Respond in 4-5 content pages, not including title page, abstract, or references, to each question.

QUESTION 1

Without question "business ethics" is one of the hot topics of the day. Over the past months we have seen business after business charged with improper practices that violate commonly accepted ethical norms.

This has led to a loss of confidence in corporate management, and has had severe economic consequences. Business ethics serves the important social function of integrating business and society, by promoting the legitimacy of business operations, through critical reflection.

The social function of business ethics is implicit in leading business ethics foundation theories. For this question, you will research and respond to questions related to corporate ethics scandals, unethical behavior, and the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Legislation (SOX).

Look for a recent body of research in the area of corporate ethics scandals, unethical behavior, and the impact of SOX legislation. You should be looking for research that differs or improves upon the existing concepts pertaining to corporate ethics scandals, unethical behavior, and the impact of SOX legislation, which you have learned.

The research should be from a peer-reviewed scientific journal, trade publication, or professional journal. You can use the Internet to search for a relevant body of research.

Based on your knowledge of corporate ethics scandals, unethical behavior, and the impact of SOX legislation and your chosen research, discuss the following:

• The role of management in setting the organizational tone relative to ethical behavior.

• What should subordinates do when managers act unethically or encourage them to engage in unethical practices?

• Discuss an example of a corporate ethics scandal other than Enron.

• Based on the above example, discuss why you believe the unethical behavior occurred.

• Based on the above, discuss what the organization could have done to prevent such occurrences either at the time they happened or in the future.

• Discuss whether the provisions of the SOX act will have a positive effect on corporate ethics practices.

Instructions:

You will need to do an in-depth literary search on the topic in order to create a fully-developed response. You will need to include in-text citations and a references list for external references used in supporting your points for this question.

You should have no fewer than 7 references for your response to this particular question, 4 of which must be from peer-reviewed sources.

QUESTION 2

Research has been done on the theory and correlation of emotional intelligence (EI) related to organizational success and long-term sustainability of a manager/leader in his or her career.

Many leadership/management experts argue that successful manager/leaders demonstrate a sophistication of EI that differs vastly from those managers/leaders who eventually fall and fail their organizations.

Some of the key factors of EI include self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, confidence, self-motivation, empathy, social deftness, trustworthiness, adaptability, and a talent for collaboration.

Effective managers/leaders are very successful at articulating their missions and visions for their organizations and know how to bring everyone on board to accomplish them.

Compare and contrast the "transformational" manager/leader with the "transactional" manager/leader. Who do you think can better take the pulse of a group, understand its unspoken currents of thought and concerns, and communicate with people in terms they can understand and embrace?

Instructions:

You will need to do an in-depth literary search on the topic in order to create a fully-developed response. You will need to include in-text citations and a references list for external references used in supporting your points for this question. You should have no fewer than 7 references for your response to this particular question, 4 of which must be from peer-reviewed sources.

QUESTION 3

Consider one of the following ethical dilemmas that may face a researcher. Describe ways you might anticipate the problem and actively address it in your research proposal. What boundaries must researchers work within and who sets them?

1. A prisoner you are interviewing tells you about a potential breakout at the prison that night. What do you do?

2. A researcher on your team copies sentences from another study and incorporates them into the final written report for your project. What do you do?

3. A student collects data for her project from several individuals she has interviewed I families in your city. After the fourth interview, she tells you that she has not received approval for the project from the Institutional Review Board. What do you do?

Instructions:

You will need to do an in-depth literary search on the topic in order to create a fully-developed response. You will need to include in-text citations and a references list for external references used in supporting your points for this question.

You should have no fewer than 7 references for your response to this particular question, 4 of which must be from peer-reviewed sources.

QUESTION 4

Corporate finance is important to all managers because it provides the skills managers need to identify and select the corporate strategies and individual projects that add value to their firm, forecast the funding requirements of their company, and to devise strategies for acquiring those funds.

1. Why is corporate finance important to all managers?

2. Describe the ownership types a company might have as it evolves from a start- up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.

3. What are some of the less common forms of business ownership and what are the advantages of using them?

Instructions:

You will need to do an in-depth literary search on the topic in order to create a fully-developed response. You will need to include in-text citations and a references list for external references used in supporting your points for this question.

You should have no fewer than 7 references for your response to this particular question, 4 of which must be from peer-reviewed sources.