Easy work to do

Explain your opportunity cost of taking this course. When looking at the decisions that you have to make, are you more concerned on your lost time or money. Analyze the role of scarcity in your daily life and how does the economy estimate the role of scarcity.

For full credit on this assignment, you will use information from the chapters in your textbook and online sources to answer each question for the Martha Stewart Case and also Starbuck’ Corporate Social Responsibility. Each question asked must receive a paragraph worth of analysis. A paragraph is defined as follows. It will contain at least four sentences. The first sentence introduces the claim or statement. The second and third sentences provide evidence to support your claim. Finally, the fourth sentence concludes the claim and support provided.

If you use data or information you must provide a source and cite it in the narrative.

Assignments will be graded based on their completeness as well as their quality. This assignment is worth 50 points total. Twenty five points are earned according to quality and quantity. Quantity refers to  writing the required number of paragraphs, utilizing proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The remaining points are earned by providing a quality assignment that utilizes strong evidence and information to establish a position and be the foundation for their position. In other words, if you are talking about unemployment quoting your cousin is not considered a quality source, but citing the US, Department of Labor is one.

At the time of posting, all of the links opened and were correct. If you have any issues opening any of the links, please let me know so I can take a look, but to complete this assignment, you can also enter the topic in your search engine and will find sufficient information to complete it.

Watch the following video:

Money Matters: The Ethics of Insider Trading-Martha StewartLinks to an external site.

Then read the following article:

https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-69.htmLinks to an external site.

Now read the following articles:

https://theintercept.com/2015/05/07/congress-argues-cant-investigated-insider-trading/Links to an external site.

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/177496734/how-congress-quietly-overhauled-its-insider-trading-lawLinks to an external site.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/328535-legal-insider-trading-this-is-what-it-is-and-how-it-affectsLinks to an external site.

To receive full credit, please answer the following questions in their entirety.

Is it unethical to exempt congress from laws that apply to all U.S. citizens?

What is different about the insider trading Martha Stewart engaged in compared to the exemptions given to Congress?

Since some citizens can conduct insider trading should all citizens be able to?

What would happen to the U.S. economy if CEO’s of major corporations or businesses could freely engage in insider trading?

In what ways does the SEC protect the various stakeholders by enforcing trading laws?

A few years ago, Starbucks identified three areas in which government could impact the company’s ability to maximize profits in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report: (1) U.S. Tax Policy, (2) U.S. Trade Policy and (3) U.S. Healthcare Policy. Starbucks notes that (1) sound tax policy is critical to its continued competiveness, (2) bilateral and multilateral trade agreements help to create opportunities for corporate investment in emerging markets, and (3) rising healthcare costs could make it more difficult for the company to continue to provide healthcare benefits to its employees.

Use the five key questions in stakeholder management to determine how Starbuck’s should handle this stakeholder.

1. Who are our organization’s stakeholders?

2. What are our stakeholder’s stakes?

3. What opportunities and challenges do our stakeholders present to the firm?

4. What responsibilities (economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic) does the firm have to its stakeholders?

5. What strategies or actions should the firm take to best address stakeholder challenges and opportunities?

You may use the information from the textbook as well as online sources to answer these questions. Be sure to use scholarly resources and give credit where due. Wikipedia and those types of sites are not considered scholarly. Be sure to include the sources that you have used for your assignment when you submit your assignment. Each question should have a paragraph for an answer to receive full credit.