Assignment Instructions

You have just been promoted to a Director position within your organization. Your organization is faced with an ethical dilemma. You are tasked with ensuring that all employees understand the organization's position on this controversial ethical issue.

Part 1: Develop a paper in which you analyze your ethical decision-making process.  In your analysis, include the following:

1. An overview of the ethical dilemma that your organization is facing. Explain why this is an important issue.

2. Describe the facts of the case.

3. List the stakeholders and explain how they would be affected by potential alternatives in decisions.

4. Assess the ethical issue and identify at least three alternative solutions. Please be detailed in your description of the solutions. Remember to describe how each alterative will affect the stakeholders.

5. Compare and contrast the perspectives of opposing parties who could potentially influence your business decision.

6. Evaluate the alternatives based on your understanding of the various theoretical models of decision-making you have researched and learned about.

7. Describe your leadership style within this organization.

8. Make your decision - select the alternative that you have chosen to implement. As the Director, explain why you feel the alternative that you have chosen is the most appropriate and how are you justifying your decision.

9. Explain how the stakeholders will be affected.

Part 2: In addition to your analysis, prepare a handout suitable for distribution to the employees of your organization. Address the following in your handout:

1. Outline the pros and cons of ethical decision-making.

2. Describe the benefits to the individual and the organization.

3. Provide links to websites that may include informative and beneficial tips regarding ethics.

4. Provide specific examples where appropriate.

You may prepare this visual aid in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, or any other software program. Support your paper with a minimum of three resources, which may include your required text. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 7-10 pages plus a 1-2 page handout, not including title and reference pages.