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Assignment
PART I: SHORT RESPONSE
Directions: Please write a two to three paragraph response for each of the following questions. Be sure to cite any references used. Please use proper APA citation when using any source including the textbook. Please visit the Academic Resource Center (ARC) for concise APA guidelines.
1. Assume you are the ombudsperson or an ethics officer for a large organization. What problems do you believe you would experience? Why? What contributions do you think you could make in this role? Why?
2. Describe the type of training you would need and list specific competencies that would help you in the role of ombudsperson or ethics officer.
3. List some major values of the ideal company for which you would like to work. Compare your list to the examples in this chapter. What are the similarities or differences?
4. Briefly describe the leaders of an organization in which you work or have worked. Evaluate the moral, amoral, or immoral characteristics of the leaders. Refer to the "ethics of leadership styles" and the "seven symptoms of failure or success of leadership" in the chapter.
5. Return to question 4. Suggest specific ways that your leader could improve his or her leadership competencies and ethical style.
6. Briefly describe the culture of an organization in which you work or have worked. Explain how the culture affected a specific business practice. How ethical or unethical were the effects of the culture on that business practice? Explain.
7. Return to question 6. Suggest a few ways in which that organization's culture could be strengthened or changed. Offer a suggestion for the way the strategy formulation or implementation could be changed. Offer a way in which one of the practices or management methods of the system could be changed for improvement.
PART II: CASE STUDIES
Directions: Read the following case and then answer the corresponding questions for that particular case. Please be sure to write at least a one paragraph response for each question.
Case 17 - Commitments to Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Industry: Do the Actions Match the Words?
1. Why have companies in the oil and gas industry embraced the sustainability concept? What does this suggest about leadership within these companies? What might it reveal about the culture of these companies?
2. Based on the information provided in the chart, what insights do you gain about oil and gas companies' commitments to sustainability?
3. What does the information provided in the chart suggest about each company's leadership and culture with respect to embracing sustainability?
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