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Item Columbus forecast 2023(IBRC Kelley, 2022) Mohler, Steven H.; Brewer, Ryan M.; Hester, Jason; IUPUC BusinessAs a durable goods manufacturing-based economy, the Columbus metropolitan statistical area (MSA) experienced significant economic volatility in 2020 and 2021 due to global supply chain issues and fluctuations in consumer spending related to the pandemic. Columbus concluded 2021 with lower unemployment than 2020 and with slightly higher GDP. During 2022, the unemployment rate dropped below 2.0% on three occasions. Current expectations are for local economic output to increase during 2022 in light of vehicle production and sales projections. This article explores the 2022 data, as well as what is anticipated for 2023.Item Indiana’s Outlook for 2023(IBRC Kelley, 2022) Brewer, Ryan M.; Mohler, Steven H.; IUPUC BusinessItem Ethical Staffing in the COVID-19 Digital Age: Are a New Set of Ethical Practices Needed to Guide Selection?(IGI Global, 2022) Jones, Kevin; Saba, Nazish; IUPUC BusinessIn this chapter, the authors discuss ethical hiring practices in the digital age and argue for the necessity of ethical hiring processes. An examination of hiring before and during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the increased use of digital technologies to aid the ethical hiring process. A particular focus is on the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to aid in screening and selection. The authors investigate unethical hiring practices, showing the potential adverse outcomes which may result. They conclude the chapter with a model and a set of guidelines to illustrate the components that enable ethical hiring processes and incorporate the use of AI.Item ‘Brain Gain’: Ranking economic impact efficiency of state-supported colleges(The Republic, 2022-12-11) Brewer, Ryan; Padfield, Jon; IUPUC BusinessItem Helping scholars advance their research agenda(2022) Killian, Larita J.; Garcia Agreda, Sergio; Pérez Escobar, Mariana; IUPUC BusinessWe developed a qualitative research workshop to help full-time and part-time faculty develop or recharge their skills and advance their research agenda. Though originally designed for faculty, the workshop attracted graduate students and administrators (many who serve in dual roles). The workshop is condensed, comprising several hours of individual preparation and ten hours of group activities, and it covers the following learning objectives: position your research question within a research paradigm, identify and manage ethical issues, select a qualitative model for your research, plan data collection techniques, collect and code your data, and identify strategies for success. Though intended to be inspirational and motivational, this goal is also realistic and relevant, and has proven to boost qualitative research activity. Based on currently available evidence, the workshop is effective in helping faculty, administrators, and graduate students advance their research agenda. We anticipate this conclusion will be sustained as systematic evaluation data becomes available.Item The Ethics Interview: Can a Single Interview Exercise Help Students Experience the Benefits of Professional Engagement?(AAA, 2021-07) Killian, Larita J.; Monje-Cueto, Fabiola; Huber, Marsha M.; Brandon, Christopher; IUPUC Division of BusinessProfessional engagement helps students develop professional judgment, connect their coursework to the “real world,” and explore accounting-related careers. Internships often provide a route to these benefits, but some students cannot complete internships. The Pathways Commission calls for new, creative approaches to professional engagement. In the ethics interview exercise, students engage with professionals for a single interview. Following the intentional learning model, students complete activities before and after the interview. They select the interviewee, prepare questions about ethics and topics of personal interest, organize and conduct the interview, and reflect on the experience. We implemented the exercise in different accounting courses at universities in the United States and Bolivia, using both face-to-face and virtual interviews. We applied principles of phenomenology for assessment. Results indicate the exercise helps students experience the benefits of professional engagement. The exercise requires little modification to existing courses and can be modified to support varied learning goals.Item Columbus forecast 2022(2022) Mohler, Steven H.; Padfield, Jon; Division of Business, IUPUCColumbus metropolitan statistical area (MSA), based primarily on a manufacturing-based economy linked to the transportation industry and light vehicle manufacturing. It has experienced a significant