Final Exam/paper: Managing to be Ethical:
Debunking five business ethics myths.
PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT:
The purpose of this final analysis is to apply concepts from the course to an analysis of an article. The goal is to reinforce and test your command of course concepts in a vivid and interesting way.
Identify, describe, and explain why the five business ethics myths in the article are NOT accurate, utilizing course concepts.
Preparation Recommendation: Review the textbook, PowerPoint presentations from classes, previous assignments, and class notes to refresh your memory about concepts learned in class. Then, read the article with these in mind.
Major course concepts: The following is a list of some key course concepts to draw upon.
Ch. 1 Values, cynicism, business and media, the relationship between ethics and the law
Ch. 2 Deciding what’s right: ethical dilemmas, prescriptive frameworks (consequentialist, deontological, virtue ethics)
Ch. 3 Deciding what’s right: ethical awareness, cognitive moral development, locus of control, moral disengagement, idealism/relativism, bias, script processing, other cognitive barriers to good decisions (e.g., escalation of commitment, illusion of optimism, cost-benefit analysis), role of emotion in ethical decision making
Ch. 4 Individuals’ ethical problems: discrimination, sexual harassment, conflicts of interest, customer confidence issues, use of corporate resources, voicing your values and whistleblowing
Ch. 5 Ethical/unethical culture and formal/informal cultural systems: ethical leadership, selection systems, vales and mission statements, policies and codes, orientation and training programs, performance management systems, organizational authority structure, decision-making processes, role models and heros, norms, rituals, myths and stories, ethical language
Ch. 6 Corporate ethics office, ethics communication, missions or values statements, organizational policy, codes of conduct, communicating senior management commitment, values or compliance approaches
Ch. 7 Management issues and managers’ responsibilities: obedience (Milgram, McDonald’s), multiple ethical selves, roles and role conflict, diffusion of responsibility, psychological distance, norms, rewards, discipline
Ch. 8 Ethical problems of managers: hiring, performance evaluation, discipline, termination, managing diversity
Group Project Social responsibility: corporate social responsibility, stakeholders, pyramid, role of philanthropy, sustainability, costs of illegal conduct, government regulation, importance of trust in business
Guidelines – Academic Integrity Expectations:
You will write the paper independently and not discuss it or show it to classmates in any section of MGMT451W.
Guidelines – Format:
This assignment will be evaluated for English as well as for content. Be sure to proofread carefully.
This assignment should be typed, minimum 11 point font, 1” margins, double spaced, and no more than 7 pages in length. Please use page numbers.
Be extremely careful to cite all sources used and to do so accurately. If you use exact words, you must put quotation marks around the cited material to acknowledge that these are not your own words. Do not just copy, cut, and past Remember to include a references page.
Use the Academic Integrity Pledge and insert the pledge on the last page of your assignment:
Academic Integrity Pledge
“I_ [student name]_affirm that I have neither given, received, nor witnessed unauthorized aid on this deliverable and have completed this work honestly and according to the professor’s guidelines.”
16 Points Total
Course concept identification and application: Identify concepts and apply each of them accurately. Use explicit examples to illustrate each application. Again, please use bold to highlight each concept.
2 Points Total
Comprehensiveness: Represent concepts from across multiple chapters.
Relevance importance: Choose the most important/relevant concepts.
2 Points Total
Overall depth and quality of thought: This paper should provide a careful analysis and valuable insight
