Business Ethics: Process

Process

Process/Step 1

Review the basics of business ethics and complete the online ethics survey. Write a 500 word reflection on the findings of your survey. This reflection may be incorporate into either a seperate file or as part of your PowerPoint presentation.

Ethics Survey

http://www.ethicsandbusiness.org/stylequiz.htm

Business Ethics Online Resource

http://www.managementhelp.org/ethics/ethics.htm

Ethics Overview from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_ethics

Basic Concepts

Theoretical Overview

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_ethics#Theoretical_issues_in_business_ethics

Basic Moral Orientations

http://ethics.sandiego.edu/presentations/Theory/BasicOrientations/index.asp

The Moral Point of View

http://ethics.sandiego.edu/presentations/Theory/Moral%20Point%20of%20View/index.asp

Ethical Theories Compared

http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/ethical_theories.html

Ethical Relativism

http://www.fred.net/tzaka/bus_eth/relativism.html

US Department of Commerce Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies

Chapter 1

http://www.ita.doc.gov/goodgovernance/adobe/bem_section_1/chapter_1.pdf

Chapter 2 Responsible Management

http://www.ita.doc.gov/goodgovernance/adobe/bem_section_1/chapter2.pdf

Process 2

Familiarize yourself with the following ethical issues and complete the guiding questions. The responses to these questions can either be included within a seperate file, or incorporated into your PowerPoint presentation. If these are part of your PowerPoint presentation, then each question should be on a seperate slide.

1) What is corporate responsibility and why is it important?

2) What is insider trading?

3) What laws govern insider trading?

4) What is the impact of insider trading?

5) What is fraud?

6) What laws govern fraud?

7) What is a hostile takeover?

8) What is a monopoly?

9) What is downsizing and outsourcing?

10) What is the impact of downsizing and outsourcing?

Corporate Social Responsibility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility

http://www.managementhelp.org/ethics/ethics.htm#anchor9534

http://opax.swin.edu.au/~388226/howto/it2/ethics.htm

Insider trading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading

http://www.secform4.com/what-is-insider-trading.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading#American_insider_trading_law

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3933

SEC on Insider Trading

http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/speecharchive/1998/spch221.htm

http://www.sec.gov/answers/insider.htm

Securities Fraud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_fraud

Fraud

http://www.white-collar-crimes.com/criminal_terms.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud

http://www.wcl.american.edu/journal/lawrev/48/pdf/podgor.pdf?rd=1

Hostile Takeovers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions

Downsizing and Outsourcing

http://www.fred.net/tzaka/bus_eth/links.html#downsizing

http://www.opednews.com/bryjak022604_outsourcing.htm

http://roger.babson.edu/ethics/downsizi.htm

Process 3

Now for the fun! Select one of the assigned movies which you will need to rent via Blockbuster, Net Flix, Hollywood Video, etcetera. Watch the assigned movie and answer the questions below. Please note, I will know whether you watched the movie or not.Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

a plot synopsis of the movie,
an analysis of all ethical issues at stake,
a discussion of what if any legal issues are a factor,
a discussion of the prevailing ethical culture,
relationship to relevant ethical theory,
and suggestions for changes to that ethical culture.

Your PowerPoint presentation for the movie should be a minimum of 12 slides (not including the title or reference slides).

Submitted with the presentation will be a file that contains each students survey results and the accompanying reflections as well as answers to all guiding questions. If you do not want to submit a seperate file, then you may incorporate this portion into your PowerPoint.

Roger and Me

http://www.dogeatdogfilms.com/synopsis.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/

Glengary Glenross

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=19953

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104348/plotsummary

http://www.renegadecomedy.org/past/glengarry.htm

Boiler Room

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=181533

http://www.boilermovie.com/

http://www.boilermovie.com/story.html

Wall Street