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Simon’s Food Truck (Fish Plate Fiasco)

 

Utilize critical thinking methods to examine legal issues in business.
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The rational basis test is a standard used by the federal courts when reviewing cases. This test is less stringent than intermediate scrutiny and strict scrutiny. The court will first examine whether there is legitimate government interest behind the regulation. Next, the court will determine if the regulation could rationally further that government interest. If the answer is in the affirmative for both questions, the regulation will be deemed constitutional under the rational basis test.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

Utilize critical thinking methods to examine legal issues in business.
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Textbook: Business Law

File: Simon’s Food Truck (Fish Plate Fiasco) Template.docx
Background Information

The Commerce Clause empowers the federal government to regulate interstate commerce. Under the Dormant Commerce Clause, a state may not take it upon itself to regulate interstate commerce even if Congress has chosen not to regulate an area of commerce. Under the Tenth Amendment, states have what is referred to as the Police Power. This Police Power allows states to regulate health, safety, and morals. If a state unduly burdens interstate commerce with one of its laws, the law is generally considered unconstitutional.

Instructions

In your textbook, Business Law, read pages 82–83.
Consider the following scenario:

Big Lake fishing license required

Simon’s “Fish Plate Friday” menu is a hit with customers! To keep up with demand, he makes the long trek from State A to Big Lake, which is located in State B. State A and State B have a reciprocal license agreement that allows residents of each state to fish the other state’s waters. The statute reads as follows:

State A License Agreement with State B

State A has a license agreement with State B. This agreement recognizes fishing licenses of the two states on the waters of Big Lake.

As Simon sets out for his fishing trip to Big Lake, he is able to purchase only a small quantity of live minnows from his favorite State A bait shop. He plans to buy more live minnows once he arrives at the Big Lake bait shop in State B.

To Simon’s dismay, the Big Lake bait shop is sold out of live minnows, and the store clerk advises him of the prohibition against using State A live minnows because they may carry parasites. The clerk then shows him a recent news article written by a State B fish pathologist discussing the prohibition.

Simon is very upset about the State B law because he purchased his minnows from a reputable dealer, and State B cannot prove that his minnows are unhealthy. He feels the blanket prohibition on State A minnows is unfair and places an undue burden on interstate commerce. Simon is particularly upset because he stands to lose a lot of money if he cannot meet customer demand for his “Fish Plate Friday” promotion.

Simon believes the law violates the Interstate Commerce Clause. He asks your opinion about the law.

Using the Simon’s Food Truck (Fish Plate Fiasco) Template.docx, analyze the Interstate Commerce Clause to determine whether State B’s ban of out-of-state live minnows is legal.
Follow APA formatting, including use of 12-point Times New Roman font.
Correct use of citations and references is required.
When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Dropbox by the end of the workshop.
Assessment Criteria

Criteria

26–30 Points

21–25 Points

16–20 Points

0–15 Points

Content

You address all of the requirements of the assignment.

You display excellent organization.

You correctly use and cite the sources in your answer.

You address most of the requirements of the assignment.

You display very good organization.

You correctly use and cite some sources.

You address some of the requirements of the assignment.

You display good organization.

You do not use or cite all sources correctly.

You address few or none of the requirements of the assignment.

You do not effectively organize content.

You do not use or cite sources correctly.

Criteria

16–20 Points

11–15 Points

6–10 Points

0–5 Points

Critical Thinking

You demonstrate clear, insightful critical thinking.

You examine key issues, scrutinize the meaning of the information, and apply relevant criteria to the problem or issue.

You demonstrate competent critical thinking.

You describe key issues, the content of the source materials, and the meaning of the information, and you define the criteria and reasoning used to make judgments.

You demonstrate limited critical thinking.

You mention key issues, record the content found in the source materials, identify potential meanings of the information, and identify criteria used for making judgments.

You demonstrate little to no critical thinking.

You fail to raise key issues, miss key source materials, ignore or misrepresent the meaning of the information, and do not use criteria—or use invalid criteria—for making judgments.

