Accounting: U.S. GAAP vs IFRS

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Accounting: U.S. GAAP vs IFRS 

The viewpoint and purpose of your paper should be clearly established and sustained. Articulate the differing positions on moving from US GAAP to IFRS. Build an argument in an influential way to include but not limited to a discussion on the similarities and differences between GAAP and IFRS specifically around the potential effects on the stockholders’ equity section of the Balance Sheet. Articulate at minimum three advantages and disadvantages of adopting IFRS specific to the Stockholder’s Equity section of the Balance Sheet. Provide your conclusion. The paper should follow the conventions of Standard English (i.e., correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling). The writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful. Include a minimum of five scholarly sources, citing and referencing your sources using APA format and citation style.

Persuasive Essay: Transgender Athletes are ruining Women’s Athletics

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 Your persuasive essay must be 5–7 pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and must be written in MLA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include at least four references cited in MLA format. Please use the three sources  provided plus an additional source of your choice. Sources: Boren, Cindy. “Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs wins second Texas state girls’ championship.” The Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/02/25/transgender-wrestler-mack-beggs-wins-second-texas-state-girls-championship/?noredirect=on. Gleaves, John, and Tim Lehrbach. “Beyond Fairness: The Ethics of Inclusion for Transgender and Intersex Athletes.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, vol. 43, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 311-326, SNHU Shapiro Library, eds-a-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=2e1010d7-4250-4eb3-843d-54df5715977d%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=116269917&db=s3h. Tucker, Ross. “On Transgender Athletes and Performance Advantages.” The Science of Sport, 28 Mar. 2019, sportsscientists.com/2019/03/on-transgender-athletes-and-performance-advantages/?doing_wp_cron=1563111426.5211279392242431640625. Critical Elements Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Introduction: This is where readers will have a chance to get an idea of what your essay will be about and what you will prove throughout. Do not give all of your information away here, but give readers a sample of what is to come. Do not forget to review your writing plan to make sure you are hitting all of the points that you planned out, while also stating your claim. A. Provides an overview of the issue you have selected, briefly describing main points and your argument. B. Compose an engaging thesis that states the argument that you will prove and support throughout your essay. This statement will give direction to your essay and should be well thought out. II. Body: The body is your opportunity to describe and support your argument in depth. Make sure your thoughts and evidence are clear and organized in a way that is easy for readers to follow and understand. A. Be sure that you write multiple paragraphs that are focused, clearly state their intent, and move logically from one to the other, building the thesis argument as the essay progresses. B. Your body paragraphs should support your argument by combining thoughts and ideas with evidence from sources. There is no such thing as a right or wrong argument; the key is how it is supported and the quality of the evidence used. C. Address and refute any opposing viewpoints to your argument. This is your chance to discredit any opposing views, thus strengthening your own. III. Conclusion: Think of the conclusion as a review of your argument. Use this section to restate your argument and remind readers of your supporting evidence. Think of this as your last chance to persuade readers to agree with you. A. Review your argument. This section should consist of a review of your main points employed to support your argument. Think of this as your last chance to prove your point or your closing arguments. B. Your conclusion should articulate insights about your argument established through your essay. This should follow logically from your essay, referring to key points or quotes used to support your argument.

No Eletronic Theft Act of 1997

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No Eletronic Theft Act of 1997

 

Paper details:

