In this case study, assume that Circuit City hired you as the new chief information officer (CIO) to help relaunch the company into a global e-commerce multinational company.

´Documentation

´10 to 12 pages

´APA format

´References

The following information should be covered in the presentation

 

´1. History of Circuit City

´2. What were the issues and challenges that caused the collapse of Circuit City in 2009?

´3. What are the issues and challenges with Circuit City 2018 latest e-commerce initiative?

´4. Discuss the major competitors in global e-commerce.

´5. How would IT deliver value to the business?

 

´6. Proposed the IT infrastructure required to support global e-commerce

´7. Proposed the IT budget for the e-commerce initiative

´8. Discuss the IT based risks associated with global e-commerce

´9. Discuss how IT can leverage innovative technologies such as social media, big data and business intelligence to provide value to the business

´10. Discuss the future or emerging technologies that would be leveraged to give Circuit City a competitive advantage.

1. What are some of the criticisms of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development? Do you think they are justified, if so explain why or why not?
2. Kohlberg points out that highest level of moral development may not be attained by most people? Explain why he thinks so?
3. What are the motivation theories that economics draws upon to explain how people make decisions? Do you think this is always correct? Explain why or why not.
4. What does economics have to say about the relationship between the interests of individuals and interests of society?
5. Provide an example of a price controls and its impact on the economy, and explain who are the ones that gain and who are the ones that suffer losses from these price controls. Is it beneficial to society as whole?
6. What are the two situations in which it is society benefits from government regulations? Explain why.
7. Describe some of the characteristics of dishonesty exhibited by people. Explain whether these are rational decisions or not, in the sense that people have done a cost benefit analysis in making these decisions?
8. Explain which of the motivation theories discussed earlier would provide the best explanation for the recent athletic scandals that have taken place in the United States.
9. Can we use different standards to judge tax evasion by a multinational corporations as opposed to that of an individual? Explain why we should or should not.
10. What are some of the ways in which multinational corporations evade taxes in the United States? Who is gains and who loses from this tax evasion? Explain if you think the loss greater than the gains or vice versa.

 

Choose one of the options below and write a 3- to 3½-page essay that addresses the prompt.  No works cited required

Option 1

Khushwant Singh’s novel Train to Pakistan has three main characters:  Juggut Singh, a Sikh peasant and “budmash” (bad man or criminal) who lives in the village of Mano Majra; Mr. Hukum Chand, a Hindu magistrate and commissioner in the district where Mano Majra is located; and Iqbal Singh, a secular (non-religious), urban, well-educated man who has been sent to Mano Majra by the People’s Party of India (a communist organization) to organize its poor, rural people to demand greater rights.

Choose one of these characters and write an essay that examines, and makes a judgment about, his ethics or morality.  Does this character behave ethically or unethically?  Is he “good,” “bad” or somewhere in between, and what specific actions, or failures to act, lead you to make this judgment?

Since readers have access to these characters’ thoughts and moral reasoning about their decisions, you should consider thesethings as well.  Do the thoughts a character has about himself and his situation make his actions seem more, or less, sympathetic or admirable?  (Note:  literary characters, like people in real life, are not always good judges of their own motives and actions, so you have to be careful here.  Juggut Singh is an interesting case in point:  he considers himself a bad man because that is what it says in the police registry, but is he?)

Apart from what a character may think to himself in his own defense, are there any objective factors that cause us to look more or less favorably on the character’s actions or failures to act?  Is he, in other words, doing the best he can under the circumstances?  (Both Hukum Chand and Iqbal Singh spend a good deal of time thinking about these circumstances and how they may limit what they can do.)

In judging your character’s ethics or morality, you should consider his thoughts and behavior generally, but pay particular attention to his response to the communal violence (violence across ethnic or religious lines) that is at the center of the novel.  What does the character do or not do when confronted with these events?  To what extent is he complicit in or responsible for the bloodshed, sexual violation and dispossession that are engulfing the newly separated countries of India and Pakistan?

You must submit your completed exam on Canvas. Your exam will be run through the plagiarism software. Please submit as an attached document. Please use only one document to answer all of the following parts of the exam. Provide sections and question numbers on the document so that your responses correspond to the sections and question numbers on the exam.

