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Answer the following questions using complete sentences. You may write in paragraph form (writing all answers in one free-flowing paragraph) or in list form (using numbers or bullets to separate the responses). Answer EVERY question. Write 100+ words overall. (You can see the word count at the bottom right.)    Tell me about your experiences as a learner of English: How long have you studied English? Where? What types of English writing have you done for those classes? Do you like writing in English? Why/why not? 

The core of Milton Friedman’s argument for shareholder primacy is pretty solid: Shareholders own the corporation Executives work for the owners Owner interests come first Owner’s interest is usually profit   Two (2) problems with this were discussed.  First, that Friedman does not really believe this when a voting majority of owners want something other than profit (discussed in class).  Second, because shareholder power primarily is a collective power, shareholders are effectively powerless (discussed in the video).  For this question: Briefly (a few lines at most) explain why the second issue is true Give one example of why or how this is true (based on the video discussion)

Traditionally, court decisions in the United States are based on the idea of stare decisis which is the legal principle of deciding cases according to precedent [previous decisions on the topic].  In terms of Corporate Personhood, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad is often cited as the first case to find that corporations are persons under the 14th Amendment.  Is there anything wrong with using this case to justify giving corporations rights as ‘persons’ under the law?   

Which of the Five Myths is triggered when you advise an employee to ‘do the right thing’ when this advice is given without further explanation or context?

Identify “A.” 

Label the red nitrogenous base on the RNA strand if green is guanine, purple is cytosine, and yellow is adenine.

Translate the following mRNA strand. (hint – what will the tRNA strand be)AUC GGA UCG CAU

Any monohybrid cross consisting of one dominant and one recessive allele for the trait being studied should result in a ratio of ______________ dominant to __________________ recessive.

A prokaryote that occupies a habitat consisting of a low pH is a(an):

The DNA nitrogen bases that are pyrimidines are: