BUS299- Managing Social Responsibilities and Ethical Issues
in a Diverse Workforce
The purpose of this paper is to explore current ethical and social
responsibility issues in the workplace that are relevant to your
organization or career. Your task is to describe an ethical issue
that is relevant to your work situation (past or current). The paper
should focus on individual issues that you may face as an
employee or manager.
In addition to completing this paper, now is a great time to go
back over anything you need to fix, adjust, or add to the previous
assignments that will become your final SWOT analysis. Now is
also a great time to “look ahead” a bit to what is coming and still
needed for your final SWOT submission in Module 8.
Your task is to describe an ethical issue and how it is impacting
the organization. In addition, your essay needs to provide details
of the dilemma along with a detailed recommendation on how the
organization should proceed.
The nature of ethical decision-making is recognition, analysis and
resolution. Most of the time we don’t make a decision because it’s
ethical, but rather based on business; ethical decisions happen
“after the fact.” After completing this activity, you will be better
prepared to make those tough ethical decisions at work.
Section One- Thesis: Your thesis, or topic sentence, tells the
reader what your essay will discuss. In just one or two sentences,
discuss what information your paper will cover; this will help you
to narrow your focus and keep you from writing on too broad a
topic.
Section Two: Provide a detailed description of the issue, with an
emphasis on explaining the ethical dilemmas and social
responsibilities inherent in the situation. Remember this issue
needs to come from the organization that you are performing the
SWOT analysis on, and should include information about who is
impacted by this issue and why.
Section Three: Give a detailed analysis of the issue and provide
YOUR recommendations on what course of action is needed and
why. Given the current condition of your work environment,
analyze the underlying causes of the issue and provide
recommendations for both the employees dealing with the issue
as well as what the organization or managers need to do in order
to manage and resolve the issue.
Section Four: Provide a conclusion that summarizes your essay
and emphasizes your main ideas. In academic writing, a
conclusion serves to remind the reader about what your paper is
about and allows you to make a final and lasting point without
introducing new information.
Please include a title page and reference page with your essay
and list the four sections as shown. This essay paper should be 5
to 7 pages long; this does not include your title or reference
pages. All citations should be in APA format and need to be
included on your reference page.
