the role of ethics in a business

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BCO125 BUSINESS LAW Case Study 2 Task brief & rubrics

Task

CASE STUDY COMMENTARY

• individual written task in Harvard style format, cover page, Table of Contents, text alignment and Reference list.

• The student must build a coherent discussion or argument in essay format, analyzing theories and models. Ethical theories, legal cases and case studies

may be referred to when providing examples. Cite all sources.

• Students must write in complete sentences and develop paragraphs. No bullet points are allowed. Provide spacing between the sentences.

• Prepare and Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs.

• Sources must be used, identified, and properly cited, Format: PDF submitted through Turnitin and The answers should analyse the following based on the case study provided with this task below the Rubrics:

1. Identify and explain the relevant parties in this case study? 2. Identify and explain in order the ethical issues related to each party involved in this case study? Cite your sources. 3. What ethical theories or virtues can each party use to support their behavior or decisions? Cite your sources. 4. Identify an ethical or virtue theory that would be a counter argument to each position in Question 3? Cite your sources. 5. Identify and explain an additional case that supports or differentiates this case.

ethical or virtue theory

Submission: Week 10 – Via Moodle by Sunday, 18 April 2021 before 23:59.

• Wordcount: 800 to 1000

• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total word count. Font: Arial 11 pts. Text alignment: Justified.

• The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

Weight: This task is worth 15% of your overall grade for this subject.

Outcomes: This task assesses the following learning outcomes:

– LO1: understand the role of ethics in a business. – LO2: identify ethical issues in the decision-making process. – LO3: identify and analyze the available ethical theories to support a business decision.

ethical issues in the decision-making process

 

Rubrics

 

Exceptional 90-100

Good 80-89

Fair 70-79

Marginal fail 60-69

Identification of main

Issues/Problems

25%

Identifies and demonstrates,

a sophisticated understanding of the main issues / problems in the case study

an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.

acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study

Does not identify or demonstrate an acceptable understanding of the issues/problems in the case study

Analysis and Evaluation of

Issues / Problems

25%

 

Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified issues/problems

a thorough analysis of most of the issues identified.

a superficial analysis of some of the identified issues.

an incomplete analysis of the identified issues.

Development of Ideas

and Opinions

25%

Supports diagnosis and opinions with strong arguments and well- documented evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective.

Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented

Little action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study.

No action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study

Link to Legal Theories and

Additional Research

the role of ethics in a business

25%

Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and documents all sources of information, including ethical theories and virtues

Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited research, ethical theories and virtues

Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.

Makes no connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.

 

 

CASE STUDY

APPLE SUPPLIERS & LABOR PRACTICES

With its highly coveted line of consumer electronics, Apple has a cult following among loyal consumers. During the 2014 holiday season, 74.5 million iPhones

were sold. Demand like this meant that Apple was in line to make over $52 billion in profits in 2015, the largest annual profit ever generated from a company’s

operations. Despite its consistent financial performance year over year, Apple’s robust profit margin hides a more complicated set of business ethics. Similar to

many products sold in the U.S., Apple does not manufacture most its goods domestically. Most of the component sourcing and factory production is done

overseas in conditions that critics have argued are dangerous to workers and harmful to the environment.

perilous these working conditions

For example, tin is a major component in Apple’s products and much of it is sourced in Indonesia. Although there are mines that source tin ethically, there are

also many that do not. One study found workers—many of them children—working in unsafe conditions, digging tin out by hand in mines prone to landslides

that could bury workers alive. About 70% of the tin used in electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets come from these more dangerous, small-scale

mines. An investigation by the BBC revealed how perilous these working conditions can be. In interviews with miners, a 12-year-old working at the bottom of a

70-foot cliff of sand said: “I worry about landslides. The earth slipping from up there to the bottom. It could happen.”

 

Apple defends its practices by saying it only has so much control over monitoring and regulating its component sources. The company justifies its sourcing

practices by saying that it is a complex process, with tens of thousands of miners selling tin, many of them through middle-men. In a statement to the BBC, Apple

said “the simplest course of action would be for Apple to unilaterally refuse any tin from Indonesian mines. That would be easy for us to do and would certainly

shield us from criticism. But that would also be the lazy and cowardly path since it would do nothing to improve the situation. We have chosen to stay engaged

and attempt to drive changes on the ground.”

