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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 1 Discussion

- Corporate Stakeholders

Introduction:

Please introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career. Then post your written response to the following:

Corporate Stakeholders:

Select a company from the Instructor-Provided Approved Company listLinks to an external site.. You will research and write about this company in this discussion and throughout the course.

Thinking about the company you selected above, use Exhibit 1B of your textbook to identify a prominent or influential stakeholder associated with the company. A stakeholder can be an individual, but for this discussion, do not choose the CEO, an executive leader, a board member, or a shareholder/investor. Then describe one way that they have impacted the corporation in the past 12 months. Was the action or were the actions ultimately good for the company, or might be in the future?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 2 Discussion

 - Corporate Social Responsibility

Briefly define corporate social responsibility (CSR) in your own words.

Find a current event in the past 1-2 years in which your selected company either went above and beyond to demonstrate corporate social responsibility (CSR), OR sorely failed to demonstrate CSR. Provide the name of the company and the good or bad deed. Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.

Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion

 

BUS475 Business and Society

Week 3 Discussion

- That’s Not Ethical

Have you witnessed unethical practices in the workplace? If so, please share your experience with the class and explain how this impacted your perception of the business. If not, please find a current example of unethical business practices, share the source, and explain how you would have handled this situation differently.

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 4 Discussion

 - Business Commitment to Sustainability and the Environment

Discuss a prominent environmental or sustainability practice employed by a company that you believe has been forward thinking and successful in their efforts. How have their policies impacted the company, society, and the environment?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 5 Discussion

- Danger and Possibility

In Chapter 11 of your textbook, you explored important areas of risk and opportunity for society and companies such as the role of technology in business and society, cybersecurity, privacy, robotics, genetically engineering and others.

Discuss questions or concerns or enthusiasm you have regarding one of these areas (or other similar area of your choice) that are changing due to technological advance.

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 6 Discussion

- Failure to Protect

Review consumer rights and protections in the textbook, then share a recent or current event in which a business or government failed to protect consumers. What were the failures? Who were the victims? What can or could be done to prevent such failures in the future? Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?

You are encouraged to share resources that introduce or illuminate the event.

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 7 Discussion

- Workplace Diversity

Diversity in the work environment promotes acceptance, respect, and teamwork despite differences in race, age, gender, language, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, communication styles, and other differences. Considering the textbook concepts on managing a diverse workforce, then discuss the following:

What is the diversity stance of the company you selected from the Approved Company list?

If you were starting a business that required you to hire new personnel, would diversity be a priority? How important would it be to you on a list of other considerations? Explain.

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 8 Discussion

- Community Events

Find a business outreach event involving the company you selected from the Approved Company List. What is the purpose of the event? How do you think this event brings your community together?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.

Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:

 

BUS475 Business and Society

Week 9 Discussion

 - Supplier Code of Conduct

Companies often project their corporate values on their suppliers through a supplier code of conduct or similarly named requirements. Writing these requirements can be arduous and require the input of multiple stakeholders.

If you were asked to create this code, discuss how you would assemble a team or committee to write it. How would the committee work?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.

Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:

 

BUS475 Business and Society

Week 10 Discussion                

- Community Concerns

Please respond to the following:

In your opinion, what is one of the most pressing and significant concerns facing communities today that a business might have a responsibility to consider? Why do you think so and what is the responsibility of the business?

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

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BUS475 Business and Society

Week 11 Discussion

- Return on Investment Reflection

Every course you take is an investment in the "Business of You." Take a moment to reflect on what you've learned over the last 10 weeks and answer the following:

How will you apply what you have learned in this course in your professional and personal life?

What challenges did you have in this course, and how did you grow from them?

Reminders:

Cite the textbook to support your response.

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:

 

BUS475 Business and Society

Week 4 Assignment

- Evaluating a Corporate-Societal Relationship

Preparation

According to the textbook, the current world economy is increasingly becoming integrated and interdependent; as a result, the relationship between business and society is becoming more complex. In this assignment, you will be researching a Fortune 500 company from an approved company list provided by your professor.

Instructions

Write a 4-5 page evaluation of your chosen company's performance with respect to its stated values. Do the following:

Summarize the company's primary products and or services.

Suggest three ways in which primary stakeholders can influence the organization's financial performance. Provide support for your response.

Describe two critical factors in the organization's external environment that can affect its success. Support your assertions.

Assess the company's biggest success or missed opportunity to respond to a recent or current social issue. How did it impact company performance?

Integrate at least two supporting resources, one from the textbook and the other from the Strayer University Library, or other reputable sources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Evaluate the relationship between a business and society based on external environmental factors, stakeholders, and corporate social responsibility issues.

 

 

BUS475 Business and Society

Week 9 Assignment

- Challenges in the Business Environment

Overview

Changing, or even stating, a company's values can be a long and arduous process, but it often pales in comparison to the effort it takes to make sure they are honored, implemented, and projected. In this assignment, you evaluate how well your chosen company from the first assignment has done in "walking the talk" and responding to a social issue.

Preparation

Review your chosen company's mission and values statements as well as other sources that provide insight into the company's values with regard to social responsibility. Pick two of their primary values and research how the company manifests those values. Simple examples might be the commitment to workplace diversity or ecological sustainability.

Instructions

Create a 3-5-minute (approximately 6-8 slides) PowerPoint presentation that evaluates how well the company embodies its issue-related values. Your presentation should contain detailed speaker's notes that flesh out and support main points, ideas, or conclusions and have supporting citations.

Summarize your chosen company's Supplier Responsibility information.

In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and social responsibility.

Discuss your company's stance on each of the following areas:

Empowering Workers.

Labor and Human Rights.

Health and Safety.

The Environment.

Accountability.

Identify the key ways that your company's Code of Conduct has changed since last year.

Examine the manner in which your company's Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.

In this week's discussion, you consider assembling a team to write a supplier code of conduct. Recommend the stakeholders roles (4-5) needed on the team and how each supports the project.

Integrate at least three supporting resources, one from the textbook and the others from the Strayer University Library, or other reputable sources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Create a presentation about the key areas, changes, and progress in a company's supplier responsibilities and code of conduct.