OverviewEvaluate different approaches to ethical decision making. Then, choose one of them to apply to an ethical issue you have identified. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: SHOW LESS Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision making in 21st century multicultural business environments. Evaluate the parameters of various ethical decision-making approaches. Competency 3: Evaluate organizational policy within the framework of ethical standards. Analyze an ethical dilemma using an ethical decision-making approach. Assess the validity of a resolution suggested by a selected ethical decision-making approach. Competency 4: Communicate effectively. Communicate the analysis of ethical decision making clearly and effectively. Competency Map CHECK YOUR PROGRESS Use this online tool to track your performance and progress through your course. Toggle Drawer ContextEmployees are a significant group of stakeholders in an organization. As at-will employment and outsourcing become more common in the business world, many employees who once trusted their employers and expected lifetime employment have been shocked by the lack of relationship between themselves and their employer. At the same time, employers argue that they have never paid more for benefits or been more accountable for their behavior toward employees. To what extent does an organization demonstrate the ethics it espouses? What contributes to the ethical framework of a company's operation? Are values statements real, and are people held accountable to them? What role does organizational culture play in guiding ethical behavior? Should values dominate an organization's culture? How do leaders contribute to the ethical profile of an organization? How can organizational structures create support or vulnerability with operating in an ethically sound manner? Toggle Drawer Questions to ConsiderTo deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community. What criteria are important to you when determining the level of an organization's ethical performance? Why are these important criteria? Consider both corporate and personal values as part of the criteria. Examples may include treatment of employees, compliance with laws, or treatment of the environment (such as air quality). Consider your best experience in working for someone who demonstrated exemplary ethical behavior. Or, consider your worst experience in working for someone who demonstrated unethical behavior. For the situation selected, what are the characteristics of the person, from an organizational values approach? In other words, what stated corporate values were modeled or ignored by this person? What effect did it have on the o ...

1. OverviewEvaluate different approaches to ethical decision
making. Then, choose one of them to apply to an ethical issue
you have identified.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
SHOW LESS
Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision
making in 21st century multicultural business environments.
Evaluate the parameters of various ethical decision-making
approaches.
Competency 3: Evaluate organizational policy within the
framework of ethical standards.
Analyze an ethical dilemma using an ethical decision-making
approach.
Assess the validity of a resolution suggested by a selected
ethical decision-making approach.

2. Competency 4: Communicate effectively.
Communicate the analysis of ethical decision making clearly
and effectively.
Competency Map
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
Use this online tool to track your performance and progress
through your course.
Toggle Drawer
ContextEmployees are a significant group of stakeholders in an
organization. As at-will employment and outsourcing become
more common in the business world, many employees who once
trusted their employers and expected lifetime employment have
been shocked by the lack of relationship between themselves
and their employer. At the same time, employers argue that they
have never paid more for benefits or been more accountable for
their behavior toward employees.
To what extent does an organization demonstrate the ethics it
espouses? What contributes to the ethical framework of a
company's operation? Are values statements real, and are people
held accountable to them? What role does organizational culture
play in guiding ethical behavior? Should values dominate an
organization's culture? How do leaders contribute to the ethical
profile of an organization? How can organizational structures
create support or vulnerability with operating in an ethically
sound manner?

3. Toggle Drawer
Questions to ConsiderTo deepen your understanding, you are
encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them
with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or
a member of the business community.
What criteria are important to you when determining the level
of an organization's ethical performance? Why are these
important criteria? Consider both corporate and personal values
as part of the criteria. Examples may include treatment of
employees, compliance with laws, or treatment of the
environment (such as air quality).
Consider your best experience in working for someone who
demonstrated exemplary ethical behavior. Or, consider your
worst experience in working for someone who demonstrated
unethical behavior. For the situation selected, what are the
characteristics of the person, from an organizational values
approach? In other words, what stated corporate values were
modeled or ignored by this person? What effect did it have on
the organization? If you decide to discuss this with others,
protect the confidentiality of all individuals involved by
substituting made-up names for the organization and the
individuals.
Toggle Drawer
ResourcesSuggested Resources
The following optional resources are provided to support you in
completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For
additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and
Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your
courseroom.

4. Library Resources
The following e-books and articles from the Capella University
Library are linked directly in this course.
Rendtorff, J. D. (2009).
Responsibility, ethics and legitimacy of corporations
. Copenhagen, Denmark: Copenhagen Business School Press.
Retrieved from
http://site.ebrary.com.library.capella.edu/lib/capella/docDetail.a
ction?docID=10465558
Part 3 is particularly applicable to this assessment.
Course Library Guide
A Capella University library guide has been created specifically
for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the
resources in the
BUS-FP4801 – Ethics and Enterprise Library Guide
to help direct your research.
Assessment InstructionsComplete the following:
Evaluate different approaches to ethical decision making.
Analyze the approach you feel works best in resolving ethical
dilemmas.

5. Identify an ethical issue. You may use the same issue you used
in the first assessment.
Once you have chosen the ethical approach you feel is best,
apply it to your identified issue.
Assess the resolution that your ethical decision making
approach suggests for this issue. How valid is the resolution
that is suggested by the approach?