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Chapter 4, 5, 6- ONE PAGE ASSIGNMENT

Chapter 4, 5, 6- ONE PAGE ASSIGNMENT

Q • Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection Law – a law firm’s explanation of the protection provided to whistleblowers through SOX. Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection Law (Links to an external site.) Length: 1:51 The ONE PAGE assignment. Answer the questions in a focused way so that your answer to all questions is no longer than ONE PAGE. Questions: 1. Why is it so important to have strong whistleblower protection? 2. Would you defend or criticize this portion of the Sarbanes Oxley Act? 3. Is there any inherent chance that this aspect of the law can be abused for personal gain? ============================================================= • Big Bang Theory - Obedience to Authority - in this clip you see the various characters deference to Sheldon and how they are ‘significant others’ but with his strict standards of acceptability, they defer to him and as a result find no acceptable way to go to dinner and a movie. Effective Collaboration (Links to an external site.) Length: 1:46 The ONE PAGE assignment. Answer the questions in a focused way so that your answer to all questions is no longer than ONE PAGE. Questions: 1. What are the positive and negative implications of having a work culture that is dominated by a leader? 2. When significant others are so different to an authority figure, how do you think they resolve ethical issues in the workplace? 3. What types of organizations tend to operate with more centralized leadership and authority as opposed to a decentralized, empowered work environment? ========================================================== • Role of Individual Factors in Business Ethics – a scenario is shown where a new employee is logging incoming inventory and a boss takes some items out of inventory and asks the employee to document a lower number. Rationalization of the new employee follows. Moment of Truth - Business Ethics and Better Decision Making (Links to an external site.) Length: 3:22 The ONE PAGE assignment. Answer the questions in a focused way so that your answer to all questions is no longer than ONE PAGE. Questions: 1. Why are new employees more ‘susceptible to influence’ when asked by a boss to engage in unethical conduct? 2. How did the managers rationalize taking company inventory for personal use? What role does personal character play in what you do in the workplace on a daily basis?

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Effective Collaboration (Links to an external site.) Length: 1:46 The ONE PAGE assignment. Answer the questions in a focused way so that your answer to all questions is no longer than ONE PAGE. Questions: 1. What are the positive and negative implications of having a work culture that is dominated by a leader? 2. When significant others are so different to an authority figure, how do you think they resolve ethical issues in the workplace? 3. What types of organizations tend to operate with more centralized leadership and authority as opposed to a decentralized, empowered work environment? ========================================================== • Role of Individual Factors in Business Ethics – a scenario is shown where a new employee is logging incoming inventory and a boss takes some items out of inventory and asks the employee to document a lower number. Rationalization of the new employee follows. Moment of Truth - Business Ethics and Better Decision Making (Links to an external site.) Length: 3:22 The ONE PAGE assignment. Answer the questions in a focused way so that your answer to all questions is no longer than ONE PAGE. Questions: 1. Why are new employees more ‘susceptible to influence’ when asked by a boss to engage in unethical conduct? 2. How did the managers rationalize taking company inventory for personal use? 3. What role does personal character play in what you do in the workplace on a daily basis? Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection Law 1. It is extremely important for organizations to possess strong whistleblower protection so that every whistleblower can claim his or her rights in the organizations. This is because the whistleblower is generally ostracized from the community of employees doing unethical things in the workplace. If the majority of the employees ae doing unethical things in the workplace, the whistleblower can remain singled out and be discriminated by the other employees. If the employees doing unethical things are in topmost positions in the organization, the level of discrimination and exploitation of the whistleblower can be enhanced. There might have to be harassment faced by the whistleblower without the possessing and claiming of rights of the whistleblower by the presence of strong level of