Describe how the title of a company’s ethics document affects your attitude about the content?. Do you find one title more attractive than another? Describe the message that the title “code of conduct” conveys?. Does it reflect the purpose of the document to provide employee guidance on expected conduct?

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What’s in a Name of an Ethics Code

Read Consider: What’s in a Name of an Ethics Code? (Found below) then answer these following questions from the text:

Describe how the title of a company’s ethics document affects your attitude about the content?. Do you find one title more attractive than another?

Describe the message that the title “code of conduct” conveys?. Does it reflect the purpose of the document to provide employee guidance on expected conduct?

Propose creative titles for ethics codes for a pharmaceutical company and a restaurant. (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015).

Identify two other company ethics documents and share the titles of their ethics documents (consider your own organization or one that you are familiar with for this question).

Consider: What’s in a Name of an Ethics Code?

The document that summarizes the company’s ethical and legal standards can go by many names, including:

-Code of conduct;
-Code of ethics;
-Code of business conduct;
-Code of ethical and legal standards;
-Ethics guide;
-Code of employee conduct; or
-Standards of professional and business conduct.

The title of the document can create a brand for the company’s ethics and compliance. The content becomes relevant to the workforce when the code ties the ethics and compliance program to the company’s mission or business strategy. The title can make that connection and serve as a theme throughout the document.

Consider these titles for company code of conduct documents:

-Setting Our Sights High (Bausch & Lomb Incorporated);
-Follow the Right Road (The Auto Club Group); and
-Inside the Lines (Nike).

Examine a famous trademark and explain why it is symbolic of the organization. Why would a trademark be important intellectual property protection for your venture? Explain all three and while you identify the best legal structure for your proposed or fictitious venture to include why, submitting your work in writing along with other details regarding firm management, including your role and that of any outside consultants, ownership, and compensation arrangements, and other critical factors.

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Legal Analysis

It is time to examine the legal aspects affecting your venture. The most important areas of concern are the legal structures for an entrepreneurial venture and the intellectual property protection needed for the venture idea.

This project is to examine the various implications of legal elements that might affect your potential business venture in the future. The forms of the legal organizations should be reviewed from the text material along with the critical elements involved with trademarks and patents. Then decide which areas affect your venture the most and why. This is covered in the chapter.

Study:
Legal Analysis: examine the current legal forms of organization and intellectual property protection
Knowledge: delving into the critical legal elements allow you to prepare greater knowledge on these aspects.

Using the material in the text on Legal Structures for Entrepreneurial Ventures, you should conduct and document a thorough analysis to find the existing strengths and weaknesses in each form in relation to the chosen venture concept. You should then review the critical aspects of trademarks and patents to decide whether they impact their chosen venture concept.
Review Chapter 9 on the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Based on this information, Define all with detail and identify which structural form would work best for your real or fictitious venture.

You should watch Guy Kawasaki video – “don’t write a mission statement, write a mantra.” for the video. Then you should attempt to write the “mantra” for their venture concept. You can write it for their business or your own.

Click for source (Links to an external site). Guy Kawasaki c.,

You should examine a famous trademark and explain why it is symbolic of the organization. Why would a trademark be important intellectual property protection for your venture? Actions: These are the four deliverables in essay style, but APA or MLA is not required just give credit where required. Prepare the following:

Action 1:
Identifying and defining the structural forms of an enterprise, whether a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or a corporation, as a legal choice that all entrepreneurs face. Using the information presented in Chapter 9, weigh your options. As a practical matter, do, as the chapter advises, take an interest in the legal documents and provisions associated with the forms of business organization that are under your consideration. Then clearly and concisely explain all three and while you identify the best legal structure for your proposed or fictitious venture to include why, submitting your work in writing along with other details regarding firm management, including your role and that of any outside consultants, ownership, and compensation arrangements, and other critical factors.

Action 2:
You should examine a famous trademark and explain why it is symbolic of the organization. Why would a trademark be important intellectual property protection for your venture?

Action 3:
should on c lso watch Guy Kawasaki’s video – “don’t write a mission statement, write a mantra for the e a summary then you should attempt to write the “mantra” for their venture concept or for siness.

Action 4: Explain the role of the management team and their duties. Including, outside consultants and ownership.

Utilize all your research from this course to prepare an ethical initiative for your organization. What will you implement, improve upon, or omit?

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OLB-7005 Week 8

Assume your organization has experienced a few ethical violations over the past six months. Some were considered quite severe. You have been tasked by senior leadership to prepare a proposal for an ethical initiative for your organization. For purposes of this assignment, you may include hypothetical ethical violations or ones you have experienced; be sure to omit any identifying information.

