BUS 315 WK 6 Assignment 3 - Buy American Requirements

Week 6 Assignment 3

In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.

Write a six-eigth (6-8) Pages paper in which you:

• Specify      the main points of the Buy American Requirements in one page or less.
• Determine      the substantive means by which the Buy American Requirements would benefit      both VectorCal and your new company. Provide a rationale for your      response.
• Analyze      the fundamental ways in which the Buy American Requirements are      contradictory to a capitalistic ethos, given that the U.S. government      claims to promote competition and the U.S. espouses a free market ideology      (i.e., capitalism). Support your answer with two examples of such a      contradiction.
• Debate      whether or not you believe that the exceptions to the Buy American      Requirements set forth by the government are fair and advantageous to the      US economy. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Determine      the key advantages and disadvantages of using the Buy American      Requirements with the navigation system that both VectorCal and your      company produce. Justify your response.
• Use      at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note:      Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be      typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch      margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or      school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional      instructions.
• Include      a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,      the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and      the reference page are not included in the required assignment page      length.