Explain and assess Hume’s theory of the moral obligation to keep promises.

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Explain and assess Hume’s theory of the moral obligation to keep promises.

Description 2500 word essay Looking at reaching the top criteria on the marking rubric Required reading Treatise Book 3, part 2 Of justice and injustice Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, section 3 Of justice and appendix 3 Some farther considerations with regard to justice Further reading Theories of Justice B. Barry, University of California Press, 1989 Paradoxes of Rationality and Cooperation ed Richmond Campbell and Lanning Sowden, University of British Columbia Press, 1985 ‘Hume: norms and the obligation to be just’ S. Darwall in his The British Moralists and the Internal ‘Ought’ Cambridge 1995 ‘David Hume: contractarian’ D. Gauthier, Moral Dealing Cornell Convention, D. Lewis, Blackwell 1969 Utilitarianism, JS Mill Chapter 5 Justice ed A. Ryan, OUP 1993 ‘Promising and obligation’ T Pink in Philosophical Perspectives 2009, edited by John Hawthorne and Jason Turner

Discuss one example related to Social Engineering Threats in each of the following categories in the smart emergency services scenario

Learning Outcomes to be assessed (as specified in the validated module descriptor https://icis.southwales.ac.uk/ ): 1) To analyse and evaluate different approaches to the implementation and management of security and threats within an organisation. 2) Perform risk, threat and vulnerability analysis, undertake security counter-measures and the application of the various standards related to information security. Provisional mark only: subject to change and / or confirmation by the Assessment Board Coursework Requirements You will need to produce a 2400 words report. *** General Information You are required to use your own created figures and tables (correctly labelled) within your report. Do not include any imported or previously submitted figures or tables within your report. Where applicable it should include citations and quotes, referenced correctly using the USW Harvard referencing format and a reference page listing your sources. You should submit your report in PDF format, renamed using the naming convention: . Assessment Task “Launch of “Smart Care” – A Smart Healthcare System” Smart Care is a start-up established in the South Wales Valleys to offer Smart Health Care digital services across Europe. You have recently joined the company as an employee-partner and asked to do a security and threat analysis and submit a report with recommendations regarding secure launch and operation of Smart Care. The features of Smart Care are following: • Telemedicine operations • Smart hospitals • Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality patient appointments • Remote Patient monitoring devices • Drone-assisted medicine delivery to smart homes Figure 1: Smart Care at the centre of Digital Health Care Services ecosystem Figure 1 shows the operating landscape of Smart Care. The main Smart Care participants include patients, healthcare service providers, pharmaceutical companies, regulatory bodies and Government entities. Once you have moved from the Boardroom to the Breakroom, you have scribbled down the following requirements that you aim to complete as a set of activities as part of the more complex process: Question 1: Identify data assets, their owners, their sensitivity level and specify data handling controls: (marks 18%; approximately 250 words) a) Identify data assets (minimum five non-overlapping data assets for each participant, namely, doctors, patients and regulatory body) (marks 3%; approximately 30 words) b) Identify data asset owner for all identified 15 data assets (marks 3%; approximately 30 words) c) Evaluate data asset classification levels (i.e., sensitivity as high, moderate, and low) for CIA Triad. (marks 3%; approximately 15 words) d) Identify adequate data handling controls for operations, namely, access control (confidentiality), encryption (confidentiality and integrity) and monitoring (integrity and availability) for high, moderate, and low sensitive data. (marks 9%; approximately 175 words) Question 2: As a result of a joint-venture with a US organisation, Smart Care is expected to grow as a medium-sized organisation (50 to 249 employees). You are required to write few sections of an Information Security Management Policy document. (marks 40%; approximately 1150 words) a) Asset Management (marks 10%; approximately 300 words) b) Physical Security Controls (marks 10%; approximately 300 words) c) Disaster Recovery Plan for Business Continuity (marks 20%; approximately 550 words) Question 3: Solve the following problems: (marks 42%; approximately 1000 words) A. James Anderson works in a team that supports smart water company customers who are struggling to keep up with the payments. He’s just received a call from an uncle of one of the customers, who is asking for details about a customer’s difficulties so that he can help the customer. What do you think James should do in this situation? (5 marks; approximately 150 words) B. Catherine runs a large smart transport company. She’s recently advertised for new staff. She’s been inundated with applications and doesn’t have a long time to review them all. She is travelling with a colleague to a conference tomorrow, so she’s planning to take a laptop on the aeroplane, along with the paper CVs she’s received. That way, they can both sort through everything on the journey. How would you advise her to take appropriate actions to protect personal data of applicants? Provide technical advice. (5 marks; approximately 150 words) C. Meet Mr Khan. He’s got an appointment to visit his doctor, but unfortunately, it doesn’t turn out quite how he expected. As Mr Khan arrives at the surgery, he’s surprised to find personal details about his appointment on display in the waiting room, for all to see. Then when he eventually talks to the doctor, it turns out she’s referring to the wrong patient file. It’s all very annoying. The doctor is unable to find his file anywhere. List the data mismanagement issues and identify possible solutions to avoid this type of situation in the future. (6 marks; approximately 200 words) D. Know your enemy: identify misclassified threats from the following figure and suggest corrective measure. (14 marks; approximately 300 words) Figure Source: Information Security Essentials – Understanding the Threats (USW) E. Discuss one example related to Social Engineering Threats in each of the following categories in the smart emergency services scenario: identify a relevant security control and mention its ISO 27001 Standard category: (technical; physical; legal and administrative): (12 marks; approximately 200 words ) a. Authority b. Liking c. Reciprocation d. Social Validation

