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Bus 4801: Unit 1 Myths And Realities Of Business Ethics
[u01a1] Unit 1 Assignment 1
Personal Ethical Views Essay
ResourcesAll Attached
• Personal Ethical Views Essay Scoring Guide.
• Business Ethics.See attached chapters 1-2 of textbook
In this assignment, you will explore where you currently stand on ethics and write a paper based on a self-assessment.
Assignment Preparation
To prepare for your paper, complete the following:
• Review page 21 in Chapter 1 of your Business Ethics text, which offers a quick test of your ethical beliefs. Complete the 10 questions and score yourself according to the instructions in the text.
• Review Section 1.4, "Five Myths About Business Ethics" on page 22 of your text. Take a minute to consider how, if at all, any of these myths are reflected in your current belief system.
• Reflect on this self-assessment and, if possible, discuss it with a professional associate or someone who knows you in your work environment, current or past. Consider in this discussion whether your ethical beliefs are well known to others you work with. If they are known, how do they manifest themselves?
Assignment Instructions
Using best practices for academic writing, prepare a personal statement of your current thinking about and understanding of business ethics. In this essay, please be sure to:
• Summarize the quick-test results (from Chapter 1, page 21) and your own analysis of the validity of these results. Describe what seems valuable about the quick test, and what (if anything) you think might not be accurate.
• Apply one or more of the five business ethics myths described in your text to your own ethical perspective. The author of the text believes many people are victims of these myths. How might one or more of these myths affect you-or how might they not be accurate? Include a rationale for your answer.
• Describe some of the biggest internal and external influences on your decision making in moments when you need to act ethically.
• Discuss the parameters of business ethics as described in your text. In other words, according to your Business Ethics text, why is it absolutely necessary that all employees use careful ethical reasoning? Hint: Be sure to look at the section that presents the three reasons why we need ethical reasoning in the workplace.
• Evaluate the need for ethical behavior in our workplaces. What do you think should count as ethical workplace behavior, and what should be called unethical?
• Conclude your essay with a paragraph that summarizes your view of studying business ethics and its potential value for all business professionals. What are some of the biggest ethical challenges? Also, looking into your own professional career, explain what your challenges are and how solid your belief is related to what is considered ethical or not ethical, based on what you know thus far. Include three objectives for what you want to get out of this course.
Review the Personal Ethical Views Essay Scoring Guide to understand the grading criteria for this assignment.
Support your choices with cited concepts from reliable professional sources.
[u01d1] Unit 1 Discussion 1
Can You Observe Moral Maturity?Due 4/14/2016 5p.m.
Resources
• Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.Attached
• Business EthicsSee attached chapters 1-2 of textbook
On page 76 in Chapter 2 of your text, the author presents Kohlberg's three levels of moral development and the findings of a study of corporate managers. Several conclusions are offered in this study.
Based on your experience in business, answer the following:
• Do you believe Kohlberg's trends and findings are credible? State whether you agree or disagree, and why.
• Where do you think the moral barometer would hover in most large corporations in United States today? Level 1, 2, or 3? Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6?
Defend your answers in your initial post. It is recommended to post relatively early in the unit to allow time for peer responses. Refer to the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide for posting expectations. Unless otherwise stated, this will be the expectation for all discussions within this course.
[u01d2] Unit 1 Discussion 2
Stakeholders, Issues, and Organization GoalsDue 4/14/2016 5p.m.
Resources
• Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.Attached
In this unit, you are learning about business ethics through the view of stakeholders. You examine how they manage issues in their environments.
Based on your experience, which dimension do you think has influenced the biggest changes in business ethics over the last decade? Has it been:
• Individually unethical persons?
• More complex situations without sufficient guidelines?
• Inadequate laws?
• Unreasonable organizational goals?
Offer your opinion and substantiate it with at least one example. Cite at least one reference you believe provides evidence that the factor you chose has most influenced our current standards.
Unit 2 Using The Stakeholder Approach To Manage Ethical Issues
[u02a1] Unit 2 Assignment 1
Company Issue Identification
This is the first component of your course project.
Identify an Ethical Issue
In the Unit 1 assignment, you were asked to discuss your personal ethical views. In this assignment, you should consider what a companywide ethical dilemma looks like.
