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Literature review on ‘bipartite vs tripartite employment relationships’.
In an essay form, provide a literature review on the topic, ‘bipartite vs tripartite employment relationships’. Similar to an essay format, your literature review must consist of an introduction, body and conclusion.
800-word essay.
Firm-Level Value Chain Analysis of Capitec Bank’s Cost Advantage Strategy
Firm-level value chain analysis is a strategic management tool that is used to determine how
primary and secondary activities within a firm add value in ways that may be sources of cost
or differentiation advantage for the firm.
Capitec Bank pursues a cost advantage strategy based on customer perceptions of relative
banking costs. Explain how firm-level primary and secondary value chain activities support
Capitec Bank’s cost advantage strategy. Are there links between the firm-level value chain
activities that make Capitec Bank’s cost advantage especially difficult for competitors to
imitate?
It is not necessary to discuss all of the primary and secondary value chain activities in your
essay answer. Focus on as many of the value chain activities that you believe best serve as
sources of cost advantage for Capitec Bank and the links that may exist between these
activities.
Explain the various business environmental factors which you like to consider while you think of a business start up
Is the "carrot stick approach" used in the relation between rich and poor countries? Discuss and provide examples
5. Discuss how the greatest happiness principle of Mill was breached by Facebook
and Cambridge Analytica
6. We differentiate between work values, strategic values and ethical values.
Describe two ethical values and how these values where undermined by
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
7. Would you say that Kant’s second practical imperative was followed by these
two companies? Motivate your answer?
D CONCLUSION AND APPLICATION
8.1 How safe do you feel about your private information after your research?
What suggestions would you make to safeguard the ethical use of social media?
8.2 Explain two ways in which we as accountants and internal auditors can remain
ethical in a world where there are so many new technologies and so much data.
4. In 2018 the Guardian and The New York Times reported on the misuse of
personal data by Facebook. This lead to serious economic and political
consequences.
4.1 Describe in detail what was uncovered by the two articles. 10
4.2 What was the reaction of Facebook and what was the fallout after the misuse
of personal data became public? 6
4.3 The Facebook scandal was not the first time Cambridge Analytica was
involved in the manipulation of data to achieve the goals of its clients. What
role did it play in the re-election of president Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya? 3
4.4 Find and explain two instances of data breaches that happened in 2017 4
4.5 There has been numerous instances of data breach before the Facebook
Scandal. What made he Facebook scandal different to other data breaches?
Authorship plays an important role in copyright law. Who or what is a
“qualified person” in respect of authorship, in terms of the Act?
Based on what you researched. Imagine you are the director of global business development for a development for a large Canadian Engineering company that wants to win a contract to build roads in Philippines through a World Bank – funded project. You need to develop a relationship between the Secretary of Public works and highways. How will you handle a situation in which your firm wants to win the contract but has been directly asked for a bribe by a local official in charge of the decision making. Imagine that your competitors are from other countries. How can you still win the business in such situation?
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