What is the ethical issue, why is this an issue, and what should Luke do about it?

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Assignment #3

Ethical Theories to Apply: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics
1. Task
You work in the Ethics Department for ABC Company (ABC). Your department is dedicated to advising its employees about their ethical obligations in the corporate setting. You are an internal consultant who provides advice and most importantly, recommendations for action to employees of the firm. All communications you receive in this capacity are confidential.
Luke, an employee of ABC, comes to you with the following scenario and asls for your advice. He wants to fully consider the situation. Your task is to advise and recommend a course of action based on the specified ethical lenses and facts as given. Below are the facts that Luke provides to you.
Luke has been asked to work on a project that involves developing land recently purchased by ABC to build an adult entertainment retail store. According to the plan, the land is located on the corner of the neighborhood where Owen, Luke’s brother, lives.
Luke knows that as soon as the plans for the store are made public, property values for the surrounding neighborhood will decrease significantly. ABC plans to publicly announce the project one month from today.
Luke is concemed about his obligations of confidentiality to his company. However, Luke is also very close to Owen, who recently told Luke that he received an offer to sell his house at an -okay” price given the current real estate market. Owen is considering selling but hasn’t made any final decision yet. He wonders if he might get a better offer a few years from now when the real estate market improves.
What is the ethical issue, why is this an issue, and what should Luke do about it?
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For assignment 3, prepare a memo, setting out your analysis and recommendations, that considers ONLY the following two theories: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics.

What does someone need to know in order to best understand an issue and what sort of conclusion(s) does that understanding suggest would be best to draw?

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15 Dollar Minimum Wage

The English word research comes to us from the Old French cercher “to seek, which reminds us that the point of research is to find answers. Research is not about justifying the idea you already have; it is about testing that idea and potentially discovering better ones.

With that in mind, this assignment asks you to consider multiple arguments on a particular issue (you can pair research projects with class discussions, or propose your own topic) and answer a relatively plain question: What does someone need to know in order to best understand an issue and what sort of conclusion(s) does that understanding suggest would be best to draw?

The question is plain, but not simple. In order to answer it you will need to do a fair bit of reading in order to see as many possible perspectives as possible. Then you’ll need to use reason and logic to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of those positions and finally, you’ll need to use your sense of all that to develop, explain, and support your position.

You can pair your research projects with the two non-textbook reading units that we’ll examine this semester, or you choose your own topics. Be careful, regardless of whichever approach you choose. Too broad or too narrow a claim will put you in trouble from the start, so think carefully about the argument you can make well in the space you have.

Explain the major steps to define a target company to acquire in fashion and consumer goods. List the steps post acquisition for the 100 days plan of turnaround

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Acquisition and Turnaround

Part 1. Pre acquisition (identifying and finding)

Part 2. After Acquisition (turnaround)

1. Pre acquisition. Explain the major steps to define a target company to acquire in fashion and consumer goods.

2. After acquisition. List the steps post acquisition for the 100 days plan of turnaround

Write a business plan for the acquisition of a gaming licence which should include corporate social responsibility policy, responsible gaming polic, anti money laundry policy Financial and marketing plan.

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Business plan

Write a business plan for the acquisition of a gaming licence. The business plan should include corporate social responsibility policy, responsible gaming polic, anti money laundry policy Financial and marketing plan.

What are your current thoughts on the recommendation for incremental or discontinuous innovation? What are your thoughts on the risks and benefits of each option? How do you think the company from the course scenario will be able to compete in the marketplace? Describe the advantages and disadvantages of both incremental and discontinuous innovation.

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What are your current thoughts on the recommendation for incremental or discontinuous innovation?

What are your thoughts on the risks and benefits of each option?

How do you think the company from the course scenario will be able to compete in the marketplace?

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of both incremental and discontinuous innovation.

How will the costs related to each option differ?

How will the marketing approach for each option differ?

Who do you admire the most and why? Help us to understand who has played a pivotal role in shaping you to be the person you are or the person you aspire to be.

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Essay Question

Who do you admire the most and why? Help us to understand who has played a pivotal role in shaping you to be the person you are or the person you aspire to be. Please provide specific examples of how they have shaped or inspired you. (word limit 300 max)

What do Global Ethics have to do with conscious capitalism as presented by your research? What Is It? Do We Need It? Does It Work? How would we use it?

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Conscious Capitalism

10 slides plus Cover and Reference Slides
Graded on:
content, participation, and creativity.
Research summary and definitions
Application examples (How would we use it?)
Ethical and Social Justice implications, responsibilities
Offer an understanding of what Conscious Capitalism is. Include a summary of your research, any associated articles, examples, etc., which further define the team’s position.
Further investigate: What Is It? Do We Need It? Does It Work?
Also, What do Global Ethics have to do with conscious capitalism as presented by your research?

