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What does it mean to be an ‘experiencing subject of a life’?

Experiencing subject of life means that each creature, whether it be human or animal has its own unique life and purpose. We as humans have our own lives, no one other human being is like me nor am I like someone else. We are all different. Just as animals, you can have two identical dogs, cats, cows, etc and no two will be alike, by appearance or even personality. My mom for example has two Chihuahuas and both are very different. One is calm and the other….well not to calm. One is definitely the alpha dog and is the leader of the two. We used to have a dog, that had puppies years ago (she passed on about 6 years ago) but when she had puppies, although they were from the same genes, were all different. Just like humans, all our children (we have 4) are each different in personalities as well as appearance.

Do you think that being the subject of a life means that one has equal inherent value?

I do feel that as humans, we are all equal however animals are not equal to us only because humans are the dominant species and animals are dependent on us to be able to truly survive. However, without the animals (used for consumption) we as the human race probably couldn’t survive either. So that makes me wonder, are we as humans really the dominant species? (I need to add, this class really has my brain thinking outside the box). Things that I thought I was clear about are now making me think again.

Does it follow from that view that animals should be given rights to life and freedom?

We have two dogs in our household one of them is an 8 year old male Maltese. The other is a 10 month old female American Staffordshire Bull Terrier (not a Pitbull but very close to one). I like to take our dog out for a nightly run with me, so that she can get her daily exercise as well as burn off some of her energy. We did not get her ears clipped, or have her tail cut. Although she has a mean, lean look on her she is quite the loving, playful dog. She does not have a mean streak in her at all. It saddens me that so many people have pre judgemental thoughts about her particular breed. No thanks to some of these humans who breed these dogs for fighting. When I take her out running, I see on a daily basis so many people ‘walk across the street’ so that they are not on the same side as us, because they think she is going to “attack” them or that she is a vicious dog. This breed of dog has been stereotyped as mean vicious killer dogs because of ignorant people who think dog fighting is a sport. This makes me so mad. I do feel that animals should be given rights to life and freedom. Who is to say that we as humans, should make decisions for our dogs? Dogs should be dogs….if you have a dog, it should be a part of your family. For those that force their dogs to fight, do you think they would force their ‘kids’ to fight? Probably not, so why is okay to force your dogs to fight? They are an extended member of your family! At least in our house, that is what our pets are to us! When I see my two dogs together, they each have their own personalities and it is funny how they get along. My maltese is meaner than my Amstaff bull terrier! He is just a grumpy old “man” dog. There are times my son will ask me, “Mom, what do you think Ralfie (maltese) or Mazzy (Amstaff) are thinking? What do you think they would sound like if they spoke like us?” I also wonder at times what is going through their head, and wonder what kind of thoughts they are having of us.

Using the same company
from assignments one and two, research the company on its own Website, the
public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database
(http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s
online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will
often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write a three to five
(3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the
   business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the
   business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of
   the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your
   opinion.
2. Analyze the
   corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the
   corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of
   the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your
   opinion.
3. Analyze the competitive
   environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare
   their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most
   likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
4. Determine whether your
   choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
5. Use at least three (3)
   quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as
   academic resources.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Identify various levels
  and types of strategy in a firm.
• Use technology and
  information resources to research issues in business administration.
• Write clearly and
  concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics

First Assignment Paper is listed below : Week 1

How does a company grow to become an international entity? Identify one international company, trace its roots and explain a success and a challenge it had growing to an international status. Also, create a new product idea of your own and describe how you could take the company from a local business to an international success.

• Identify one internationally successful company.
• Briefly describe its growth history
• Describe a success and a difficulty it had growing to international status
• Create your new product idea
• Describe how you would grow the company to international status.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 1,250 – 1,500 words (approximately 5 – 6 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Second Assignment Paper is listed below :Week 2

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 1,250 – 1,500 words (approximately 5 – 6 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

• You have been hired
  by a U.S. corporation that wants to form a foreign corporation through the
  transfer of property. Propose a strategy for the client to transfer
  property into the foreign corporation that will help the client to avoid
  or mitigate taxes. 

• Your client is a
  U.S. corporation that wants to liquidate a foreign subsidiary. Propose a
  strategy for your client that will help the client to avoid or mitigate
  the tax impact of the liquidation.

Please
keep the bullet point and solution together and make the solution at least a
paragraph long.