XMGT 216 Complete Course
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XMGT 216 Complete Course
Week One
- CheckPoint: Ethical Theories Chart
Complete the Ethical Theories Chart in Appendix B.
Post Appendix B as an attachment.
Discussion Question 1
After reading this weeks materials, what is your definition of business ethics and how are they developed? Why do you think society has become cynical about ethics in business? Explain your answers.
Discussion Question 2
What are the current ethical and moral issues facing todays business environment? What is social responsibility?
Week Two
- CheckPoint: Clarifying Personal Values
Review the list of values located in Appendix C.
Create a list of the five values most important to you in making decisions.
Write a 150- to 300-word response addressing the following questions:
o What commonalities do you see in the values you have chosen?
o How do these values affect your ethical decision-making?
o What will you do when one or more of the values you have listed conflict?
o Reflect on the values of your organization or an organization you are familiar with. Are there any major differences between your personal values and the organizations values?
- Assignment: Business Ethics Reflection
Reflect on a time when you or someone you know faced an ethical dilemma in the workplace.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflective journal entry explaining the ethical dilemma and the solution implemented to resolve the dilemma. Address the following points:
o Describe the relationship among virtue, values, and moral concepts in the ethical dilemma.
o Examine ways external social pressures influenced business ethics in this situation.
o If you faced the same dilemma today, what solution would you recommend? Defend your answers.
Week Three
- CheckPoint: Ethics Awareness Inventory
Complete the Ethics Awareness Inventory located on your student Web site.
Post a 150- to 300-word response addressing the following topics:
o What did you learn from your Ethics Awareness Inventory profile?
o How can you apply this information to the workplace?
o How have social pressures influenced your personal and business ethics?
- Discussion Questions
Discussion Question 1
Using personal reflections and the readings, outline steps to resolve ethical dilemmas. What do you consider first when faced with such a dilemma?
How would this process be affected if you were a manager? How would this process change if you were a chief executive officer?
Read the short case, Customer Confidence Issue, in Ch. 3 of Managing Business Ethics (Trevino & Nelson, 2007, p. 93). How would you resolve this moral dilemma? Explain what your action would be, and how you would come to that decision?
Week Four
- CheckPoint: Short Case: Management
Read the short case you have been assigned to on p. 176 or p. 177 of Managing Business Ethics. Your instructor will assign you to one of the following short cases: Employment Basics, Managing a Diverse Workforce, or Managing Up and Across.
Join the discussion thread to which your instructor has assigned you.
Discuss with your assigned classmates the ethical issues in the ethical dilemma presented and discuss possible solutions to the dilemma.
Post a 150- to 300-word response addressing the following points:
o Describe the ethical issues facing a manager in the case study.
o Imagine you are a manager at the company described in the case. Explain how you would remedy this ethical dilemma.
- Assignment: Ethical Issues and Management Paper
Choose one of the following topics with which you have had experience:
o Hiring
o Performance evaluations
o Discipline
o Termination
o Diversity
o Harassment
o Manager as a role model
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper addressing the following points:
o Describe the moral and ethical issues faced by managers dealing with your selected topic. Include how the issue affects other individuals.
o Explain how the relationship between social issues and ethically responsible management practices apply to your topic.
o Provide a workplace example of an ethical dilemma involving your topic. Did any laws govern the managers actions?
Week Five
- CheckPoint: Management Case Study
Read the following scenario:
You are a division manager at Austen Pharmaceuticals. You directly supervise 50 employees. All are average or above average employees. Many individuals on your team have been with the company for several years. Several new employees, mostly women and minorities were hired to remedy the lack of diversity in the workplace. Due to financial difficulties within the company, each division manager has been instructed to decrease his or her employee payroll by 15%.
Post a 150- to 300-word e-mail to your direct supervisor explaining how you are approaching this ethical dilemma. Include information about how you intend to make this decision. How are you morally justifying your decision? Remember to use professional e-mail etiquette when composing your e-mail.
- Discussion Questions
In addition to being a role model, what can managers do to promote ethical behavior within an organization? List two actions managers can take to enhance the ethical behavior of their employees and explain why/how these two actions will work.
List three managerial traits you feel are necessary for effective ethical management. How do these traits directly or indirectly affect the ethical culture of your organization, and are they effective?
Week Six
- CheckPoint: Short Case: Organization
Read the short case, Advertising, on p. 250 of Managing Business Ethics.
Develop a strategy for dealing with the described ethical dilemma.
Post a 150- to 300-word business memo to senior management analyzing and explaining the dilemma and your strategy for solving the ethical dilemma.
- Assignment: Current Ethical Issues Paper
Select a fictional organization from the Virtual Organization using the link located on your student Web site. Use this fictional organization to create a hypothetical ethics program for your cumulative project due in Week Nine.
Write a 700- to 1,500-word paper addressing the following topics:
o Describe the organization you will be using to create your Ethical Organization Profile.
o Explain the current moral and ethical issues faced by your virtual organization.
Week Seven
- CheckPoint: Code of Ethics
Write a code of ethics for your fictional organization. The code may be in a bulleted list or essay format.
Explain how your organization will deal with the relationship among ethics, morality, and social issues within the legal environment.
Post your assignment as an attachment.
- Discussion Questions
List two ways organizations can encourage high ethical standards. In your opinion, who or what entity must be responsible for encouraging and maintaining ethical standards at the organizational level?
Examine the effects of leaders morals on an organization by answering the following questions:
How does leadership affect the ethical environment within an organization?
What role do you think the personal morals of a CEO plays in the handling of an organizations ethical problems?
Week Eight
- CheckPoint: Business Ethics and Globalization
Write a 150- to 300-word response addressing the following points:
o Describe at least three ethical issues resulting from globalization.
o Explain the ethical risks and consequences associated with global business.
- Assignment: Business Ethics Across Cultures Article Review
Locate two articles discussing the ethical perspectives or business ethics of a foreign country. Each article must contain information on a different foreign country on a different continent; for example, if the first article you select discusses a country in South America, the second article you select must discuss a foreign country outside of South America.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word article review addressing the following points:
o Provide a brief summary and overview of the articles you have selected.
o Explain the primary ethical perspectives of the countries discussed in the articles.
o Discuss how the articles contribute to understanding global ethical perspectives.
o Briefly describe how the business ethics of the foreign countries compare to the business ethics of your home country.
Week Nine
- Capstone Discussion Question
Post your response to the following: In your own words, using the concepts and information you have learned in this course, prepare a 200- to 300-word response to the following questions:
o Describe both your personal ethics and moral perspectives. What are some of the factors shaping them?
o How has this course changed your perspective of business ethics?
o How have you applied your personal ethics and moral perspectives to business ethics? Provide an example from your workplace.
- Final Project: Ethics Program Presentation
Develop a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of 10 to 12 slides following the guidelines and scenario listed in Appendix A.
Use APA formatting guidelines.
Post your presentation as an attachment.
