Discussions

Discussion 1

Read “Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” in Chapter 4 of your text, and then address the following points.  Support your response with evidence from the text.

Identify the ethical and legal issues of which Albert needs to be aware.

• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each decision that Albert could make and has made.
• Identify the pressures that have brought about these issues.

Discussion 2

Analyze how the process of establishing a stakeholder orientation impacts business ethics and social responsibility by completing the following:

Describing a stakeholder orientation.

• Illustrating the effect a stakeholder orientation has on business ethics and social responsibility.
• Discussing how a stakeholder orientation affects honesty and fairness.

Support your response by citing evidence from the textbook.  All citations must be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Discussion 3

Blue Jean Waste

Watch this Video “Blue jean waste”. Describe your reaction to this video and how you would respond if you were a leader of one of the corporations involved.  In your journal entry consider the following:

• How do your personal ethical values and principles drive your reaction?  
• What are the implications to stakeholder relationships and social responsibility?  
• Do you believe the corporations involved reacted appropriately?  Why or why not?  
• How could regulatory measures prevent this from occurring again in the future?