Utilize all your research from this course to prepare an ethical initiative for your organization. What will you implement, improve upon, or omit? Think of short-term goals and long-term goals to achieve later. Specifically, explain how you will ensure that you are an ethical leader and how you will help build and maintain an ethical organization and culture. Be sure to include the following:

-Explain how your organization can improve socially responsible initiatives.
-Assess current methods of communication to recommend improvements where necessary.
-If your organization has a global presence, explain whether those practices have been conducted ethically. Indicate how these initiatives could be improved.

In addition to the written plans for your initiative, including charts, graphs, and any other visual aids to illustrate your ideas.

Collect and synthesise information from a range of authoritative sources to inform a choice of solutions to sustainability problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts of various world cities in the world. Select appropriate techniques for evaluation and discriminate between the relative relevance of evidence collected to examine the impacts of businesses and governmental structures in cities on economic development, environment, and social equity.

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Sustainable city economies report

LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED:

LO1. Collect and synthesise information from a range of authoritative sources to inform a choice of solutions to sustainability problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts of various world cities in the world.

LO2. Select appropriate techniques for evaluation and discriminate between the relative relevance of evidence collected to examine the impacts of businesses and governmental structures in cities on economic development, environment, and social equity.

 

1.    ASSESSMENT SUMMARY:

In your first assessment you have researched a city and identified critical issues that need to be addressed to improve its sustainability performance. Building on your Assessment 1 research and findings you are required to prepare a report that analyses two of these critical issues and identifies realistic solutions and strategies that could positively impact on your city’s performance in this area. The report should include a reflection on the video recording of the online fieldtrip centred on your role in promoting a sustainable city and potential solutions that can be implemented to this end.

 

2.    DETAILED ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND STRUCTURE:

Submission method:

  • Your report will be uploaded to Turnitin as a single PDF the file must be less than 100 MB)
  • Document Name: 5BUSS015W CW2 def-ref
    • Please DO NOT include your name or student number within the file name or anywhere within your submission as the marking is anonymous.

 

Style

  • Formal report including executive summary, contents list, report numbering and subheadings.
  • 5-line spacing, 12-point text size and standard margins.

 

Structure 

A required structure is as follows:

 

  • Title Page (state the title and the word count)
  • Disability Statement (if applicable)
  • Table of Contents (list of subsections, tables, figures, and appendices)
  • Executive Summary(max: 1 paragraph)
    • Briefly identify the city, its sustainable issues, summarise the key findings and draw the main conclusions.
  • Introduction (100 words)
    • Briefly outline the purpose of the report and its structure.
  • Section 1: Introduction to the city(250 words)
    • Identification of the city and thetwo key sustainable issues addressed in your report.  Summarise the causes and effects of these issues in relation to your city’s sustainability rating / performance.
  • Section 2 – Identification and analysis of the solutionsto your chosen sustainability issues. Use a separate subheading for each issue (1000 words)
    • Why are these solutions suitable for the city? What Key Performance indicators (KPI) can be used to measure its progress? What other cities are currently applying these solutions? and analyse potential trade-offs.
    • Students need to revise the following lecture and seminar material (including video recording sessions):
      • Week 2 to 5 (you will find information about some KPIs)
      • Week 6: Sustainable community and social equity
      • Week 7: Building Sustainable Cities (the lecture video recording includes a recap on the field trip)
      • Week 9: Solutions to energy
      • Week 10: Solutions to affordable housing
      • Week 11: Solutions to transport
    • Section 3 – Reflection on field trip(400 words)
      • Students need to watch the following online tour video (online field trip):
      • Identify two key initiatives that have you have learnt about during the field trip.
      • Analyse how cities can be re-imagined for a more sustainable and inclusive future. What is your role in the achievement of SDG targets?
      • Students need to revise the following lecture and seminar material (including video recording sessions):
        • Week 7: Building Sustainable Cities (the lecture video recording includes a recap on the field trip)
        • Week 8: The role of the company in the sustainable city
      • Conclusions(250 words)
        • Identify key findings in relation to the city, the two key sustainability issues and the potential solutions.
        • Why are these key findings important?
      • Reference List
      • Appendices
        • Appendices to include additional information for the reader (material that is too detailed to include in the main report).

