Please write one paragraph for each question using PICK Analysis format.
PICK Analysis:
P: Point, I: Identify relevant concepts and explain them, C: Connect the facts to those concepts, and K: Key takeaway (concludes your analysis and goes one step further to ask a question or provide additional inquiry)
POINT: ABC Corp. is unethical despite utilizing cause marketing in its strategic philanthropy because this charitable giving is for its own self-interest, rather than to help XYZ cause. IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN CONCEPTS: As we learned in the text, page 202, cause marketing is a form of strategic philanthropy in which charitable contributions are based on purchases of a product. This concept means that the company links their marketing strategy and brand with a social cause so that when consumers purchase the product they feel as though they are helping society. CONNECT THE FACTS: Here, ABC corp. promoted the XYZ cause by offering to give 3% of its sales to XYZ cause every Sunday. However, ABC corp. did not appear to care about XYZ cause as it was a manufacturing company that dumped oil into a river and refused to clean it up, directly in violation of the environmental mission behind XYZ cause. Since XYZ cause is truly geared toward helping the environment, and ABC corp. harmed the environment by dumping oil into a river, ABC corp. likely does not care about saving the environment and instead only cares about profits. KEY TAKEAWAY: If ABC corp. really cared about the environment and not just money, ABC corp. would clean up the oil too. Since it failed to do so, ABC corp. is unethical because its philanthropic actions are merely self-serving.
1. From our learning module, we discovered that the First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech.” Speech includes non-verbal communication, such as signs, symbols and acts (like flag-burning). A recent example of the debate regarding rights to free speech and balancing its limitations is found in the Charlie Hebdo attack that occurred in the beginning of 2015. For this discussion, please review the following article to see free speech and how it impacts individuals, business, and society today: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/world/europe/new-charlie-hebdo-has-muhammad-cartoon.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=1. Then, put your thinking caps on and do some research to find a current example of your own of free speech in the news today. I encourage you to incorporate information from the Hebdo article and your own example in your post.
2. From this module, you learned about many types of crimes. Now it is time to share some current examples of business crimes with your classmates. For this discussion, research business crimes in the news that are current (at least within the past five years). Using PICK Analysis, describe the type of crime from our course material that you found evident in your news/event, then apply the elements of the law that crime requires to prove it has occurred to facts from your research regarding the event. This discussion will allow you to see many examples of how business crimes exist and to illustrate these course concepts in a business setting.
3. For this discussion, please visit the website for the nonprofit organization, Workplace Fairness, at www.workplacefairness.org to learn more about your rights in the workplace, diving deeper into issues couched in Employment Law. This site is an excellent free resource to better understand your rights and the regulations relevant to the workplace. After spending some time reviewing the information on the site, please write a summary using PICK Analysis of two workplace rights you found particularly interesting.
Please read chapter 4, 5, 6 and incorporate some sources from the the chapter if required.
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