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After reading the content addressing CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design), please create a PowerPoint or a Word document that includes both a summary in addition to a photo(s) or a hand-written diagram(s) of a residential structure that has been subjected to the principles of CPTED. Note: You are welcome to use your own residence for the purposes of this assignment, a neighbor's house, etc. Just be sure that the subject dwelling of your project is residential in nature. For example, included below is a photo of an area pre-CPTED. Applying the principles of CPTED, what would you do to alter this environment to make it less attractive to would-be criminals? You can include strategies that address variables such as lighting, landscaping, cameras, security measures, fences, gates, locks, etc.

So many of us have signed promissory notes at one time or another in our lives. Few of us, unfortunately, have spent enough time going over the legal details of the notes. Be honest - did you really read the legal details of the last car loan you signed? This assignment is for you and your personal gain so that the next time you want to borrow money, you'll (at least) have a working understanding of the legalese contained in the note. FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT Provide two examples of promissory notes that you, and/or a significant other, have signed and that you still have the paperwork for. Common examples of promissory notes include personal loans, automobile loans, real estate loans, business loans, and student loans (you may use others). If you don't currently have an active promissory note, please either use prior notes or find examples online of two different (fully completed) types of promissory notes for this assignment. QUESTIONS TO ANSWER Briefly introduce the type of promissory notes you signed and the reasons for signing them (being careful to leave out any sensitive information you do not wish to share - you can substitute actual information with fictitious information) Fully describe the following terms of the promissory notes: The repayment type (Installment Payments, Installments with Final Balloon Payment, Due on Specific Date ("Lump Sum"), Due on Demand (“Payable on Demand”) Maturity date Default and collection terms Additional previsions (choose any that apply and explain the specific terms for each): Acceleration, Amendment, Collateral, Governing Law, Joint/Several Liability, Late Charges, Prepayment, Right to Transfer Are the promissory notes secured or unsecured? What is the difference? If secured, what are the terms? What sections of the promissory notes are similar? Which sections differ? Why do you think they differ? What happens if you (the Borrower) misses a payment or pays late? SYSTEMS THINKING QUESTION: Why is an interest rate typically charged on a promissory note? (refer to the Time Value of Money)

Your paper must include: (1) the facts of the case in detail; (2) the legal issue(s) at stake; (3) the court's analysis of each issue considering the facts and the law; and (4) your opinion of whether the court ruled correctly on each issue and why. Each section should be written in paragraph form, except for the legal issues section, which can be written as a list or bullet points.

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Directions: Write a paper in which you discuss the differentiation of intellectual property in trademarks, copyrights, and patents, and address the management of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Include the following in your paper: A discussion of the defining characteristics of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Why do trademarks, copyrights, and patents exist? Why has the value of trademarks, copyrights, and patents increased throughout the evolution of modern business? A discussion of how business leaders can best manage trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Why do trademarks, copyrights, and patents exist? How might the management of trademarks, copyrights, and patents influence the sustainability of a business? A discussion of how to communicate intellectual property ownership policy to both remote and on-site employees. A discussion of when to engage legal counsel with regard to the management of trademarks, copyrights, and patent

