Assignment 2: Ethics and Auditing

Using the University online library resources and the Internet, find an article about the unethical behavior of an auditor and its impact on the company.

• Write a summary of the article and give complete citation. Make sure to include the purpose and intent of the article.
• Explain who you believe was the intended audience for this article. Justify your response.
• Analyze the situation in the article and propose feasible and effective solutions to the unethical behavior. Justify your response by using at least three outside resources to support your suggested solutions.

Write a 3 page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style to your work. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

Week 3 Discussion

"Website Hosting and Security" Please respond to the following:

• Imagine that you are an IT Manager, and you have been tasked with deciding whether to use an internal or external Web hosting service. Provide your opinion on the two (2) most important advantages and disadvantages of each method. Determine what your main security consideration for each method would be. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Assume that you are an IT Security Professional and you are creating a PowerPoint for your company’s Web application development team that highlights the most common types of attacks a business might face regarding its Website data transmission. Determine which three (3) attacks you want to include in your presentation and provide a brief description of each. Select the attack you believe to be the most threat

In this Discussion you are asked to take on a specific role as you work through the opportunities and challenges related to the evolution of e-Patient models and online service delivery. By participating in this dynamic Discussion you will be able to critically assess different stakeholder perspectives on eHealth. This exercise allows you to develop a key leadership skill, which is a sense of perspective and sensitivity to multiple views on a complex topic.

Scenario: Dynamic Health System has implemented the Epic Electronic Health Record and the integrated patient portal. The portal is branded as “myDynamic Health” and is used for basic functions such as: prescription refills, self-scheduling, reporting results, and referrals. Dynamic primary care doctors want to begin to offer electronic care (virtual) visits online for non-urgent illness to compete with the growing number of stand-alone urgent care centers and pharmacy urgent care clinics in their area. The physicians have read literature from other sites in the U.S. where eVisits are conducted on existing patients and paid for by private insurance and self-pay patients. They are anxious to get started and are looking toward a newly formed committee of top administrators at Dynamic and some external stakeholders to formulate a plan.

To prepare:

• Read the Learning Resources and investigate the literature related to existing eVisit models. Examine any online care models in your area as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FpFHQPurOU&list=PLwhdouPxnpJQPbrAyPMc3-Bin0gQFUFbR&index=4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7C8Z2dZuw
• Discuss the concept of online patient care with stakeholders such as administrators, physicians, nurses, or payers in your area.
• For this Discussion Question, each student is assigned a role as a commercial payer.

Post:

Using Dynamic Health System as a scenario, respond to the proposed idea of Dynamic deploying online primary care visits. From the perspective of your role, what are the benefits of online visits? What are the concerns?

Choose the same 5 companies that advertise online and on TV both.  Analyze how they market to society.  Compare and contrast them.  Write one page summation of how they designed their approach.  Focus on words, symbols, colors etc. as we have been discussing in class. Compare them with the design and usability guidelines to explain your reasoning. 

Question 1         Identify unique aspects of confidentiality for alcohol and drug abuse patient records. Why is it so important that information in these records be protected at a higher level of privacy? 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

          
           Question 2         Describe the purpose of medical records and the importance of thorough and accurate documentation of patient care. What does the expression "not charted, not done" mean in health care? Explain the ownership of medical records and the standards for retaining medical records. Who really owns the medical record, and why? 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.      

   
           Question 3         Describe the benefits of electronic medical records for patient care, naming at least three specific advantages of electronic records over traditional paper records. 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

         
           Question 4         Explain the process of health information technology (HIT) implementation that is currently taking place across the United States. Why is this implementation taking place at this point in history? 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length

Assignment:

●  Answer the “Multiple Choice” Questions at the end of each Lesson, creating a word document that must be submitted for grading.

• Lessons 1,2 and 3

Deals-R-Us Brokers:  Fred Jones, a distant relative of yours and president of Deals-R-Us Brokers (DRUB), has come to you for advice.  DRUB is a small brokerage house that enables its clients to buy and sell stocks over the Internet, as well as place traditional orders by phone or fax.  DRUB has just decided to install a new email package.  The IT department offered Fred two solutions.  First, it could host the email in-house using Microsoft Exchange Server.  The second solution would be to use one of the cloud-based providers such as gmail and completely outsource the company email.  The IT department also explained to Fred that both solutions would allow users to access email on their desktops and laptops and also on their smart devices. 

1. Briefly explain to Fred the differences between the two with security risks.
2. Outline the pros and cons of the two alternatives and make a recommendation to Fred about which is better.

Harvard Case Study: IKEA Invades America

Brief Description: In 2002, the IKEA Group is the world’s top furniture retailer, with 154 stores worldwide. In the U.S., IKEA operates fourteen stores, all of which have been tremendously popular despite the self-service burden they impose on customers. The company’s goal is to grow and have fifty stores in operation in the U.S. by 2013.

Objectives: Study fundamental topics in:

· Business and marketing strategy

· Competitive positioning

· Value creation

Preparation & Analysis

Before this week's class session in preparation for the case study go online and, research and take down a few notes for yourself on a strategic marketing concept called “reverse positioning." Ask yourself how does reverse positioning differ from breakaway positioning studied the week prior?

