Ethics and the Legal Environment
MT-310
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Reading:
Read the Kaplan eGuide to Ethics and the Legal Environment: Chapter 3
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Go to http://ba.gsia.cmu.edu/ethics/AA/mgtmini.htm.
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Read Case #1 "Family Business." Prepare a three-page analysis answering the questions on
the following page:
Apply the four theories of ethics using examples
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Relate what distinguishes the requirements for each individual theory
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Illustrate how the ethical theories are used in reasoned decision making
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OSHA has been seen as both a positive and a negative influence on business and employees.
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Start by reading OSHA's mission statement.
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Go to http://www.osha.gov/.
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Go to About OSHA.
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Click Mission Statement.
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Read the mission statement.
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The Center for Responsive Law is a Ralph Nader organization that advocates on behalf of
consumers. Read the article about OSHA at their website.
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Go to http://www.csrl.org/.
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Click The OSHA Mission - Found and Lost.
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Read the article, especially section 1, "Why OSHA?"
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Discussion Question
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Please respond to this Threaded Discussion Question. Take time to review the responses of your classmates
and provide your feedback.
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What do you think workplace safety would be like without OSHA? Do you think managers and company
owners would still be safety conscious because it is the ethical thing to do? How do you think you would
feel as a Manager if an OSHA inspector showed up unannounced? Explain your answer.
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Employee monitoring practices are often implemented without an employee's consent or awareness. With
technological advances making a wide variety of stealth monitoring techniques available, organizations
face a challenging balancing act considering legitimate business concerns while respecting their employees'
right to privacy. In this assignment, you will discuss the issue of workplace privacy with your fellow
students.
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What promotes the differing views managers and employees have on privacy issues?
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What should a company have access to regarding an employee's personal life, and what is not reasonable?
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Employee monitoring practices are often implemented without an employee's consent or awareness. With
technological advances making a wide variety of stealth monitoring techniques available, organizations
face a challenging balancing act considering legitimate business concerns while respecting their employees'
right to privacy. In this assignment, you will debate the issue of workplace privacy with your Employee
monitoring practices are often implemented without an employee's consent or awareness. With
technological advances making a wide variety of stealth monitoring techniques available, organizations
face a challenging balancing act considering legitimate business concerns while respecting their employees
fellow students.
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Use the following guidelines for the debate:
First read the transcript of the NPR story on workplace cheating.
Go to http://www.kaplan.edu/coursemedia/business/MT310/MT310_Reading_ShirkingWork.doc
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Read the transcript of the National Public Radio feature "Shirking Work“
Then examine the following four areas of workplace privacy according to the guidelines listed below:
Drug testing
Email privacy
Telephone conversation privacy
Personal privacy
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Communicate
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