OL 326 Organizational Leadership

OL 326 MODULE 5 DISCUSSION 5-1 5-1 Discussion: Oil Spills On April 20, 2010, there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Review a history of those events from the following sources: Deepwater Horizon Accident and Response Gulf Oil Spill (the captioned version of this video can be found here) 100 Days of the BP Spill: A Timeline In your initial post, respond to the following questions: Did BP respond

OL 326 MODULE 4 FINAL PROJECT 4-2 4-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Analysis of Social Responsibility and Ethical Decision-Making Submit the CSR analysis for your final project and discuss how the company makes ethical decisions. For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document and the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course.

OL 326 MODULE 4 DISCUSSION 4-1 4-1 Discussion: Moral Development Choose a company that you are familiar with, such as a company that you work for or have worked for in the past or some other company with which you have basic familiarity. In your initial post, provide a brief description of the company and what it does. In addition, classify the company as pre-conventional, conventional, or post-conventional and identify the main factors that yo

OL 326 MODULE 3 SHORT PAPER 3-2 3-2 Short Paper: Drug Testing of Employees In the 1980s, the federal government required drug testing from government contractors. Since then, a number of companies have adopted policies regarding drug testing in the workplace. Companies believe they need to do drug testing to promote a safe and efficient work environment. Others believe it is an invasion of privacy and what a person does at home should have no b

OL 326 MODULE 3 DISCUSSION 3-1 3-1 Discussion: Board of Directors Read the following articles: Board/Executive Director Tensions What Led to Enron, WorldCom and the Like? A Push to Fix the Fix on Wall Street 8 Ways SOX Changed Corporate Governance U.S. Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong and Can It Be Fixed? In your initial post, respond to the following questions: Do you agree or disagree that members of the board of directors a

OL 326 MODULE 2 FINAL PROJECT 2-2 2-2 Final Project Milestone One: Introduction Submit the introduction for your final project. The final project requires that you analyze ITC LTD, a diversified company that has heavily invested in tobacco and cigarettes in India. For this part of the assignment, complete the introduction section. Describe ITC LTD. What are its strengths and weaknesses? What do you see as its primary corporate social responsibi

OL 326 MODULE 2 DISCUSSION 2-1 2-1 Discussion: Social Responsibility Read the following two articles: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits, Friedman A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management, Freeman and McVea Friedman argued, “Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social responsibility other than to make as

OL 326 MODULE 1 DISCUSSION 1-1 1-1 Discussion: Social Issues and the Role of Business Briefly introduce yourself. Share your background and your thoughts about this course. Then, after completing this week’s reading, respond to the following questions in your initial post: What do you think are the two most important issues that we face as a society and why? What are some ways that the business community might be able to help solve th