Heuristics and Analytics Computer Science Assignment Help

According to the textbook, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer or with another large organization, and must prepare a video presentation for that organization’s suppliers regarding their Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via a web meeting. To prepare for your presentation, review Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct, located at https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/. Next, use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a five to seven (5-7) minute dynamic video on Apple or that organization’s Code of Conduct. Alternatively, you may submit a six to eight (6-8) page paper instead of the video submission.

Please note that instead of Apple you may select another large international organization but this organization must be approved by your instructor.

In addition to the recorded video, you must also create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) summarizing the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you communicated in your video presentation to email to the suppliers after the meeting for future reference.

You must submit both parts of the assignment to receive full credit.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, view the Kaltura video tutorial found in your online course shell (Week 9).

Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Challenges in the Business Environment

Tags: BUS475, Business Environment

Description: First Name, Last Name – BUS475 Assignment 2 (Date Uploaded ex. 11-14-2014)

Part 1: Video Presentation OR Paper

Prepare and present a five to seven (5-7) minute video OR write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. List specific changes that Apple (or on another company approved by the instructor) has made to its Code of Conduct in recent years. Provide at least one (1) example of each change.
2. Explain the identified changes to the suppliers in such a way that they will understand the standards that Apple requires in order to maintain their relationship with the company.
3. Discuss Apple’s stance on each of the following areas:

1. Identify the key ways that Apple’s Progress Report has changed since last year.
2. Examine the manner in which Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
3. Submit a reference page with at least four (4) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Create an eight to ten (8-10) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

Discuss Apple’s stance on each of the following areas:

1. Code of Conduct Changes
2. Supplier Standards
3. Empowering workers
4. Labor and Human Rights
5. Health and Safety
6. The Environment
7. Accountability
8. Progress Report Changes

Provide detailed speaker notes below each slide of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.

Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting requirements:

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide length.

If you choose the written paper, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate the influences of changing economic, political, social, cultural, and technological forces on business and society.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business and society.

• Write clearly and concisely about business and society using proper writing mechanics.

We have studied a diverse group of environmental issues during our course. Many of these issues can be directly linked to a variety of environmental challenges/problems. In addition, many of these issues affect various direct/indirect environmental values that are important to all people. The process to create policies that effectively and efficiently address these environmental issues is complex and difficult. In your Final Paper, you will be tasked to discuss, analyze, and evaluate one of the following environmental issues and then recommend a policy to address the issue. Select an environmental issue that interests you from the list below:

Climate change

For this assignment, you will complete the following sections:

1. Introduction (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.: Introduce the thesis (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.and provide a brief overview of the main points.
2. Explain why and how three environmental challenges/problems are associated with this issue.
3. Explain why and how direct and/or indirect environmental values are impacted by this issue.
4. Recommend a policy that will effectively and efficiently address the three environmental challenges/problems associated with your issue.
5. Evaluate the social, political, economic, and environmental pros/cons of implementing your policy.
6. Conclusion (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.: Conclude your paper with a brief review your main points and overall argument/thesis.

Important: Parts 2 to 5 need be written as body paragraphs, with all of the parts necessary for a complete body paragraph (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

The paper must be 10 to 12 pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. You must use at least four credible sources (at least two of which must be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in-text (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and on the reference page (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For additional information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.

Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:

1. Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least six scholarly resources, including a minimum of four from the Ashford University Library.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Reflect: Sovereignty is a bedrock principle of international relations and foreign policy. However, sovereignty does not imply that all countries have the same capacity to create, implement, and enforce effective laws within their territory. Regrettably, many countries are currently unable to protect some of the most important natural resources within their own national boundaries. In particular, many poor, developing countries struggle to preserve and conserve some of the most important environmental resources that make up their natural wealth. In addition, many wealthy, developed countries exploit critical natural resources unsustainably in the name of profit, economic development, and/or poverty alleviation. International environmental agreements to protect these resources from degradation and over-exploitation may be signed, ratified, and endorsed but it does not mean that all countries have the capacity to implement, monitor, or enforce the statues of these agreements. As a consequence, the carrying capacity and ecological health of our planet often remains in jeopardy.

Write: You will be assigned to research a specific natural resource based on the first letter of your last name. Use information in the reports from the World Wildlife Fund and Environmental Policy Index (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to research your assigned natural resource and address the points below:

If your last name begins with F, G, H, I, or J, you must research sustainable fisheries.

Reflect: The diversity of life on Earth is impressive and critical for maintaining ecosystem services and our survival. This diversity extends to millions of species, to thousands of unique ecosystems, and even to the microscopic level of genes and inheritable genetic material. Unfortunately, global biodiversity at all levels is threatened by a variety of challenges, which all lead to species extinction. Each of these threats demand organized and effective policy responses at the local, regional, state, or international level. The policy responses also should involve a variety of stakeholders that have vested interests in preserving and conserving biodiversity around our planet. Biodiversity has enormous direct and indirect value and must be protected if life on Earth is to be sustained.

Write: In your initial post of at least 250 words, using the required resources and any additional credible resources that would enhance the strength of your argument, complete the following:

• Identify two major threats to global biodiversity and explain how and why these two threats negatively impact biodiversity.
• Describe how each of these threats can be eliminated or mitigated by the policy efforts of either a nonprofit organization, a national government, or an international organization.