Select a Fortune 500 company and imagine that you work as a strategist for your selected company. As you read through the Required Unit Resources, pay close attention to your firm’s strategy, and write a case study analyzing the following points:

• Examine your firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses. How can organizational relationships improve performance in the firm?
• How does the firm’s growth fit into the firm’s missing and vision statements?
• Who are your firm’s competitors?
• Do you see your firm’s strategy as effective or ineffective? Why?

Your completed case study must be at least two pages in length, and you must use at least your textbook as a reference. Other references may be used as needed. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

Question 1. Perfect labor mobility would tend to equalize real wage rates in participating countries. In reality, complete wage equalization does not occur. Why? In addition, if stringent restrictions are imposed on migration, what will happen to capital in high-wage countries? Explain using the Rybczynski model.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question 2. The gravity equation states that countries with higher GDP, or that are close, will trade more. In addition, research has shown that there is more trade within countries than between countries. Explain why there there is more trade within countries.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question 3. What are the two sources of economies of scale? How do these economies of scale lead to intraindustry trade?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Question 4. Define the foreign direct investment (FDI), and explain which of the following are FDIs and which are not.

1. A Japanese businessman purchaces £15 million of BP shares on the London Stock Exchange.
2. A British businessman purchaces a hotel in Rome, Italy.
3. A German company and a British company establish a joint venture in Russia.
4. A Russian firm establishes a subsidiary in Italy.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

“The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino”

(An Excerpt)

By Manuel L. Quezon 

I have an abiding faith in our people. I know that they have all the faculties needed to become a powerful and enlightened nation. The Filipino is not inferior to any man of any race. His physical, intellectual, and moral qualities are as excellent as those of the proudest stock of mankind. But some of these qualities, I am constrained to admit, have become dormant in recent years. If we compare our individual and civic traits with those that adorned our forefathers, we will find, I fear, that we, the Filipinos of today, have lost much of the moral strength and power for growth of our ancestors. They were strong-willed, earnest, adventurous people. They had traditions potent in influence in their lives, individually and collectively. They had the courage to be pioneers, to brave the seas, clear the forest and erect towns and cities upon the wilderness. They led a life of toil and communal service. Each one considered himself an active part of the body politic. But those traditions are either lost or forgotten. They exist only as a hazy mist in our distant past. We must revive them, for we need the anchorage of these traditions to guide and sustain us in the proper discharge of our political and social obligations.

The Filipino of today is soft, easy-going. His tendency is towards parasitism. He is uninclined to sustained strenuous effort! He lacks earnestness. Face-saving is the dominant note in the confused symphony of his existence. His sense of righteousness is often dulled by the desire of personal gain. His norm of conduct is generally prompted by expediency rather than by principle. He shows a failing in that superb courage which impels action because it is right, even at the cost of self-sacrifice. His greatest fear is not to do wrong, but of being caught doing wrong. He is frivolous in his view of life. His conception of virtue is many times conventional. He takes his religion lightly. He thinks that lip-service and profession are equivalent to deep and abiding faith. He is inconstant; he lacks perseverance; the first obstacles baffle him, and he easily admits defeat. The patriotism of many Filipinos of today is skin-deep, incapable of inspiring heroic deeds. There are those who are apt to compromise with ethical principles and to regard truth as not incompatible with misrepresentation or self-deceit.

Directions: Search for two examples from the text which support the claim. Next, give your evidence. Then, explain how it would make the claim stronger.

I. Claim: The Filipinos of today have lost much of the moral strength and power for growth of our ancestors.

A. Evidence from the text:

i. __________________________________________________________________

ii. _________________________________________________________________

B. Characteristics of a good evidence:

Unified

Relevant to the central point

Specific and Concrete

Accurate

Representative or typical

C. My sample evidence:

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D. Reason:

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 II.  Claim: The Filipino today is soft, easy-going.

A. Evidence from the text:

i. __________________________________________________________________

ii. _________________________________________________________________

B. Characteristics of a good evicence:

Unified

Relevant to the central point

Specific and Concrete

Accurate

Representative or typical

C. My sample evidence:

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D. Reason:

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response to each peer , minimum of 2 paragraphs each

Peer 1: A teleologist study’s the purpose of something by looking at its results. Teleological ethics determines whether an action is considered good or bad by the outcome of choosing that action. When the moral outcome is unclear, you must choose the action that provides the best outcome. This is known as utilitarianism.

Deontological values in nursing are basically treating a patient as ends within themselves. Deontological ethics states the outcome is determined by whether or not basic morals rules are followed. Applying this theory will help prevent potential maleficence and heighten beneficence, justice, and autonomy. This theory considers the “rightness” or “wrongness” of an actions according to rules when making a judgment, rather than the consequences of that action.

Teleological ethics is the theory of morality that is derived duty or moral obligation from what a person thinks is good or desirable and should be achieved. (Burkhardt & Nathaniel 2020) When restraining a patient, it can be quite traumatizing for the patient and their family members. Some see this action as demeaning. Restraining a patient can prevent injuries and help with controlling the patient’s violent behaviors. Because this action is protecting the patient from injury it is an ethical teleological action.

The deontological theory focuses on the moral worth not the outcomes of the actions. It explains that an act that is not good morally can still have a good outcome. A clinical example of this theory involves disclosing medical errors to patients. A lot of barriers come into play when disclosing medical errors to patients including fear of litigation, shame, and even lack of training in how to discuss these errors. These barriers may influence providers to believe that addressing these errors may do more harm than good. If applying the deontological theory, you would clearly tell the patient the truth about the errors. Patients want respect from their healthcare providers and that includes being open and honest about any medical errors.

peer 2 : According to Burkhardt and Nathaniel (2020), Utilitarianism is a type of teleological theory that can be applied to healthcare. This theory is based on the moral that an action can be judged as good or bad based on the outcome. Sometimes no action taken can be considered good or bad. Let’s look at an example (Burkhardt and Nathaniel, 2020).

A nurse is taking care of a patient in the cardiac ICU when she notices that he is having a lot of ectopy. The nurse decides to draw the patient’s afternoon labs early to access his electrolytes. It turns out that the patient’s magnesium was low, so the nurse decided to replace the electrolyte according to her protocol. The ectopy is resolved after the medication is given. 

Deontological theories base rightness or wrongness on the act rather than the consequences that the action may cause. The word deontology is taken from the Greek word of duty. Deontology was established by German philosopher Immanuel Kant who was famous for disturbing the religious and political systems of his day with his philosophy (Burkhardt and Nathaniel, 2020). Let’s consider an example. 

The nurse is taking care of a patient that just received a heart transplant 8 months ago. The patient’s surgery has been complicated by a stroke that has left them severely immobile. The patient is also incontinent, which has led to an unstageable pressure ulcer on his sacrum. He is on the ventilator through his trach and receives dialysis three times a week. The patient expresses the desire to stop all treatments and go home on hospice to be with his family. According to the paperwork the patient signed prior to his heart transplant, he agreed to remain a full code after surgery for at least a year. The patient and his family members are frustrated as doctors continue to care for that patient despite his current wishes.