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1. Read the Ethics Case, Bernie Madoff Scandal–The King of Ponzi Schemes
2. Write a 3 page paper summarizing the case and its implications on corporate and accounting governance. Use these questions as guidance:
1. Is Madoffs sentence too long?
2. Some SEC personnel were derelict in their duty. What should happen to them?
3. Are the reforms undertaken by the SEC (see http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/sec -postmadoffreforms.htm) tough enough, and sufficiently encompassing?
4. Does it matter that Madoffs auditor, Friehling, was his brother-in-law?
5. Does it matter that Friehling did no audit work?

Write a paper as if you are an instructor at a school whose Language Arts or English department is currently dealing with public outcry over the choice of a particular book (Harry Potter). Before deciding on whether or not the school board will ban the book, the school board has asked for written arguments. Your principal has asked that you prepare a written report for the board.

Choose a childrens book that has caused controversy (Harry Potter). Read the book, review the controversy as it has played out in the media/newspapers, and review relevant literature on banning of books. Then, determine whether you believe the book should be banned and why or why not. Your paper should include 3 to 5 sources, including the childrens book upon which your paper focuses.

Find an article in a newspaper/magazine/online media and tie this into topic of deviance and social control.You may use any credible news sources like NPR, Washington Times, Denver Post etc. Guideline:
1. The first paragraph of the posting will be a summary of the article. Explain what it is about, what the main story line is. Also, be sure to say where it came from and give the reference information. 2. The second paragraph should explain how the article relates to a topic in the textbook chapter (chapter 6). Cite the textbook material here, explain the concept, and then how the article relates to this.
3.The final paragraph or two is why article was chosen and why it is important.Feel free to add in your own opinions here.
Textbook information: Essentials of sociology: Down to earth approach by James M Henslin – 9th edition

The following resources may be helpful when completing this assignment:

Subprime Mortgage Meltdown (http://www.bestwaytoinvest.com/subprime-meltdown)
Predictive Analytics Guide (http://www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/predictive_analytics.php)
How to: Operationalize Business Analytics (located in Week 3 of the online course shell)
Architecture for Business Analytics: A Conceptual Viewpoint (located in Week 3 of the online course shell)
DDS, BI, business analytics, and predictive analytics overlap from a business applications perspective; yet, they are different from one another in their underlying methodologies and technologies. It is critical to understand the similarities and differences among those concepts.

Imagine that you are a CFO of a regional bank that has had exposure to subprime mortgage. You need to understand how to use Decision Support Systems (DSS), Business Intelligence (BI), business analytics, and predictive analytics to ensure that your bank has the right risk management practice to prevent any significant damage from subprime mortgage or other risky asset or investment.

Write a four (4) page paper in which you:

1.Compare and contrast the similarities and differences among DDS, BI, business analytics, and predictive analytics in terms of their respective business scope and origins / histories.
2.Compare and contrast the methodologies used in DDS, BI, business analytics, and predictive analytics.
3.Compare and contrast the technologies used in DDS, BI, business analytics, and predictive analytics.
4.Use the subprime mortgage as an example and explain how you would use DDS, BI, business analytics, and predictive analytics to ensure that your company can make profits from its investment and control risks at the same time.
5.Evaluate the capabilities of DSS in your dealing with subprime mortgage. Propose how you would use the four (4) capabilities of DSS to improve your overall strategy for risk management.
6.Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

These are the links for the readings A Christmas carol http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm Herman Melville reading https://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SAYLOR-ENGL405-5.2-PARADISE.pdf Instructions In Herman Melvilles two-part story, The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids,
he offers a commentary of the relative places in the world of men and women. In the case of
human biology, the men have it easy and the women do not. He shows this symbolically in the
stories with the bachelor lawyers in London and the hard-working mill girls in New England. As
pointed out in the lesson on those two sketches (that together make one story), there are
several other possible meanings or implications that form themes for Melville in the work; and
then there is all that business about his allusions to Greek philosophy and the nature of love.
However, at the end of The Tartarus of Maids, the narrator says this:
At the Black Notch I paused, and once more bethought me of Temple-Bar. Then, shooting
through the pass, all alone with inscrutable nature, I exclaimedOh! Paradise of Bachelors! and
oh! Tartarus of Maids!
This would indicate that the narrator has just achieved an insight.
In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a
change. During the course of the book, the reader see Scrooges experiences turn him from a
sour old man, who hates Christmas as the embodiment of many foolish thoughts and practices,
into someone who values Christmas and its implications, especially its implications to social
responsibility.
In both the Dickens and Melvilles texts, the protagonists go through lessons that lead to
insights. In the case of Scrooge, the reader gets to see the impact of the insight on Scrooges life
and actions. On the other hand, in Melvilles two-part tale, the reader (and likely the main
character) come to a conclusion, whether right or wrong, about the nature of life and society.
Using both of these texts, compose a paper according to the following guidelines:
In a paper of about 1250 words (5 pages), present these two works, Melvilles
Paradise/Tartarus and Dickens A Christmas Carol as stories that bring the reader along for
the journey to an insight.
Use details from the stories to show how the authors steer the reader to follow the
stories themes.
Compare and contrast aspects of the stories, such as scenes (dinners, journeys, parties,
weather), characters (upper-class, servants, men, women, children), professions
(businessman, lawyer, clerk, manager, worker), or relationship identities (husband, wife,
friends, son, daughter, nephew). You need not do all of these; but choose what you can
to develop your ideas.
Feel free to explore useful allusion or historical references that bring forward points of
the stories.
Be explicit about what you think the reader is supposed to believe that the main
characters (Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and the seedsman in Paradise/Tartarus)
are supposed to have realized at the end of each work. Are these insights alike,
completely different, or alike in some way? Make your case.

The role of the Federal Reserve giving an example of how government has overstepped biblical principles in some form of economic policy.

What are some of the implications of Pinker\’s argument for our understanding of gender? In a well developed argument, explore how challenging the blank slate leads to a new understanding male/female differences and feminism.

Compare successful and failed start-ups to draw conclusions for entrepreneurs and investors