Business Ethics for Leaders | BSAD460-H1WW-W17 Wk 5 Paper
Start Date: Mon, Apr 24 Due Date:
Sun, Apr 30 Points
Points available: 100
Not yet graded. Week 5: Reflection Paper
Purpose
To assess your ability to analyze the ethical issues of a real-world organization’s relationships with consumers,
employees, shareholders, and the community. Overview
The ethical behavior or organization influences more than just the owners and the stockholders. Trevino & Nelsons
(2014) discuss the relationship of ethics to consumers, employees, shareholders, and/or the community. For this writing
assignment you will apply Trevino & Nelson’s eight-step model to ethical decision making to evaluate an ethical
dilemma in an authentic organization. Action Items
1. Review the assigned readings from the text and the articles by Lamberton, et al. (2005), Cuilla (2005), and
Jennings (2006).
2. Prepare a 3-5 page paper titled, An Organizational Ethical Dilemma.
3. Review and incorporate the Ethical Decision Making Steps summarized from Trevino and Nelson’s eight step
model to ethical decision making (p. 51-58) when addressing each of the following questions and statements in
your paper:
Identify a situation in which an organization responded positively or negatively to an ethical dilemma
relating to one of the following: organizational ethics and the consumer, employees, shareholders or the
community.
Incorporate the Ethical Decision Making Steps in your work to fully analyze the situation.
Based on your analysis of this situation, did the organization respond appropriately? Why or why not?
Support your reasoning with a minimum of 3-4 references from the readings and other relevant sources.
4. Compose your paper in Microsoft Word. Include your name, the assignment name and number, the course and
section number, and the date on your title page. Follow APA guidelines for formatting and citations.
Note: Your paper must meet the minimum requirements as outlined in the section of Weekly Written
Assignments of the Assignment Guidelinesand the grading criteria of this assignment.
5. Submit your paper to Turnitin.com.
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Submitting a paper ahead of an assignment deadline provides you with the opportunity to take action if you need
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Class Communication object. Submission Instructions
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Face-to-Face Students: Bring one copy of the assignment to class for in-class discussions.
page 1 of 2 – Grading Criteria
Content and focus: Response addressed the question(s) posed in a logical, cohesive manner, and clearly
incorporated the ethical decision making steps: 0 – 35 points
Analysis and critical thinking: Writing illustrates higher order critical thinking, analysis, synthesis, and/or
evaluation: 0 – 35 points
Writing style, grammar, sentence structure: Sentences are consistently clear, concise, well written; grammar and
punctuation are correct: 0 – 15 points
APA format and research:Correct use of APA style in body of paper and appropriately references the text and/or
other research sources: 0 – 15 points Time Estimation
Estimated time for completion: 4.0 hour(s) Attachment:
AssignmentGuidlines.doc;EthicalTemplate.doc; page 2 of 2