 

Important aspects that you need to pay attention in your report:

  • Report format and presentation
    • Amount of text, subheadings, spacing, figures and tables. Have you followed the suggested report structure?
  • Quality of research sources and Harvard referencing style 
    • Include reference to a fair balance of academic and non-academic literature sources in your work.
      • Academic literature: For example, academic books and academic journal articles.
      • Non-academic sources: Newspapers, magazine articles, business reports and information written and published on official organisations’ sites, for example sustainability, metropolitan and government sites.
      • Please use any sources with caution and assess their reliability before referencing them. If in doubt, speak with your seminar leader or post a question on the discussion board.
    • Harvard referencing style
3.    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

More information about the assessment including will be found on Blackboard / Assessment / ‘Defer / Refer Assessment 2: Report’

Discussion board

If you have any question, please post it on the discussion board (click on the following links):

Revision

  • The module leaders are organising a deferral / referral assessment revision session on Monday 27th June at 2 pm (UK time). This will be an online class using Blackboard Collaborate and subsequently, the link will be available on the Blackboard module site

 

How to approach the assessment task: 

Ideally, you will have completed Assessment 1 and received feedback on the quality and validity of your poster research.  If you have not completed Assessment 1, then you could draft it in preparation for Assessment 2. The focus of this second assessment is to identify two issues that negatively impact on your city’s sustainability performance. Consider social, environmental, and economic concerns.  Select and analyse two issues, identifying the causes and impacts of these problems. Research best practice in relation to the problems you have identified. Compare your city’s performance to another that has implemented a workable solution addressing this issue. Propose solutions that could address your concern. Indicate how your solution addresses targets outlined in SDG11, other UN targets and the Paris Agreement. Consider how your suggestions could be funded. What public/ private initiatives could be taken to make your solutions a reality? What trade-offs would need to be made to improve sustainable performance?

 

Certain sources are clearly unreliable, and you should avoid including Wikipedia, UKessays and Businessballs.

 

The following video tutorials show how to covert a Word document to a PDF

How to Convert a Word document into a PDF on a PC

https://youtu.be/Qj_KlSqTNWU

How to Convert a Word document into a PDF on a Mac

https://youtu.be/_gZeJIsdib8

How to Convert a Word document into a PDF using Google Drive / Chromebook

https://youtu.be/bBFVDJQYbi0

Describe the company and how the selected process fits into the overall framework of the company. Analyze the current process for inefficiencies. Develop a process improvement recommendation including a detailed plan incorporating business process engineering theory and including benchmarking the reengineered process to a close business competitor.

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Management Process Improvement Paper

Select a company with which you are familiar, preferably one where you have been employed, and consider a process within that company that could be improved. This could be a business process, a manufacturing process, a distribution process, or a service process that you have observed or been involved with during your career. Prepare a recommended process improvement proposal that incorporates tools and methods learned in this course.

Your paper should:

** Describe the company and how the selected process fits into the overall framework of the company.
** Create a step-by-step description of the current process incorporating a process flow chart.
** Analyze the current process for inefficiencies.
** Develop a process improvement recommendation including a detailed plan incorporating business process engineering theory and including benchmarking the reengineered process to a close business competitor. The process should be designed to be more efficient, using appropriate tools and methods learned throughout the course, including capacity utilization improvements and statistical quality control models.
** Explain possible challenges in implementing the process changes.
** Assess the expected benefits of the improved process and the potential benefits.

Write an executive summary. Outlines the purpose, process, findings, discussion, and findings of a report that is submitted to management.

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Control and Six Sigma(Executive Summary)

Write an executive summary. Outlines the purpose, process, findings, discussion, and findings of a report that is submitted to management. Chief executive officers (CEOs) often read and assess executive summaries before deciding to read entire reports, so this must be a high-quality narrative that demonstrates the significance of the work that is being undertaken, the objectivity of research and analysis underpinning the report, and the credibility of the

Describe your post-MBA goals, both short and long-term. Be as specific as possible which might include target roles, industries or companies and why you are interested in these areas. Explain why SMU Cox will be a great partner in assisting you to achieve your professional development and career goals.

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Post-MBA goals

Describe your post-MBA goals, both short and long-term. Be as specific as possible which might include target roles, industries or companies and why you are interested in these areas. Explain why SMU Cox will be a great partner in assisting you to achieve your professional development and career goals.

Explain how the MBA will provide higher learning business knowledge much needed in collaboration with healthcare organizations and systems.

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Pursuing the Master of Business Administration (MBA)

1. General information about me, Having a BSN, MSN, and working on a DNP would like to pursue a MBA to utilize in healthcare careers.
2. Explain how the MBA will provide higher learning business knowledge much needed in collaboration with healthcare organizations and systems.
3. Explaining why I choose Northern Kentucky University (NKU) business program versus other schools/universities in the area.
4. Summarizing how the MBA will aid in accomplishing goals in teaching innovation in higher learning nursing education and how the MBA will help improve conditions of humanity and the community.

