w5 Ethics learning active 1 and learning active 2

w5 Ethics learning active 1 and learning active 2
 
Overview:
Week Five focuses on the idea that a business can make an ethical decision and what it takes for them to do so – how ethics works in the organization, how leadership plays into the ethical decision making, and the need for an ethical organizational culture.  Also discussed are several of the unique 21st century issues facing business today.
Theme 1:  Ethical Organizational Decision Making Can Be Encouraged
Ethical behavior is something that people talk about but if an organization and the people in it are not committed to its importance then it will not succeed.  The theme this week focuses on how we can make businesses create an ethical environment.
Read/View:

Ethical Decision Making – Some Examples
Compliance as a Subtle Precursor to Ethical Corrosion: A Strength-Based Approach as a Way Forward
Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture
Do the right thing six ways create culture ethics in any organization
Courage
Role of the Board in Creating an Ethical Culture
Barriers to Creating an Ethical Corporate Culture
Why a Transparent Culture is Good for Business

Theme 2: Unique Ethical Organizational Issues
Here are several 21st century ethical issues that feature organizational decisions.
Read/View:

Genetic Engineering in the Workplace, Read My Genes: Genetic Screening in the Workplace
Ethics and Genetics: Susceptibility Testing in the Workplace
Why Privacy Matters
Big Chocolate Child Labor
What Will a Future Without Secrets Look Like?
Apple Failing to Protect Chinese Child Labor
Marketing Ethics 
Marketing to Children: Accepting Responsibility
Ethical Marketing – Explore the Strategy of Ethical Marketing
Is Business Bluffing Ethical?
Getting to the Bottom of the Triple Bottom Line
Ethics and the Triple Bottom Line