Discuss the importance of an ethical culture within a company, and how it informs good decisions.

This second week we build our understanding of ethical accounting by examining specific cases and effects that demonstrate the importance of fostering an ethical “culture” in a company and its various functions. strategic decision-making. In light of the accounting and budgeting systems we studied last week, consider how the costs involved in business performance and decision-making (Chapters 2 through 5 in our text) are tabulated,

  • Discuss the importance of an ethical culture within a company, and how it informs good decisions.
  • How would you establish strong integrity and an ethical culture in the accounting function of a company?
  • What would the processes, policies, and functions of that department look like?
  • How would its integrity be ensured.
  • What controls would be necessary or essential?
  • Were one to encounter management resistance to complete transparency where ethically required, what steps should be taken?

What is one psychological concept that you have learned in this class that was most helpful to you?

Since you started PSY101, Smarter Decisions through Psychology, you have had the opportunity to learn about fascinating topics, including the brain and nervous system, emotions, motivation, and stress management. As you learned the psychological concepts and principles covered in this course, you’ve gained insight into what influences decision making and how you can apply what you’ve learned to make better decisions in your own life and career. Through your study of psychology, you’ve also started honing two essential employability skills:

Problem solving to identify and frame problems, explore ideas, and create effective, ethical, and evidence-based solutions based on psychological concepts and principles.

Self and social awareness to monitor one’s own and others’ emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to receive feedback, reflect, and guide one’s thinking.

Questions

In this journal, you will share your reflections on your time in PSY101 by answering the questions below. For each of the questions, write a paragraph-length response (5-7 sentences).

1. As a result of this class, how will you immediately apply your problem solving skill at home or work?

2. As a result of this class, how have you grown in terms of your own self & social awareness skill?

3. Of all of the Strayer videos, which one was most relevant for you? Why?

4. What is one psychological concept that you have learned in this class that was most helpful to you? How will you use this concept to succeed in your personal or professional life?

Specifically, share and discuss one colloquial word or phrase that you have accidentally used in your college assignments (maybe use it in an example sentence), and then also give an alternative word choice to create a more elevated tone.

Tone & Diction NOTE: Use examples that might accidentally slip into academic writing. Rather than noting the street slang that is obviously slang, push to give examples of jargon words and cliché phrases that are so commonly used that people don’t realize they’re slang. I have found that technology has changed the way we communicate in writing, and it has affected tone most obviously. I don’t expect you to write like an astrophysicist (please don’t), but we do want to keep an academic tone, not a colloquial one, in our academic essays. The tone of our essays should be different from the tone of our casual emails and text messages. Generally, the most significant factors in regard to tone are pronouns (particularly second-person reference–you, your, yourself) and colloquialisms (vocabulary we’d use during a conversation over lunch with a friend). It is difficult to recognize colloquial language, particularly slang and cliché phrases, because we use these words so often that they don’t sound colloquial anymore. Here are some examples: lay it on the table right off the bat buy into it in the long run pull it over on them screw up plain and simple get the point across Do you see how those phrases could easily be replaced with more academic vocabulary for a more elevated tone? be honest and forthright immediately agree with ultimately deliberately deceive or manipulate err, make a mistake simply convince These are just a few examples. I want you to think of more, and share them in this thread. Specifically, share and discuss one colloquial word or phrase that you have accidentally used in your college assignments (maybe use it in an example sentence), and then also give an alternative word choice to create a more elevated tone.

Explain what is an ethical dilemma, and when will an ethical dilemma occur?

1. Please explain what is an ethical dilemma, and when will an ethical dilemma occur? 2. Please explain the consequentialist theory and deontological theory. When we aim to solve an ethical dilemma at the organizational level, which theory should we apply? 3. Some ethical problems you may encounter at work include human resources issues, conflicts of interest, customer confidence issues, and the use of corporate resources. Please explain why they are ethical problems, and how you may deal with them? 4. What should an organization do if they want to develop an ethical culture?

Explain how you might use this tool as a manager in your current organization or in the future, as well as the potential challenges or limitations you see in using the feed forward technique.

Giving and receiving feedback in a formal performance appraisal can be a task that managers consider unpleasant and employees view as unhelpful. The added paperwork, the challenges of appropriately incentivizing performance with pay or promotion, the lack of actionable feedback given or received: all of these cause managers and their charges to view traditional feedback paradigms with cynicism and skepticism. Is there another way to integrate feedback into the workplace without dampening enthusiasm? On his website, Marshall Goldsmith discusses some of the limitations of traditional feedback: “it focuses on the past, on what has already occurred—not on the infinite variety of opportunities that can happen in the future. As such, feedback can be limited and static, as opposed to expansive and dynamic” (Goldsmith, 2002). In response to the many limitations he identifies in the feedback process, he has developed an alternative: feedforward. In this Shared Practice, you will have the opportunity to experiment with the feedforward method and examine its potential effectiveness. Then think about your goals and consider three questions: What should I stop doing? What could I start doing? What might I want to do differently? Finally, consider the benefits, implications, or consequences to stopping, starting, or changing the behaviors you thought about. With these thoughts in mind: Post a description of one behavior that you would like to change in your professional life—one that significantly impacts how you manage or relate to others—and briefly describe this behavior in your post. Resource Goldsmith, M. (2002). Try feedforward instead of feedback. Retrieved from http://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/articles/try-feedforward-instead-feedback/ Marshall Goldsmith, a renowned expert on leadership and management practices, discusses in this article some of the problems with traditional methods of giving feedback. He offers an alternative method that can be used by managers, which he calls feedforward. By Day 7 Create a new post that describes your experience using feed forward. Explain how you might use this tool as a manager in your current organization or in the future, as well as the potential challenges or limitations you see in using the feed forward technique. Include how strategies for feed forward may be applied in global and virtual settings and assessing how communication and cultural differences could impact effectiveness of the process.

