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CASE STUDIES company listed below

PREPARE A PPT PRESENTATION:.

You may use the 2 citations  provided as part of your research. Your  research must include peer-reviewed and scholarly sources. You may use internet sources for factual  information about your company, but these should be the minority of your  research. Use Trefry Library, Google Scholar, and similar library  sources.

INSTRUCTIONS – CONTENT FOR YOUR PPT ASSIGNMENT (USE YOUR WEEK 5 OUTLINE FEEDBACK):

1. Begin with Title and Agenda slides. Then introduce the company (e.g. name, type of business, its corporate structure);

2.  Summarize the case study. What happened? Define and explain the core  ethical dilemma confronting the company, with pertinent facts; 

         *this includes why it is an ethical issue; 

         *clearly define the dilemma;  be  clear as to the company’s situation and its ethical choices – the  action the company chose to do and at least one other, different, choice  it could have elected instead; 

3.  Identify, define, and explain the ethical framework you selected in Week  5 Assignment that supports, or is illustrated by, the decision the  company made. In explaining the framework, include definition, theory,  and an example of how it works in making a decision. How does the  company's decision and conduct illustrate this framework?

4.  Identify, define, and explain the alternative ethical framework you  selected in Assignment 5 that could have led to a different result for  the company. Explain specifically how the company effectively could have  employed this alternative framework. Include an example of how it works  in making a decision.

5.  Identify at least one legal issue the company faced or could have faced  as a result of its decision. Examples from your studies in the course  are: contract disputes; tort claims; violation of a civil or criminal  statute or regulation (which you must identify specifically); civil  rights; employment issue; whistleblowing. It must be a different issue  from the main laws and regulations involved in the case study  violations. 

6.  Recommend: What is a take-away from this case study for exercise of  corporate social responsibility (CSR) in management of business  operations? Recommend and explain at least one CSR business practice for any business.  In determining your recommendation consider the concepts we have  studied this term. The company you have studied for this Assignment  engaged in practices that ultimately touched or affected all aspects of  its management. Your recommendation must be a specific  practice for any business to apply.  It is not sufficient to say  something like "do it differently," or "be ethical" or "corporately  responsible."

7.  References slide: Your references must be cited fully in APA7 format,  except on your PPT slide it is not necessary to use a hanging indent or  double space the citations. More than 7 sources are  required for exemplary level of the grading rubric.  At least 7 sources  are required for the Accomplished level of the rubric. Please see the rubric's requirement for including scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources.

To  refresh your understanding of peer-reviewed and scholarly sources read  the submodule "What are Peer-reviewed and Scholarly Sources?" in Course  CONTENT, under the section, Course Overview & Introduction.

9.  Speaker's notes are required to provide your PPT narrative, either in  the notes spaces below the slides or by audio or video narrative.

BUSN311 Week 5 Assignment.

Save this worksheet with a new file name using your name (e.g. Wk5Smith.docx).

Answer the following questions in the table second column according to the company case study you selected from the Week 7 Assignment choices. For citation answers, full APA citation is required. Each question is worth a total of 10 points. Upload the completed document to your Week 5 Assignment.

QUESTION

ANSWER

(Citations – APA format)

POINTS

100

SCORE

(1)

Name the company case study you have chosen.

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp

10

(2)

In this case study the company made a key decision central to the scandal and causing legal implications. State in one sentence the two choices the company had and the decision in made. For example, this is a statement of a decisional dilemma:

“Company ABC chose the cheaper option of dumping toxic waste in the River Green instead of disposing it in proper containers at legally authorized toxic waste disposal facility.”

Although Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation was aware that the "apple juice concentrate" it purchased for children did not really include any apple, it made the decision to do so in order to take advantage of the cheaper price and sell the product as "100% apple juice" anyhow.

