Is this legal and ethical or illegal and unethical,or a combination of the two,and what is the potential outcome of the company if it does nothing?

Below are some real-life situations that present ethical questions in a business. Discuss at least two situations (of course you can discuss all of them) and look at it from a strictly legal viewpoint,from a moral and ethical viewpoint,and from a point of view of what is best in the long run for the company.

Look at each situation from the perspective of all groups concerned: customers, stockholders, employees, and community and not just your opinion of the situation.

Situations
1. You are a general manager of a cosmetics firm. The results of a study show that your major brand could cause skin cancer. From the different viewpoints stated above, is this legal and ethical or illegal and unethical,or a combination of the two,and what is the potential outcome of the company if it does nothing? What would be your recommendations and why?

2. You have the opportunity to offer a job to a friend who really needs it. Although you believe that the friend could perform adequately, there are more qualified applicants. From the different viewpoints stated above, would this be legal and ethical or illegal and unethical, or a combination of the two? How might you be viewed in the organization if you hire a less qualified person? What would you do? Explain your justification.Man’s shoes on pavement with word right and arrow and wrong and arrow going different directions.

3. You are the vice president of a beer company in a state that sets the legal drinking age at 21. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to 18. From the different viewpoints stated above, would this be legal and ethical or illegal and unethical, or a combination of the two? Does this violate the company’s social responsibility to the state and/or surrounding towns? What would you do? Explain your justification.

4. Because of a loophole in federal laws, you find that you could legally pay your workers less than the minimum wage. The cost savings you recommend may mean you’re getting a choice promotion. From the different viewpoints stated above, would this be legal and ethical or illegal and unethical, or a combination of the two? What would you do? Explain your justification.
Discuss at least two situations. Be sure to consider both short‑ and long‑range consequences.

What other advice would you give Nick Cunningham based on the concepts discussed in any of the background readings?

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW:

For this Case study, we will be looking at a fictional case of a manager caught between a rock and hard place. Nick Cunningham is a manager at Synergon, a high-powered company involved in purchasing poorly managed companies and then restructuring them to become more profitable. However, Synergon has now purchased Beauchamp, Becker, and Company, which is a well-managed and highly profitable company.

Nick is in an awkward position because he is in charge of managing this merger, but he also knows that the success of the merger is dependent on Beauchamp’s managing director and other top leaders remaining in their positions and continuing their solid work. However, Nick’s bosses are not known for taking a conciliatory approach towards companies they purchase and usually force major changes on any company that they acquire. Predictably, Nick is faced with a threat of retirement by Beauchamp’s managing director Julian Mansfield due to Synergon’s strict policies and approach.

Before beginning the Case Assignment, make sure you have thoroughly reviewed the tutorial and textbook readings from the background materials. Pay special attention to readings on causes of conflict, types of conflict, and conflict management styles. For this assignment you will need to apply concepts from the background materials to this fictional case.

ASSIGNMENT:

It should consist of a 2- or 3-sentence introduction and a 2- or 3-sentence conclusion. Utilize Headings and Subheadings.

Once you have finished reviewing the background materials, take a look at this following article and think about how the concepts from the background materials apply to this fictional case:

Cliffe, S. (1999). Can This Merger Be Saved? Harvard Business Review, 77(1), 28-44. [EbscoHost]

Then write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following questions (Required Sources attached) :

1. Do you think this conflict that Nick Cunningham faces is functional or dysfunctional? Explain your reasoning, and cite Bauer and Erdogan (2011) or Luthans et al. (2015) in your answer.

2. What is the source of this conflict? Use the terminology from Bauer and Erdogan (2011), or Luthans et al. (2015) in your answer. For example, is this conflict a result of relationship/interpersonal issues? Or from tasks/roles? Other?

3. Of the five styles of conflict management discussed in Shearhouse (2011) or Bauer and Erdogan (2011) which one do you think would be the best approach for Nick Cunningham to take?

4. What other advice would you give Nick Cunningham based on the concepts discussed in any of the background readings?

Did the negotiations involve integrative or distributive bargaining?What stages of negotiation did management go through,and did these stages match the five stages discussed in Bauer and Erdogan (2011)?

ASSIGNMENT:

For the Module 3 SLP you will be applying the concepts you learned in the background materials regarding conflict and negotiation to a situation from your own personal experiences. Carefully review the background materials regarding types of conflict, causes of conflict, negotiation stages, and conflict management styles. It is important to first understand these comments from the background readings before starting this assignment.

Once you have thoroughly reviewed the background materials, think of a situation in the workplace where a conflict erupted and management had to intervene and some type of negotiation was involved. Then write a three page paper addressing the following four questions, and make sure to cite at least one of the required background readings for each of your four answers :

1. Was this conflict functional or dysfunctional?

2. What was the cause of the conflict? Use the terms from the background materials in your answer—for example, was the conflict a result of interpersonal issues, a specific task involved, due to inter-organizational issues, etc.

3. Of the five approaches to conflict management outlined in Shearouse (2011) or Bauer and Erdogan (2011), which approach most closely describes the approach used by management to resolve this conflict?

