Corporate Responsibility Complete Course Strayer

Corporate Responsibility Complete Course Strayer

LEG 500 Law,Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Complete Course
Week 2

Week 2 DQ 1

Scrutinize the ethics of employment-at-will to determine whether you believe this is a practice that should be protected in the U.S. Explain your rationale.
Discuss whether the Sarbanes-Oxley act protects whistle-blowers enough (or perhaps too much). What changes would you make to improve the effectiveness of the law.
Week 2 DQ 2

Drawing on arguments found in the reading for this week, determine the appropriate balance between unfettered free speech and the duties of public employees. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Taking both the False Claims Act and global norms into account, make at least three recommendations for encouraging employees to report ethically questionable corporate practices.
Week 3Week 3 DQ 1

Argue for or against the practice of electronic employee surveillance at work. Provide specific examples to support your argument. What laws, if any, may be violated by such practices?
Argue for or against employee testing in relation to the job you currently hold. Be sure to take into account both the needs of the employer as well as the privacy concerns of the employees. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Week 3 DQ 2

From the e-Activity, discuss how current or potential employers might be able to use the information you found and possible steps that could be taken to help ensure your privacy. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Analyze the issues involved in the privacy of genetic information and anticipate what additional issues will most likely arise in the next 10 to 20 years, as well as how those issues should be addressed.
Week 3 Assignment:
LEG 500 Assignment 1 Employment At Will Doctrine
Week 4Week 4 DQ 1

“The Civil Rights Act” Please respond to the following:

Analyze the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to determine which part of the act is the most difficult to enforce. Discuss the difficulties you have identified as well as steps that could be taken to address those difficulties. Identify one misconception associated with the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Discuss possible additions to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (what other civil rights need to be included?). Explain your rationale or discuss whether or not you believe the Act still needs to be enforced in 21st century.
Week 4 DQ 2

From the e-Activity, discuss ways that work / life balance issues may be improved in the U.S. by drawing on successful practices from other nations. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Discuss the major challenges and benefits of an inclusive attitude toward disabled workers in the U.S. workforce.
Week 5Week 5 DQ 1

OSHA and Risk Assessment” Please respond to the following:

Analyze and discuss the effectiveness of OSHA regulations on protecting the well-being of workers and make at least one recommendation for improvement. Explain your rationale.

Week 5 DQ 2

“Safety Concerns in the Global Economy” Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss ways that U.S. businesses can address the issues surrounding hiring undocumented employees. Also discuss your opinion in your position about e-Verify. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Week 5 Assignment:
LEG 500 Assignment 2 Value of Digital Privacy
Week 6

Week 6 DQ 1

Analyze the role that corporations have played in the global climate change debate to determine if they have acted ethically or not. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Determine who is best prepared to take responsibility for addressing climate change issues – individuals, scientists, environmentalists, shareholders, corporations, governments, or some other entity. Explain your rationale.
Week 6 DQ 2

Analyze the Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council case to determine whether you agree with the majority opinion or the minority opinion. Explain your rationale.
Taking all of Chapter 6 into consideration, determine the best possible path for the U.S. to take in regard to climate change over the next 20 years. Explain your rationale.
Week 7

Week 7 DQ 1

Determine whether consumer demand is created and sustained by the advertising industry, or whether it is already present and simply informed by advertising. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Evaluate the arguments for and against self-regulation in the advertising industry anddiscuss what steps (if any) the government should take toward increased governmental regulations. Explain your rationale.
Week 7 DQ 2

“Consumer Manipulation” Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss your reaction to the public service announcement in relation to the marketing of junk food to children, with a focus on why or why not this PSA is appropriate.
Assess all of the issues discussed in Chapter 7 to determine the extent to which you believe the U.S. consumer is being manipulated by marketing and technology, as well as what steps should be taken (if any) to address possible manipulation. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Week 7 Assignment:
LEG 500 Assignment 3 Corporate Governance and Ethical Responsibility
Week 8

Week 8 DQ 1

Analyze the ways in which the U.S. government regulates product safety and make at least one recommendation for how the regulatory approach of one of the agencies discussed (FDA, CPSC, or NHTSA) could be improved. Explain your rationale.
Review “The Ford Pinto Case” in Chapter 8 and discuss whether tort or wrong-doing was committed. Explain your rationale.
Week 8 DQ 2

Analyze the issues considered under contract law and tort law, and make at least one recommendation for improving the way manufacturer liability is litigated. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Consider the “Alternative Approach” to combating five consumer products (alcohol, tobacco, guns, motor vehicles, and junk food) and determine whether you agree or disagree with the approach suggested. Explain.
Week 9Week 9 DQ 1

Analyze the arguments surrounding fair use discussed in Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum and discuss how the finding in this case either supports or contradicts your own views in relation to fair use. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Assess the issues surrounding downloading music from the Internet and how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will impact the shape of future legislation. Explain your rationale.

Week 9 DQ 2

Discuss the appropriate balance between protecting individual inventiveness and stimulating a vibrant shared culture. Provide specific examples to support your argument.
From the e-Activity, argue for or against the basic arguments behind global intellectual property rights. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Week 9 Assignment:
LEG 500 Assignment 4 Product Liability Research Paper
Week 10Week 10 DQ 1

Analyze the underlying causes for the creation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to determine which played the most significant role in the creation of the act. Explain your rationale.
Discuss what underlying causes may have been overlooked when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Week 10 DQ 2

Discuss the ramifications of the Sarbanes-Oxley act in the short run. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Discuss the ramifications of the Sarbanes-Oxley act in the long run. Provide specific examples to support your response.