Week 6 - Discussion Strategic HR Mgmt- Due by Thurs @ 5pm CST

Week 6 Discussion Template

Ethics in the Workplace

Considering the background information in the Week 6 Discussion area:

· Select a topic from this week's readings that interested you the most. Prepare a substantive posting (200 words minimum) on the material.

· Describe a real-world situation involving ethics that relates to or could be addressed utilizing primary concepts from the assigned readings. Explain how the primary concepts could address the situation.

· Explain the ethical and legal responsibilities of employers to both their employees and the community at large in this situation.

Post your response by Day 4.

Your post should be approximately 200–250 words in length.

Below are three UNRELATED EXAMPLES of how to cite within a paragraph in APA format. You need to cite resources in your Discussion Post to support and justify your thinking:

Haag and Cummings (2003) base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and...

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and... (Haag & Cummings, 2003).

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time. They stated that “…IT is the most important aspect that needs attention by upper management” (Haag & Cummings, 2003, p. 89).

Now, draft your response of at least 200–250 words below:

After you have finished addressing all elements of the Discussion prompt, do not forget to include your references in APA format. You will need to write the references to any resources that you cite in your Discussion Response. Below are examples of references, including your course text. When complete, please copy and paste your response in the appropriate thread in the Discussion Forum.

References

Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2014). Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.

Below are UNRELATED REFERENCES from a journal, a newspaper, and Web site. These references are only intended to illustrate correct APA formatting:

Ismail, A., Mohamad, M. H., Mohamed, H. A.-B., Rafiuddin, N. M., & Zhen, K. W. P. (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership styles as a predictor of individual outcomes. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 17(6), 89–104.

Porter, E. (2014, May 13). The politics of income inequality. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/business/economy/the-politics-of-income-inequality.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A18%22%7D

Walmart. (n.d.) Our business. Retrieved from http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/

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