Part - 1
Evaluate Cohen's (2009) article on social responsibility. Consider how his perspectivealigns with those of classic management experts Drucker and Friedman. The taskis to respond to the following prompts in a paper:
Define the concept of social responsibility.
What does Cohen feel is the social responsibility of a business to its workers, stakeholders, and society as a whole?
How does this perspective align with that of Drucker?
How does Cohen's opinion compare with that of Friedman?
Which aligns best with the current business climate promoting a ‘green environment'? Why?
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5)scholarly resources in addition to required resources. In addition to thesespecified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including olderarticles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Part -2
Assume you are an instructor of a graduate level Leadership and Ethics course. Using the Caldwell, Hayes, and Long (2010) article as a basis, compare and contrast the concepts of leadership, trustworthiness, and ethical stewardship in a PowerPoint presentation for your students. Be certain to address the following key components:
How do Caldwell et al. define leadership?
In what manner do leaders serve as role models (better or worse) for ethical behavior?
What impact does the concept of trustworthiness have on the level of trust in organizational leadership?
How do Caldwell et al. describe ethical stewardship?
Do you agree with Caldwell et al.'s thoughts on the importance of ethical stewardship?
What is the correlation between leadership, trustworthiness, and ethical stewardship?
Provide specific examples to detail your presentation.
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as "speaker notes" for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with a minimum of three (3) scholarly resources in addition to your required readings for a minimum of five (5) sources total. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 200-350 words for each slide
Part-3:
Prepare a paper in which you evaluate the Tyco International case study provided in Kaplan (2009)and Stephen et al. (2012). Be sure to address the following in your paper:
Briefly summarize the historical scenario surrounding Tyco International.
How do you think the spending and the loans were able to go on for so long?
Evaluate the outcome of events.
Was the punishment justified? Why or why not?
Is it difficult for us to see ethical breaches that we ourselves commit?
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) scholarly resources in addition to required resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Part -4
Using the Folole Muliaga case study provided in Bridgeman (2010) and Eweje and Wu (2010), evaluate alternative actions and consequences to Mercury Energy. In your paper, be certain to specifically address the following:
Briefly summarize the Folole Muliaga scenario
Assess the consequences/outcome
Determine if what Mercury Energy did was illegal
Are you in agreement with the police and coroner decisions? Why or why not?
What reforms/guidelines were adopted as a result of this tragedy?
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) scholarly resources in addition to required resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Part -5
Using the Brooks (2010) article, develop a research paper on ethical issues regarding information technology. Be certain to examine the following in your paper:
Societal ethical changes caused by information technology
The ethical usage of information technology
The development of a code of ethics associative with these ethical issues
Enforcement issues related to a code of ethics for information technology
Interpret how a code of ethics would be established within an academic setting, especially with the advancement of the online educational environment
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) scholarly resources in addition to required resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Part -6
Develop a blog aimed at allowing participants to interpret ethical issues surrounding subprime loans. Be sure to address the following in establishing your blog:
Summarize the concept of subprime loans and the risks they pose to the lender and borrower.
Critique the role of leadership decision-making in the subprime loan financial crisis.
Evaluate subprime loans with the notion of social responsibility. Compare and contrast the resulting consequences for these actions.
What measures have been taken since that time to assure this will not happen again?
Support your blog with at least five (5) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length of blog: 3 entries (approximately 350 words per entry)
Your blog should be located at a web site that can be easily accessed by Faculty (e.g., http://wordpress.com/). It should contain text that is readable, links that work, a display of at least one graphic, and content information that supports the assignment requirements.
Your writing within the blog should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate.
Part -7
Prepare a paper in which you address the following:
Brief historical summary on SOX enactment
The key ethical components of the SOX
Social responsibility implications regarding mandatory publication of corporate ethics
One of the main criticisms of SOX is that its implementation presents an unfair burden on smaller organizations. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
How might you suggest improvement of the SOX legislation?
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) scholarly resources in addition to required resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Part -8:
Now is the time to place all of the pieces together that you have learned in this course into a comprehensive case study analysis. Assume you are an instructor presenting an unethical case study to your graduate students. Develop a PowerPoint presentation on the person/business of your choice. It may be one of those named previously in preparation of an assignment, or one found in your own research. Be certain to address the following key components for your student audience:
Brief historical summary on the individual or organization
Unethical behavior/event examined
Reflection on ethical standards
Influence of leadership
Social responsibility response (both actual and appropriate)
Related cultural, environmental, and legal implications
Impact on stakeholders
Outcome of event with a comparison of the consequences
Fairness of punishment
Your own recommendations for action, including recommendations for your students while completing their studies
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as "speaker notes" for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least seven (7) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Word Count/Pages: 28-35 pages + 27-35 PPT Slides (200-350 words for each slide)