Ethics of Organizational Culture Analysis

Description:
The Class:

Ethics and the Business Professional prepares students to meet the ethical demands facing employees in modern business and nonprofit organizations. Addresses ethical issues surrounding personal moral development, interpersonal communication and relationships on the job, influence, groups and teams, leaders, followers, organizational climate and culture, and the organization"s role in a global society. The course places particular emphasis on equipping participants with the concepts, strategies, and skills needed to improve individual and collective ethical performance. Students will assess and develop their abilities as ethical decision makers and actors.

THE PAPER:

Ethical Culture Analysis
The ethical culture analysis will be a paper of approximately 15 pages (3,500 to 4,000 words). This paper should be an in-depth investigation and analysis of the ethical culture and performance of a large organization based on course concepts. The organization should, if possible, be a prospective employer: a firm you might like to work for in the future. You will gather data through press reports, company Web sites and materials, personal observation, interviews, and other possible sources. Your analysis should be structured as follows:
Introduction

1. A description of the organization and its operations.
2. An explanation of your interest in this group.

Body
Cover the following elements and include both description and evaluation of each element:
1. How the organization prevents and responds to problematic and antisocial behaviors
2. Components of ethical culture, including t he core beliefs these components are drawn from
3. Pertinent ethical concepts or theories, including details of each concept or theory
4. Cultural change efforts (ethical drivers), including the complexities of the ethical issues involved and cross-relationships among issues
5. Organizational citizenship/social performance
6. Ethical global citizenship and ethical diversity

Conclusion

1. Determine whether this is an ethically decoupled or an ethically transformed organization, and defend your choice against possible disagreements or objections.
2. Offer suggestions that could be provided to management for the improvement of the organization.
3. Indicate whether you would like to work for this organization based on your analysis and on your own core beliefs or would recommend that others do so.