Corporate Social Responsibility; Ethics and The Future
ETH 501 International Business Essay
Module 4 – SLP
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; ETHICS AND THE FUTURE
Business Ethics are moral standards of conduct expected of a business by society. Social Responsibility involves the philosophies, policies, procedures, and actions that have the primary goal of enhancing society. Let us apply the concepts.
SLP Assignment
Goal of this Session Long Project:
This assignment is the last of four SLPs where you will be building a bank of takeaways pertaining to ethical and/or unethical behaviors.
After reviewing this SLP scenario:
Express your reactions
Apply your own background/experiences
State important takeaways
Add other comments you would like to make
Your SLP submission should be 2 to 3 pages of text, well organized, well written, and 100% error free. You may use first-or third-person voice. Write in full sentences. Demonstrate your critical-thinking skills. Be creative (for example, add color and/or small graphics).
*Note: In SLP 2 we introduced the importance of library research. So, in SLP 4 also support your arguments with sources from the Trident Online Library. This is an expectation at the graduate level.
Categorical Imperative: Part of Organizational Culture?
“samsung phone” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0
In the fall of 2016, Samsung Electronics experienced a massive public relations disaster when its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones started exploding due to faulty batteries and casings. Initially, the company denied there were any technical problems. Then, when it became obvious the exploding phones posed a safety and health threat when they were banned from airplanes, Samsung accused its suppliers of creating the problem. In reality, the rush to beat Apple’s iPhone 7 release date was the most likely reason corners were cut in production.
Samsung finally owned up to the problem, recalled more than two million phones worldwide, and replaced them with new, improved Galaxy Note 7s. The company’s response and its replacement of the phones went a long way toward defusing the disaster and even boosting the company’s share price. Whether management knew it, its response was Kantian. Samsung focused on the end (i.e., customer safety and satisfaction) with the motive of doing the ethically responsible thing.
Source: Byars and Stanberry (2018), page 54 CC BY
General References Useful for Preparing Graduate-Level Papers:
For a list of general reference sources related to locating library sources, using APA formatting, applying critical-thinking skills, and so forth, see General References Useful for Preparing Graduate-Level Papers. It is not required that you read these sources page by page, but rather you refer to them for guidance.
Module 4
Required:
Readings:
Bradley, J. (n.d.). Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethical Leadership. Small Business – Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/corporate-social-responsibility-ethical-leadership-64123.html
Byars, S., & Stanberry, K. (2018). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) section of chapter 3.
Business Ethics. Rice University, OpenStax. Retrieved from http://cnx.org/content/col25722/1.3 pg. 83-88, 325-346. CC BY 4.0 licenseNaeini, A.; Dutt, A.; Angus, J. et.al. (June 7, 2015). A shoe for a shoe, and a smile. Business Today. Retrieved from https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/lbs-case-study/toms-shoes-shoes-for-free-cause-marketing-strategy-case-study/story/219444.html
Optional:
Business Ethics: The Magazine of Corporate Responsibility (n.d.). Retrieved from http://business-ethics.com/.
An online magazine published quarterly since 1987 “to promote ethical business practices, to serve that growing community of professionals and individuals striving to work and invest in responsible ways.”
Corporate Responsibility Magazine (2019). 100 best corporate citizens, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.3blassociation.com/files/yMblCg/100BestCorporateCitizens_2019.pdf
Corporate Responsibility Magazine (n.d.). Retrieved from http://thecro.com/.
This online magazine strives to provide corporate responsibility, sustainability and communications professionals a vibrant peer-to-peer network, actionable best practices and thought leadership, effective learning and professional development, and essential resources and tools.
Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethical Leadership (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/corporate-social-responsibility-ethical-leadership-64123.html
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Employment at Will Employees Discussion Essay
I’m working on a business question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Over the years, there has been much debate over the classification of employment-at-will employees. Employment-at-will is a term that refers to the protection that is applied to the employment relationship, such that the employer or the employee has the right to terminate the employment relationship at any time. There are different modifications to employment-at-will that vary at the state level. With your classmates, please discuss the following:
- Does employment-at-will have better protections for employees or employers? Why or why not?
- Choose a state and describe its modifications to employment-at-will. Do you agree with these modifications? Why or why not?