You will need to cite the theologians that you are engaging with in order to provide evidence for your claims throughout this exam. Citations should be parenthetical and in text. Cite any ideas that are not your own and any quotations that you pull directly from the text. Use the last name of the author and the page number followed by a period after the parentheses. For example: (Trible, 65) or (Class Notes, 9.20.17). Y​ ou may only use “class notes” as a citation for things thatwehavediscussedinclassthatdidnotappearinyourcoursereadings.​ Youmaynotcite class notes to summarize what a theologian we have read says. You must cite their text directly for full credit. Citations belong at the end of the sentence. I​​ f you do not include citations and page numbers, you will not receive full credit for your response.

Helpfultips:​ Thismidtermexaminationisyouropportunitytodemonstratewhatyouhave learned in the first half of this class. Please be sure to be as specific and detailed as possible in your answers in each section below. Define anything that needs to be defined and back up your analysis with evidence from the texts. Be sure to explain any quotes that you use. Take the time to show your work in order to demonstrate your mastery of the material. Make sure to answer all questions in each prompt and focus on the quality and content of your response. Incomplete answers without supporting arguments will not receive full credit. Remember to proofread your work and check your spelling and grammar.

Midterm Exam

Part I: Quote identification​: Choose any t​ wo​ of the following three quotes. Briefly state (in 1-2 paragraphs) the meaning of the quote a​ nd​ the quote’s significance and relationship to the theologian’s overall project. Use appropriate citations when necessary. (5 points each for 10 points toal)

1. “However, it appears that only a minority of U.S. teenagers are naturally absorbing by osmosis the traditional substantive content and character of the religious traditions to which they claim to belong. For, it appears to us, another popular religious faith — Moralistic Therapeutic Deism — is colonizing many historical religious traditions and, almost without anyone noticing, converting believers in the old faiths to its alternative religious vision of divenly underwritten personal happiness and interpersonal niceness.” (Christian Smith, 56).
2. “Rahner’s contribution is to arrive at this insight through the dynamism of human experience, making God’s incomprehensible holy mystery the very condition that makes possible the functioning of our human spirit.” (Elizabeth Johnson, 37).
3. “Before this episode the Yahwist has used only the generic word​ ‘adham.​ No exclusively male reference has appeared. Only with the specific creation of woman (‘​ ishshah​) occurs the first specific terms for man as male (‘ish). In other words, sexuality is simultaneous for woman and man. The sexes are interrelated and interdependent.” (Phyllis Trible, 76).

 

PartII:ShortAnswer:​ chooseany​two​ofthefollowingnumberedpromptsandprovideashort answer (in about 2-3 paragraphs). ​Read the prompt directions carefully and answer all parts of each prompt.​ Use appropriate citations when necessary. (20 points each for 40 points total)

1. In her chapter on “The Crucified God of Compassion,” Elizabeth Johnson examines arguments about whether or not God suffers. What is at stake in these arguments? (In other words, why are there heated disagreements over whether or not God suffers?) Why does Johnson think that any theological attempt to explain the suffering of the world by relying on arguments about God having a plan for the world or by appealing to human freedom is problematic?
2. In what way does John Noonan think that doctrine develops? What are the examples he offers of how Christian doctrine has developed? How does the development of doctrine help us to better understand what it means to say that the Catholic tradition is a living tradition?
3. Sanda Schneiders examines three models of service in light of the foot washing event in the Gospel of John. What are these three models of service and how do they differ? Which model of service does Schneiders think Jesus is enacting in this story and why does Peter object? Why does Schneiders think this interpretation of the foot washing event is significant for Christians today?

PartIII:Essay:​  Your answers should draw upon course materials. Your essay should be 850-1000 words, which is about double spaced 3-4 pages in 12 point Times New Roman font​. Read the prompt directions carefully and answer all parts of each prompt.​ Use appropriate citations when necessary. (50 points)

2. What are some of the methods described by Marcus Borg and Richard Clifford that readers can rely on as they interpret scripture? For Catholics, are the stories in scripture “true”? How does the historical critical method differ from hermeneutics? How has scripture been interpreted from the position of people who have been historically marginalized and what sorts of truths have they found contained in scripture? Place Marcus Borg ​and​ Richard Clifford into conversation with ​either​ Kelly Brown Douglas o​ r Lisa Cahill in order to answer the last question.