Focus of the Final Project: APA Formateight pages in length and include a reference of all resources used. At least three sources should be from scholarly journals, e.g. Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing, or Harvard Business Review. This paper will be a research project that tests a hypothesis chosen by the student that can relate to the place of current employment or previous employment but may not include or involve human subjects directly.Sample general topics could include:Manufacturing Quality/Cost ImprovementService Quality ImprovementSystems DesignAccounts Receivable/Billing/AR AgingMarketing/Advertising IssuesSales of GoodsInvestmentsProduct SafetyWorkplace SafetyLabor PoolsHR matters of broad concernPopulation StudiesOthers approved by course instructorThe hypothesis should be a possible cause and effect relationship regarding a process, underlying assumption, or plan that is important to the business. It should not be too broad. The hypothesis must be approved by the instructor by the end of the third week of class. The research process of planning, data sampling, collection and data evaluation should be described. The type of study should be defined and justified. Collect a small representative data sample. Fifteen is the recommended sample size. The data can be collected from observations, surveys, or historical records. The data results should be summarized and displayed and a brief analysis should be included. Use appropriate descriptive or inferential statistics.

Resolving Ethical Business Challenges: Karl Read “Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” in Chapter 2 of your text, and then address the following points.  Support your response with evidence from the text. What are the ethical and legal issues at stake in the scenario? What are Karl’s options? Discuss the acceptability and commercial use of sex, violence, and gambling in the United States. Is marketing sex, violence, and gambling acceptable in other countries if these things do not conflict with local cultures? Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ postings. Reply to at least two classmates by adding further information on the issues raised in the questions. Provide at least one article from the Ashford Library or one case study from a scholarly source that further supports what you have shared.  Business Ethics and Personal Ethics In Discussion One you read “Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” in Chapter 2 of your text and examined Karl’s scenario.  Referencing that scenario as an example, analyze the relationship between business ethics and personal ethics. In your response, share an example either from your own professional experience or from a scholarly source that highlights the relationship between personal ethics and business ethics and application to business decision-making. Guided response: Review several of your classmates’ postings.  Reply to at least two of your classmates by commenting on how their perception of the relationship between business ethics and personal ethics compares to your own. AssignmentTo complete the following assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation.  The Evolution of Business EthicsIn a three to five page paper excluding title page and reference page(s) complete the following:Summarize the development of business ethics over the past several decades, including the rise of social issues in business.    Describe the major changes and events that gave rise to the present focus on business ethics. Illustrate how these changes impact current business philosophies and reporting practices. Compare how your own values and principles emerged and evolved over time in comparison to the evolution of business ethics. Your paper should be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Be sure to include two or more scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.  

I realized I didn't send you the guidelines via an Official Question now you can request a down payment. Assignment due on Saturday (July 27th).Strategic Management Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database(http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions. Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you: 1.Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates. 2.Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past. 3.With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future. 4.Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer. 5.Give your opinion on the corporation's greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.  Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices. 6.Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies. 7.Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above. 8.Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources. 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; 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 page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:•Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.•Identify the five forces of competition.•Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.•Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.•Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.•Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.