Describe, and critically evaluate, both theoretically and in practice, different regional models of corporate law & governance;

International Corporate Law & Governance

Task details: You should read the attached memorandum of instructions. Then write a report as instructed. As indicated in the memorandum, the audience for your report is your principal. Instructions: In this report-style you should work to prepare a detailed report for the client on the issues identified in the instruction memorandum. Your report should cover both legal and practical advice and should be addressed to the board of directors. Therefore, you should assume that you are addressing a sophisticated but non-lawyer audience, so some explanation of legal concepts will be required. As well as legal analysis, you should consider fully the political, technological, philosophical and economic implications of issues arising from the instructions. Writing style Arial 12pt with 1.5 spacing page numbers at the bottom of the page Referencing: Oscola Word count 2,500 words including references/Footnotes excluding bibliography excluding 250 word individual overview Knowledge and Understanding. 1. Demonstrate an advanced and detailed knowledge and understanding of the fundamental legal concepts that characterise corporate identity and activity in a global context; 2. Describe, and critically evaluate, both theoretically and in practice, different regional models of corporate law & governance; 3. Operate professionally, ethically and with cultural awareness in a global corporate context. Practical, Professional or Subject Specific Skills 4. Advise on legal and regulatory matters 5. Produce a report on legal issues for a business client Transferable/Key Skills and other Attributes. 6. Locate and synthesise information from a range of published literature and electronic sources and present this effectively in oral, written and other media. Important to the writer: The answer demonstrates the willingness of the writer to challenge oneself and formulates new original ideas. The writer critically integrates various perspectives and demonstrates outstanding scholarly style in relation to structure, logical progression and clarity. It synthesises reference material from a wide range of sources. Overall outstanding. 1. Knowledge Outstanding knowledge. Theory is linked to practice to an exceptional level and may be used to formulate new questions, ideas or challenges 2. Cognitive processes Outstanding critical analysis and synthesis. Incorporates evidence of original thinking 3. Professionalism Outstanding awareness of self and relationships with others. Outstanding knowledge of the team and their contribution to it. Outstanding awareness of group values beliefs, ethical and political issues. Outstanding awareness of operation within scope of practice. 4. Communication Presentation is outstanding demonstrating a fluent academic style. 5. Motor skills Safe, outstanding application of skills, perceives the situation as a whole 6. Referencing and using evidence Synthesis of reference material from a wide range of sources both within and across professions. The legal issues should not only be stated but also explained. I.e. go deep enough into the specific legal issues that arise in the scenario. – Do not just write discursively and generalize. The writer has to explain how to apply the relevant law using primary and secondary sources to arrive at the correct conclusion! The writer needs excellent in critical analysis and synthesis and the arguments are handled with imaginative interpretation of the material. The writer has to demonstrate scholarly style in relation to structure, logical progression and clarity. Important is detailed use of relevant primary and secondary sources which are well referenced and used creatively to develop the work. Memorandum of Instructions From: Jane Ball (Corporate Partner) To: Ellen Collini (Associate) Date: 3 rd April 2021 Westlands Group PLC As you know, one of our most important corporate clients is Westlands Group PLC (Westlands), a large multi-national corporation which is quoted on the FTSE 350 on the London Stock Exchange. This morning I met with Ralph Warner, Thomas Richardson and Pranav Choudhury, respectively the Chairman, CEO and finance director of Westlands to take instructions on some extremely important issues that they are currently dealing with. They want us to prepare a detailed report for them on these issues and have given us a strict deadline to submit the completed report so that it can be considered by the full board of directors in two weeks’ time. I shall require your assistance in compiling the report as I am currently committed to dealing with a number of other important matters. The issues they wish us to advise on are as follows: 1. The Board’s strategy is to expand the business into Germany but they are not familiar with the corporate governance regimes existing in this country. Of course, they are very familiar with the UK Corporate Governance Code and its requirements, but there are significant differences in the laws and regulations introduced in other countries, and they would like us to provide a summary of the key differences between the UK rules and those in Germany in relation to the following three areas: • Structure of the board and the role and responsibilities of the board of directors • Rules for setting executive remuneration. 