Category: Business

This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):
CS212M4-4: Apply logical reasoning to address issues in professionalism.
GEL-7.02: Apply ethical reasoning to ethical issues within your field of study.
Professional Code of Ethics Analysis
You will be writing a paper that identifies, summarizes, and applies a published code of ethics for your profession. The paper will include 2-3 pages of content, a title page and reference page, for a paper that is 4- to 5-pages in total length.
Using the internet and PG Library, locate an industry organization’s code of ethics. For example, the American Marketing Association, American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association all have extensive codes of ethics. In addition to an internet search, you can try this resource: Codes of Ethics.
Once you have located and examined the code, summarize the main points of the code.
Provide an example of an ethical decision or issue that may arise in your profession.
Explain how the code of ethics could be used to provide guidance regarding the decision or issue.
Conclude your paper with an explanation regarding the importance and benefits of codes of ethics.
Content Requirements:
The paper should consist of an introduction, body (points below), and a conclusion.
Identify your profession, and a professional code of ethics for your profession.
Summarize at least three main points of the code, and how they apply to your career.
Explain the benefits of a code of ethics with two specific examples
Discusses how the chosen code of ethics can guide logical decision-making and provides two specific examples.
Demonstrate how the code of ethics can be applied to a specific ethical issue that could arise in your profession.
Demonstrate consistency of your clearly established viewpoint throughout the paper with a clear logical flow as you apply ethical reasoning.
Make sure your writing is original and insightful.
Two in-text citations and references used as support for ideas presented (one must be the code of ethics).
Grammatical/Format Requirements:
Paper must be 4–5 pages in length, double spaced, in correct APA format using Times New Roman or Arial font size 12. (This includes the title and reference page)
Paper must adhere to Standard English with correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Put your assignment in a Word document. Save it in a location and with a name that will help your instructor identify the assignment, the course, and you, the student. Submit your document to the Module 4 Assignment Dropbox.
For help with APA formatting and writing, visit the Academic Writer and Academic Success Center links located in Academic Tools. please use the research I shared below it must be included, and add anything you can find online related to it.

Overview
Your efforts at finalizing the Change Management toolkit are appreciated by the vice president (VP) and management team of the U.S. branch of the Singaporean software solutions provider. The earlier submissions you shared, including a change readiness report presentation on employee engagement and a report on change management models, have convinced leadership about your expertise at planning the required organizational change.
You also shared the change management plan last week, which identifies stakeholders of significance, outlines strategic goals, and recommends steps and strategies to implement the organizational changes required. While the VP applauded the details of the plan, members of the leadership team have been sending you questions about their role in change implementation.
As an experienced HR consultant, you decide it’s best to collate your responses to their queries. You decide to send a memo with some model leadership behaviors expected during change implementation. You will also emphasize that the leadership team needs to own the change management plan and the role of HR is that of a facilitator rather than a leader of change.
Prompt
Write a memo to the company leadership. In your memo, emphasize the need for model leadership behavior, especially during crisis or times of significant change. Also, emphasize that the role of HR is that of a change facilitator, as opposed to a change leader.
Specifically, you must address the following criteria:
Describe the need for model leadership behavior during times of organizational change.
What are model leadership behaviors that should be encouraged across the organization at any time?
How should leaders inspire the workforce to cultivate an environment that encourages knowledge sharing?
Explain how leaders should coach and mentor employees as the workforce transitions through change.
How is a change leader different from a stakeholder of change?
How can change leaders coach and mentor the workforce to deal with change?
Describe the role of HR as a facilitator of change.
How correct is it to expect HR to lead rather than facilitate change?
How exactly is a change facilitator different from a change leader?
Submit- 1-3 page word document with sources cited in apa format.

After reading both articles you should write a self reflective essay.
The essay should include your thoughts about
What have you learned about global leadership that matters to you? Why does it matter? What have you learned about your strengths and developmental needs as a global leader? What is your game plan for developing as a global leader? What are the one or two changes
you could make that would strengthen your Cultural Intelligence (CQ)?
The papers should be around 1,500 words and 4-5 pages in length. Please double-space your papers using 12-point type and show the word count at the end of the paper. All sources and references should be cited in footnotes.

Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow it.
Does Knowledge Matter in the Face of Political Power? The Case of Check-Cashing Establishments and Crime
This case study is based on the actual experience of a criminal justice colleague of the authors. This person was asked to provide an opinion on the incidence and prevalence of crime in a section of an affluent city in a Midwestern state by an attorney who was representing a private company that was in the loan and check-cashing business. The request seemed quite odd to our colleague until he was able to sit down with the attorney to discuss the particulars of the case. The facts of the case are fascinating and have implications for criminal justice administrators who have to deal with the political realm on a daily basis to perform their duties.
The attorney was suing the city for what he believed was an unreasonable and illegitimate ordinance passed by the city’s common council to keep loan and check-cashing establishments from operating between the hours of 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. The city has an outstanding reputation as one of the best cities in America, as rated by Forbes magazine, and has a flagship university with an impeccable reputation. Residents work for state and local governments and the university. In addition, the community has many small to moderately sized businesses, and the crime rate is very low. By all assessments and accounts, the community is an idyllic place to live.
The business, which was open twenty-four hours a day, was told to cease operations during the hours of 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. The rationale for the proscriiption was that crime, especially robbery and other violent crime, would result. The primary rationale of the common council’s decision was based on the fear of increased crime that such an establishment would bring to the community. Our colleague was asked to comment on the incidence and prevalence of crime at and surrounding the business for six months prior to its opening and six months after its opening when the business ceased the nighttime operations. The attorney wanted to know if there was an empirical basis for the rationale behind the ordinance.
Our colleague collected the crime incident data from the police department by police sector. In addition, he not only examined traditional crime data, such as the eight major index crime categories but also examined civil tickets issued by police for such minor crimes as disorderly conduct, trespassing, damage to property, and other property-related crimes. His analysis revealed, to the chagrin of the common council, that the business had very little crime in or around its location for the time period examined. In fact, the business that did have the most criminal activity was a nearby Taco Bell, largely due, he suspected, to the late hours that it served food to college students and others who frequented taverns around the restaurant. The news sounded good for the attorney who represented the loan and check-cashing establishment.
When confronted with these facts regarding the incidence and prevalence of crime at and surrounding the business, the common council still upheld the ordinance, again citing concerns over crime and the possible influx of undesirables to the community. The attorney had no choice but to sue the city, claiming it was illegally denying his client the right to pursue his commercial interests with no legitimate justification. The claim found its way into federal court, where our colleague provided an affidavit regarding his analysis of the location of the loan and check-cashing business and the incidence and prevalence of crime. The affidavit affirmed that there was no empirical basis, at least found in the crime statistics, to deny the business the ability to operate at night because the amount of crime at or around the business was very small. No crime was directly related to the business, and there were no secondary effects.
The judge in the case listened intently and issued his opinion. Regardless of the analysis provided by our colleague, the judge ruled that the “evidence concerning crime incidence and prevalence didn’t matter,” and, moreover, that the council is imbued with an inherent right to govern. Through its normal powers as a governmental entity, the city could do whatever it deemed appropriate, even if they were uninformed, in error, or their theory was incorrect. For the city, this decision reaffirmed the ordinance. For the attorney, although he was disappointed with the decision, it still left open the opportunity to appeal to a higher court, even the U.S. Supreme Court.
For our colleague, the decision reflected something he suspected all along: when knowledge and power collide, power usually wins. It was a bit disconcerting to learn firsthand that “facts” and evidence have so little influence when it comes to the raw power of a court. This is not the first time that a court has blatantly disregarded the facts offered by social scientists. The McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) decision, for example, dismissed the scientific evidence on the disparate treatment of defendants who kill Whites compared to defendants who kill Blacks in death penalty cases. In this particular case, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr. McCleskey had to prove as an individual that he was discriminated against and that aggregate group data is not legally sufficient to show discrimination. For many social scientists, this decision served to, in part, question scientific inquiry as a means to determine the truth in a court of law.
For criminal justice administrators, speaking truth to power with facts and evidence can be difficult and sometimes pointless. This does not mean that facts and evidence don’t matter, but they must be understood within the context of political interests and the power that people have to influence criminal justice administration and management. In fact, and somewhat ironically, this same colleague has written about how the use of knowledge in criminal justice organizations serves both symbolic and instrumental purposes of criminal justice administrators and reflects certain values and preferences. Understood this way, it is easy to see why knowledge acquisition will always be subservient to political interests, both internal and external to criminal justice organizations.
Case Study Questions
What role, if any, should empirical evidence play in criminal justice decision making and policy making? What role should politics play in the same processes?
Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s ruling in this case study, and what are your arguments for the position you hold?
What is the role of social science research in criminal justice administration? How best can criminal justice researchers speak truth to power.

Conduct research on an applied case study related to this week’s topic, focusing on current applications, innovations, or how it is being used in organizations. Then participate in the discussion by providing a short written paper presenting the case study, a brief reflection or context about it, and why it is relevant to the class. It should come from additional sources other than the book used for this class.