This project provides you with the opportunity to increase and demonstrate your understanding of cyberlaw theory and practice. You will need to choose a law(s) that you are interested in researching. The paper must be 4-6 pages in length detailing the below questions. Before completing the below steps, please make sure that the topic is approved. 1. Thesis: What law are you researching (You are to choose a specific law. Please do not choose a topic)? What position do you want to take in regard to your chosen law? You will need to decide if you agree or disagree with the current way the law is written. You can choose to like certain aspects of the law and not others. 2. Background: What is the existing point you want to challenge or support, and how did the law get to be that way (This is where you would need to find cases, background information, etc.)? 3. Inadequacies: What are the deficiencies in the present way of doing things, or what are the weaknesses in the argument you are attacking? 4. Adequacies: Discuss the positive aspects of the law? 5. Proposed Changes: How will we have a better situation, mode of understanding or clarity with what you are advocating? In short, how can the law be improved (or not diminished)? (This is where you have the chance to change the law with your own ideas of how it should be written). 6). Conclusion: Why should and how can your proposal be adopted? A detailed implementation plan is NOT expected, but you should provide enough specifics for practical follow-up. In making recommendations, you are expected to draw on theories, concepts and reading. When writing the term paper you must have a minimum of 3-5 outside sources cited and referenced in the paper. When writing the term paper you must have a minimum of 3-5 outside sources cited and referenced in the paper following APA guidelines. Assignment Grading Rubric ( 100 Points) Synthesis of Concepts 75 Writing Standards – Clear Citations (APA format) 25 Timeliness Seelatepenalty

What Would You Do? Ethics and Today’s Administrative Professional

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 Read the Ethics and the Administrative Professional. What Would You Do? (Links to an external site.) Write a paper with your responses to the five cases presented at the end of the article. Clearly identify each case and provide an explanation of how you would respond or react in each case using communication techniques used to manage conflict. Your responses should be thorough and complete with details explaining your response and using knowledge from this class and two outside resources. You may also indicate if additional information is needed and if so, what would you like to know. The paper must be two to three pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least two scholarly resources (at least one of which can be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims and sub claims. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the APA checklist

Test Replacement Paper

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Test Replacement Assignment 

Students are welcome, but not required , to complete an extra assignment to replace one regular exam grade (not the final exam). Students will complete the required assignments and submit printed copies of their work to the professor. The due date for submission of this assignment is Tuesday, November 5, 2019 . Emailed papers are not acceptable. Papers must be turned in during class time on November 5, 2019 (or anytime earlier). Papers turned in later that same day will be penalized 5 points. Papers submitted after November 5, 2019 will be penalized 10 points per day. There are 100 points possible in this assignment, the same number as in each exam. Your score on this assignment will replace your lowest test score from among the three regular examinations. NOTE: This assignment will NOT replace a zero (a missed exam). You must take all examinations to be eligible to use this assignment. Assignment: Due Date, Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Chapters 1-16 are included. Instructions: Complete the assignments listed below. Print out the required pages, staple them together, and submit them by the due date. Make sure your name is on all pages. If you want to put everything in a single word document, that is fine. Make sure the assignments are assembled in the following order:

1. Chapter Introduction: I want you to select any chapter from the textbook. Look at the introduction to the chapter – supposedly written by a famous person. Here is the assignment: Come up with another famous person that you would use to introduce the same chapter. That person must NOT be alive today . The person must not have served as President of the United States. Write up that introduction in the person’s words. Use good examples. Probably about 2 pages double spaced for the chapter. Creativity will be rewarded. Grade will also be based on how well you introduce the chapter. 2. Poll Questions. Select any five of the following poll questions. For each selected question, indicate whether you Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with the statement. Then write a good solid paragraph explaining and justifying your answer. Here are your choices: A. The right to bear arms should apply on the Baylor campus. B. Marijuana should be legalized in the entire country. . C. Abortion should be prohibited completely. No exceptions. D. A person’s religious beliefs should allow him/her to refuse to follow laws that apply to the general population. E. The electoral college system of electing the President has worked well throughout history and should be continued. . F. Climate change is largely a man-made problem and should be a top priority for governments around the world. . G. Affirmative action programs based on race and gender are necessary and helpful for society. 3. Current Event. Write 1-2 pages about an event that has occurred in the United States since the beginning of 2019. The event must have some relationship to the United States Constitution. (examples might include free speech, religion, federalism, etc.). Explain how the event is constitutionally relevant and whether you believe the event raises questions about how the Constitution currently is interpreted.

