Business
Information systems
Learning Reflection 7: Write an 5 page APA exploratory essay focusing on these questions: What are business processes? How are they related to information systems? Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today? Use examples from your work experience and from researching academic scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles to justify your stance. One source must be an academic journal article written by Thomas Friedman.
Deontological and Consequentialist Perspectives
Leadership is often defined as the ability to influence people. An effective ethical leader guides an organization and its employees to accomplish organizational goals. In the same vein, an unethical leader can guide an organization and its employees to act unethically, harming both the organization and the stakeholders. Being a leader is an exploration, a reflection
Company’s code of ethics
As a leader in your organization, it is vital that you are familiar with the laws that regulate your industry. Sparked by the dramatic corporate and accounting scandals of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Adelphia, and WorldCom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was implemented in 2002 in an effort to restore confidence in the stock markets. Sarbanes-Oxley represents the most important securities legislation since the original federal securities laws of the 1930s as it increased governmental regulation and oversight of publicly traded companies and established protections for whistleblowers. The False Claims Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provide a financial incentive for those who blow the whistle to report fraudulent activity within their organization.
Organization’s code of ethics
As an organizational leader, one of your primary roles is establishing programs and policies that ensure the organization operates under ethical considerations and legal mandates. This responsibility includes informing employees of the organization’s code of ethics, communicating the code of ethics, providing training, and ensuring that operational aspects are administered in a legal and ethical manner.
You will assume the role of a leader and decide what strategies you will use to develop a strong organizational ethical climate. In your position as a leader, you will need to identify primary and secondary stakeholders and satisfy their concerns, understand the organization’s ethical standing, and develop an ethics training program.
Scenario:
You are a business manager of Paradigm Toys, a publicly held company that is a retailer and manufacturer of children’s toys. The board of directors has asked you to conduct an ethics audit of the company and report to the board if you find the need for ethics training.
Requirements:
Prepare a report (suggested length of 6–8 pages) for Paradigm
E-business and e-commerce. Companies
Consider how drone technology has been changing and impacting acquisition. Discuss how drones are going to change (or not change) the acquisition of goods in the future.
Here are some links to some sites that discuss commercial and military drones for consideration:
Link 1: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drones-history-progress/
Link 2: https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/23/technology/amazon-drone-beehives/index.html
Link 3: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-10713898
Link 4: https://www.military.com/equipment/drones
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