Unit VII Essay
This assignment provides you with an opportunity to
summarize ethics in financial responsibilities and to evaluate ethical
considerations of executive compensation by writing a
persuasive essay. In your essay, take a position on the following
topics, and support it with evidence. Evidence can be facts,
statistics, and quotes from scholarly articles, reliable news
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sources, or even anecdotal examples from personal
experience. You may use any of the readings from this course,
or you may find new ones to support your position. At least
two pieces of evidence should be used (one for each topic).
1. Do you think executive compensation in its various parts
(i.e., salary, stock options, severance packages) funded
at the current level is unethical? If so, how would you
revise the compensation so that it was just? On what basis
would you change it? Does the government have a role to
play? If so, in what manner?
2. Is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act too strict, not strict enough,
or just right? Explain.
Your essay should be at least 500 words in length,
double-spaced, and written in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Use APA Style to format your citations.
Information about accessing the Grading Rubric for this
assignment is provided below.