2. The Board has plans to streamline the business by outsourcing some of its back-office functions such as complaints handling and HR support. This will involve a major restructure of the business and lead to job losses at the company’s head office in Salford. Some of the jobs are likely to be relocated overseas in order to achieve cost saving. The board is confident that these changes will be beneficial for the business in the short term but are aware that there is likely to be significant opposition to the move from trade unions and from some shareholders. They would like to know what their duties are under the Companies Act when it comes to making strategic decisions such as these and what, if any, action the shareholders could take to challenge the board’s decisions in this regard. 3. Finally, the Board would like some advice on the provisions in the UK Corporate Governance Code that relate to the role and number of executive and non-executive directors that they should have, and the extent to which any non-executive directors need to be independent. Please could you prepare a draft report for me covering each of the three issues mentioned above? As I will have little time to rewrite the report myself, please ensure that it is thorough and complete so that it can be sent to the client once I have had the opportunity to check over it. Many thanks. Jane Ball

What exemptions are available that would allow a lessee not to capitalise lease assets and lease liabilities?

ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES REVIEW QUESTIONS

Question One (R.Q. 11.6) What exemptions are available that would allow a lessee not to capitalise lease assets and lease liabilities? Question Two (R.Q. 11.24) On 1 July 2023, Diversify Ltd signs a non-cancellable agreement to lease a building from Fortified Ltd. The lease agreement requires seven annual payments of $350 000, with the first payment being made on 30 June 2024. Within each of these payments, $30 000 represents a payment to Fortified Ltd for rates and maintenance of the property. The building is expected to have a life of only nine years, after which time it will have no salvage value. At 1 July 2023 the land and building have a fair value of $492 400 and $1 148 936 respectively. The land and building are expected to have a value (unguaranteed by the lessee) of $400 000 at the end of year 7, with the land component expected to be worth $120 000 and the building component expected to be worth $280 000. The rate of interest implicit in the lease is 12 per cent. Required (a) Prove that the rate of interest implicit in the lease is 12 per cent. (b) Provide the journal entries for the years ending 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025 for Diversify Ltd. (c) Provide the journal entries for the years ending 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025 for Fortified Ltd. Question Three (R.Q. 11.30) On 1 July 2023, Birdy Ltd decides to lease an aeroplane from Aeronautical Ltd. The term of the lease is 20 years. The implicit interest rate in the lease is 12 per cent. It is expected that the aeroplane will be scrapped at the end of the lease term. The fair value of the aeroplane at the commencement of the lease is $2 366 738. The lease is non-cancellable, returns the aeroplane to Aeronautical Ltd at the end of the lease, and requires a lease payment of $350 000 on inception of the lease (on 1 July 2023) and lease payments of $270 000 on 30 June each year (starting 30 June 2024). There is no residual payment required. Required (a) Provide the journal entries for the lease in the books of Birdy Ltd as at 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. (b) Provide the journal entries for the lease in the books of Aeronautical Ltd as at 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024 (c) Provide the journal entries in the books of Birdy Ltd for the final year of the lease (that is, the entries in 20 years’ time). 2 (d) Provide the journal entries in the books of Aeronautical Ltd for the final year of the lease (that is, the entries in 20 years’ time). Reference: Deegan, C., 2020 (9th Edition). Financial accounting. Mcgraw-hill education (Australia) Pty Ltd.

