Greening the Message: Ethical Decision-Making – 700 words
A growing concern in business today is how to become environmentally friendly or “green.” At times a management team may find itself torn between what it perceives as good for the company and what’s good for the environment. For access to resources that can aid your leadership and management decision-making in this assignment,
Scenario:
Watch the following video presenting an ethical dilemma you face as leader of your Capsim Core simulation business: “Greening the Message.” The company has developed a new production process, which reduces the use of electricity and labor. Upon hearing the news, the marketing team is eager to launch a new marketing campaign that outlines this development by capitalizing on consumer demand for products that support “sustainability.” The problem is the facility’s waste output has not been reduced. Discussions with General Counsel, the Board of Directors’ Executive Steering Committee, a company-wide task force, and the Marketing team leave you with only 4 courses of actions. As the leader of your organization, you are presented with four options to address this ethical dilemma. Your job is to make a strategic decision that will have an effect on company performance in the future
Using the following Assignment checklist, prepare a brief business report to your management team detailing your strategic management and leadership position on this ethical dilemma.
Assignment
Using the following Assignment checklist, prepare a brief business report to your management team detailing your strategic management and leadership position on this ethical dilemma.
Assignment Instructions:
- Provide a synopsis of the ethical dilemma using ethical theories, principles, and concepts.
- Reconcile conflicts in the development of your strategic decision-making using Agency Theory and Stakeholder Theory concepts and principles.
- Explain how ethical theories should guide the implementation of your strategic decisions.
- Using the strategic planning process, create a plan detailing your leadership and management decisions on the ethical dilemma.
- Using inductive reasoning skills, explain how your decisions will build competitive advantage using the strategic management hierarchy.
- Formulate and explain the company’s positioning strategy based on your strategic management and strategic leadership decisions.
- Use strategic analysis tools to demonstrate proficiency and to provide reasoning for your decision-making.
- Use a minimum of three scholarly research resources to help substantiate your position.
- Apply proper APA style format. Be sure to use headings and subheadings to create a flow of ideas and topics within your writing.
- Apply Expository writing style to develop your business report. You should write in third person to avoid bias in the dissemination of your strategic management and strategic leadership positions.