Mackey, John. Conscious capitalism: liberating the heroic spirit of business, by
John Mackey and Raj Sisodia.
Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.
344p index ISBN 9781422144206
“Conscious Capitalism definition from:http://consciouscapitalism.org/

“We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to even more.

Conscious Capitalism is a way of thinking about capitalism and business that better reflects where we are in the human journey, the state of our world today, and the innate potential of business to make a positive impact on the world. Conscious businesses are galvanized by higher purposes that serve, align, and integrate the interests of all their major stakeholders. Their higher state of consciousness makes visible to them the interdependencies that exist across all stakeholders, allowing them to discover and harvest synergies from situations that otherwise seem replete with trade-offs. They have conscious leaders who are driven by service to the company’s purpose, all the people the business touches, and the planet we all share together. Conscious businesses have to trust, authentic, innovative, and caring cultures that make working there a source of both personal growth and professional fulfillment. They endeavor to create financial, intellectual, social, cultural, emotional, spiritual, physical, and ecological wealth for all their stakeholders.

Conscious businesses will help evolve our world so that billions of people can flourish, leading lives infused with passion, purpose, love, and creativity; a world of freedom, harmony, prosperity, and compassion.”

Explain what the ‘last-mile’ delivery market is, and why it has become so large and important. What recommendations would you offer to Goodyear to help them gain success with the SightLine technology?

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Discussion Question

Smart Tires Hit the Road

Summary:

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Bridgestone Corp. are rolling out new intelligent tire features that use sensors and artificial intelligence for vehicles delivering packages from e-commerce sites such as Inc. Goodyear’s new technology, announced Wednesday, is called SightLine and includes a sensor and proprietary machine-learning algorithms that can predict flat tires or other issues days ahead of time, by measuring tire wear, pressure, road-surface conditions and many other factors.

Questions:

1. Explain what the ‘last-mile’ delivery market is, and why it has become so large and important.

2. What recommendations would you offer to Goodyear to help them gain success with the SightLine technology? Offer at least three suggestions.

How has eCommerce changed the overall modal-mix from pre-2020?

For the future of eCommerce, what do you think is the most important transformation that needs to happen in transportation (either in a single mode or integrated with multiple modes)?

Describe the metrics that the organization might consider for measuring the outcomes of the strategy utilized to resolve the challenge.

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Nokia – Organizational Strategy

The final section of the Capstone Paper must review the challenge and recommend a strategy for addressing the challenge based on research. Along with the strategy, define the potential financial or budgetary impact the strategy might present, including the additional costs that may arise if the problem or issue is not resolved effectively. Describe the metrics that the organization might consider for measuring the outcomes of the strategy utilized to resolve the challenge.

The entire paper will consist of the sections written during Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 5. It should begin with an executive summary, which is an abbreviated capture of the entire paper and as such should touch upon all major points while engaging the reader. The paper should close with a proper conclusion summarizing the concepts discussed in the paper. Remember, the summary is not a reiteration of the assignment requirements but a focus on the concepts and strategies related to the defined organizational challenge.

Define one or two findings for each section of the SWOT analysis that would be pertinent and specific to the outcome of the challenge identified during Week 2.

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SWOT Analysis – Part THREE Capstone

When an organization is faced with a challenge, or perhaps a new opportunity, care must be taken to properly diagnose the issues at hand so that proper actions are developed to accomplish the task in the most effective manner possible. During Week 2, you clearly defined a challenge for your chosen organization. During Week 3, you will develop a SWOT analysis targeting specifics of the organization that will impact the potential outcomes of the challenge.

Prior to building the SWOT analysis, review the following web pages for ideas and guidance on developing proper questioning for the analysis:

LINKS in attachment

SWOT Analysis (Links to an external site.)

SWOT Analysis: How to Develop a Strategy for Success (Links to an external site.)

What is a SWOT Analysis, and How to Do It Right (With Examples) (Links to an external site.)

SWOT Analysis: What Is It and When To Use It (Links to an external site.)

Develop a SWOT analysis for the organization you are researching for your Final Paper. Define one or two findings for each section of the SWOT analysis that would be pertinent and specific to the outcome of the challenge identified during Week 2.

For each section of the SWOT:provide a definition for the section,

define a characteristic of the organization for the section, and use the defined questioning as the catalyst for the characteristic and then, tell why that finding is important to resolving the challenge.

EXAMPLE: Using scholarly research, define the letter S in SWOT. Then, through research, define a strength of the organization that is vital to resolving the challenge defined during Week 2. Include the reasoning as to why the strength is important and relate your findings to your SWOT questions. Continue this process for each letter of the SWOT analysis.

Conclude this section of the paper with a paragraph briefly discussing the importance of the findings and how they will help reach a logical solution to the challenge and the possible type of strategy that best fits the process.