 

In an effort for greater transparency, Apple has released annual reports detailing their work with suppliers and labor practices. While more recent investigations

have shown some improvements to suppliers’ working conditions, Apple continues to face criticism as consumer demand for iPhones and other products

continues to grow.

Developing Identity as a Muslim Immigrant Woman in America

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1. I would like you to FIRST, read the Huffington Article entitled “Developing Identity as a Muslim Immigrant Woman in America.” Which you find in this week’s assignment folder and formulate a focused and precise question that captures the issue/s raised. And the article and answer your question with a thesis statement (this is a good preparation for the final exam). SECOND. Briefly EXPLAIN your question and support your thesis statement by drawing on the Hall and Vertovec readings on the formation of identity.

The objective of this week’s assignment is to foster your understanding of how difference based on the formation of identities are constructed on the level of politics but also in people’s everyday life. Moreover, it encourages you to think about how immigrants make use of the. “Transnational flow of images, practices, discourses and perspectives [which] can have profound effect on people’s identities vis-a -vis both local and global settings” (Vertovec p. 580) 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/developing-identity-as-a-_b_9286416 (read this link too)

2. The Rodney King case started with what we now recognize as the first “viral” video.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb1WywIpUtY&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dsb1WywIpUtY&has_verified=1

Here is a link to a detailed Washington Post story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/01/25/the-king-incident-more-than-met-the-eye-on-videotape/2248e35e-178b-47e9-a8db-0734f88b46e0/?utm_term=.9fbae259b743

Independent Commission http://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Report-of-the-Independent-Commission-on-the-LAPD-re-Rodney-King_Reduced.pdf

Reflection http://lapd-assets.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/five-years-later—christop.pdf

Gates at City Council  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcGM1ecV4q0

write a 400 word synopsis on the Rodney King case, the beating, arrest of police officers. Simi Valley verdict, the unprecedented riots. The conviction of two cops in the federal trial and the settlement with King. Stress the role of the media in the case as a catalyst for prosecution and what impact the media might have had on the riots.

effects of applying risk assessment and risk management in policing pertaining

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effects of applying risk assessment and risk management in policing pertaining

A.  Discuss the possible effects of applying risk assessment and risk management in policing pertaining to curtailing departmental and officer misconduct.

B. Briefly, discuss the findings in a study conducted by Donner, Fridell, and Jennings (2016) pertaining to the relationship between self-control and police misconduct. In doing so, discuss Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) general theory of crime as it is relative to self-control theory and police misconduct.

C.  Briefly, discuss the effectiveness of consent degrees and Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. In doing so, describe the legal provision which allowed the Department of Justice DOJ to intervene. In instances where allegations are made that constitutional policing is not followed as a matter of patterns and practices.

D,  Given the complexity of modern arbitration proceedings. Do you think that professional legal representation for both unions and employers should be required? Why or why not?

2. Do you agree with the current prohibition of strikes for all public-sector employees. Should the government relax these rules and allow for worker strikes in certain non-essential occupations? Explain your answer.

challenges a CSI unit would face investigating the crime

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challenges a CSI unit would face investigating the crime

Crime happens a lot in horror/fantasy-themed movies. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to investigate those crimes?

 

Instructions:

Select a horror/fantasy-themed movie in which a crime has occurred.The movie has to be fictional, you cannot use any true-crime movies.

 

In your own words, answer the following:

1. Give a quick, clear synopsis of the movie and what crime was committed (no word count). This must be in your own words, which means do not quote anything.

2. In 100 words, tell me what specific safety hazards a CSI unit would face investigating the crime. Once again, this must be in your own words. Focus on the specific factors. For example, is the bad guy likely to pop up while you are investigating? Would it be hard to secure the crime scene because it is in an alternative dimension? Etc.

3. In 100 words, tell me what the specific evidence search challenges a CSI unit would face investigating the crime. Once again, this must be in your own words. Focus on the specific factors. If I was doing Nightmare Before Christmas, I may mention that Jack Skellington is a skeleton and so would be unlikely to leave fingerprints.

