Wk 8 – BMGT Learning Activities 1 and 2

READING RESOURCES Theme: Lessons Learned From the Class

Sub Theme One: Individuals Need to Set Personal Values

Watch:

• Barry Schwartz, Our Loss of Wisdom

Read:

• Making People Behave More Ethically, An MBA’s View
• When Good People Do Bad Things at Work

Sub Theme Two: Corporations Need to Set Values for within and without

INSIDE THE BUSINESS:

Read:

• Morgan Stanley: Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
• Starbucks Code of Behavior
• Barclays boss tells staff ‘sign up to ethics or leave’
• Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing Responsible Business Enterprise In Emerging Market Economies
• Making the Case for Business Ethics

OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS:

• Dispatches From the Frozen North (Standard Setting in the Way to do Business)
• Why Good Managers Make Bad Ethical Choices (Setting corporate responsibility)

ASSIGNMENTS $5 – Learning Activity 1 – In light of the video you watched this week (“Our Loss of Wisdom“), respond to and/or critique Katie Brown’s Interview in this week’s reading, “Making People Behave More Ethically, An MBA’s View.”
Again, I will not direct your thoughts and approach this last week, by
asking pointed questions. This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate
your own ethical analysis and approach to the matter. Response must be the minimum of 250 words. PLEASE USE THE READING RESOURCES FOR REFERENCES TO CITE (APA CITING)

$5 – Learning Activity 2 – After taking time to reflect
on what you have learned this term relevant to business ethics, discuss 2
“lessons” you have learned from this class that you believe you will be
important for you and business organizations to apply to business
decisions/situations in the future workplace. Response must be the minimum of 250 words. PLEASE USE THE READING RESOURCES FOR REFERENCES TO CITE (APA CITING). Topics to discuss (2 LESSONS)

• What is Ethics to You as a Person? (1)
• What is Ethics to You as a Person? (2)
• A Framework for Thinking Ethically