Part 2: Do some research and find an article that discusses ESG (environmental, social and governance) and why ESG is becoming of significant interest to companies, their investors and other stakeholders. Discuss what you agree and/or disagree with in the article and what types of policies companies can implement to reach their ESG goals. Tips: -Consider how these initiatives impact accounting firms in addition to all firms in all industries -Consider the impact that ESG issues have on all stakeholders, such as customers, employees, investors etc. Part 2 #2 You have just been hired as a manager of ABC Company. Your first week on the job you are asked by upper management to review payroll. You notice the company is not paying any payroll taxes but there are a handful of individuals who are receiving checks from the company. You ask the payroll director why there are no taxes paid and he states that all of the workers are considered independent contractors. What would you do in this case? Consider potential differences with how a company reports, pays or handles payroll taxes for an independent contractor versus an employee. Tips: Consider researching the IRS's rules relating to how to distinguish independent contractors from employees. -Consider why the IRS or state governments would care if an employee was misclassified. -Feel free to share what impacts you think COVID-19 has had on the way that companies classify workers. Part 3: This week we cover bond financing. Often times when large amount of funds are needed for a project or expansion, companies and governments seek financing to help pursue these projects. Define what a bond is and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of bond financing, such as those covered in your chapter. Consider discussing why a company might choose to issue a bond instead of stock, a form of equity financing. Be sure to cite any sources used, including the textbook. Tips -Consider what types of traditional financing a company can obtain as another alternative. Which of these choices (traditional loans, bond financing or equity financing) do you think seems the best approach? Is there a time when one is preferred? -How is financial reporting different under either route? -Will investors be more interested in one alternative or another? For example, would they prefer investing in bonds or in stock? Part 3 #2Running a business presents challenges such as managing finances from a broad scale, including ensuring the bills are paid, credit is not misused, and keeping the doors open. In downturns of the economy, there are challenges that business owners face which may cause them to be unable to maintain their commitments or meet their financial obligations. If you were an employer who came upon difficult times, how would you handle such a situation? Do you think there are ways to combat such challenges without having to lay off employees or shut down entirely? Discuss the ethical concerns this might present. -In your response feel free to discuss the impacts you have experienced or seen in response to COVID-19. Part 4: Discuss the importance of measuring cash flows for a business. How could a manager benefit from using a Statement of Cash Flows on a routine basis (e.g. what types of policies or routine analysis could be implemented)? What considerations should be made relating to noncash activities that may not appear directly within the Statement of Cash Flows but rather in the notes? Give specific examples where useful. -For an additional detailed overview of how to prepare the Statement of Cash Flows and what each section includes, consider reviewing the following video: "Statement of Cash Flows Explained." (2013). https://youtu.be/Eg8rmD675XA Part 4# 2: Common tools of financial statement analysis such as horizontal analysis, vertical analysis and ratio analysis have helped to uncover fraud by identifying amounts that are out of line with expectations. Discuss how these tools can help to identify fraud schemes early and whether they are useful in preventing frauds overall. -Recall that the goal of financial statement analysis is to: make informed decisions about a company (investors, creditors, lenders) helps managers in managing day-to-day operations assists with making comparisons to competitors or others in the industry helps determine financial health -We look at our analysis within the same year (vertical analysis) or from period to period (horizontal analysis).

