The final project for this course is a paper analyzing an organization that has been in the news for what is perceived to be questionable legal and possibly
unethical conduct. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency, as students will present their analysis of the legal and ethical issues
involved as well as evaluate and make recommendations that should be put into place to stop such activities with the selected company as well as others in the
future. Course concepts from the chapter studies must be used to synthesize and analyze the company. Your paper should also include any applicable laws that
are covered in your text.
Main Elements
Choose a company brought into the limelight or reported on in the news for some questionable (illegal or unethical) activity within the past 8 years. Try
browsing Google using key words such as “corporate scandal” or “corporate fraud” for possible companies. Your paper should include a minimum of a one-page
summary of the incident in question and a one- or two-page introduction about the company you choose, followed by the body of your paper which will include
your analysis, recommendations, and conclusion.
Based on the findings, you will evaluate what these legal and ethical implications may be and what types of laws or regulations you would recommend be put
into place for this not to happen again in the future. (For example, some activities may be legal but not ethical; if this is the case, what regulations and laws
would you put into place to stop this from happening again in the future? What policies would you implement?) As part of the discussion, include how business
leaders can encourage their companies to act ethically, and how duty-based ethical standards differ from outcome-based ethical standards and the applicability
of to your chosen company. At this point, the paper should include the revised introduction, summary, your analysis, recommendations, and conclusion for
submission (a minimum of 8 pages excluding references). You may double space the paragraphs, using fonts such as Calibri, Times New Roman, or Arial. Your
reference page should include all sources used for your research listed in APA or MLA style. Below is an example of how you may outline your paper:
I. Summary
II. Introduction
a. Thesis
b. Background
III. Statement of Problem
a. Significance of the identified problem
b. History in Business of this problem
c. Current trends and issues
d. Societal concerns
e. Future Implications
IV. Analysis of Research findings and facts discussed
V. Recommendations
VI. Conclusion
I will share my school notes to help incorporate what I studied.