4. In 100 words, tell me what the specific evidence collection challenges a CSI unit would face investigating the crime. Once again, this must be in your own words. Focus on the specific factors. For example, if I was doing the Aliens movies, I may mention the acid blood from the aliens would be a significant challenge to collecting it (after all, how can you collect something that corrosive?).

5. In 100 words, tell me what the specific witness interviews challenges a CSI unit would face investigating the crime. Once again, this must be in your own words. Focus on the specific factors. Are there any witnesses? Would the witness statements make sense?

 

APA:

You do not need to use APA citations for this assignment. However, you won’t get any points if you do not put your answers in your own words.

Risk and Threat Assessment

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Risk and Threat Assessment

Kino Elliott

University of Phoenix

SEC/481

3/30/21

Raymond Brown

 

Introduction

As individuals from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), we endeavor to set a norm of greatness for others to follow. We have built up a statement of purpose that mirrors the association’s critical standards regarding this objective. Serve and ensure through commitment, polished methodology, dynamic collaboration with the local area, and regard for human dignity. The Gwinnett County Jail will uphold that mission by giving a safe and humane environment for detainees to secure people in general and staff through present-day Jail strategies and preparing in a direct management standard. It is essential to constantly survey the inner and outside environments, which influence the productivity and viability of the Staff Services Unit. This evaluation can guarantee that the unit offers quality assistance to its clients—the workers and the general population. This investigation will endeavor to distinguish, depict, and evaluate the qualities, shortcomings, openings, and dangers influencing the Staff Services Unit (Sheriff’s Office | Gwinnett County, 2021). This report focuses on the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the GCSO.

Analysis of the office

Objectives of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office: 

· Offer types of assistance that help survivors of abusive behavior at home and add to the conservation of life, property assurance, and the local area’s safety.

· Keep up singular polished skill through exhaustive preparing and foundation of approaches, projects, and strategies.

· Cling to the most elevated proficient and moral guidelines of individual and authoritative lead

· Establish an expert workspace that perceives the value and dignity, everything being equal,

· Accommodate the safe and humane treatment of prisoners and those anticipating legitimate mediation.

· Set up an environment of active participation with the local area and regard for human dignity.

· The Staff Services Unit of the GCSO is answerable for guaranteeing the people of the GCSO keep up the best quality of expert lead, comply with Departmental approaches, nearby laws, state sculptures, and government laws (Gravitt, 2019).

Staff Services’ mission is to help the Sheriff’s Office overseers, directors, and representatives keep up irrefutable honesty, viable and effective police administrations while guaranteeing fair and equivalent treatment to Gwinnett County resident’s workers of the Sheriff’s Office.

Strengths

The most significant strength of a company is the sound organizational structure. The organization operates through a proper hierarchical order, and there is a complete flow of information from one channel to the other. The company has trained its deputies to define the roles and responsibilities. Deputy training is vital to make them understand the tasks assigned and assist them in performing well. The same is the case with invigilators, as they are also hired after they complete training. The company has provided all the facilities and assets to the employees so they may perform well. The deputies show complete faithfulness and responsibility, upheld by trustworthiness and honesty. Every part shows a solid picture and excellent standing inside the Office and local area. Deputies have assorted foundations with experience and mastery in rectifications, traffic requirements, criminal investigations, and watch capacities.

Additionally, the deputies are diverse in age, sex, and race. These varieties have invigorated the aggregate proficiency and viability of the Unit. The deputies from the Unit have gone to various interior illicit relationships instructional meetings. The Staff Services Unit answers straightforwardly to the Sheriff. It considers immediate and decisive correspondence with the Sheriff on the delicate issue, including the organization workforce. The picture of the Staff Services Unit among its inner clients is positive. Casual criticism got from inner clients has been positive (Vargyas, 1992).

Weaknesses

One of the organization’s weaknesses is the lack of funds and its lack of proper investigation equipment, which is only possible with proper funding. The shortage of staff due to COVID 19 is another weakness that does not allow the company to have an extensive workforce. Operating under staff leads to overworked staff, causing higher turnover rates, stress, and general security concerns. The displacement of officials standing firm on touchy footholds due to which issues occur, political factors can also influence the organization.

