Business Ethics: Process

Process

Process/Step 1

Review the basics of business ethics and complete the online ethics survey. Write a 300 word reflection that should be incorporated into your PowerPoint presentation. Additionally, you were previously asked in a class discussion to identify the ethical theory that you feel best reflects your internal decision making processes. I would like you to rethink this question. The second link below contains an ethical theory chart. I would like you to reidentify, which ethical theory most reflects the way you conduct yourself professionally. Please, include a seperate 250 word slide with your response.

Ethics Survey

http://www.gotoquiz.com/the_ultimate_ethics_quiz

Ethical Theories Compared
http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/ethical_theories.html

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 Net Flix, Red Box, or another source. Watch the assigned movie and answer the questions below. Please note, I will know whether you watched the movie or not. Do not attempt to get information off the internet (this includes coping a synposis that you may find online and which will not have been written with business ethics at the fore) and pass it off as your project (this will result in a failing grade). You will 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,
the role of management in the ethical culture,
relationship to relevant ethical theory(ies) covered in this course,
specific and detailed suggestions for changes to that ethical culture that includes specific actions and/or programs that should be put into place, and
a description of how and why this film contributes to our discourse and understanding of business ethics.

Your PowerPoint presentation for the movie should be a minimum of 12 slides (not including the title, table of contents, 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/

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 (original 1987 film which is a must see to all serious business students)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/plotsummary

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19871211/REVIEWS/71210302/1023

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps (2010 sequel to Wall Street)

http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027718/

Michael Clayton

http://michaelclayton.warnerbros.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/

http://michaelclayton.warnerbros.com/MC-main.html

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/michael-clayton/

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

Walmart The High Cost of Low Prices (This 2005 film caused a firestorm. The third link below allows you to watch the film via YouTube segments. If you select this film, ask yourself whether all of the information contained in the film seems reliable.)

http://www.walmartmovie.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473107/

http://freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=105

Net Flix (all of the films available are free downloads if you have a netflix account): http://www.netflix.com/