The Changing Role of Haute Couture in the 1970s and the Battle of Versailles Explain how the role of haute couture changed during the 1970s and how the 1973 Battle of Versailles contributed to the rise of American fashion designers on the international stage. A strong answer should include: The traditional role of French haute couture  The focus, role, and perception of American designers before and after the Battle of Versailles Specific designer names and their contribution to the period in question

Define medicalization in 1-2 complete sentences (2 pts) and give an example of one area of life that has become medicalized in 1-2 complete sentences (2 pts).

37.  Which of the following business entities can result in personal liability for at least some business debts or liabilities, even absent piercing the corporate veil or fraud?

47.    Dick knew that the information about the ED209 robot’s malfunction is not public information, and that if it were, it would cause the company’s stock to dip. Dick also knew that the Chairman of OCP would have to make an announcement any moment that deployment of the ED200 robot would be delayed. He quickly calls up his stockbroker, and tells the stockbroker to sell 25% of his OCP stock. When the Chairman announced the ED209 deployment delay later that afternoon, the company’s stock fell. Dick’s stock sale prevented his own potential loss of almost 10 million dollars. What U.S. law did Dick Jones violate?

Some questions will require you to enter a word or a short phrase as the answer.  Please make sure to follow instructions closely when entering these answers.  Please enter your answers exactly as specified.  For example: A group of 60 college students were asked to report their GPA for the most recent semester.  Their mean GPA was 3.14. Is the number 3.14 a statistic or a parameter? [response] (type statistic or parameter) The answer is “statistic”.  But if you misspell the answer or add extra words, Canvas will mark the answer incorrect.  For example, if you type “it is a statistic” instead of just “statistic”, the answer will be marked incorrect. I will go through each test and double check the automatic grading.  But correcting scores due to misspellings and typos can be very time consuming, so please try to follow instructions closely, especially instructions for rounding.  Rounding incorrectly will result in points being deducted.

42. You step into an HR role at Stilson Corporation, and are tasked with implementing AI to hire evaluate and hire job candidates. One of your staff proposes that the AI be configured to base its hiring on the data pool. What risk might there be?

40.  At their high school reunion, Romy and Michele decide to start a fashion design business. They definitely want to avoid “double taxation” liability (i.e., being taxed at both the entity and individual levels). Which business association type should they NOT select? 

35.  The Phoenix Foundation manufactures and sells pocketknives that have integrated within it a thumbdrive for carrying information. Angus MacGuyver, who works for the Phoenix Foundation, wants to call it “The Knife Drive.” What do you think of that term for a trademark?

26. In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee, along with accomplices, stole confidential documents and a sample of a new Coca-Cola product. They approached PepsiCo and offered to sell the stolen trade secrets, and Pepsi had reason to believe this information was confidential to Coca-Cola. What should Pepsi do?

27. Congress passed the Technology Innovation Act, which created the Digital Patent Authority (DPA) to oversee new digital patent applications. Congress properly delegates to the DPA the authority to: promulgate federal regulations about digital patent application procedures, enforce compliance with the Act, and adjudicate disputes between applicants over patent ownership. The DPA issued a rule requiring all applicants to submit a specific online form.  Jane, a software engineer, applied for a digital patent but failed to submit the online form, resulting in the DPA rejecting the patent.  Jane now challenges the DPA’s authority, claiming that the agency acts like a “mini-legislature and court,” violating “separation of powers.” Which of the following is correct?