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Based on the Mega Foods Inc case you just read answer the following questions.

Use technical terms, principles, and frameworks in your responses.

1. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 major ethical issues you would encounter in the process of formulating your recommendation. In your response, please justify or support why you feel that each of the issues have ethical implications.

2. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 issues related to corporate social responsibility that would encounter in the process of formulating your recommendation. In your response, please justify or support why you feel that each of the issues have implications related to social responsibility.

3. Identify and specifically describe 3 to 5 major global trends that are specifically influencing Mega Food to consider relocating operations of the Orchard facility to the country of Frostburg. In your response, please be specific in stating why or how each of the global trends is directly impacting Mega Food.

4. Summarize 3 to 5 major challenges that Mega Food would encounter if they chose to relocate the operations of the Orchard facility to the country of Frostburg.

5. What would be your official recommendation to Mega Food? Please support your answer by providing a rationale that incorporates appropriate concepts covered in your business courses.

6. Quite often, leaders and managers are required to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. This hypothetical case contained very limited information. If you could have access to 3 more types of additional information for this case, what is the nature of the information you would find helpful. Please justify your answer.

Graduate Corporate Social Responsibility CSR.pdf

MGT 6615 Mega Food Inc - Ethics&CSR(1).pdf

Graduate Ethics.pdf


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Graduate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rubric Rubric ID: MSMCSR NOTE: This rubric is for program assessment, not grading. If you will be grading the assignment, use a separate rubric. This will keep your grade for each student as well as any comments you make to them private as we will only download results for program assessment rubrics specifically. Program assessment rubrics must be completed and submitted in Blackboard for each student. Assessment results will be aggregated by program, location, and delivery mode, so individual students or instructors are not identified. Identifies the CSR issues/dilemmas Considers and identifies CSR-focused stakeholders 3 Exceeds Expectations Describes one or more CSR issues/dilemmas in detail, to include those beyond the obvious; identifies relevant facts; and identifies and prioritizes thoughtful alternatives. Identifies and prioritizes the impacts on all relevant CSR stakeholders, their various perspectives; and identifies who should be involved in the decision-making. 2 Meets Expectations 1 Below Expectations Recognizes that there are CSR issues/dilemmas, but only those CSR issues/dilemmas that are obvious, thereby, demonstrating a narrow understanding. Accurately identifies some key CSR stakeholders, but demonstrates no, or insufficient, awareness of whether, or how, they should, or can, be involved in the decision-making. Identifies and applies at least one appropriate CSR practice/framework. Demonstrates no awareness that CSR issues/dilemmas exists, or fails to identify them with the necessary detail and specificity to lead to subsequent and meaningful analyses and decision-making. Fails to identify relevant CSR stakeholders and who should be involved in the decisionmaking. Does not identify and/or explain any appropriate decision for a course of action from among alternative choices/options and cannot explain a rational basis for the choice of any action. Does not identify any actions companies can take Identifies and applies appropriate CSR practices/ frameworks and identifies consequences of each Chooses a course of action Identifies and applies various practices/frameworks of CSR decisionmaking/analyses, identifies consequences, and explains how these inform decisionmaking. Formulates a decision; articulates a plan for implementing that decision; and evidences an understanding of the bases for his/her decision. Formulates a decision and articulates a plan for implementing it. Identifies CSR actions companies can take Identifies actions in at least two domains; e.g., Strategy, Public Affairs, Legal, Operations, Marketing, Accounting, Finance Identifies actions in at least one domain Does not identify and/or apply any CSR practice or framework for decision-making. Directions for program assessment: For student number ______ 1. Read the essay/paragraphs/answers. 2. Using the program assessment rubric in Blackboard, check the box with the description that best describes the student’s contribution in relation to expectations: exceeds=3; meets=2; below expectations=1. 3. A student’s total score will be the total of the values of the checked boxes. 4. A student earns a satisfactory score if the total value is 8 or higher. Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Below Expectations = 12-15 points = 8-11 points = 5-7 points Page |1 Making Ethical and Socially Responsible Decisions in the Context of Globalization* *(This is a hypothetical scenario using fictional companies in fictional locations) By Mike Schraeder Troy University Montgomery Introduction: You recently graduated with an MBA from a reputable university and have been hired as a regional director (assigned to the southern region) for a relatively large corporation (Mega Food, Inc.). Mega Food manufactures a variety of food products that are currently distributed and sold only in the United States. The corporation employs over 5,000 individuals in 20 facilities located throughout the United States. Most of these facilities were privately owned by the founder or members of the founders’ families and managed locally prior to being acquired by Mega Food. Overall, Mega Food, which is a publicly traded company, has had a relatively stable track record of profitability that is 5% below the industry average (Total revenues for the last five years have averaged $250 million). In the last three (3) years, shareholders have intensified pressures for Mega Food to increase overall profitability to meet or exceed the industry average. As regional director for the southern region, you have direct responsibility for the overseeing the performance of five (5) facilities. One of the facilities in your region specializes in manufacturing a variety of chocolate candies that are shipped to numerous wholesalers throughout the United States. The facility is located in Orchard, Georgia, a small, rural community with a population of 5,000. The facility employs 125 individuals in a variety of positions and typically generates a modest profit of $100,000 annually for Mega