For this 5-page/1,250 word (minimum) essay, you will offer a critical analysis of your text using one of the search models we have discussed in class. This essay should include a short introduction that identifies your research question, your chosen search model, and your thesis/argument statement. I am more interested in this essay in your analysis and critical findings than in a description of your method. Focus the majority of the paper (3 of the 4 pages, for example), on your analysis.

You will need to appropriately cite a minimum of five scholarly sources (including the speech). This assignment must be typed and follow MLA or APA format, including parenthetical citations and bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: For all essays, your writing will be accountable to the highest standards of argumentation, eloquence, grammar, spelling, and academic integrity. Assignments should be double-spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins. Use MLA or APA for works cited and an active, clear, and eloquent voice indicative of the humanities. Any source referenced (whether a class reading or outside source) must be properly cited both in the text and in a Works Cited list at the end of your paper. Quotations always require page numbers.
Requirements
1,250 words in length (minimum)
Uses MLA or APA format correctly and consistently
Includes introduction, context, analysis, conclusion
Introduction: engages the reader, briefly introduces the artifact, establishes the main argument
Context: provides relevant historical context of artifact, citing appropriate sources
Analysis: clearly explains search model being used; engages in in-depth analysis & interpretation of artifact using the rhetorical lens & citing the speech by paragraph (this should be the bulk of your paper)
Conclusion: reviews main argument, provides any evaluations stemming from the analysis & interpretation, closes essay memorably
Cites a minimum of 5 scholarly sources (these sources should be used to review the scholarly work on your artifact or genre, explain your search model, and provide historical context).
Includes works cited page

Recently, there has been an inquiry into whether robotic surgical procedures provide any net benefits to patients based on the costs. The Seattle Times on July 7, 2012 originally published an article, Use of surgical robots booming despite hefty cost,
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2018631542_robot08m.html. Recently, CNBC posted a series dated from April 18, 2013, http://www.cnbc.com/id/100650872

The IMA Code of Ethics describes the ethical framework in which management accountants should operate. More often than not, decision makers ask management accounts to perform analysis based on certain facts and predictions. These analysis are turned in to potential models that are reviewed in order to make final decisions. In a hypothetical situation, you have performed all the financial analysis and learned that the net present value of performing robotic surgical procedures exceed 15%. After reviewing your report, you become knowledgeable of information concerning a figure that was not part of the original calculations Risk management has determined that the cost of lawsuits due to complications and potential loss of life associated with robotic procedures will reduce profitability to 3%. Management has decided to perform robotic procedures.

So, what do you do? This question should be answered an in essay format with a clear beginning, middle and end. You should use transitions between paragraphs and be readable to a knowledgeable business person. This means you will need to discuss the IMA Code of Ethics and how it applies to this situation. The focus of this question is the usage (or lack thereof) of the new report.