What does each one try to persuade you to believe or do? Does each communication appeal to your reason or to your emotions?

Read, watch or listen to one example of each of the following kinds of communications: * Newspaper editorial * Letter to the editor * Radio or television commercial * Magazine advertisement What does each one try to persuade you to believe or do? Does each communication appeal to your reason or to your emotions? Does it contain logical fallacies? Write a brief essay evaluating all the communications.

: Evaluate the kinds of interventions you could implement to minimize intentional rating distortion, and its reasons, that you have described. What do you recommend and why?

There are a variety of techniques that can minimize performance rater biases. In your textbook, review “Case Study 6-2 attached: Minimizing Biases in Performance Evaluation at Expert Engineering, Inc.” After reviewing the case and considering the course and textbook content, in a 4-5 page paper, not including the cover page and reference page, answer questions #1 and #2 (located at the end of the case study and as follows). Question #1: Provide a detailed discussion of the intentional rating distortion factors that may come into play in this situation. Question #2: Evaluate the kinds of interventions you could implement to minimize intentional rating distortion, and its reasons, that you have described. What do you recommend and why?

Explain the causes of the recent Turkish financial and economic crisis that started in 2018.

Explain the causes of the recent Turkish financial and economic crisis that started in 2018. What effect did it have on 1) the Turkish economy and 2) the global economy? What kind of fiscal and monetary policies were implemented by Turkey? What are the challenges that remain for the Turkish economy? Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements: Be 4-5 pages in length, which does not include the title page, abstract, or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.

Even with all of the steps taken to respect South Korean cultural norms, wasn’t the key to the negotiation’s success that the Americans’ offer was better than the South Koreans’ BATNA?

CultureReady. (2016). Successful cross-cultural negotiation: Korea [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw7Kc3PCXgQ Review the video on successful cross cultural negotiation. Which of the adaptations by the Americans do you think was key in leading to a successful negotiation? Is there potential pitfall here in that the cultural adaptation seems to be to the perceived national culture of South Korea? Wouldn’t the South Koreans have learned about and prepared themselves to deal with potential American missteps? Even with all of the steps taken to respect South Korean cultural norms, wasn’t the key to the negotiation’s success that the Americans’ offer was better than the South Koreans’ BATNA? What are your thoughts on some of these questions or other issues that you have noticed?

Describe how these SM elements influence the service/supports and what is excellent or problematic about that 4) Challenges & Solutions

Writes a short paper on your experience, referring to specific readings/ course concepts to reinforce your statement and feel free to share your critiques as well as positives. Most of your paper should be analyzed – with description (i.e. specific details. Analyze this organization on the website – https://www.cnib.ca/en/programs-and-services?region=on_west Questions (Explain overall in 1 or two paragraphs) : • What are the pros/cons of how this organization is run, their approach, their policies? • What type of inclusion are they using? What works or not, and Why? Hint : (It is a Specialized Inclusion))) • Notice any challenges and barriers (beyond money) they face to giving the best service they can? • What constructive criticism and recommendations you can suggest based on elements of the Societal model or other DS principles? What are the barriers to your idea? Mandatory Format: Report Layout (Please follow these steps) 1) Type of Inclusion • identify what type of inclusion you witnessed and back this up with evidence/examples – If you detect multiple forms of inclusion – choose the dominant one you saw/ experienced – analyze the program based on how it usually runs – identify at least one pro and con of this form of inclusion you observed & back this up with evidence 2) Individual Model Analysis – Identify and describe IM elements that you witnessed (2 or 3 depending on complexity) – Must use specific terms from the DS1010 IM/SM table elements handout – Describe how these IM elements influence the service/supports and what is excellent or problematic about that 3) Societal Model Analysis • Identify and describe SM elements that you witnessed (2 or 3 depending on complexity) • Must use specific terms from the DS1010 IM/SM table elements handout • If you don’t see any SM elements, suggest two changes that the SM could be applied. • Describe how these SM elements influence the service/supports and what is excellent or problematic about that 4) Challenges & Solutions • Use the Inclusion elements to identify one problem or barrier to greater inclusion or community integration that faces the organization (besides money) and use the SM to recommend how they could address or overcome this challenge. Papers are expected to use DS1010 IM/SM table elements handout, types of inclusion handout, and three reading concepts thoughtfully in your website analysis. Feel free to question me anything if needed.