Criteria

8–10 Points

5–7 Points

3–4 Points

0–2 Points

Grammar, Spelling, Length, and Citation

Your sentence structure is complete, with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and varied diction and word choice.

Your assignment length is correct, with correct APA formatting.

Your sentence structure has minor errors (fragments, run-ons), with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization but limited diction and word choice.

Your assignment length is correct, with correct APA formatting.

Your sentence structure has several errors in sentence fluency, with multiple fragments/run-ons and poor spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice.

Your assignment length is inadequate, with several APA errors.

Your sentence structure has serious and persistent errors in sentence fluency, spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice.

Your assignment length is inadequate, with several APA errors.

Attachement

Simon’s Food Truck (Fish Plate Fiasco)
Analysis of the Commerce Clause

 

 

1. Explain the Equal Protection Clause and whether it applies to business entities. For this case, what legal standard is applied to determine whether a law violates the Equal Protection Clause?

 

 

2. What constitutional power is the state using to justify its regulation regarding bait?

 

 

3. Does the State B law serve a legitimate state interest? Explain.

 

 

 

4. What is the Commerce Clause?

 

 

 

5. Does State B’s law violate the Commerce Clause? Explain.

Prepare and develop a marketing plan

Prepare and develop a marketing plan

Assessment Task 1 – Devise strategies and plan marketing tactics

Unit description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to research, develop and present a marketing plan for an organisation.

Purpose of this unit

This unit applies to individuals working in senior marketing positions who are responsible for formulating a marketing plan by developing specific marketing strategies and tactics in accordance with the organisation’s overall marketing objectives.

Individuals operating at this level may receive input from people working under their supervision who collect information required to devise specific marketing strategies and tactics.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Performance objective

In this assessment task, you are required to review and evaluate marketing opportunities for an organisation and develop marketing activities that reflect strategic directions of the organisation.

Assessment description

For the organisation outlined in the case study provided, identify two marketing opportunities and evaluate each opportunity for risks, strengths, weaknesses and alignment with organisational objectives. After you have reviewed the opportunities, select the best-fitting opportunity for the organisation and develop marketing strategies, approaches and activities to take advantage of the opportunity.

Procedure

You are required to submit a report that addresses all of the elements listed in the procedure. The report should be structured using the headings below.

Organisational overview
1. Develop an organisational overview that:
a. outlines the strategic direction and organisational objectives
b. outlines the current size, capabilities and resources of the organisation, including any notable strengths and weaknesses
c. Identifies any gaps between the objectives and the current capabilities and resources.

 

Describe the target customer for the product

Describe the target customer for the product

Marketing Management

You will conduct a strategy audit for a selected company. Begin this assignment by selecting an organization for your course project activities.

In this module, you will assess the product portfolio of your selected business unit by analyzing the value proposition, market position, and competitive advantage of its products and services.

Part I: Interview

To gain an understanding of your selected business unit’s market position, value proposition, and competitive advantage, conduct at least one interview with a mid-level or senior manager.

Use the interview to solicit the manager’s perception of his or her business unit’s product portfolio. Be sure to discuss the points of analysis listed below in Part II of this assignment.

Part II: Analysis

Based on the information gathered from the interview, analyze the product portfolio of your selected business unit. In your analysis, identify the business unit of your company and the product(s) and service(s) on which you will focus.

Make sure to include the following points in your analysis:

Describe the target customer for the product/service in terms of relevant characteristics that impact the marketing strategy, including location (how it should be reached) and buying habits.

Identify each customer segment’s specific wants and needs. Explain why they buy your company’s product or service, or a competing product or service.

Justify how well your product/service satisfies customer wants and needs. Identify any wants and needs that are not met by your product/service.

Analyze the position of your product/service in relation to the competition. Identify the main competitors. Explain how your product differs in terms of features, function, quality, price, availability, brand image, and the like. Explain why this differentiation is important to your customers.

Describe the source of competitive advantage for your product. Evaluate how sustainable is this source of advantage.

Assess the long-term sustainability of the source of differentiation and competitive advantage.

Include appropriate information from the interview in support of your answer.

Part III: Matrix

In comparing your product/service to that of the competition, construct a simple matrix in the following way:

List the key customer wants or needs on the left-hand vertical axis.

