Category: Business and Management

This report aims to analyse the topic from three different perspectives. Each perspective incorporates a concept from one sphere – the global economy, the natural environment and digital technology. For this assignment, choose one of the topics from this list to research and write your report on.
Topic 1 – Future of Food Security – Understanding the Impact of Climate Change
Topic 2 – Big Data and Privacy – Analyse the role of Tech Giants and their influence on society.
Topic 3 – Fast Fashion – Evaluate the business model and the environmental cost of Fast Fashion.
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The references must be academic and within 10 years 
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INTRODUCTION
As a leader in your organization, it is vital that you are familiar with the laws that regulate your industry. Sparked by the dramatic corporate and accounting scandals of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Adelphia, and WorldCom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was implemented in 2002 in an effort to restore confidence in the stock markets. Sarbanes-Oxley represents the most important securities legislation since the original federal securities laws of the 1930s as it increased governmental regulation and oversight of publicly traded companies and established protections for whistleblowers. The False Claims Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provide a financial incentive for those who blow the whistle to report fraudulent activity within their organization.
In this task, you will select and analyze an established company’s code of ethics, analyze how an employee would raise an ethical concern within an organization, and consider current laws with respect to whistleblowers.
SCENARIO
You are an experienced ethics officer who has recently been hired by an established company. You have been tasked with analyzing the company’s current code of ethics and identifying areas in need of improvement.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
Prepare a report (suggested length of 6–8 pages) in which you do the following:
A.  Choose a company’s code of ethics from the Web Links section below and analyze that company’s code of ethics by doing the following:
Note: Links to the code of ethics for the companies can be found in the Web Links section. The code of ethics is only used for section A. You must choose a code of ethics from one of the following companies:
•  BP
•  Comcast
•  Deloitte
•  Tenet
•  Mayo Clinic
•  Oracle
•  PepsiCo
•  Synnex
•  Target
•  Walmart
•  Wells Fargo
1.  Analyze how well the chosen company’s code of ethics covers the topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
2.  Analyze how well the chosen company’s code of ethics covers the topic of compliance with legal mandates.
a.  Describe the ramifications for an organization when it is noncompliant with legal mandates.
b.  Describe two policies the chosen company has in their code of ethics to ensure employees behave legally and/or ethically.
3.  Analyze how well the chosen company’s code of ethics facilitates the development of an ethical culture.
4.  Identify three resources available to employees to use when raising an ethical concern and discuss which resource you would most likely use to report an ethical concern.
B.  Discuss three factors an employee might consider before deciding to report unethical conduct observed at work.
1.  Describe three internal steps (i.e., inside the company) an employee could take if they decide to report or blow the whistle on misconduct or unethical behavior in the workplace.
2.  Describe two possible external actions (i.e., outside the company) an employee can take to report or blow the whistle on misconduct or unethical behavior in the workplace.
C.  Analyze one advantage and one disadvantage of paying whistleblowers. Base your analysis on one of the following laws:
•  False Claims Act
•  Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act
D.  Analyze the changes that organizations have made based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
1.  Discuss three culpability factors that are used to determine fines under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
E.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submissio

This will be an exploration of the evolving role of a Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) topic that reflects one of the significant topics of our course.
Students can choose a topic of interest in any HRM area covered in the course. Given the point of view taken in HRM591, the paper should reflect one of the course objectives or one of the course’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. One consideration is how the chosen topic has changed to meet the challenges presented by a technology-driven global economy. Research should trace the historical roots of the subject and how technology, globalization, and other strategic forces have shaped its changes. The paper length should be a minimum of eight to ten pages— not including title and reference page(s)—and comply with all formatting and APA style standards. In addition to the course objectives and knowledge, skills, and abilities provided, the following ideas are included.
I chose: 
The role of social media in organizations today and their use by human resources
Most of the best-known academic and popular journals will provide acceptable content. Primary among them are some of the following journals and publications.
People & Strategy(formerly Human Resource Planning)
Harvard Business Review
Human Resource Management
Academy of Management Journals(various titles included)
Journal of Labor Economics
Human Resource Management Review
Personnel Psychology
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Journal of Management
Sloan Management Review
California Management Review
Administrative Sciences Quarterly
This paper should reflect the collective efforts of the entire course content and the strategic evolution of HRM from a marginalized area of practice to one that assumes a position within management that is reflective of the potential role that effective workforce planning and development can play. Students’ research should defend why their chosen topics matter to senior management and the cost and benefit justifications required to support that position.
Week 6: Draft of Course Project Paper (70 points)
Your  Course Project Paper final draft is due in Week 8. Consult with your instructor for any guidance or additional information you may need. The paper demonstrates and explains the evolving role of a strategic human resource management topic that reflects one of the major topics of the course. Your draft should be three to four pages, not including title page nor reference page(s).
Continue evaluating what to include in your Course Project Presentation.

