Post One:As you can see - the very first sentence of the forum directions require Outside research this week (remember to cite please). Once you have found your 'case' - give us a brief description of the behavior and who/why the "whistle blower" made the decision to risk everything to report the situation. After that, I am sure you will be able to answer the other 3-4 questions. Let me know if you are not sure what the other questions are.WHISTLE BLOWERSUse the internet or the library to research individuals who reported their employers' illegal and/or unethical behavior. What effects have laws protecting whistleblowers had on the business environment? Did the companies change their policies and, if so, what effect have these policies had on the companies' stakeholders? What effect did reporting the problems have on the whistleblowers themselves?Part One Reply: (reply to this person)Whistleblowers is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical or not correct within an organization that is either private or public. Jeffrey Wigand (2013), former executive of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation said, "the company was hiding evidence that cigarettes were dangerous and addictive." Saying that cigarettes can not cause cancer and they would target the younger generation. Wigand didn't feel this information was true and that consumers should know the dangers of cigerettes. He went on 60 minutes to blow the whistle on the company.US Department of Labor (N.D.) says, "helps protect an employee who files a complaint on a company." Some of the ways the US Department of Labor helps employees from firing or laying off, to demoting and making threats. Intimidation or harassment, to failure to hire or rehire employees and reassigning affecting prospects for promotions. Companies can not reduce your hours or salary. You can not be denied your benefits or be disciplined. Blacklisting or denying your overtime or promotion you had coming a head of time. Tim Barnett (1992) stated, "they did a survey on why companies should have policies on whistleblowers." Whistleblowers surveyed 62% lost their jobs, 18% felt that they were harassed or transferred. Eleven percent had their job responsibilities or salaries reduced. Fifty-one percent of the incidents resulted in external investigations of the companies involved. Thirty-seven percent in management had shakeups and twenty-two percent had criminal investigations. Eleven percent were in indictments. This is the potential seriousness of whistleblowing. It is unethical and wrong to not blow the whistle on employees doing wrong actions. Whether in the Accounting field or in management. You are working for the company and should have their best interest at heart. Not to steal money or inventory from your company. Even if it is the top executive that is doing wrong, you need to come forward to help get the company back on track.Barnett, Tim (1992) Why your company should have whistleblowing policyhttps://ethical.csc.ncsu.edu/old/12_00/basics/whis...US Department of Labor (N.D.) The whistleblowers Protection Policy www.whistleblowers.gov/know_your_rights_html************************************************************************************************************************************Post Two:FROM UNETHICAL TO ILLEGAL Often times we hear of or see unethical acts related to business, but due to the fact that they are not illegal, there is no penalty for the harmful act.For this week's discussion, describe an unethical business act that should become illegal. Why should this act become illegal? What would be the penalties for someone who violates this new business law?Part Two Reply: (reply to this persons)Unethical acts happen all of the time as businesses. One that I can think of is advertisements of car brands. They have commercials on t.v. that show you how little of a payment you can have a vehicle for, but what you are missing is the $5,000 you have to put down in order to get that payment, or the payment calculators that are on dealer and bank sites (used in mortgages too) that show what your payment would be at the longest term possible, good interest rate, and tax title and license not included. I think this should become illegal for 2 reasons. 1. It is deceptive to consumers, even when it is in the small print.... NOT EVERYONE READS THAT, and no one UNDERSTANDS IT!!!! 2. I work in the car business, I can't say that this help us, unless we are using it with the customer, and telling them what was left out, and what they can expect. If someone violates this, they should be band from advertising for 3 months. I think that would be an eye opener for any business.

