Topic: Starting and Naming a Business
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Prompt:
Complete the following steps:
1. Advise
Shania on which of the business forms under consideration best accomplishes her
business goals. Thoroughly explain the reasons for your recommendation.
2. Advise
Shania on whether her company should become a franchise or should open as an
independent coffeehouse. Explain your recommendation.
3. Perform a
corporate name search at this website to determine if the name Shania is
considering is available for use in the State of Colorado. Also assess whether
the name is available as a trademark. Even if the name is available, advise
Shania on whether it is a good choice. Explain why or why not.
4. Advise
Shania on which of the interested persons she should include in her business,
why, and in what role(s). If she chooses not to take in a particular party,
what reasons should she give each person, if any? Your analysis must include
biblical perspectives, such as biblical considerations of marriage and of
business relationships with non-believers.
Reply prompt:
In preparing your replies, consider only the employee issues
in question 4. Reply to the threads of 2 classmates who reached a different
conclusion than you did. Identify the points of difference in your analyses and
explain how your application of the relevant law to the facts of this situation
led you to a different conclusion.
Then, assume that Shania opened her coffeehouse and became
so successful that she has 20 employees and needs to promote 1 of them to be
the night shift supervisor. The employee base is quite diverse; in fact, Shania
believes she should promote a racial or ethnic minority employee to demonstrate
how inclusive her business has become. Explore the legal, ethical, and biblical
issues if Shania makes her promotion decision entirely on that basis. What are
her options?
Each reply must be supported by 3 scholarly sources other
than the textbook/course materials. Each reply must be properly cited in
current APA format.
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Submit your thread by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of
Module/Week 7, and submit your 2 replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of
Module/Week 8.