Using MS Word, write an APA formatted paper and discuss the following question
Summarize the facts of the Microsoft case and the Amazon Kindle article.
Compare and contrast the possible anti-trust violations in these two companies. Look at specific areas of the antitrust laws and discuss.
If Amazon becomes a dominant e-book seller, could they be sued for violation of the Sherman Act? Explain.
The paper should be at least 500 words. Three credible sources must be used and properly cited.
watch youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvudc_uCa4s

For this journal, choose a real or fictional company or other organization of interest to you. In our scenario, the organization is conducting a search for a new chief executive officer (CEO). As a board member of this organization, you are in charge of drafting the environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) section of the CEO executive compensation package. If the organization performs sufficiently on these metrics in the first 12 months after hire, the CEO will receive the full bonus or equity award (specified in a different section of the compensation package drafted by someone else).
Begin by researching ESG executive compensation metrics in the CSU Online Library. Then, write a memorandum by completing the Unit VIII Journal Template with the information listed below.
Header: Complete the Company Name, To, From, and Date sections.
Introduction: Describe your organization. Explain why environmental, sustainability, and governance considerations are important in the selection and compensation of the next CEO. This section should be one paragraph.
ESG Metrics Table: Provide three ESG metrics tied to the compensation package for the next CEO. For each metric, provide a short Metric Name, a 1–3 sentence Description, a quantifiable Goal (or goals), and a process of Measurement for determining the extent to which the goal was achieved. Aim to be as clear and precise as possible in this table to avoid any disputes over the interpretation of these metrics during negotiations with a CEO candidate. 
Conclusion: Describe what actions the organization must now take to implement your plan. This section should be one paragraph.
Your memorandum should be a minimum of one but no more than two pages in length. You are required to use at least two outside sources, one of which may be your course textbook. The Developing Keywords for Database Searches video from the CSU Online Library may help with your search efforts. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this journal.

For this discussion, each student will choose a primary leadership theory integrating recent research (within the last five years) and noted best practices into the discussion.  This assignment will assist you in become familiar with your selected leadership theory, the practice of scholarly research, and the process of APA writing. 

With e-commerce and the use of the internet by businesses continuing to increase, internet jurisdiction is a key concept to understand.  This week’s reading assignment introduced the Zippo standard as a tool utilized in internet jurisdiction cases. Read the article below. Write a 1-2 page analysis that includes:
Description of the Zippo standard
Pros and cons of the standard
Your opinion of its utility in today’s internet world 
Sableman, M., & Nepple, M. (2016). Will the zippo sliding scale for internet jurisdiction slide into oblivion? Journal of Internet Law, 20(1), 3–7.
https://www.thompsoncoburn.com/insights/blogs/internet-law-twists-turns/post/2016-01-12/will-the-zippo-sliding-scale-for-internet-jurisdiction-slide-into-oblivion-

Please write a paper on your experience with compensation (as an employee, not HR). You don’t have to reveal personal salary information but I am interested in your general experiences. In the course of my career, I have been salaried, base plus commission, draw versus commission, base plus bonus incentives for sales, and salary plus annual bonuses based both on company performance and personal performance. As for benefits, it has varied throughout the course of my career. If you haven’t had professional work experience, please talk to someone who has. I am interested in what motivated you and if specific compensation strategies felt more effective to you.

(Christian application) 
Can you find examples, or narratives, in the Bible (or from other resources related to Christianity) that touch upon disruptive innovation? 
What are the commonalities between the logics of the concept of (disruptive) innovation in the Christian (Biblical) narrative and the 3 conditions of disruptive innovation (Christensen, 2015, 2000, 1995)?
What are the differences bewteen the logics of the concept of (disruptive) innovation in the Christian (Biblical) narrative and the 3 conditions of disruptive innovation (Christensen, 2015, 2000, 1995)?
Given the commonalities and differences, what can a manager learn from the integration of the Christian narrative and Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory? 

If you were presented the opportunity to rework the strategies your team agreed upon throughout the competition, what (if anything) would you change? Please support your response through examples. How different would the results have been, had you implemented these changes? How did the strategic decisions of the other teams alter or force your team’s strategies to change?