4. Did the negotiations involve integrative or distributive bargaining?What stages of negotiation did management go through,and did these stages match the five stages discussed in Bauer and Erdogan (2011)?

Paper should consist of a 2- or 3-sentence introduction and a 2- or 3-sentence conclusion.

Discuss how you would attack such a situation with the tools that you have at your disposal now.

Leadership paper

In this term paper you to reflect on your preferred leadership style. You will have studied a number of leadership styles in the course (Authentic Leadership; Servant Leadership; Transactional Leadership etc.). Identify which one of these styles that you feel most comfortable with and why. If you have led organizations,describe them briefly and cite your role in the organization. You are encouraged to be anecdotal and describe situations that you might have encountered and that you may now have handled differently.

In the spirit of Situational Leadership Theory, identify several situations (2 or 3) that you would feel most uncomfortable in leading. In each case state what you would have to do to be successful in each of these situations. Are there any situations that you feel you would prefer to avoid so as not to have a high probability of failure? Discuss how you would attack such a situation with the tools that you have at your disposal now.

This paper should be at least 2000 words, double spaced and in APA format with references and citations as needed.

Include any graphs, process flow diagrams, organizations charts, survey results, etc. that help tell your story more vividly in an appendix. In general, your paper should be a maximum of 2,500 words, double-spaced, single-sided, 12 point, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, with no grammar or spelling errors.

How does Total Societal Impact differ than Corporate Social Responsibility?

Corporate Social Responsibility

Principles of Management

After watching the video, read the article complimentary to the video: Total Societal Impact: A New Lens for Strategy (BCG Henderson Institute)
After viewing the video and reading the article, respond to the following questions in essay format.

How does Total Societal Impact (TSI) differ than CSR?

In your essay, you MUST explain what you mean by ‘society.’

Who is included in ‘society’ (e.g., what consideration is given to the needs of entrepreneurs/producers)? Who is excluded?

How will TSI ensure that NO party producers, laborers, consumers, and politicians is exempted from TSI legislative and policy mandates?

Find a company already using TSI and provide a summary of its’ process and outcomes from TSI implementation. o Remember, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANY COMPANY. If you haven’t explained the theoretical implications of TSI, it will be impossible to assess a particular company’s TSI. So, the BULK of your paper should be dedicated to explaining TSI in a way that will allow you to assess some company…any company.

Your essay should be at least two (2) pages, double spaced, with proper references and adhere to citing format per APA guidelines. Use at least two (2) scholarly sources with intext citations supporting your essay. Don’t forget to include a cover page, introduction, body, and
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Describe a situation where you participated in a successful group decision that was “better” than an individual decision would have been.

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Watch the video: Ted Talk: How Groups Make Good Decisions. This video describes the power of group decision-making. Next watch the video: Groupthink – The Challenger Disaster. This video focuses on a potential danger of groups called group think using the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster as an illustrative example.

What is a situation where individual decision making probably works better than group decision making.

Describe a situation where you participated in a successful group decision that was “better” than an individual decision would have been. What made it “better?’

Have you ever been part of a group that had some of the characteristics that could lead to groupthink? Describe the group and the characteristics of groupthink it had. Based on what you now know, what can you do to ensure a group you are in does not allow groupthink to impact its decision-making?

Evaluate and apply sustainable risk management and practices.

Risk Management

A 4,000-word case study of an organization (public, private, or not‐for‐profit).

The case study should describe and critique the risk management process of the organization (or, for a large organization, part of it such as the division or subsidiary) and include in the analysis aspects relating to all the following elements of the risk management process:

Identification of risks;
Analysis;
Measurement ;
Control.

The analysis should also include a 1–2-page summary risk response plan exhibit,summarizing major risks (or a selection of them if there are many), their impact,likelihood, and control strategy.

This is not an essay on risk management in general, nor a series of definitions.

The case study’s intent is to use risk management concepts to analyze the operation of the case study organization.

The analysis must be critical, by relating it to the theory from published source (preferably peer reviewed articles or textbooks) or standards (or legislation).

The critical areas to be considered include:

1. Critically evaluate theories and practices in risk management

2. Critically analyze various practices in risk management

3. Evaluate and apply sustainable risk management and practices.

What are Bella Springs’ sustainable competitive advantages?

Bella Springs

1. Conduct an analysis of the external environment and the drinking-water industry in Ghana.

2. What are Bella Springs’ sustainable competitive advantages?

3. What risks are inherent in the business?

4. What is the current capacity of the water-filtration system?

5. At the current production rates,when will the company break-even and be able to pay off its large upfront investments?

6. Should Bella Springs expand? If so, when and how?

What would happen if the plant experienced problems with the purchased filtering equipment?

BELLA SPRINGS

Because purchases were often based on price and convenience, could Donkor efficiently create economies
of scale and produce 1,200 bags per day, thus achieving the desired target that would enable Bella Springs
to replace competitors in the area?

What would happen if the plant experienced problems with the purchased filtering equipment?

With so much uncertainty and so many questions to be answered, Donkor decided another bowl of fufu
would soon be needed or,even better a cold beer.