Opportunities 

The GCSO has the opportunity to conduct community outreach programs to promote improved community relations, thus building trust, mutual respect, and improved community interactions. There are extensive opportunities to develop partnerships with other developed law enforcement agencies. Partnering with other law enforcement agencies can help the GCSO in various ways, such as drawing upon the unique knowledge, training, professional skills, and missions that each agency can provide.

In this digital era, there are also many opportunities for the department to upgrade computer systems to innovate the different techniques used in investigations to ensure public safety and security.

Threats

There is a hiring freeze, and there are more minor applicants like one Inspector, three Deputy Inspectors, one Administrative Assistant, and one Office Assistant staff in the Unit. Coming up next is a short depiction of administrations delivered by the Staff Services Unit in 2002: Citizen Complaints—The Staff Services Unit followed and prepared an aggregate of 300 thirty (330) Citizen Complaints. Internal Investigations—The Unit directed an aggregate of (31) Internal Investigations in 2002, which included (74) claimed strategy infringement. Administrative Actions—Staff Services followed and handled (64) Administrative Actions, which came about because of Sustained Complaints and Sustained Internal Investigations (Jail and Inmate Information, 2021).

facts about women in prison

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Your assignment must be at least 3 pages long and must be written in APA. It must be double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12.

Student must pick one topic:

Option A) Please compile a list of facts about women in prison. Then, watch an episode of a popular culture account of women in prison such as Orange Is the New Black (or other tv shows or movie that discuss this topic). Please should take notes on what you see while you watch. Then compare your facts with what they have just watched. You should then discuss the similarities and differences and the implications of these.

Option B) Please research what factors lead to job satisfaction and what factors lead to job dissatisfaction for women professionals in one of the following areas: policing, corrections, or offender services. Based on those positive and negative factors, construct a workplace program, innovation, or intervention that you think might make a favorable difference for women.

aspects of contemporary constitutional law

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1 – If you could change any three aspects of contemporary constitutional law. Including judicial decisions and judicial review, what would they be and why?

2 – Do you think posing a tension between constitutional contractarianism and public administrative instrumentalism correctly explains how administrative law fits into contemporary US constitutional government?  Why or why not?

3 – Does the rise of “e-government” portend a degree of greater democratic participation in administrative decision making?  Why or why not?

4 – Devise a hypothetical situation in which disgruntled voters utilize the process of initiative. And referendum to reverse policies established through agency rule-making.

5 – Devise a hypothetical situation in which disgruntled voters utilize administrative law to reverse a policy proposed by the following past and current elected officials.  (Examples could include, but are not limited to. Trump’s Border Wall, Sanders Breakup of the Large Banks, Clinton’s Debt-Free Public College or Cruz’s Abolishment of the IRS.)

community’s emergency agencies

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community’s emergency agencies

For this assignment, you are the emergency manager in your community. The city council has asked that you make a presentation to them on the readiness of the community’s emergency agencies to respond to a major hurricane (category 3 or greater). The city council wants to know the processes you will follow to enlist other cities, counties, the state, or the federal government if needed during this type of emergency.

In your presentation identify, the resources that are available within your community; assets available throughout neighboring cities, the county, state, and the federal governments; and infrastructure organizations such as, public utilities, hospitals, public health, etc. Identify three or more private sector resources that might be required during the emergency. Use the internet to research the resources available in your city, state, and federal governments.

Then distinguish the roles of all of the organizations identified, and break down the specific needs that each organization will fulfill based on an emergency involving a hurricane (category 3 or greater). Discuss how each organization identified will respond to the hurricane both independently and in collaboration with the other organizations you have identified.

Your presentation should be 15 slides in length (excluding title slide and references slide).

This assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used. You may consult the Purdue Global Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.

Managing Personnel

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Managing Personnel

Provide your essay response to the question below.   A minimum of 300 words is required for this essay.

