Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics Discussion Assignment

Ethical Theories to Apply: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics

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 asks 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.

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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 concerned 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?

For assignment *, prepare a memo, setting out your analysis and recommendations, that considers ONLY the following two theories: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics.

Format a. Use 12-point font, single spacing

Where using headers in this Assignments, you will get better results if you include these:

Facts: a brief restatement of the important facts, in your own words;

Issue: what must the protagonist decide? What action should he take?

Lens: describe the ethical theories being applied including the pros and cons of each;

Analysis: apply each ethical theory to the facts and discuss the logical conclusion of that process for each;

Recommendation / Conclusion: choose the ethical theory that is superior to the other and explain your rationale, briefly. You must choose one theory on which to base your recommendation – no waffling between theories will be allowed. Answer the question posed in your framing of the issue.

Week 9 Assignment – Developing Your Team

Overview

Continue in the same role and use the same company that you used for your assignments, creating a Culture of Innovation, Creativity, and Leadership Strategies for HR.

It’s time to develop your team! You are planning a virtual meeting to ensure that your management team members are all on the same page. You will be presenting on diversity, team dynamics, ethics, and aligning new employees with your company’s mission.

Instructions

Using the Developing Your Team Template [PPTX], create a 10–12-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

Provide the company’s mission statement.        

Be sure to integrate any relevant feedback from your Week 6 assignment.

Describe two management strategies you will implement to ensure that your new team members align with your company’s mission, and discuss how you plan to measure the effectiveness of each strategy.  Provide a rationale for your choice of strategies.

Discuss one method you will use to manage diversity and how you plan to measure its effectiveness. Explain why you chose this method.

Discuss two strategies you will use to optimize team dynamics, and how you plan to measure the effectiveness of each strategy. Provide a rationale for your choices.

Explain the importance of ethical behavior to the organization’s culture and any ethical dilemmas created by globalization.

Include speaker notes for each slide, as if you were presenting in front of your management team members. Remember to cite the sources used to create the speaker notes.

Use at least three quality resources for this assignment. Note:  Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

If you need help creating a PowerPoint, review the LinkedIn Learning videos:

Start Quickly with a Theme or Template.

Add, Remove, or Rearrange Slides.

Adding Images.

Speaker Notes.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Propose a plan for creating a team of employees that addresses diversity, team dynamics, and alignment with the company’s mission.