24 Feb Case Page. 467 Covid Pandemic Denis Collins, P. K. (2021). Business Ethics Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations. Retrieved from https://us.sagepub.com

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Case Study Guidelines

Brief Q&A following

*Must i dentify and interview one key internal executive at their case study company that you plan to interview about your case topic (alternate contact – an expert in this company’s industry)

· 1: who you interviewed & title

· 2: Discuss the company’s primary strategic focus and its key stakeholder impacts related to your case study.

· 3: What are the primary and secondary ethical issues related to your company's operations, services, and/or products?

· 4: Has the company addressed these issues – how, and what more do you recommend they pursue? Or, has the company not addressed these issues, and what are your recommendations for them?

· 5: References ONLY ( APA style; NO discussion ) – cite all applicable texts' concepts with page numbers used, the company website, and at least three legitimate business / news sources, and your contact person + interview date

· discussion – Guide your presentation using the three Discussion Questions listed below as applicable to your case study, with specific discussion of your research of the company’s primary ethics and compliance issues .

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What were the intial advantages of shutting down the economy to combat the spread of Covid-19? Is there anything you would have done differently had you been the policy maker?

2. Do businesses have a “right” to operate?

3. Many people objected to restrictions imposed by their governors. American law protects the right of people to protest when they object. Some of these objectors elected to protest restrictions by violating them. If a salon owner opened their salon during the shutdown, were they simply exercising their constitutionally protected right to protest?

4. Should businesses have announced they were not going to pay rent? Is there a lesson here for landlords or tenants?

5. Should businesses have furloughed employees?

6. What is the business rationale for companies like Comcast and U-Haul giving away free services?

7. Should students have been charged full tuition once campuses closed?

8. In what sort of ways can post-pandemic businesses integrate what they have learned through the pandemic?

Hints for Success

· Do you demonstrate a comprehensive, researched and analyzed understanding of the ethical issues of your case study?

· Is your analysis focused, clear and applicable to the strategic and ethical details of your company?

· NO quotes!!

· Is your analysis management worthy? CEO worthy?