Everstine, K., Spink, J., & Kennedy, S. (2013). Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA) of Food: Common Characteristics of EMA Incidents. Journal of Food Protection, 76(4), 723-35. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login? qurl=https%3A%2F %2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarlyjournals%2Feconomically-motivatedadulteration-ema-food%2Fdocview %2F1335047045%2Fse2%3Faccountid%3D8289

10

(3)

Identify the law(s) and/or regulation(s) violated by the company’s action, including statute citation. Example:

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq. (1970)

“359 counts of introducing adulterated and misbranded apple juice into interstate commerce, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a) and 342(b)(1) and (2) (1982 Supp. IV 1986). Lavery was convicted on one count of conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982), 18 counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2 (1982), and 429 counts of introducing adulterated and misbranded apple juice into interstate commerce, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a), 342(b)(1) and (2), and 18 U.S.C. § 2.” (KEARSE , 1989)

10

(4)

Choose ONE of the following three ethical frameworks that most closely explains the company’s choice of conduct in making this decision. Write your selection in the next column. YOU WILL DEVELOP THIS IN YOUR WEEK 7 PPT.

· free market ethics

· egoism

· utilitarianism

Egoism

10

(5)

Cite one peer-reviewed or scholarly article* that explains and discusses the ethical framework you selected in the above question.

Sims, R. R. (1992). Linking Groupthink to Unethical Behavior in Organizations: JBE. Journal of Business Ethics, 11(9), 651. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login? qurl=https%3A%2F %2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarlyjournals%2Flinking-groupthinkunethical-behavior%2Fdocview %2F198075271%2Fse-2%3Faccountid %3D8289

10

(6)

Choose ONE of the following three ethical frameworks that, if followed by the company, would have led the company to make a different decision. Write your selection in the next column. YOU WILL DEVELOP THIS IN YOUR WEEK 7 PPT.

· ethics of care

· virtue ethics

· deontology

Virtue ethics

10

(7)

Cite one peer-reviewed or scholarly article that explains and discusses the ethical framework you selected in the above question.

Cordeiro, W. P. (2003). The Only Solution to the Decline in Business Ethics: Ethical Managers. Teaching Business Ethics, 7(3), 265. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login? qurl=https%3A%2F %2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarlyjournals%2Fonly-solution-declinebusiness-ethics-ethical%2Fdocview %2F211840858%2Fse-2%3Faccountid %3D8289

10

(8)

Identify another legal issue involving this company either in the case study or otherwise in your research about this company. This must relate to the company and be in addition to the main legal issue or claim relating to the decision. Examples: contract, bankruptcy, whistleblowing, employment law, torts, intellectual property, criminal law, intellectual property.

Simply state the area of law or claim here. You will expand and explain this in your Week 7 PPT.

Another complaint was filed against Beech-nut in 20201, this time alleging that their infant formula included dangerously high quantities of heavy metals including lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium.

Miller , & Zois. (2023, March 28). Beech-Nut Baby Food Lawsuit. Products Liability. https://www.millerandzois.co m/productsliability/drugs/baby-foodlawsuits/beech-nut/

10

(9)

In one-sentence, recommend a take-away business practice from this case study for corporations in general relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This should be an actual practice to engage – not just a statement like “exercise CSR.” You will expand and discuss this in your Week 7 PPT presentation.

Case studies like the one involving the beech-nut lawsuit from 1978 demonstrate why businesses should never put profit or market share ahead of customer safety, even if doing so means losing money. Violating customers' trust and safety can have far-reaching effects on a company's good name, bottom line, and legal standing.

10

(10)

Cite a scholarly or peer-reviewed* article about CSR and/or recommended CSR business practices.

Fassin, Y., & Buelens, M. (2011). The hypocrisy-sincerity continuum in corporate communication and decision making. Management Decision, 49(4), 586-600. https://doi.org/10.1108/002517411111 26503

10

Total

*For explanation of scholarly and peer-reviewed, see your Lessons under Content/Course Overview & Introduction. Also, note the requirement here is for a scholarly or peer-reviewed artlcle.

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