You will first need to identify a current or potential ethical dilemma at a real company. This could be a company where you are now employed, your former employer, a friend's company, or another company with which you are familiar. The issue should also be something that needs to be addressed with an organizational policy inside the company. In other words, you believe that a policy change would be better than other courses of action (such as disciplinary action toward an individual employee, or external action by the government or a nonprofit). You do not have to create a policy at this time, but be prepared to explain why implementing a policy would be the right choice. Note: The issue you select for this assignment will be used in the Unit 7 assignment and your final project in Unit 10.
For example, a company may choose to videotape the office and read employee emails. The conflict here may be that employees feel these practices are a violation of privacy and feel they have a right to a certain level of the privacy. However, stakeholders defend these practices because their concerns are whether the employees are getting their work done.
Assignment Instructions
Identify the ethical issue. Using best practices for academic writing, write an essay that covers all of the following:
Explain why you chose this particular issue and why you believe it is important.
Describe other stakeholders for this ethical issue, and what concerns they are likely to have. Explain why you believe that an organizational policy is the right way to resolve the issue.
Describe how this particular issue might be related to larger problems that affect your community, the country, or the world. Is the issue currently in the media spotlight? Are there any recent incidents or reasons why this issue has come to the public's attention?
Support your choices with cited concepts from reliable professional sources.
Review the Company Issue Identification Scoring Guide to learn how to understand the grading criteria for this assignment.
[u02d1] Unit 2 Discussion 1
Managing Hot Ethical Issues
In your assignment for this unit, you analyzed stakeholder approaches to ethical dilemmas. Your text devotes considerable time to how issues and stakeholders are interrelated. Typically, these issues are hot issues.
In your post, address the following:
What hot ethical issue is emerging in the business world today?
Which approach to analyzing ethical issues do you think would provide the soundest analysis of this issue, considering the different approaches your course text presents?
How would you describe the ethical issue you selected for the project? Explain why the approach you chose to analyze this issue is ideal.
Refer to the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide for posting expectations.
[u02d2] Unit 2 Discussion 2
Sharing Your Best Experience With Crisis Management
Your text recommends a straightforward approach to crisis management and implies the direct approach is best. Of course, there are many opinions on what is fair in crisis management. In your business experience, consider the number of situations you have experienced where a crisis occurred.
Reflect on the response process and whether all stakeholders were well served in a fair and ethical manner. In this discussion, share the facts of the crisis and your analysis of whether it was the best response for all stakeholders involved.
Note: If you have not experienced a crisis in your workplace that is appropriate to share in the courseroom, refer to Case 7, "Mattel Toy Recalls" on page 164 of your text.
Unit 3 Ethical Reasoning: Theory And Practice
[u03a1] Unit 3 Assignment 1
Ethical Motives
With this assignment, please direct your attention again to personal-level (not company-wide) ethical choices in the workplace. Motives are a key consideration in ethical decision making.
On page 81 in Chapter 2 of your course text, he author offers a four-step approach to analyzing your own ethical motives in a specific situation. In this assignment, apply this four-step process as a tool to determine your own motives. Applying this knowledge is a good first step toward building the skills necessary to complete this same type of process when analyzing your motives at work or your organization's motives in ethical decision making, designing social responsibility programs, and formulating organizational policy.
Support your choices with cited concepts from course readings and reliable professional sources.
[u03d1] Unit 3 Discussion 1
One Belief System, Many Situations
Look at Figure 2.1 on page 56 of your text, which compares the different belief systems as principles in making ethical decisions.
In your post, answer the following:
Can one belief system fit all situations? Explain why or why not.
If you had to choose one system to live by for all situations, where and when would it fail you?
Be clear on which of the five systems you are referencing, and provide a specific example to validate your post.
[u03d2] Unit 3 Discussion 2
Aaron Feuerstein Case Study
Figure 1.3 on pages 19-20 of your text describes the actions of Aaron Feuerstein after his company, Malden Mills, burned down on December 11, 1995. Some might say his initial response to employees was an emotional reaction and not rudent. Others may say he was an inspired leader with uncompromising moral integrity.
In your post, answer the following:
Do you think Feuerstein was a noble leader or very risky decision maker who got lucky, based on what you have learned about ethics, decision making, and analyzing stakeholders and issues? Be sure to research what happened to Malden Mills since 1995, and consider the position of all stakeholders in your analysis. Do you see any CEOs today who are prepared to do the same thing if faced with a similar crisis? If you do not see anyone in today's business world modeling Feuerstein, state why.
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