Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
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- Resolving Ethical Business Challenges: Gerard
Read “Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” in Chapter 7 of your text, and then address the following points. ; Support your response with evidence from the text.
- Identify the ethical and legal issues of which Gerard needs to be aware.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each decision Gerard has made and could make.
- Discuss the issues of accounting firms going into the financial services market.
- Discuss the types of groups that are influencing Gerard.
Guided Response: ;Review several of your classmates’ postings. ; Respond to at least two classmates by sharing how you might decide to move forward if you were George. ; Support your decision with evidence from the text or other external sources.
- Federal Compliance Law ;
Listen to a podcast of Linda Thomsen, former director of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission: ;How Sarbanes-Oxley has affected corporate culture. Discuss how the Sarbanes–Oxley Act has changed corporate culture. ; A transcript of the podcast is also available through the URL.
Expand on how the Sarbanes–Oxley Act impacts organizational culture and why federal oversight like this is needed. ;
Additionally, Linda Thomsen mentions in the podcast that she expects further misconduct to occur. ; Why do you think this type of misconduct continues despite these regulatory laws? ;
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ postings. ; Respond to at least two classmates by posing a question or adding insight regarding the likelihood and reasons behind continuation of misconduct. ; Support your views with evidence from the textbook or at least one article from the Ashford Library or another scholarly source. ;
Assignment
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Leadership and Corporate Culture
An organization’s leaders have influence and power to shape the corporate culture and motivate ethical conduct. ;
In a three to five page paper excluding title page and reference page(s), evaluate the influence and power that corporate leaders have in shaping the corporate culture. ;
Include the following in your evaluation:
- Description of important ethical leaders in an organization and their various roles.
- Illustration of the relationship between ethical leaders and stakeholders.
- Summarization of the various leadership styles and classifications and their impact on corporate culture. ;
- Analysis of the influence of leadership style on ethical decision-making, including specific examples drawn from research on today’s business leaders. ; Be sure to include reference to two or more articles from the Ashford Library or other scholarly sources that highlight the influence of power and leadership style on corporate culture. ; These two sources apply toward the total requirement of three sources for the paper.
To conclude your evaluation, summarize your position on the influence of ethical leaders in contributing to a corporate ethical culture.
Support your evaluation with at least three resources from the Ashford Library or other scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook. ; Your paper must be correctly formatted according to APA 6th edition style guidelines.