John Porter Dr. Wang MIS 220 Case Study #2: Facebooks Dilemma 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? The concepts that the case study entitled‚ “Facebooks Dilemma” highlights out of chapter 10 of Management information Systems: by Kenneth Laudon & Jane Laudon are based around what is identified as Electronic commerce. Electronic commerce is the use of the internet and the web to perform business transactions more specifically‚ to perform commercial transactions
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MEMORANDUM To: From: Date: Subject: Statement of Facts * Polluter Corp. runs three manufacturing facilities in the United States where they make various household cleaning products. * The Federal Government restricts the company to an emission allowance or EA‚ which must be used in the year prescribed by the government between 2010 and 2030. * EAs are considered intangible assets with a cost basis of zero. * EAs can be bought and sold from other companies with no
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Case 11-1: Polluter Corp Polluter Corporation is a manufacturing firm in the United States registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Polluter Corp. operates three facilities manufacturing various household cleaning products. These products produced are sold to retail customers. The United States government funded their company with emission allowances (EAs). An emission allowance is an authorization to emit a fixed amount of a pollutant. An emissions allowance is sometimes also
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DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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competence in the profession. In this case Ryan is facing a moral/ethical decision. He has to decide whether Akai should remain in the care of his parents or be taken away by Children Protection Services. Ryan had referred the parent to child services previous. This is a decision which he used his own judgement to do. He believed that Akai was in danger due to the bruises and his discussion with Akai. He tried to contact Akai’s parents but this fail. He was faced in a dilemma and decided that it was best
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Polluter Corp. Polluter Corp. is a company that operates three manufacturing facilities and produces household cleaning products in the United States. The U.S. government grants this company with emission allowances (EAs) that can be used during 2010 to 2030. According to The Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC)‚ Polluter Corporation records emission allowances as elusive assets with a cost basis of zero. The fiscal year is December 31. To control and decrease the release of pollutants
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Polluter Corp. Polluter Corp. is a company that operates three plants in the United States. They make different cleaning products which are sold to customers. The U.S. government sells or gives out emissions allowances to companies‚ including Polluter Corp.‚ which determines a set amount of pollutants and greenhouse gases a company can let into the environment. These are given out to help discourage pollution by companies. “EA’s” are assigned a year that a company can use in‚ and they also
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CASE 01. ETHICAL DILEMMA A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FOR SOUTHERN X LTD John Kolikias‚ managing director of Southern X Ltd‚ fixed his gaze on the numbers on the screen. They were exciting. If correct‚ the innovation would be highly lucrative. The profits of their mobile phone subsidiary would literally explode. John sighed with relief. Southern X had been struggling for the last two years and its share price had plummeted by 40 percent. If the business didn’t turn around soon‚ a major restructuring would
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with ethical dilemmas every day. There are a lot of different beliefs surrounding ethics and the code of ethics. Ethics and ethical issues have always existed‚ that is why they have put in place the code of ethics. The American Nursing Association (ANA) Code of Ethics isa guideline to help nurses determine which course of action to pursue. Every minute many ethical decisions are made‚ some may not comply with guidelines and others the patient’s will never understand. In this case study the nurse is
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loyalty. She wanted to know how the Company could build an Asia-specific CRM process blueprint for their internal customer management process and transfer that knowledge to its clients. The strategy team had a four-week deadline to present its solutions. Grey Global Group was a full communications enterprise with 16 global partner companies focused on distinct communications disciplines and engaged in a wide range of marketing and
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