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Ethics in Business Relationships

Ethics in Business Relationships

Instructions

Ethics in business relationships include both the external and internal relationships that develop around the organization. For this assignment, you will focus on the internal relationships that develop inside the organization. Studies have indicated the more positive the environment within the organization, the more productive the employees.

Research one or a combination of these job-related topics found within organizations: job discrimination; sexual harassment; bullying or unsafe working conditions.

  1. Briefly describe the issue.
  2. Analyze the impact on overall morale, relationships within the organization and ultimately overall productivity levels.
  3. Research a minimum of one company that was caught up in this type of issue.
  4. What best practices might a company implement to avoid negative behavior within their organization?
  5. How would you rate the ethical practices of the company that you chose (excellent, fair or poor)? Explain.

Your response should include an introduction, thesis statement, and a clear discussion of the questions/topics above. It should be a minimum of two double-spaced pages. You are required to use at least two credible references. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.

You may find this presentation, “Thesis Statements,” a great resource for guidance in making reference citations:

Your essay response should be formatted in accordance with APA style. For step-by-step instructions for formatting a paper in APA style, please refer to the CSU Citation Guide

Research Summary of Recent Reserach Article

  1. Select an article

Find a current research article related to the topic you have chosen. Current means published online in 2020. Research means academic in nature and coming from a reputable medical journal.

  1. Reading

Once topic and article are approved, download the article in WORD (double spacing which will enable you to mark the article).

Make a first SKIM of the whole article, making hand written notes for yourself while skimming – paying attention to associations or suppositions that come to mind while reading, old or previous views of the topic versus current or new views, alternative views, controversy, disagreements or debates which arise.

On your second SKIM, you should be ready to mark (highlight) the article for main ideas, background information, hypothesis statement, research question, research methodology, results, controversy, alternative views, examples, studies, names of various researchers and experiments.

Use a code for marking the paper:

MI = main idea

BI = background information (historical overview of the topic)

HYP = hypothesis statement

RQ = research question

METH = methodology

EXP = experiment (1,2,3)

EVID = evidence, that supports a claim

RES =results, findings

CONT = controversy (alternative views, debate, disagreement)

DISC = discussion of the results

CONC = conclusion/s,

APP = future applications

Writing a Summary

Your summary should commence with the title of the article, the researcher/s, the source (publication and date). Then you can introduce the major ideas and topics.

The major points which should be included in your summary are the main claim, hypothesis, evidence and conclusions. No more than 300 words. Please use simple sentences and check your spelling and grammar before sending!

Learning Organization

Learning Organization

Write the ONE big idea you get from each resource, as well as Chapter 6 from your course text, write half a page for EACH idea. There are four resources: 1.Yanowitz, Ober, & Kantor. (1995). Creating business results through team learning. https://thesystemsthinker.com/creating-business-results-through-team-learning/ 2. Heller, Cunningham, & Johnson. (2000). Beyond the basics of team learning. https://thesystemsthinker.com/beyond-the-basics-of-team-learning-integrating-process-and-project/ 3. Thomas-Hunt. (n.d.). Team dynamics. https://lean-in.mn.co/posts/team-dynamics-with-melissa-thomas-hunt 4. Marquardt et al. (2018) Chapter 6 (In PDF file).