Project 2  Hide Assignment InformationInstructions Project 2 Purpose: The purpose of this project is to reflect on, analyze and apply tort law, agency and contract law, and their potential rights, risks, and liabilities in a business. The project requires you to identify and analyze legal issues and to make recommendations. You will also develop skills in critical thinking to create an in-depth comprehensive analysis. The project relates to the concepts covered in weeks 1-7.  You should refer to assigned materials in earlier weeks of the course. This project relates to the following course outcomes: recommend appropriate actions in the business environment based on an understanding of sources of law, substantive legal concepts, legal process and procedure, and available remedies analyze contractual rights, obligations, liabilities, and remedies in the business environment analyze tort rights, obligations, liabilities, and remedies in the business environment  Background: The owners of Viral Clean (Conner, Denise, Larisa, and Sam) are responsible for different components of the business.  Each aspect has a legal implication.  Please prepare a report that discusses the law for each aspect.  For each aspect, the report must address the following: Identify the component that is central to each of the four scenarios and explain the relevant area of the law.   As a general matter, explain why understanding the area of the law helps Clean. Identify Clean’s rights and liabilities in the area of the law and make specific recommendations of how Clean can minimize its liabilities. Conner:     Conner is responsible for purchasing PPE and cleaning supplies from EPI.  Although Conner is a Clean owner, he also operates his own separate company.   His company sells outerwear and athletic clothing online.  While running his company, he had several instances where the manufacturer did not deliver the correct product to his company.  He also had cases where the clothing did not meet the contract specifications.  As a result, his company had shipping delays to the customers, and his company also shipped the wrong product to its customers. Conner wants to avoid this situation for Clean.  However, if this should happen to Clean, Conner wants to understand Clean's rights as a purchaser from EPI and its liabilities as a reseller to customers.  Please address the law to help Conner understand Clean’s rights and liabilities. Denise:  Denise is responsible for human resources, risk-avoidance, and insurance for Clean.  Denise is preparing a workers’ handbook for Clean.  The handbook’s relevant sections cover job-related injuries to workers and Cleans’ customers.  The workbook explains the actions that must be taken when there are on-the-job injuries.  Clean’s workers include employees and independent contractors. Please address the law to help Denise prepare the relevant sections of the workers’ handbook. Larisa:    Larisa is responsible for executive talent acquisition.  Clean will retain the executives using three-year employment agreements.  Larisa wants to ensure that the employment agreements are valid and enforceable.  The agreements must address the executives' duties and authority. Larisa does not know what is required to ensure that the employment agreements are valid and enforceable.  She is also unsure of the law that cover’s the executives’ duties and authority. Please address the law that will assist Larisa. Sam:  Sam is responsible for government compliance and product development.  Sam ensures that all PPE and cleaning solutions meet the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines.  Sam also monitors the laws in the states where Clean’s PPE and cleaning solution are sold.  He ensures that the states are not planning to ban any of the cleaning solution’s ingredients. Please address the law that will assist Sam when states plan to ban the cleaning solution’s ingredients. Instructions There will be 1 single report with subheadings for each Clean employee: Conner, Denise, Larisa. and Sam. Each subheading should include the following: Identify the component that is central to each of the four scenarios and explain the relevant area of the law.  As a general matter, explain why understanding the area of the law helps Clean. Identify Clean’s rights and liabilities in the area of the law and make specific recommendations of how Clean can minimize its liabilities. No narrative minimum is provided. Be sure to cover each component thoroughly, demonstrating your understanding and application of the law. Format Report TO:  Winnie James, Ralph Anders FROM: (your name) RE:      Clean risks and liabilities A brief introduction of the purpose of the report A.  Conner (1) (2) (3) B.  Denise (1) (2) (3) C. Larisa (1) (2) (3) D.  Sam (1) (2) (3) ______________________ Tips for Formatting and Structuring Analysis: Write in complete sentences in paragraph format. Use in-text citations citing to relevant assignment materials.      Double-space; 12-point Arial or Times Roman font. Introductory Sentence:  Begin with an introductory sentence or very brief paragraph that states the purpose of this report.   Concluding Sentence:  End the discussion with a concluding sentence or a very brief paragraph that summarizes your conclusion/what you discussed. Support Arguments and Positions:   Please refer to the module in Content, "How to Support Arguments and Positions.".  A References page may be added at the end of the report. Review the Project Memorandum Thoroughly read the project to ensure all required elements are present. 

Part 1:  Research, find, and do your project on a historical monograph like Black Fortunes about American Historical figures from 1877- 2022.  Do a document analysis for the book  You will do the project by yourself.  Part 2:  Go to?canva.com?:  Set up an account per person.  Pick an infographic template to use for the project. Most of them are free. I will not reimburse you if you upgrade to the paid templates.  Proceed to edit the infographic by inputting the information gathered from the Document Analysis for the book.  You must input the information from questions 1-12, all other information is up to you, as long as it comes from the book analysis.  The Infographic should answer the questions on the document analysis worksheet used for your D.A. assignment.  When finished with the infographic in order to save a PDF copy to your computer do the following:  Login to?canva.com  Go to your infographic.  Click the download symbol at the top of the page.  Your infographic will be saved to your computer

Please provide a response to the question: Discussion Question: According to this Act, Policy makers have debated the balance between assisting municipal funding needs, which remain large, and the impact of assistance programs such as the Clean Water Act’s on federal spending and budget deficits. What do you suggest the authorities can do to make a rational balance between assisting municipal funding needs and the federal government spending so that neither the municipal fundings are too small nor are the federal government spending too big?

