While our discussions of ethics in business can sometimes seem esoteric and removed from our day-to-day management responsibilities, the various media are filled with real-life examples of unethical business behavior that harms the businesses involved, as well as their shareholders, customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
For this discussion, identify a news story that has been published within the 30 days preceding the due date of this discussion that describes such a breach of business ethics. You may find these through a web search, library research, professional journals, professional association websites, newspapers, etc.
In your initial post:
Briefly explain the situation and the parties involved.
Identify your ethical standard and the ethical issue(s) that violates that standard.
Explain how you would have prevented this situation and would now respond, including support from a second source.
The student will complete 4 Discussions in this course. The student will first post a thread of at
least 600 words (content, not including references) by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the
assigned Module. The student must, then, post 2 replies of at least 300 words each by 11:59 p.m.
(ET) on Sunday of the assigned Module: Week, except replies for the fourth discussion, which
are due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of the final Module: Week.
For each thread and reply, analysis must be supported with a minimum of 2 scholarly sources
other than the course textbook and provided materials. Each source must be cited in current APA
format. Each thread and each reply must include both full citations in a reference list at the end
of each post, and short-form in-text citations.
Acceptable sources include books, legal and business journals, legal cases, the law (cases,
statutes, regulations, etc.), the Bible, biblical commentary, etc. Dictionaries and other web
sources that lack scholarly support are not acceptable sources. Any sources cited must be current
to the issue (e.g., Bible commentaries may by applicable from any age, but articles discussing
current legal practices may no longer be relevant after 2 or 5 years).
A well-developed, complete worldview analysis of the situation requires more than simply
adding a Bible verse at the end of the post. Each thread and each reply must include at least 1
verse from Scripture, quoted and applied as an integral part of the discussion of the applicable
issues in the context of a Biblical worldview.
Copy/paste the content of your posts; do not use attachments, which will not be accepted or
graded.
