Chp3&4 Have you ever knowingly purchased a counterfeit product – perhaps a purse or a wallet or maybe a watch for example.  What are some of the implications for your purchase decision for the real company as well as for the entrepreneur selling the counterfeit product.  Topics to consider include: 1. Why is there a market for counterfeit goods?  2. How does this market benefit sellers?  3. What does it mean for the company producing the real product?  4. Where was the counterfeit product likely to have been made?  5. How do counterfeit products help an economy?  How do they hurt it? 6.  How do decisions to buy counterfeit items influence new product development policies at companies?  7. Would a legal system that protects property rights changes any of your answers?Chp 5 Working Conditions in a Chinese Factory The closing case describes the deplorable working conditions at the Metai factory in China that supplies computer parts directly to U.S. computer maker Dell, and indirectly to Hewlett Packard and Microsoft. Workers at the factory work long hours doing monotonous tasks and have just two days per month off.  Wages are very low, and employees are forbidden to converse, listen to music, or even take bathroom breaks while on the job.  When alerted to the conditions at the factory in early 2009, all three companies expressed dismay and promised prompt investigations and appropriate action, however, by 2011, no efforts to improve the situation for workers at the factory had been made. 1.  What enables the owners of the Metai factory profiled in this case to get away with such awful working conditions? 2.  Should U.S. companies like Microsoft, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that they do not own, but where subcontractors make products for them? 3.  What labor standards regarding safety, working conditions, overtime, and the like should U.S. companies hold foreign factories to: those prevailing in that country or those prevailing in the United States?  4.  Do you think the U.S. companies mentioned in this case need to make changes to their current policies?  If so, what?  Should they make changes even if they hinder their ability compete in the marketplace?

Now that we know where the outbreaks are located, your organization wants to know more about who it affects. The age of the patient will determine what kind of resources will be needed in those areas.Create a side-by-side bar graph using Microsoft Excel® and the data provided in the Ages Impacted document to identify the age groups affected by the virus.Note: This information will be used for further analysis in future assignments.Write a 350- to 525-word report of your analysis of the data. Include an answer to the following questions:Which age groups are most affected?Which age groups are least affected?What is the prevalence rate per age demographic?What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?Include your side-by-side bar graph in the report.Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Identify a Topic and Thesis Statement for Your Research PaperIdentify a topic related to health care and leadership; this will be the subject of your research paper due in week 7. You will then be working to incorporate a leadership theory or approach discussed in this course and apply it to your leadership in healthcare topic in later weeks. Make sure that your leadership in healthcare topic is neither too broad nor too narrow.Consider some of the following general areas:Leadership in: Change management in health care Technology in health care Finance of health care Conflict management in health care Evidence-based protocols Gender equality in the workplace Health sector reform Embedded safeguards to reduce injury and infection Please note the above general areas must have a narrower focus in order to work well for a research paper. The list above is not exhaustive, but merely suggestions.Identify a research area and then develop a thesis statement for your research paper. Ensure your topic is presented in descriptive detail and a clear plan for the research paper is identified. Submit a 1- to 2-page, double-spaced paper identifying your topic in descriptive detail, including a clear plan for your research and a thesis statement.