In your local newspaper, you read an editorial supporting a local building initiative that will cost the town millions of dollars. After reading the article, you discover that the author has 20 years of experience in construction and owns a local construction company. What should you consider about the author’s point of view? A. that she may be unaware of the town’s deficit B. that she may not have knowledge of the building site C. that she may be losing money on the building project D. that she may profit from the building project

A town plans to attract new citizens with new housing and new facilities such as parks, recreation centres and libraries. One component of the town’s plans is to require that development seeking permission is to build this new housing to provide these additional facilities at no cost to the town.Which of the following, if true, would point to a possible flaw in the town’s plan?Choices:- Developers would pass along their costs to the buyer; thereby raising the cost of housing units beyond the ability of likely purchasers to afford them. Light, non-polluting industries have located in the area, offering more jobs and better paying jobs than do the more established industries in the area. Other towns and cities nearby have yet to embark on comparable plans to attract new citizens Most developers see the extra expense of providing municipal facilities as simply one of the many costs of doing business.

In a recent board meeting, Joe Wildcat argues against a proposed investment that would benefit  the community where the corporate headquarters is located and where most of the employees of the company live and work.  “I do not believe that we should be making this investment as it comes at the expense of our shareholders, and we have a fiduciary duty to maximize value for shareholders.” The president of the company asks your opinion.  What do you say?Group of answer choicesI disagree with Joe, investments in the community are not necessarily costly to shareholders since there are benefits associated with these investments such as improved employee morale, and positive reputation effects with customers and investors that can add value for shareholders.I disagree with Joe, maximizing shareholder value is a narrow and somewhat selfish objective. We must consider our other stakeholders even if it means that shareholders lose some value.I agree with Joe, we should not be investing in the community at the expense of our shareholders.No answer text provided.

What are the most ethical decisions for the newspaper to make in this situation? Select two options. tell the company that they cannot give out free ads, but offer a discount confirm the company’s expansion through other sources before reporting it accept the deal, since the company has been a loyal advertiser for years be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation

TASK 1: CASE STUDY (50 marks)A group of investors (the client) approached your construction project managementconsultancy requesting that you lead the group in preparing a feasibility study to redevelop aan existing school in an emerging area in Auckland. Your company will lead them into buyingthe property from Auckland City Council, design, build, finance and own the new facility.The City Council has specified that the purchaser is free to propose anything that fits with theexisting village community. The highly discerning villagers do not want any development thatis likely to generate too much traffic and attract many visitors. The villagers will be out tooppose whatever they do not consider to be appropriate for the village. Your company is freeto propose anything but there are additional considerations besides making profit from the site.The Council aspires that the new facility will be finished in a highly sustainable way, achievinga Green Star rating of “Excellent”.The property that your client will be buying is a single-story timber-framed building, with acapacity to serve 200 students, set within a quality masonry external envelope with spacesused for teaching, learning, social interaction outside of lesson time, administrative purposes,library, home economics and construction design and technology laboratories. The underlyingground conditions are excellent. Existing buildings contains asbestos. The council would preferthat they be renovated/refurbished rather than demolished but would not oppose any plan todemolish and rebuild as long as all the conditions in this brief are met. The property hasadditional land that may be developed as a second building. The total land area is about 2.67acres (10,805 m2).The initial budget for the project has been informally assessed as being in the region of $40million. The proposed project is expected to take 20-24 months to construct on site and mustbe completed in 2.5 years following acceptance of the investor’s tender. Given the investor’slimited in-house expertise it is clear that a complete design and construction team will need tobe assembled. The client is looking to your firm to recommend a procurement strategy that isappropriate for delivering the project.• You can make any assumptions that you wish, provided that the assumptions arereasonable and are clearly written down as part of your feasibility assessment.Questions:1. Outline step-by-step for the feasibility assessments of this project including what typesof assessments you would use and why. (20 marks)2. Discuss what types of input information will be needed to produce the required outputsto meet the clients’, villagers’ and City Council requirements. (20 marks)

Which of the following stakeholders will not likely benefit from a business becoming a multinational?local governmentsownerscustomerslocal businesses