List the competing products on the top horizontal axis, starting with your product/service on the left.

For each customer want or need, indicate how well each competing product satisfies the need using a scale of 0-2.

0 = need not met
1 = need partially met
2 = need fully met

 

Evaluate the aspects and significance of universal grammar

Evaluate the aspects and significance of universal grammar

 

Discussion

Universal Grammar

Part One: View the video Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain. Evaluate the aspects, role, and significance of Universal Grammar in English second language acquisition. Which aspect of Universal Grammar do you think has the greatest application to a classroom setting? Explain the rationale for your choice.

Part Two: Using a specific concept from the video, create an activity that you could use in a classroom setting. Your activity should assess the lexical (words), typology (patterns) and/or function (how language functions) in relation to Universal Grammar and learning English.

Use the video to assist you in creating the activity. Be sure to include the target audience, the standard(s) being addressed, an explanation of the activity, and how it will be assessed.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates with suggestions they might consider in order to improve their activity. Be sure to also respond to any questions from your classmates and the instructor.

 

Discuss the technological evolution from circuit switching to packet switching in cellula telephony

Network engineering

Discuss the technological evolution from circuit switching to packet switching in cellula telephony

1. What was the main difference between 1G and 2G cellular systems?
Compare the data rates for the IEEE 802.11 family of technology.

2. What are the two main WLAN architectures?

3. What is the hidden node problem in WLANs and how is this problem solved?

Discuss the type of encryption

Discuss the type of encryption

E activity:

Search the Web for modern wireless home routers that offer the most superior mode of encryption at the lowest cost. Be prepared to discuss.

Identify the key reasons for selecting your wireless home router. Discuss the type of encryption it uses and explain the reason(s) why you believe this method of encryption is more superior than its contemporaries.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR “LA STRADA”

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR “LA STRADA”
2 Points
1. What are the elements/motifs the film returns to again and again? What do these symbols represent?
2. What elements stand out for you?: Positive. Negative. Why?
3. What elements surprised/intrigued you in this depiction of Post-War Italy?

Write an essay on effect of civilization and science fiction

Explain the art of indigenous cultures

Part 1

All of the indigenous cultures that we have explored this week were at one time “discovered” by European explorers who often connected traditional art objects to take back with them to Europe as “curiosities.” These objets d’art inspired collectors and artists alike and opened the Western world up to new ideas, new cultures, and new art forms.

This is Part 1 of a two-part assignment and spans Weeks 3 and 4. Imagine that you are one of these intrepid European explorers who has set out to discover and collect the traditional art forms created by the four cultures we have learned about this week:

India

China

Korea

Japan

As you “travel” and collect two works from each of your four cultures, you need to document some important field notes that will help you to explain what these treasures are upon your return home. These field notes need to include for each work of art:

Name of the culture that produced the object

Title or name of the object

Date of the object

Medium/materials used to create the object

Current location

Assignment Instructions

Using the textbook and Internet sources, locate 2 traditional works of art from India, China, Japan, and Korea. Copy and paste the 8 objects into your Microsoft Word document and label each one:

Name of the culture that produced the object

Title of the work

Date of the work

Medium/materials used to create the work

Current location

Offer a citation of your sources for each image and the information you found in the textbook and on the Internet.

Use your textbook to find out as much as you can about cultural context for each object. Go online and find some reference sources to provide you with more information.

Thoroughly explain and analyze:

What each object is

How you think your European friends back home will react to each object, and why

Why it is culturally important.

Write a paper in which compare lives of jesus and mohammed

Analyze the Reconstruction Era. What legal and political reforms did the U.S. government try to bring about in the conquered south? Discuss the role of Radical Republicans in the remarking of the south. How did white southerners resist the Federal Government? Describe life for African Americans during Reconstruction? Why was Reconstruction largely a failure?

Describe the effects of the Great Depression on U.S. society. What were some of the economic factors behind the Depression? Describe life in the U.S. during the Depression. What were some of the ways average Americans dealt with the Depression? How did the government respond to the economic crisis and were the measures effective?