Next, read the IKEA case and prepare for a class discussion of the case by completing the following individual assignment to be turned in through ULearn.  Try to use your newly developed understanding of this concept in your case analysis discussion below.

Individual Assignment:  Before class, answer the following questions in an overall 2-3 page brief essay format and submit them through the ULearn site.

1. What factors account for the success of IKEA?

2. What do you think of the company’s product strategy and product range? Do you agree with the matrix approach described in Figure B of the case? Why or why not?

3. What would an “IKEA lite” concept do for the brand? (smaller satellite stores with limited selection of impulse or staple items for sale)

4. At the time of the case, IKEA was very optimistic about their U.S. growth plans. How would you improve IKEA’s value proposition to make it even more attractive to the U.S. consumer than it already is?

 In Chapter 5, the interesting and controversial topic of cyber security is presented. As stated in the course textbook by Turban, Volonino, & Wood (2015), battling cyber threats is one of the costs of doing business in today’s globally-connected corporate environment. Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS), malware infections, and other black-hat hacker generated security breaches have increased in frequency and pose even greater threats to government agencies, military organizations, and corporate enterprises. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Sony, Target, JP Morgan and eBay are just some of the entities that experienced major data breaches in 2015. The greatest theft of medical records ever occurred in 2015 at the health insurers Anthem and Primera. As Bloomberg Technology reported, "U.S. companies and government agencies suffered a record 1,093 data breaches" in 2016, "a 40 percent increase from 2015, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site." (Kharif, 2017). In 2016, Wendy's fast food chain and the Democratic National Committee among others were victims of "headline-grabbing hacks" (Kharif, 2017). The 2017 "massive breach of one of the largest repositories of Americans' most sensitive financial data" occurred in the attack on "dozens of sensitive databases" at Equifax (Riley, Robertson, & Sharpe, 2017). Of the great concern and receiving much media attention, is that regarding the potential for power-grid cyber attacks, something that would clearly undermine the safety and security of the world’s nations.

References

Riley, M., Robertson, J., & Sharpe, A. (2017, September 29). The Equifax hack has the hallmarks of state-sponsored pros. Bloomberg Businessweek.Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-29/the-equifax-hack-has-all-the-hallmarks-of-state-sponsored-pros (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Sharif, O. (2017, January 19). 2016 was a record year for data breaches. Bloomberg Technology. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/data-breaches-hit-record-in-2016-as-dnc-wendy-s-co-hacked (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Turban, E., Volonino, L., & Wood, G. (2015). Information technology for management: Digital strategies for insight, action, and sustainable performance.(10th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Written Assignment:

 Conduct research on a recent threat or attack on a government agency, military organization, or corporate enterprise. Present data that describes the type of threat, the degree of harm caused by the threat, and describe who or what entity the perpetrator(s) might have been that could benefit from such an action. Give details on solutions that might have prevented the exploit and could be utilized to assist in mitigating or eliminating cyber threats in the future.

The U4 assignment is the outline for the U5 IP.

U4 DB

Primary Task Response: Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft you will complete next week. Topic: International Markets Assignment Objectives Use effective communication techniques. Use team and problem-solving skills to collaborate on a project. International Business by Editorial Board

U5 IP

2,000-2,500 words 

A regional bank has decided to open an office overseas for serving those businesses that are expanding internationally. Choose a country with a large financial center that you believe would be helpful to your customer base. • Discuss some of the challenges you may face in this new environment.  o What are the cultural, ethnic, social, and educational characteristics?  • Describe the political and legal systems.  • How much does the government intervene in the private sector?  o How will that affect your financial institution?  • What type of economic system does it have?  o What is the history of that economic system?  • How is the country involved in international trade?  o How does the government get involved in trade issues?  o Will that help or hurt your financial institution?  • Will your presence in this country be helpful in your attempts to invest in other developing countries?  • Is this country involved in any regional integration efforts? How so?  • Why did you choose this location for your bank?  • As a manager, what would be your overall assessment about whether you want to pursue opening an office there?  o Are the financial risks worth taking?  o Will it be beneficial to all of the stakeholders?  In pursuing this, what type of presence do you think would be best suited to your objectives? • How should the plant be financed?  • Should they hedge foreign exchange or something else? Explain.  • Identify 3 foreign exchange instruments you would recommend?  • What, if any, government regulations that would affect earnings and cash flow should they be aware of?  • Include the need to be aware of inflation and interest rates and how it affects exchange rates.  • Keep in mind that the country that the plant is in does not necessarily have to be where the financing is done.  Assignment Objectives Discuss current management practices and principles used in the current global business environment. Summarize the opportunities and risks of doing business in foreign countries. Explain how differences between foreign and domestic environments impact the conduct of business. Describe how global managers are able to influence management decisions despite cultural and language differences. Compare alternative organizational structures for international operations. Discuss strategies organizations can pursue for international market expansion. Use effective communication techniques. Use team and problem-solving skills to collaborate on a project.