XMGT 216 Week 4

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?