Readings and Multimedia
- To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, Introduction to Business Ethics:
- Chapter 9 – Environmental Issues
- Chapter 10 – Investments
- To successfully complete this week’s discussion, Power Station Cost-Benefit Analysis, view the following video:
- INTELECOM. (1996). Overview and history of pollution and environmental awareness . Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=E22DB555B562B4632E00D83598F2E863898B3FA2DFC3890AB71A9B9468191A9B355B80E9A098DFB720349F7C8CD521AA
(This clip provides an historical overview of events which contribute to the creation of the Environment Protection Agency and measures to address gaseous emission and solid wastes.)
- INTELECOM. (1996). Overview and history of pollution and environmental awareness . Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=E22DB555B562B4632E00D83598F2E863898B3FA2DFC3890AB71A9B9468191A9B355B80E9A098DFB720349F7C8CD521AA
Recommended Readings and Multimedia
- To successfully complete this week’s assignments, it is recommended that you read the following articles found in EBSCO Host in the ashford Online Library:
- Borgerson, J.L., Schroeder, J.E., Escudero Magnusson, M., & Magnusson, F. (2009). Corporate communication, ethics, and operational identity: A case study of Benetton. Business Ethics: A European Review, 18(3), 209-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01558.x
(This article investigates conceptual and strategic relationships between corporate identity, organizational identity and ethics, utilizing the Benetton Corporation as illustrative case study.) - Brown, L., Hugon, A., & Lu, H. (2010). Brokerage industry self-regulation: The case of analysts’ background disclosures. Contemporary Accounting Research, 27(4), 1025-1062. doi: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01035.x
(Analyst backgrounds are informative regarding both the accuracy and credibility of their earnings forecasts and that investors who are uninformed about an analyst’s background can benefit from these disclosures.) - Devi, J., & Hemant, K. (2009). Corporate social responsibility perspectives of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – A case study of Maurtius. Advances in Management, 2(12), 44-53.
(The purpose of this paper is to provide an enhanced understanding of the nature of CSR in Mauritius in the context of small and medium enterprises.)
- Borgerson, J.L., Schroeder, J.E., Escudero Magnusson, M., & Magnusson, F. (2009). Corporate communication, ethics, and operational identity: A case study of Benetton. Business Ethics: A European Review, 18(3), 209-223. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01558.x
- To successfully complete this week’s assignments, it is recommended that you read the following articles found in the JSTOR database in the Ashford Online Library:
- Forsyth, T. (1997 November). Environmental responsibility and business regulation: The case of sustainable tourism. The Geographical Journal, 163(3), 270-280.
(This paper adds to the growing literature within geography in environmental regulation of business activities.) - Merrington, P. (2006 December). Cape Dutch Tongaat: A case study in ‘heritage.’ Journal of southern African Studies, 32(4), 683-699.
(In 1936 the Cape artist Robert Gwelo Goodman was invited to apply [a Cape baroque architecture] idiom to the reconstruction of the Tongaat sugar estate and upgrading of sugar worker’s housing. This began an ongoing tradition in Tongaat, Natal, whereby Eurrocentric aesthetics were applied in a comprehensive plane for the improvement of working conditions, race relations, and morality.) - Odell, J., Mather, M., & Muth, R., (2005 September). A biosocial approach for analyzing environmental conflicts: A case study for horseshoe crab allocation. BioScience, 55(9), 735-748.
(The allocation of horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay and Cape Cod Bay can serve as a model system for understanding resource conflicts because relationships among biophysical and human systems in this example typify many environmental controversies.)
- Forsyth, T. (1997 November). Environmental responsibility and business regulation: The case of sustainable tourism. The Geographical Journal, 163(3), 270-280.
- To successfully complete this week’s assignments, it is recommended that you watch the following video available in the Films On Demand database in the Ashford Online Library:
- Films Media Group (Producer). (2009). The Civilian Conservation Corps [Episode in television series]. In The 1930s.
(The CCC was a foundation for our ethic of service and of conservation. Many environmentalists’ parents and grandparents were in the CCC.)
- Films Media Group (Producer). (2009). The Civilian Conservation Corps [Episode in television series]. In The 1930s.
Discussions
To participate in the following discussions, go to this week’s Discussion link in the left navigation.
- Power Station Cost-Benefit Analysis
A power station is planned in your local area and you have been requested to submit a primary cost-benefit analysis of the potential economic and environmental impact that the station could have. Prepare a list of pros and cons and a preliminary judgment on whether it should go ahead.If a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged, were to throw-out the list of pros and cons and rely on ethical predisposition of the business, what would be the preliminary judgment?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
- Portfolio Analysis
Reviewing the investments in your portfolio, you realize that the carbon footprint connected to your investments is relatively large, but your oil company stock also pays for the family holidays each year. The company’s website also says that it uses a high proportion of its profits to invest in green and renewable fuels of the future. Do you keep the stock or sell? Why? What principles did you apply in making this decision? Also, how does one check the credibility of the company and its website?Consider the ethical perspective of a particular group to which you currently belong or previously belonged, would the group keep or sell the stock? Why?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
**Please make sure that the discussions are written in second or third person.