What does it take for district leaders and campus principals to promote and support equitable learning experiences for students in a large K-12 suburban school district?

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[Revision] What does it take for district leaders and campus principals to promote and support equitable learning experiences for students in a large K-12 suburban school district?

7 pages + well-structured + cited references

Description Chapter 2 – Please use Calibri 11 Literature Review • This chapter is not a series of discrete article summaries. Chapter two is a synthesis of relevant literature that a) makes a clear argument as to the significance of the study, and b) provides a bridge between the purpose of the study and the methodology chosen. • Theoretical perspective i. Identify and define the chosen framework ii. Description of what makes it appropriate (i.e. how it informs the design of the study and will support the analysis and interpretation of results). Please review the documents provided first. The draft of chapter 1 will provide the context needed for the lit review. Parts of the mini lit review should be incorporated but please look at the feedback document as well to see the suggestions provided for strengthening the lit review. Lastly, please review the references document. In addition to new references, these key references including Khalifa et al., must be incorporated.

What does Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis suggest about Gregor Samsa’s work (he is a travelling salesman) and his transformation?

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What does Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis suggest about Gregor Samsa’s work (he is a travelling salesman) and his transformation? In what way does the transformation comment on his work and/or lifestyle?

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No secondary sources are required for this essay, and I would prefer you base your essay on your own interpretation, not on additional research. That said, if you do complete additional research, you must acknowledge whenever words or ideas that you have taken from others appear in your essay. In the case of words directly taken from other sources, these must: a) be presented in quotation marks, b) followed by a complete MLA formatted citation indicating the origin of the words, and c) a work cited list giving all of the required information for an MLA Work Cited entry. In the case of ideas taken from other sources, you must do ALL of the following: a) use signal phases to indicate where ideas originate with others (for instance, “As Smith argues, these costs are too high for a variety of reasons”), b) provide MLA formatted citations that give the required information about where the ideas originate, c) provide a corresponding Work Cited List entry at the end of the essay that gives all of the information required in MLA format for the cited source, and d) ensure that none of the phrasing from the original occurs (for if it did, it should be treated as a quotation).

review a table or a set of current data presented on the Commonwealth’s website and create a google slide presentation on your school or district data using information for the DESE school profile.

Description Data Analysis Task #1: This assignment focuses on the selection of data from the DESE or district. (Formative Assessment PSI1.a,1.f) This assignment has two parts:

Part 1  1. Your assignment is to review a table or a set of current data presented on the Commonwealth’s website and create a google slide presentation on your school or district data using information for the DESE school profile. You will be presenting your data in small groups virtually. (*I have attached the google slides with DATA ALREADY FOUND!!!)

