establishment of hate crime legislation and policy? What role have children’s rights groups played in highlighting the problems that child victims face in the criminal justice system? Which organizations might she contact that provide specific advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide? What services are not provided by government crime compensation programs? Explain the need for all states to require mandatory reporting by religious organizations of child abuse by clergy. How can the media be used to affect change in states that do not yet require mandatory reporting? Research the clergy abuse in a state of your choice, and answer the following: If mandatory reporting exists, how long has this been a requirement? What organizations are involved in tracking and helping the victims with this type of abuse? If mandatory reporting does not exist, what alternative processes exist for reporting clergy abuse?