Using peer-reviewed research, explain why conflict management is an important skill for a strategic leader to master. Describe three employee conflict situations that you experienced as general manager of the Turul Winery in FLIGBY. Identify the employees and explain the motivation(s) behind their role in the conflict. As the general manager of the Turul Winery, explain the conflict management techniques you used to resolve the issues and/or build team alliances in your workplace dilemma.

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Strategic Leadership Report

Strategic Report Format

  • Use a report template to develop your Strategic Leadership Report.
  • Your Strategic Leadership Report should have a title page, table of contents, executive summary page, and reference page.
  • Use headings and subheadings to outline the required topics throughout your strategic report.
  • Design a professional report using images, charts, diagrams, etc., to aid in the dissemination of information.

Section 1 Requirements

Create Section 1 in your Strategic Leadership Report. Evaluate the results of your FLIGBY Individual Report by executing the following requirements:

FLIGBY: Corporate Atmosphere Results

  • Include a screenshot of your gameplay results for Section 2.4: “Corporate Atmosphere,” from your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Earn a “Corporate Atmosphere” percentage between 61%–140% as indicated in your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Using peer-reviewed research, explain how your managerial decisions have created a satisfactory atmosphere for all internal stakeholders based on your “Corporate Atmosphere” results.

FLIGBY: Profitability (Profit) Results

  • Include a screenshot of your gameplay results for Section 2.5: “Profitability,” from your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Earn a “Profitability” percentage between 61%–140% as indicated in your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Using peer-reviewed research, explain how your decisions improved, maintained, or decreased the profit potential of the winery based on your “Corporate Atmosphere” results.

FLIGBY: SUM FLOW Index Results

  • Include a screenshot of your gameplay results for Section 4.5: “SUM FLOW Index” from your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Earn a “SUM FLOW Index” percentage between 61%–140% as indicated in your FLIGBY Individual Report.
  • Using peer-reviewed research, explain how you effectively maximized the FLOW-potential of your team based on your “SUM FLOW Index” results.

Section 2 Requirements

Section 2 of your Strategic Leadership Report will explain the conflict management skills you employed in the FLIGBY simulation to resolve issues and/or build team alliances as general manager of the Turul Winery. A strategic leader must develop conflict resolution abilities to manage a team effectively. Based on the results of your role and experience working as the general manager of the Turul Winery in the FLIGBY simulation, complete the following inquiries.

Conflict Management

  • Using peer-reviewed research, explain why conflict management is an important skill for a strategic leader to master.
  • Describe three employee conflict situations that you experienced as general manager of the Turul Winery in FLIGBY.
  • Identify the employees and explain the motivation(s) behind their role in the conflict.
  • As the general manager of the Turul Winery, explain the conflict management techniques you used to resolve the issues and/or build team alliances in your workplace dilemma.
  • Choose 5 out of the 29 “Leadership Skills” from Section 3.2 in your FLIGBY® Individual Report.
  • Explain how each of your chosen “Leadership Skills” helped you negotiate the three employee conflict situations.

Section 3 Requirements

In Section 3 of your Strategic Leadership Report, you will realize your strategic leadership approach based on the results of your “Leadership Profile” found in your FLIGBY Individual Report. Develop a concise statement that describes your strategic leadership approach to include the following attributes in Section 3 of your Strategic Leadership Report:

Strategic Leadership Approach

  • Explain your strategic management philosophy.
  • Explain your approach to strategic thinking.
  • Explain your approach to strategic decision-making.
  • Explain your approach to strategic planning.
  • Explain how your strategic leadership approach will make you an influencer.
  • Explain your strategic leadership philosophy.
  • Include a brief professional ethics statement that supports your strategic leadership approach.
  • Describe whether humor will play a role in your strategic leadership approach.
  • Explain how your strategic leadership approach links to organizational priorities.
  • Explain how your strategic leadership approach builds synergy within a team environment.

MOVIE TIME ASSIGNMENT! Watch ONE of the following movies: The Big Short The Lorax Meet the Robinsons The Minimalists – Less is Now (on Netflix) Saving Capitalism (on Netflix) Capital – In the Twenty-First Century (on Netflix) Write your thoughts on the movie you decide to watch. How does the movie apply to your view of business and how does it influence your views (if at all)?

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MOVIE TIME ASSIGNMENT!

Watch ONE of the following movies:

  • The Big Short
  • The Lorax
  • Meet the Robinsons
  • The Minimalists – Less is Now (on Netflix)
  • Saving Capitalism (on Netflix)
  • Capital – In the Twenty-First Century (on Netflix)

Write your thoughts on the movie you decide to watch. How does the movie apply to your view of business and how does it influence your views
(if at all)?