Part 2  write no more than a two-page data analysis that includes the following information: 1)A brief description of the source of the data (how it was generated, who generated it, why it was generated) 2) An interpretation based on your efforts to synthesize the data presented, and potential use of the information based on the results.  Within this assignment, you must demonstrate that you have carefully reviewed the data, utilized additional resources as applicable (i.e. comparing and contrasting the school’s data against the state data), and reflected on the results. 3) Conclude the assignment with a set of recommended action steps that the school should take in response to these data.

What are the emerging issues of economic security in South Sudan?

Title: Economic Security in South Sudan

Introduction

It is a considerable fact that economic uncertainty is becoming increasingly institutionalised in an increasing number of organisations, with a notably severe influence on the labor and financial sectors. When it comes to the world’s poorest nations, neoliberal globalisation has made matters significantly worse. It seems likely that for the foreseeable future, the majority of people’s lives will be marked by either risk or economic insecurity (International Monetary Fund, 2020). Difficulties in dealing with sickness, unemployment, a scarcity of food and shelter are all prevalent in a community with an unsteady economic situation (AbouChadi and Immergut, 2019).

Since the beginning of globalisation, human civilization has undergone significant modifications, and we now need to move on to the next chapter of our evolutionary journeys. According to the International Labour Organisation (2014), a broad variety of institutional and legislative adjustments are required in order to have a genuinely safe economic environment. Insecurity and instability in the economy have increased as a consequence of globalisation and liberalization. Economic security and globalisation, as well as flexible markets, informal economic activity, and income insecurity, all constitute a serious danger to the international economy (Jensen and Wenzelburger, 2020).

Research Question

• What are the emerging issues of economic security in South Sudan?
• How is South Sudan’s economic security system developed?
• How is South Sudan implementing economic security policies?
• What are the challenges of South Sudan’s economic security?
• What are the solutions to the problems of economic security in South Sudan?

Aims and objectives

The proposed study aims at identifying the type of economic insecurity generated in South Sudan in recent years and the state responds, particularly addressing how the problem is mitigated at the local level. Following are the objectives developed to achieve the research aim:

• To analyse the emerging issues of economic security in South Sudan
• To investigate South Sudan’s economic security system developed
• To examine the implementing policies related to economic security in South Sudan
• To review the challenges of South Sudan’s economic security
• To evaluate the solutions to the problems of economic security in South Sudan

Overview of the proposed research

It is the overarching goal of the planned research to identify the degree to which South Sudan is experiencing economic instability. The fundamental objective of this study, in addition, is to analyses the state’s response to these economic security problems in order to discover the most effective means of addressing them. In order to come up with significant conclusions, the researcher decided to employ qualitative data into the investigation.

Is remixing a creative practice or a form of theft? Discuss with reference to production examples within just one music genre.

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Is remixing a creative practice or a form of theft? Discuss with reference to production examples within just one music genre.

Description Course: Contemporary Music Industry. Remix: Authorship in the Age of Digital Production This session concentrates on the implications of digital music production practices. Sampling is a common practice in music and sound production. We work in a copy and paste culture, yet we also live in a world where copyright of intellectual property is an important part of cultural industries. In this context, how can we understand musical ‘authenticity’, ‘originality’ and ‘authorship? If its possible to be written in electro music genre. On the PDF it has some sources that can be used.

Explain corrective actions to ensure profitability in the current and future projects.

4 pages + well-structured + cited references Description You have just been hired as a new commercial manager for a reputable contracting firm, ACE Contracting. ACE Contracting is specialised in executing large scale commercial building projects. However, the firm has faced a significant reduction in its profitability in the past few years. An internal review was conducted on completed projects in the last 3 years and this revealed problems with the cost at which line items are delivered compared to what was allowed for in the BOQ. Task: As the new commercial manager, write a comprehensive report to the commercial director that details how you intend to manage this problem. The report should cover the following: 1. Steps you would take to manage profitability issues in the current and future projects. 2. Using an exemplar cost value reconciliation (CVR) report, identify and explain pertinent information required to monitor profit and loss during construction projects. 3. Where losses or significant decreases in profit were recorded, discuss the possible causes of the variances. 4. Explain corrective actions to ensure profitability in the current and future projects.