You own a small hardware store. You have been in business since 1995 and have always been profitable. You’ve never seen a need to do any marketing or advertising since you were able to stay profitable without those things. Plus, you lack any real understanding of how to use technology and it makes you anxious just thinking about technology or social media. However, your son just graduated from college and came home to live with you for the summer before he starts his new marketing manager job at a big firm. He tells you that you are probably losing a big share of the market by avoiding technology and social media. He also says that many of these items can be implemented very easily, and he would volunteer to continue to manage the social media sites in his spare time even after he starts his new job.Use the decision-making process, and outline each step, to decide whether you will begin utilizing a website and social media for your hardware store.Use the template attached here to complete the assignment.Completed each step of the decision-making process/templateIncluded accurate and complete information for each step of the processProvided a final decision along with implications for that decision

Write 4–6 pages in which you propose a policy that an organization can implement to address an ethical issue you have identified. Also, analyze and recommend a strategy for communicating the policy and describe its potential limitations, as well as strategies for its monitoring and compliance.By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision-making in 21st century multicultural business environments.Recommend a corporate policy for resolving an ethical issue.Evaluate the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.Competency 2: Assess the impact of corporate social responsibility policy.Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Describe potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.Competency 4: Communicate effectively.Support a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.Recommend a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience.To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.What is the purpose of business negotiation? It has often been viewed as a struggle for advantage. In what situations might it not be best to take advantage of the other side in negotiations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of win-win approaches to negotiations that pursue the best interests of both parties? Are ethical negotiations and win-win negotiations feasible in the real world? Consider a recent real-world example.What are the biggest impediments to ethical behavior in business? How do you think ethical behavior can be instilled while trying to make profits for shareholders?Imagine that the CEO of an organization has asked the human resources department to review the company's policies. You, personally, have been asked to propose a policy that the organization can implement to address an ethical issue you have identified. You may use the organization and issue you have used in the other course assessments.Recommend a policy that resolves the ethical issue you have identified.Evaluate ethical decision making models and associated parameters applicable to the recommended policy.Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Support the recommended policy with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.Analyze and recommend a strategy for communicating the policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of the audience.Describe potential limitations of the policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.Additional RequirementsWritten communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.Length of paper: 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages.Font: Arial, 10-point.Addressing an Ethical Issue Scoring GuideCRITERIANON-PERFORMANCEBASICPROFICIENTDISTINGUISHEDEvaluate the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.Does not identify the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.Identifies, but does not evaluate, the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.Evaluates the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.Evaluates the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy, and explains how the decision-making model selected justifies the recommended corporate policy.Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Does not identify how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Identifies, but does not assess, how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Assesses how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.Assesses how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible, and justifies the responsibility.Recommend a corporate policy for resolving an ethical issue.Does not outline a corporate policy for resolving an issue.Outlines a corporate policy for resolving an issue.Recommends a corporate policy for resolving an issue.Recommends a corporate policy for resolving an issue, and provides examples of how the comprehensive nature of the corporate policy covers the major aspects of the issue.Support a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.Does not support a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards.Supports a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards but does not have well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.Supports a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.Supports a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples, and cites statistics based on cited resources that also support the recommendation.Recommend a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience.Does not outline a strategy for communicating a policy to an organization.Outlines a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that does not meet the needs of an audience.Recommends a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience.Recommends a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience, and explains and justifies how the communication meets those needs.Describe potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.Does not describe potential limitations of a recommended policy or strategies for monitoring and compliance.Describes potential limitations of a recommended policy, or describes strategies for monitoring and compliance.Describes potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.Describes potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance, and explains the repercussions of not complying to that corporate policy.