This assignment has four parts and here are the instructions below, please put four parts into four different documents.  The Era of the American Revolution continues to resonate in 21st Century politics. Politicians and political activists frequently invoke the authority of the Founders to support their particular agenda in the present. For a brief introduction to the use and abuse of the Founders, you can listen to this interview with Dr. Hatter on Spokane Public Radio: https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2022-08-10/george-washington-didnt-sleep-here-quoting-the-founders-in-the-21st-centuryLinks to an external site. You will write a short research paper (2,000 to 2,500 words) that will explore and evaluate an example of quoting (or misquoting) the Founders in 21st Century politics. To help you research and write your paper, you will first complete three small assignments: Part I: Identify an example of quoting the Founders in the 21st Century from a newspaper, blog, other related media. To begin, you need to identify a news or media sources from 2000 on wards that quotes one of the Founders. For our purposes, the Founders refers to anyone connected in anyway with Independence, framing or ratifying the Constitution, or the early years of the US government up to 1826. this could be someone "famous" like Jefferson, or someone less directly involved in politics like Abigail Adams. For this short assignment, you should provide the following in a Word file: 1. A URL link to the news/media source you have identified that uses a quote from one of the Founders. 2. Cut and paste the quote from the Founder. 3. Write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences max) explaining the context in which the author of the article/media uses the quote. In other words, you need to explain why the author is invoking the Founder in this piece.  Part II: Identifying Primary Sources. In Part I, you identified a quote, or the invocation of an idea, from a Founder that was used in an article, blog, or other form of 21st Century Media. For this brief assignment, you will find primary sources that will allow you assess what the cited Founder might actually have written about the subject invoked in the media post. There are two places that you can assess the writings of the Founders at WSU: 1. WSU Library - The Holland and Terrell Library houses edited volumes of the Founders' papers. These physical books have been created by professional historians working on large-scale, long-term projects to carefully transcribe and annotate the papers of the Founders. I can assure you that these volumes exist and can be found through SearchIT and retrieved from the library stacks. 2. Online - I hope that you all realize that not everything on the Internet is true. Nevertheless, bona fide institutions, such as the Library of Congress and the National Archives of the United States, do provide digital access to thousands of pages of primary sources relating to the Founders. These are sometimes searchable. Sometimes you can access typed transcriptions of these writings. Other times, you can only access digital copies of the handwritten records. For this assignment, you need to submit the following in a Word document: 1. A full citation to the primary source you have identified that relates to the media quote you found in Part I. E.g. if you found a Jefferson quote, then you need to find a Jefferson primary source. 2. A citation to ONE specific document in the edited volume or online collection that you just cited above that relates directly to the subject of the media quotation you identified in Part I. E.g. you found a media reference to Jefferson's opinion on the legitimacy of political violence. The specific document you find needs to something that Jefferson wrote about the legitimacy of political violence. 3. A short paragraph explaining the connection between the media reference from Part I and the document you have found as part of this assignment. E.g. the media referenced Jefferson's support for political violence. This letter from Jefferson to William Short from 1793 shows that he supported the violence of the Terror in the cause of liberty. Part III: Identifying Secondary Sources. For your final proposal, you will identify some secondary sources to see how scholars have interpreted the Founders' writings on the issue(s) you identified in Part I, and located primary sources for in Part II. I hope that you are, by now, all familiar with WSU Libraries and SearchIt. This is where you will find your secondary sources. For the assignment, please identify at least FIVE secondary sources (books and scholarly articles) that will shed light on the context of the quote you identified in Proposal Part I. Provide a full bibliographic citation for each source in Chicago (Deep Dish) Style.