  • At the top of your Essay state your Rank, Full name, Agency and Session number.
  • Be sure you are writing in APA with a minimum of one source.
  • Type your essay in a Word Document to utilize the “word-count” feature and ensure a minimum of 300 words.  Then copy and paste from Word into your essay text box.
  • You will not be required to format this 300 word Essay in the full APA format that is required in your case study. You ONLY need to use APA in your reference and in text citation.
  • Make certain that you paste the CORRECT essay that corresponds to the question below into the text box. Proof read your essay very carefully before submitting it.  You will be graded on the quality of your content and your proper use of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
  • Click on “Finish Essay” to submit your essay.
  • Your score will show as 0/100% until your instructor grades your essay.  Your grade will then update automatically in your grade book.
  • Print your essay page and place in your folder.
  1. Your Essay Question
    You learned in this module that challenges of performance management systems are evident in law enforcement due to the current litigious environment of police labor grievances, accommodations and entitlements, increased public accountability, and fast tracked promotions. With this environment in mind, briefly share an example from your experience that indicates how the S.M.A.R.T. Goal method of performance management was used – or could be used – to ensure that teams understand what is expected of them to prevent inadequate performance.

 How we can make racism a solvable problem — and improve policing.

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Part A: Watch Goff’s Ted Talk on How we can make racism a solvable problem — and improve policing. (Links to an external site.)

Rather than finding a new article this week, I’d like everyone to watch Dr. Goff’s Ted Talk about how to improve policing and how to address police brutality. I am making this change because of how many of your articles center around the Chauvin case and the tragic killing of Daunte Wright. Dr. Goff is psychological researcher who leads the Center for Policing Equity. He argues for a data-driven approach to address racism in policing.

After watching this video, please write a 150 word response to the video. What does Dr. Goff suggest to combat racial disparities in policing? Are you convinced by his plan? If you want to, feel free to conduct your own research, to suggest other ways to tackle systemic racial disproportionality in policing. If you suggest other solutions (training, more selective job selection etc.), make sure to cite your sources.

  • Remember: these are challenging topics and opinions vary widely. You and your classmates may be affected differently by the news of these tragic killings. Please write your post in a respectful way, with the knowledge that we have a very diverse class.

Note: If you had already drafted a response for this discussion post that includes a news article about the Criminal Justice system, please feel free to post it instead.

Part B: Quotes of interest OR personal application (minimum 200 words)

Find a quote from the textbook that you found interesting and in 200+ words of reflection, explain why. Be sure to use quotation marks for your quote, and identify the and page number (e.g., 81) for the quote. The quotation is not part of the 200+ word count.

OR

In 200+ words reflect on how something you are learning in the reading can impact your life. Your post might apply to your family, your job, your travels, your future career, your exercise routines, or really anything you find interesting!

Part C: Feedback on a write-to-learn assignment question (minimum 100 words)

Choose one write-to-learn assignment question you would like feedback on. Copy and paste the text of your answer here. Then, in 100+ words, ask what specifically you’d like feedback about, e.g., does my example work, was I specific enough, did I get all of the important information out of this section of the chapter. Your pasted write-to-learn assignment answer is not part of the 100+ word count.

Two responses due Wednesday at 11:59pm

Who: Respond to at least two group members. The group members need to be those who have not yet received any responses. If all group members have a response, respond to anyone you’d like. Please respond to all three parts of a group member’s initial post.

Part A: Respond to reflection about Goff’s Ted Talk

  • Share your response to the person’s reflection about Goff’s Ted Talk.
    • Remember: these are challenging topics and opinions vary widely. You and your classmates may be affected differently by the news of these tragic killings. Please write your post in a respectful way, with the knowledge that we have a very diverse class.

Part B: Quotes of interest OR personal application (minimum 100 words)

In 100+ words, your response to the quotes/application section should be directly related to the content of the initial post, displaying knowledge, say, from the textbook, personal application, and critical thought.

Part C: Feedback (minimum 50 words)

In 50+ words, provide feedback on the write-to-learn assignment question your groupmate posted, paying special attention to the kind of feedback they’re asking for. If you have something helpful to add that they didn’t ask for, please include that, too. Your feedback should be specific. If you liked someone’s answer to a write-to-learn assignment question, write about what you liked, e.g., clear explanation of the concepts, accurately addressed all parts of the question. If the answer helped you better understand the concept, say so.

Be sure to thank those who responded to your post, especially if they gave you helpful information, and please answer any questions they asked of you. (Not required, but they’ll appreciate it!)