The textbook that we are using for this class is Fundamentals of Management, 10th edition, R.W. Griffin, Cengage Publishing. ISBN: 9780357517345.
I have attached the Chapters 6 & 7 PowerPoint Slides & Learning Objectives. Assignment:
Please view the following video and submit an original (in your own words) synopsis/commentary of what you viewed. Submissions should be minimum 150 words. Be sure to include at least one specific principle from this week’s chapter coverage as you see it illustrated in the video. (You don’t have to reference a principle from each chapter-just tie the video concepts back to something you recognize from the text/Powerpoint content for the week). Click the thumbnail below to watch the assigned video. The following objectives are addressed in chapter 6:
6-01 Identify the basic elements of organizations.
6-02 Describe the bureaucratic perspective on organization design.
6-03 Explain key situational influences on organization design.
6-04 Describe the basic forms of organization design that characterize many organizations.
6-05 Identify emerging issues in organization design.
The following objectives are addressed in chapter 7:
7-01 Describe the nature of organization change, including forces for change and planned versus reactive change.
7-02 Discuss the steps in organization change and how to manage resistance to change.
7-03 Describe the major areas of organization change and the assumptions, techniques, and effectiveness of organization development.
7-04 Discuss the innovation process, forms of innovation, failure to innovate, and how organizations can promote innovation.

Pacific Oil Company
Read the Pacific Oil Company case study.Prepare an analysis of the case study that addresses the following objectives:
1.Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Fontaine’s and Gaudin’s negotiating strategy in their deliberations with Reliant Chemical Company.
2.Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Hauptman’s and Zinnser’s negotiating strategy.
3.What action should Fontaine take at the end of the case?Why?
Conclusions must be well reasoned and supported with at least 5 citations from the course readings.The analysis should be a minimum of 750 words in APA format, excluding the title page and references.Be sure to follow the guidelines outlined in the grading rubric below.
Requirements:
Prepare a quality, substantive paper that addresses the objectives of the assignment and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric.
A minimum of 750 words.
Use APA format – Refer to APA Style and the Online Tutoring Center resources in Academic Resources for guidance on paper and citation formatting.
conclusions must be well reasoned and supported with at least 5 citations from the course readings All external cited sources must have been published within the 5 years. I have provided a copy of a sample paper that you can use to better assist you.

Explain the communication process and elaborate on methods to prevent communication failures. remember to cite / reference page apa format.

DISCUSSION TIPS
The Discussion questions are based upon a different case study each module and analyze the case scenario/research through a series of questions. The overall structure of each case is similar in that each case begins with an abstract followed by a description of the scenario/research and concludes with a discussion about the situation. The discussion is simply a series of unique questions about each case scenario that you will answer as part of the discussion. As you work on these discussions, remember the Liberty University Online Honor Code.
Part 1: Thread
The primary goal of the thread is to thoroughly answer each of the case study questions. Some answers may require a paragraph-style response, whereas others will be best answered with a table or bulleted points. Use the response style that is most appropriate to answer the individual question while ensuring the following are met:
• Each thread will consist of 800 – 1000 words that answer all the assigned case study questions, include 1 biblical application/integration (no more than 10% of the total response) and across all the questions use at least 5 different peer reviewed sources. • Each case has multiple questions and each question response must be supported with at least 1 peer-reviewed source. • Use proper grammar and current APA format.
TEXTBOOK: Business Research Methods (Looseleaf) (Custom) 14TH 22
ISBN-13: 978-1-266-78628-0
ISBN-10: 1-266-78628-7
Edition/Copyright: 14TH 22
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Custom
PLEASE USE PEER REVIEWED SOURCES ONLY, WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE:
https://www.liberty.edu/library/
The student will complete four (4) Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 800 – 1000 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned Module: Week (Part I). The student must then post two (2) replies of at least 450–600 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the assigned Module: Week (Part II), with the exception of the replies in Module 8: Week 8 which must be posted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module 8: Week 8. For each thread (Part I), there are multiple questions based off the case study; each question response must be supported with at least 1 peer-reviewed source. Each thread must also include 1 biblical application/integration. Each response must be supported with at least 2 peer-reviewed sources and include 1 biblical application/integration (Part II). Note that the biblical application/integration cannot be more than 10% of the thread or replies.

I am looking at all the issues Dollar Tree has with staffing, safety issues for customers, and work conditions as weaknesses and strengths are, of course, its pricing, and how it is a retail establishment for all socioeconomic classes. Please see the attached for all information and instructions.