Rubric and Responses Attached First, read Chapter 10 in The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook. Additionally, read the CONTROL Supplementary Document as well as CONTROL: The Final Phase of a DMAIC Project.In your initial post, address the following:Can you find any limitations to your Control phase that should be addressed? What are they specifically?What might you need to do to ensure that the process owners in the organization will accept your Control measures?How will the Control phase learning apply to your organization's specific conflict or to the Garden Depot case study?In responding to your peers, reflect upon what each has shared regarding the Control phase and its implementation, and offer constructive criticism, providing details or examples from your professional experience.Use specific examples from your own organizational conflict or the Garden Depot case study in your initial post and in your responses to other students' posts.https://www.six-sigma-material.com/Control.htmlIn Module Seven, you explored the first piece of the Control phase of the DMAIC process, focusing on the continued mitigation of unwanted consequences. In this module, you will examine how relationships with key stakeholders—such as the team, leadership, and others important to the DMAIC process—can be improved and maintained.Always remember that you are working with people. When individuals are stressed or when two people simply dislike one another, the manner of their communications, including their wording, nonverbal body language, and their attitudes, can disintegrate. As you work through the DMAIC process, be alert to the manner in which individuals in the workplace behave toward one another. Consider what Mitchell and Gamlem (2015) offer:Remember a time when someone made you feel respected. Did they listen to you, giving you their undivided attention? Perhaps they valued your opinion even if it differed from their own. Did they provide feedback in an honest and non-judgmental way? Did their actions show consideration? These are a sampling of workplace behaviors that are respectful. (Chapter 10, para. 1)Being aware of the interpersonal relationship space between and among team members and others in the workplace is critical as you seek to work through conflict using the DMAIC process.The Control phase is the end of the DMAIC process, and includes closing out the project and transferring the process to those who are the process owners. In the second piece of the Control phase, you will promote your recommendations to those in the organization who own the process, seeking their acceptance and implementation of your recommendations.For the discussion in this module, you will reflect on the generation of the Control phase and its key pieces, which are your actual recommendations. You will also reflect on the successful recommendation to the process owners in the organization so that the Control phase recommendations are adopted, and the process is closed. In addition to the discussion, you will continue to work on your final project, the executive summary presentation. Include the Control phase, which will conclude the DMAIC process for your selected case study.In Module Nine, you will bring the entire DMAIC process together. You will complete your final project and submit your work, incorporating each piece of the DMAIC process. You will have only your final project to complete and submit during Module Nine; there will be no discussion.ReferenceMitchell, B., & Gamlem, C. (2015). The essential workplace conflict handbook. Wayne, NJ: The Career Press, Inc.

Preliminary - Setup QuickBooksDownload and install QuickBooks 2018 for Students.View the Introducing QuickBooks video series- Introduction (Links to an external site.).1. Navigate QuickBooks (Links to an external site.).2. Work with Company Files (Links to an external site.).Signup for a QuickBooks student account (Links to an external site.).Register the product as a student.Install the license key.Open a Sample company file.Take a screen print of the installed product and paste it into a Word document.Explore the QuickBooks website (Links to an external site.).Download the exercise files that are found on the Lynda.com web training site (Links to an external site.): Exercise Files tab: Ex_Files_Quickbooks_Pro_2018_EssT.zipView and complete the steps in the video series (Links to an external site.)-Set up Shop,Add Customers, andWork with Vendors.AssignmentCreate a new Expense account called Subscription Fees as a sub account of Professional Fees and Tax Line Mapping: Schedule C: Legal and Professional Fees.Add a new customer called CSU Global with phone, address, account number, non-taxable, customer type is University, add your instructor as a contact (Dr. Jennifer Bolden). Screen print the Customer Information.Add a new Vendor: Staples with phone, address, account number, payment terms net 30, choose 64900: Office Supplies as the expense account and Supplies as vendor type.Submit screen prints from the activities in QuickBooks.Write a 3-5-page summary explaining what you learned about how QuickBooks helps manage digital information flows and accounting automation. How could QuickBooks help with accounting controls?Writing Guidelines:Assignment should follow APA guidelines with respect to use of subheadings, 1” margins, and double-spaced.Page length requirements for the assignment exclude the title page and the reference page. References need to include your textbook plus two additional credible academic references. All sources used, including your textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and cited per APA guidelines.Use the CSU-Global APA Instructions (Links to an external site.).Textbook: Simkin, M., Worrell, J., & Savage, A. (2018). Core concepts of accounting information systems (14th ed. ). Wiley. ISBN: 9781119373544.