Reference no: EM133921115 , Length: 8 pages
Assignment:
Research Paper
Overview: Once approved, you will research relevant cases and laws and will draft a six (6) to eight (8) page research paper and a five (5) to seven (7) slide narrated presentation.
Selecting a Topic: You should include in your submission the specific companies, cases, or industries you will be researching.
List of Unacceptable Topics: Human resource law, employment law, diversity, discrimination.
Research Paper Requirements: prepare a six (6) to eight (8) full pages (excluding title page, abstract, and references) position paper in APA format addressing all of the following issues:
- Identifies ethical issues as they are related to the business environment
- Ethical Analysis - includes concepts, theories, practices, and social responsibility as relating to ethics studied in this class
- Legal Analysis - includes appropriate legal theories, laws, codes precedent and researched court cases
- Law v. Ethics - liability versus responsibility
Research Presentation
Prepare a final research paper, you will also prepare a five (5) to seven (7) slide narrated PowerPoint presentation to explain what the issue was and how you would incorporate/ explain the changes you would make to resolve the ethical issue to the company owner. This information should come from the law vs ethics section of your paper discussing liability vs. responsibility. The final slide of your presentation will be your sources.
Important Information for this Paper
- Students should review the template for a research paper on the main class page.
- Please include three (3) to four (4) scholarly resources, which will include at least one business journal and two named companies or legal cases that have dealt with the selected topic. Wikipedia and private law firms are not scholarly sources.
- Please submit papers in APA format with in-text citations and references
Please choose a topic that includes these:
Identifies ethical issues as they relate to the business environment.
Ethical Analysis (Includes concepts, theories, practices, and social responsibility relating to ethics)
Legal Analysis: Application of legal and ethical standards of business. (Includes appropriate legal theories, laws, codes, precedent court cases) (ISLO).
Law v. Ethics (Liability versus responsibility).