Food. The Senior Vice President for your division has asked you to evaluate the Orchard facility and make a formal recommendation regarding whether or not the operations performed by this facility should remain in Orchard or if the Orchard facility should be closed and the operations transferred to the country of Frostburg. Additional Details Regarding the Orchard Facility: A. The breakdown of employees, by category, who work for the Orchard facility are as follows: 100 Assembly line workers (Average wage $12.00 per hour) 10 Assembly line supervisors (Average wage of $20.00 per hour) 10 Sales associates who interact with wholesalers who purchase from the facility (Average wage of $25 per hour) 4 Quality control supervisors (Average wage $18.00 per hour) 1 Plant manager (Annual salary of $75,000) Page |2 B. Average tenure with the company is over 10 years, but several of the employees have worked for the company over 20 years and are nearing retirement. C. The Orchard facility is the largest single employer within a 100 mile radius of the town of Orchard and the only large employer remaining in the area. D. In addition to employing 125 individuals in the Orchard facility, several of the raw products and materials (such as milk and flour) are purchased from local farmers operating within a 50 mile radius of the facility. Additional Details Regarding the Country of Frostburg: A. The country is still developing in terms of infrastructure, but has made considerable progress recently in attracting companies looking for access to cheaper labor and access to less expensive raw materials. B. Average labor costs for individuals with a skill set required to be an assembly line worker are approximately $2 per hour. C. Costs for physical facilities and equipment are lower in Frostburg than the US. D. Labor laws and regulations related to human resource management are not well developed in Frostburg. Consequently, employees in Frostburg have far fewer protections than US workers, including safeguards that are related to the safety and health of workers. E. Environmental laws are less formal in Frostburg. Consequently, products such as milk, flour and other ingredients that are used to manufacture the chocolate do not undergo regular inspections. Further, the types of chemicals and pesticides used on food products grown in Frostburg are not readily apparent. Summary of Your Analysis: After careful analysis, you have determined that Mega Food could conservatively generate an additional profit of $250,000 annually (within 3 to 5 years) by relocating the operations of the Orchard facility to Frostburg. Further, you have determined that there is the potential to increase this level of profitability significantly within a period of 5 to 10 years after relocating to Frostburg. These additional gains would result from improved skill levels of workers related to ongoing training, improved infrastructure, and process improvements. Graduate Ethics Rubric Rubric ID: GradEthics NOTE: This rubric is for program assessment, not grading. If you will be grading the assignment, use a separate rubric. This will keep your grade for each student as well as any comments you make to them private as we will only download results for program assessment rubrics specifically. Program assessment rubrics must be completed and submitted in Blackboard for each student. Assessment results will be aggregated by program, location, and delivery mode, so individual students or instructors are not identified. Identifies the ethical issues/ dilemmas 1 Considers and identifies stakeholders 1 3 Exceeds Expectations Describes one or more ethical issues/dilemmas in detail, to include those beyond the obvious; identifies relevant facts; and identifies and prioritizes thoughtful alternatives. Identifies and prioritizes the impacts on all relevant stakeholders, their various perspectives; and identifies who should be involved in the decision-making. 2 Meets Expectations Recognizes that there are ethical issues/dilemmas, but only those ethical issues/dilemmas that are obvious, thereby demonstrating a narrow understanding. 1 Below Expectations Demonstrates no awareness that ethical issues/dilemmas exists, or fails to identify them with the necessary detail and specificity to lead to subsequent and meaningful analyses and decision-making. Accurately identifies some key Fails to identify relevant stakeholders, but demonstrates no, stakeholders and who should be or insufficient, awareness of involved in the decision-making. whether, or how, they should, or can, be involved in the decisionmaking. This area reaches ethical sensitivity as well as Kohlberg’s stages of moral development as they relate to recognizing ethical issues/dilemmas. Identifies and applies appropriate models/frameworks of ethical analyses 2 and identifies consequences of each 3 Chooses a course of action Identifies and applies various models/frameworks of ethical decision-making/analyses, identifies consequences, and explains how these various models inform decisionmaking. Formulates a decision; articulates a plan for implementing that decision; and evidences an understanding of the bases for his/her decision. Directions for program assessment: Identifies and applies at least one appropriate model/framework. Formulates a decision and articulates a plan for implementing it. Does not identify and/or apply any theoretical model/framework for ethical decision-making and uses more of an ipse dixit approach to solving an issue, or applies one or more models/ frameworks in inappropriate ways. Does not identify and/or explain any appropriate decision for a course of action from among alternative choices/options and cannot explain a rational basis for the choice of any action. For student number ______ 1. Read the essay/paragraphs/answers. 2. Using the program assessment rubric in Blackboard, check the box with the description that best describes the student’s contribution in relation to expectations: exceeds=3; meets=2; below expectations=1. 3. A student’s total score will be the total of the values of the checked boxes. 4. A student earns a satisfactory score if the total value is 6 or higher. Exceeds Expectations = 10-12 points Meets Expectations = 6-9 points Below Expectations = 4-5 points 2 Embedded in this area is the opportunity to address and discuss the cognitive aspects of ethical decision-making, the developing disciplines of Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and other Psychology disciplines, and the contributions that they have made to understanding ethical decision-making and the psychological impediments to ethical decision-making. 3 While not required, it is hoped that the student will also recognize the consequences of the different potential decisions on himself or herself i.e. what will each choice do to his or her own character and integrity. These issues should be part of the classroom conversations.
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