Project 3: Culture, Climate, and Ethical Decisions

Step 2: Collect and Analyze Resources

Before beginning your research, there are some preliminary readings you should complete to help you develop a broad understanding of the key theories, concepts, and ideas that are relevant for this project:

· organizational culture

· organizational climate

· business ethics

Keep in mind that you are expected to use and properly cite the course readings and materials provided for that apply to your organization’s culture, climate, and ethics. Of course, the relationship of culture, climate, and ethics specific to your particular organization will need to be researched by you using sources external to the course readings and materials provided.

As you read about each of the key concepts for this project—organizational culture, organizational climate, and  organizational ethics—think about the implications for industries and organizations like yours and for their leaders. Jot down ideas and questions you will need to research further to develop the expertise required to successfully complete this project. As previously suggested readings on ethics have highlighted, ethics includes many human resource focus areas: discrimination, hiring, promoting, diversity, and enforcement of a variety of federal statutes.

Once you have completed your reading and library research for this project, apply what you have learned to your organization, looking for these useful resources:

· any publicly available policies and procedures that provide helpful insights into how ethical conduct and desired organizational behaviors are managed

· any nonconfidential sources where your CEO or other leaders may have written or spoken about these topics

Next, proceed to Step 3, where you will conduct independent research.