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3.3 Ethical Decision-Making and Prioritizing Stakeholders
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the factors that affect stakeholder prioritization Explain why priorities will vary based upon the interest and power of the stakeholder Describe how to prioritize stak...
Module 1 Assignment: Seven Pillars of Communication
Open Pedagogy Assignments are assignments in which students use their agency and creativity to create knowledge artifacts that can support their own learning, their classmates’ learning, and the learning of students around the world. (See this peer-reviewed ar...
Module 4 Assignment: Research
Module 4 Assignment: Research Retailers are becoming increasingly aware of how charitable contributions to local communities and non-profit organizations can impact customer buy-in and brand loyalty to the company. Your general manager has asked you to resear...
4.2 Sustainability: Business and the Environment
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the concept of earth jurisprudence Evaluate the claim that sustainability benefits both business and the environment Identify and describe initiatives that attempt to re...
Module 3 Assignment: Written Communication
Module 3 Assignment: Written Communication You are a regional manager at the Walk-In Closet clothing store and you just received the most recent feedback from a mystery shopper’s in-store experience report. One thing that caught your eye in this report is the...
Module 2 Assignment: Writing in Business: Analyzing a Memo
Module 2 Assignment: Writing in Business: Analyzing a Memo Understanding the functions of interoffice memos is crucial when choosing the best communication channel in the workplace. Being able to analyze the audience and purpose of a scenario is an important ...
4.1 Corporate Law and Corporate Responsibility
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain how investors and owners benefit from doing business as a corporate entity Define the concept of shareholder primacy Discuss the conflict between shareholder primacy and...
Introduction
Figure 4.1 The Japanese concept of nemawashi broadly means “laying the groundwork” or “building strong roots.” In a business ethics context, nemawashi means building a strong foundation for an action or project by reaching out to all stakeholders and seeking...
Module 2 Assignment: Writing In Business: Audience and Purpose
Module 2 Assignment: Writing In Business: Audience and Purpose Understanding the functions of interoffice memos is crucial when choosing the best communication channel in the workplace. Being able to analyze the audience and purpose of a scenario is an import...
Module 1 Assignment: Communicating in Business
Module 1 Assignment: Communicating in Business Part 1 Your task is to read the statements in the form below and rate your perception of your communication skills. Download a PDF of this form here. Download a .docx file of this form here. A...
3.4 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define corporate social responsibility and the triple bottom line approach Compare the sincere application of CSR and its use as merely a public relations tool Explain why CSR u...
Endnotes
1. “The Latest: Police Release Call from Starbucks Employee,” Associated Press, April 17, 2018. https://apnews.com/7c0b3793ca244e128effc1019bde194c. 2. “Starbucks,” Fortune. http://fortune.com/fortune500/starbucks/; “Starbucks Corporation In...
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Assessment Questions
1. Maintaining trust between stakeholders and organizations is ________. A. the stakeholder’s responsibility B. an ethical minimum C. an ethical maximum D. a social contract correct answer D 2. True or false? ...
Summary
3.1 Adopting a Stakeholder Orientation An organization has duties and responsibilities with regard to each stakeholder; however, the implicit social contract between business and society means that meeting legal requirements might support only minimal ethic...
Key Terms
amenities resources made available to employees in addition to wages, salary, and other standard benefits descriptive approach a theory that views the company as composed of various stakeholders, each with its own interests diffused stakehold...
Module 4 Assignment: Secondary Research
Module 4 Assignment: Secondary Research Open Pedagogy Assignments are assignments in which students use their agency and creativity to create knowledge artifacts that can support their own learning, their classmates’ learning, and the learning of students aro...