Psychology Topic Article Evaluation

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 Your responses should NOT simply be an answer to each of the points just listed. Rather 1. Rather What were the author(s) main points in establishing a rationale for the study they conducted? What evidence was discussed from prior studies? What theories were provided to explain those prior results or to justify their predictions? 2. What variables were studied? How were these variables operationally defined? 3. What method did the researchers utilize (experiment, survey, observation, case study)? 4. What were the hypotheses concerning these variables? (state both the null and the alternative hypothesis if your study is an experiment). 5. Who were the participants in this study? Were there any special participant characteristics? 6. What was the Independent/Predictor Variable (IV/PV) and what was the Dependent/Outcome Variable (DV/OV)? 7. What were the procedures used to gather the data and test the hypotheses? 8. What were the major results of the study? 9. Were the results consistent with the hypotheses, theories, and other studies cited in the introduction? 10. How did the researcher interpret the results? Can you think of any alternative interpretations? 11. What suggestions did the author(s) provide for future research or applications of the results? 12. Now provide a summary of these details that captures the main points of the study succinctly (i.e., in 2-6 sentences).

Public Policy Formulation and Implementation

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1. Please differentiate between public policy and policy analysis. Also please define distributive, redistributive, regulatory and self-regulatory policies. What are issues that may arise with the use of each policy type? 2. According to Dye, “A model is a simplified representation of some aspect of the real world.” The models of politics are conceptual models that are used to help us better understand politics and the policymaking process. Please describe the eight policy making models/models of politics. Please include in your discussion the major tenets of the models as well as strengths and weaknesses 3. Public Policy impacts every area of our lives—how we are born, how we live and how we die. Please describe the policy making process in the United States and identify the various actors at each stage in the process and how they impact the policymaking at that stage. Identify a particular public problem and discuss how it might move through the policymaking process. Be sure to discuss subsystem politics. 4. Most of us are familiar with the goals of efficiency and effectiveness. What other criteria might a policy maker consider in developing public policy and when that criteria might be used. Please provide specific examples.

Ethical Issues in Program Evaluation

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In their article on ethical and culturally competent research with Latina battered women, Silva-Martinez and Murty discuss strategies for addressing specific issues in doing research with this population. Describe at least two of those strategies.

Stuck in the middle (with good ideas)

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 Read the New York Times article “stuck in the middle( with good ideas)” from workoligiat section write an opinion paper on what you have read. The paper must answer the following questions in the article and employee is described as wanting to be the best advocate for the organization and his co workers. The article that “managers should not require a mole to understand workers view. Do you agree with this statement why/ why not When faced with being promoted and supervising the recommendation is to establish your credibility and decisiveness with all your chargers(employees) do you agree with this statement why / why not ? What are your overall thought on this article and the issues it raises

What is the end goal of the system design phase of the system development life cycle?

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Social Networking

Using a previous or current company that you have worked for, or are interested in working for, identify two types of social media that the company could use to further their business goals. Define crowd-sourcing and provide two examples with a brief summary of each. Visit a social networking or content community’s Terms of Use page. Describe in concise terms who owns the images/video/writing that users upload to that site. List five rights that can be granted under a Creative Commons license. Online Communication Define the terms synchronous, asynchronous, public, or private, in relation to online digital communication. Give an example of each List three steps that help to reduce the security risk of accessing email on a public computer. Identify four reasons sockpuppets (and similar deceptive devices online) are used for purposes of deception. Briefly name two good recommendations for reputation management. Information System Basics Define what an Information System is, in terms of a business. Define, in your own words, what are the five components that make up an Information System. List the six major components of an ERP application. Describe at least five benefits of using ERP systems. System Analysis Describe the system development life cycle in a series of bullets and briefly describe each of the five phases. What is the end goal of the system design phase of the system development life cycle?