With reference to the triple bottom line , discuss the key dilemmas involved in being an ‘ethical’ company. Ensure your answer is theoretically grounded and relates to the sector and organizational context outlined in the scenario .

Strategic management and corporate responsibility

Fictitious scenario
In the clothing industry, there has been incredible turbulence in the industry value chain over the last decade. For many firms in the industry, sustainability in supply chains, the fashion cycle and the retail environment are key concerns. In a strategic review, the board of directors of Patagonia are considering strategic options.

Instructions on Assessment
1. You are required to produce a 3500-word essay based on the following tasks:
1. An introduction to the company and its current approach to corporate responsibility and sustainability

2. With reference to the triple bottom line , discuss the key dilemmas involved in being an ‘ethical’ company. Ensure your answer is theoretically grounded and relates to the sector and organizational context outlined in the scenario .

3. Drawing upon value chain and resource-based view, discuss the company’s source(s) of competitive advantage

4. With reference to your answer to part (1), (2) and (3), argue for a strategic proposal that can further enhance the company’s source(s) of competitive advantage, and supports one or more of the 17 UN SDG themes.

Illustrate and provide explanation for the fluctuations of the share prices over the seven-week period, and include comparative evaluation .

Brief profile outline about the companies you have chosen including a summary of relevant investor, financial data and capture of potential developments and share price performance for each company.
Illustrate and provide explanation for the fluctuations of the share prices over the seven-week period, and include comparative evaluation .
Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of any techniques you have used to support your analysis.

Compare the features of different types of Derivative Contracts including forwards, futures, options and Swaps.

Financial Derivatives

Compare the features of different types of Derivative Contracts including forwards, futures, options and Swaps.
Assess the functioning of the markets for the different types of Derivative Contracts.
Evaluate the price and value of different financial derivatives using the No Arbitrage Principle.
Estimate the Price and Value of different types of Derivative Contracts using financial theory and mathematical models.

Demonstrate a critical understanding of the problems of major investigations and the approaches to deal with them.

Intelligence Led Policing and Major Crime
This submission is worth 75% of the overall module grade.
What is a critique of a case study?
A critical assessment of the investigation by the police of a specified case. The critique should examine selected investigative and/or forensic strategies used by the police comparing and contrasting them with best practice found in the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice, the Murder Investigation Manual 2006 and The Major Incident Room Standardised Administrative Procedures 2005. A good assignment will include a critical review of the application of key legislation. A critique of a case study is designed to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of current thinking in the area of major investigation and intelligence led policing.
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the problems of major investigations and the approaches to deal with them.
Understand the strategies and the role of the personnel engaged during major investigations together with the strategic intelligence requirements.
Provide a critical understanding of the techniques and methods utilised within major investigations and intelligence led policing operations

How well has the company performed as seen through its performance ratios? How does the company choose to finance its activities and investments and what are the implications of these choices for its financial position?

A Report of ASOS plc

ACFI 5013 Applied Financial Skills – Assignment: A report of ASOS plc
Weighting 60% of the module marks
This assignment is concerned with the financial performance and financial position of a company over a period of time. Key areas of interest are:
How well has the company performed as seen through its performance ratios?
How does the company choose to finance its activities and investments and what are the implications of these choices for its financial position?

Why have you chosen this particular career?What aspects of your intended path of study made you decide that the program at the McCallum Graduate School was the right one for you?

Content
University, Program and Essay Qs
Rough draft
CV

University, Program, and Essay Qs.

Essays Q1- 300 to 500- preferred 450
Describe the career that you would like to pursue after earning a graduate degree. Address issues such as whether you are entering the business world for the first time, changing fields, or advancing in a field or organization where you expect to remain. Why have you chosen this particular career?
*Please write on those highlighted in red.

Essays Q2-300 to 500- preferred 450
What aspects of your intended path of study made you decide that the program at the McCallum Graduate School was the right one for you?

Are cancer rates higher in one town than another, or are test scores higher in one class than another? In nursing, when might you want to know the mean differences between two or more groups?

Two or more samples are often compared when we suspect that there are differences between the groups—for example, are cancer rates higher in one town than another, or are test scores higher in one class than another?

In nursing, when might you want to know the mean differences between two or more groups?

Describe the situation  including how and why it would be used.

What factors influence the performance of these indexes?What type of indexes are the S&P 500, DJIA, and NASDAQ Composite?

In this part of the project, we will investigate three stock market indexes: S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average , and the NASDAQ Composite.
From the Yahoo! Finance home page:
• Click on “S&P 500” on the front page. The original graph shows the index for the current business day.
• Change the view to the full screen, then change the view to two years .
• Using the +Comparison button above the graph, add DOW and NASDAQ to the
graph to show the percentage change for each day relative to the first day and the level of each index.
Write a report analyzing the results you received. At a minimum, respond to all of the following:
• What type of indexes are the S&P 500, DJIA, and NASDAQ Composite?
• What factors influence the performance of these indexes?
• Is there a difference between the performances of S&P 500, DJIA, and NASDAQ
Composite over these two years? If so, explain the factors that contribute to those
differences.

Do ESG activities have a positive impact on a firms performance and do investors recognize these effects and demand a lower rate of return on their investment? And how does regulation impact these behaviors?

A quantitative investigation into the impact of ESG activities and firm performance: a Stoxx Europe 600 context

Over the past few years, non-financial activities such as sustainable finance issues have become increasingly important for corporate managers and investors.

According to the European Commision sustainable finance refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects.
On 11 December 2019, the Commission presented the European green deal, a growth strategy aiming to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
Basic Research Question:
The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on environmental, social and governance performance in total and divided in each component and evaluate their impact on financial performance .

Do ESG activities have a positive impact on a firms performance and do investors recognize these effects and demand a lower rate of return on their investment?
And how does regulation impact these behaviors?

What is the premium charged by the firm for these derivatives? Derivative traders always look out to grab arbitrage opportunities. Does the above scheme provide any hidden arbitrage opportunities?

Then answer the questions. In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all questions:

What type of a derivative is the firm selling?
What is the premium charged by the firm for these derivatives?
Derivative traders always look out to grab arbitrage opportunities. Does the above scheme provide any hidden arbitrage opportunities?
What are the potential risks to the firm once this scheme is launched? If there are any, how should the firm hedge its exposures?
Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph in the initial response in their own words, using finance terminology,