Ethics and Corporate Scandals

Ethics and Corporate Scandals

Preparation

For this assessment, choose one of the corporate scandals from the
list below and then look for 3–4 articles that analyze the ethics of the
scandal or how corporate leadership dealt with the scandal.

• Volkswagon Emissions Scandal.
• Toyota Scandal (2007–2010. Acceleration and brake recalls.).
• BP (British Petroleum) Deep Water Horizon Gulf Coast disaster.

Organize your assessment logically, using headings and sub-headings
as appropriate. Include a title page and reference page following APA
guidelines for citations and references. Please keep in mind that this
assessment is not intended to be an in-depth analysis of the full scope
of the scandal you chose; rather, it is meant to give you a high-level
overview of how effective and ethical global leadership should respond
when things happen.

Requirements

Within your assessment, please address the following:

• Explain the primary ethical challenge facing corporate leadership.
• Analyze corporate leadership’s response to the unfolding scandal.
  • Compare the skills and competencies a global leader should have
    with the actions taken during the scandal. In other words, what
    leadership skills and competencies were lacking in corporate leadership?
  • Explain how leadership might have avoided the situation in the first place.
  • Was response to the scandal equal to the seriousness of the event?
• Recommend an alternative strategy for handling the scandal and
  support your strategy with relevant evidence. How does your strategy
  align with one or more of the leadership theories and models listed in
  this course? Your strategy may focus on avoiding the scandal in the
  first place, or on dealing with the scandal after it happened.

Additional Requirements

• Include a title page and reference page.
• Number of pages: 3–4 not including title page and reference page.
• Number of resources: At least 3.
• APA format for citations and references.
• Times New Roman font, 12 point.
• Double-spaced.
  

  Library Resources

• Boddy, C. P., Ladyshewsky, R., & Galvin, P. (2010). Leaders without ethics in global business: Corporate psychopaths. Journal of Public Affairs, 10(3), 121–138.
• Pless, N. M., & Maak, T. (2011). Responsible leadership: Pathways to the future. Journal of Business Ethics, 98, 3–13.
• Quinn, L., & Van Velsoe, E. (2010). Global responsibility: What it takes to get it right. Leadership in Action, 29(6), 8–13.
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. (2014). Thought leaders forum: How do you define global ethics? [Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from
• List 25. (2013). 25 biggest corporate scandals ever [Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from
• Bucaro, F. (2011). The importance of ethics in business [Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from
• George, B. (2008). Ethics must be global, not local. Bloomberg.
  Retrieved from
  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-02-12/…
• Markgraf, B. (n.d.). Legal & ethical issues in international business expansion. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/legal-ethical-issue…