HOMEWORK

Assignment (workplace project part I) due before October 14 class session begins, submitted as a Microsoft Word document minimum 750 words 3-4 page. Drawing upon sources from the class sessions since the reflection paper, identify the most important ethical issues or matters in your real-life workplace (past or present), explaining why you think each issue/matter is important. You may wish to mask the identity of your workplace but any other approach to this assignment must be approved by the instructor in advance. Include at least one issue/matter from each class session: The ethical system(s) used (or should be used) in decision-making in your workplace (9/23 session), your workplace’s stakeholders and how they are prioritized (9/30 session), and employer/employee responsibilities in your workplace (10/7 session). Be specific in connecting the dots between the assigned sources and your workplace. Cite your sources, including page numbers if the source is paginated.

· My business:

I work in a business consulting company; we send worldwide professors to China to teach. Students can register our courses online or in person. Our company has around 60 employees in China and 10 employees in the United Stated, so we need to deal with time differences for communication. I work with student’s organizations in 84 schools in the United State and support them with flyers or school meetings to help students to register our courses. You can make up the decision making, responsibilities and other stuffs.

· Thursday September 23 Topic: Ethical systems

Sources to be read before class session:

Bonde, Sheila, Paul Firenze, James Green, Margot Grinberg, Josephine Korijn, Emily Levoy, Alysha Naik, Laura Ucik, and Liza Weisberg. “A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions.” Brown University, May 2013. https://www.brown.edu/academics/science-and-technology-studies/frameworkmaking-ethical-decisions.

Byars and Stanberry, Business Ethics. Review the section “Ends, Means, and Character in Business” (pp. 11-13 in chapter 1), read the section “Ethical Advice for Nobles and Civil Servants in Ancient China” (pp. 35-40 in chapter 2), and read the section “Religion and Ethics” (pp. 146-48 in chapter 5).

Marowits, Ross. “Growth in Halal Investing Gives Muslims Opportunity Align Investments with Values.” Investment Executive, January 21, 2021. https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/growth-inhalal-investing-gives-muslims-opportunity-align-investments-with-values/.

Chick-fil-A. “Culture & Values.” chick-fil-a.com. Accessed June 26, 2021. https://www.chick-fil-a.com/careers/culture.

Smith, Samuel. “How Chick-fil-A’s Christian Purpose Statement Helped Revitalize Chain on ‘Brink of Going Under.’” Christian Post, July 10, 2019. https://www.christianpost.com/books/how-chick-fil-as-christian-purposestatement-helped-revitalize-chain-on-brink-of-going-under.html.

· Thursday September 30 Topic: Stakeholders

Source to be read before class session: Byars and Stanberry, Business Ethics. Read chapter 3, “Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders,” pp. 67-92, and chapter 4, “Three Special Stakeholders: Society, the Environment, and Government,” pp. 93-130.

· Thursday October 7 Topic: Employer and employee responsibilities

Source to be read before class session: Byars and Stanberry, Business Ethics. Read chapter 6, “What Employers Owe Employees,” pp. 159-94, and chapter 7, “What Employees Owe Employers,” pp. 195-230.