Written Assignment
Your research paper should be a thorough, fully developed paper. It is not a short answer to the bullet points below. Those are simply guidelines for information which you should include in your paper. While there is not an actual page requirement, in the past most papers have been between 3-5 pages minimum. Your paper needs to include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources (following the APA guidelines). As a reminder, scholarly resources may be from an assigned article, additional resources included in this module, or additional research you have done. You may want to review the guidelines for Scholarly Resources in graduate school Academic Quality Resources – What it means You should review the Written Paper Rubric (Accessible) to understand how papers will be evaluated and graded.
Your paper needs to include:
What is a stakeholder? I am not looking for a marketing/business definition (we are focused on ethics).
Why are stakeholders important to the study of ethics within organizations? (this is key to why this topic is included)
Within your chosen organization which you have been writing about this semester, identify multiple stakeholders (cast a very wide net).
Classify stakeholders as internal, external, self-appointed, etc.
What is the difference between a Stakeholder and a Stockholder?
Identify at least 2 areas where ‘balance between stakeholder demands’ is challenging and must be compromised. (Elaborate about what each side desires).
Do some stakeholders present ethical dilemmas? If so, please explain what you see as some of the ethical dilemmas. You may want to refer back to the Code of Ethics (if one exists).
To the best of your knowledge, have stakeholders (self-appointed or others) affected policy decisions within your chosen organization? Do you think this is possible?
Additional research will be necessary. You may utilize the resources provided in the lecture file, resources from the textbook, resources included in the Additional Resources section, or new resources (which shows your eagerness to expand on learning and makes your instructor very happy).
After completing your paper in either or WORD or PDF format, please submit it to the Dropbox for Module 3 Stakeholder paper