negative economic impact due to COVID 19. With the continuing pandemic, a challenging year for transportation-related durable goods and lower light vehicle sales in North America, Columbus concluded 2020 with higher unemployment than 2019 and is projected with a lower GDP. Current expectations are for the local economy to increase slightly during 2021 in light of mixed economic indicators. This article explores these data, as well as what is anticipated for 2022.Item Special districts and social cohesion: an initial study(Inderscience, 2020) Killian, Larita J.; IUPUC Division of BusinessThe United States is experiencing increased social and economic fragmentation. Various explanations are offered, but an overlooked factor may be increasing reliance on special districts (SDs) to deliver public services. This study draws from ethical discourse theory to investigate the relationship between SDs and social cohesion. Using male incarceration rates as an indicator for levels of social cohesion and marginalization, this study finds that as the different types of SDs within a state increases, male incarceration rates also increase. This initial study does not posit causality. Relying on SDs to deliver public services may lead to reduced social cohesion and increased marginalization, as ethical discourse theory suggests. Alternatively, it may be that reliance on SDs and male incarceration rates are both functions of other factors that reduce social cohesion.Item Financial markets 2020: When will P/E ratios be great again?(IU School of Business, 2019) Brewer, Ryan M.; Trzcinka, Charles; IUPUC Division of BusinessLet's review: The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate. This shifted many interest rates down (not the mortgage rate though). More than the damage from tariffs, the uncertainty of what Mr. Trump might do next caused business confidence to fall. This has led to increases in hurdle rates for capital projects across the board, thus slowing capital investment, ultimately yielding slower output that is reflected in roughly 2 percent GDP growth in the last two quarters. President Trump and some in the White House blame the Federal Reserve and Europe for this slump, but neither explanation holds up. * Europe hasn't grown fast for decades, and its 2017 growth bump was helped by faster U.S. growth. * Businesses were not starving for money even before the Fed began cutting rates again this summer. The best sector, communication services, is expected to rise 9.1 percent, while the worst sector, financials, is predicted to rise 1.9 percent. * Year-over-year revenue growth: This is a positive 3.1 percent for the S&P 500 from third quarter 2018 to third quarter 2019, led by health care. * Quarter 3 earnings and revenue "beats": Of the 355 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported for the third quarter of 2019, 76 percent have reported earnings above the mean estimate of analysts (higher than the historical average of 69 percent) and 61 percent have reported revenues above the mean estimate (below the historical average of 66 percent). * IPOs: There have been 140 IPOs (as of October 15) that raised $43 billion. This is down 4 percent over this time last year, but much larger than 2016-2017.Item Indiana’s outlook for 2020(IU School of Business, 2019) Brewer, Ryan M.; Yoon, SunJung; IUPUC Division of BusinessThe government sector also produces about 8 percent of output.8 Over the past year, various media have reported conflicting information about the extent of impacts from tariffs on imports and exports in America. [...]any attempt to accurately quantify the impact of the current trade war on the Indiana economy at this point, would be impossible. [...]with the exception of one year (2009), Indiana has led the nation in manufacturing employment since 1996, when Indiana took the manufacturing mantle from North Carolina (see Table l).9 While nearly one in every five Indiana jobs is in manufacturing, the overweighting in the manufacturing sector is even more pronounced in terms of GSP. Yet, Hoosier farmers (totaling over 94,000 in 2017) as individuals are certainly affected by the trade war.11 According to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (2019), Indiana was the eighth-largest agricultural exporter in the country as of 2017, the 10th-largest farming state, and in the top five among U.S. states that produce ducks, popcorn, ice cream, tomatoes, pumpkins, turkeys, corn, soybeans, watermelons and hogs. [...]farming accounts for a relatively small number of jobs available to Hoosiers and has been declining for many decades. [...]farming is not an accurate representative to gauge our economic condition in the near future.
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