Strayer BUS475 Business and Society All Discussions
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 1 Discussion
– Corporate Stakeholders
Introduction:
Please introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career. Then post your written response to the following:
Corporate Stakeholders:
Select a company from the Instructor-Provided Approved Company listLinks to an external site.. You will research and write about this company in this discussion and throughout the course.
Thinking about the company you selected above, use Exhibit 1B of your textbook to identify a prominent or influential stakeholder associated with the company. A stakeholder can be an individual, but for this discussion, do not choose the CEO, an executive leader, a board member, or a shareholder/investor. Then describe one way that they have impacted the corporation in the past 12 months. Was the action or were the actions ultimately good for the company, or might be in the future?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
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BUS475 Business and Society
Week 2 Discussion
– Corporate Social Responsibility
Briefly define corporate social responsibility (CSR) in your own words.
Find a current event in the past 1-2 years in which your selected company either went above and beyond to demonstrate corporate social responsibility (CSR), OR sorely failed to demonstrate CSR. Provide the name of the company and the good or bad deed. Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.
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BUS475 Business and Society
Week 3 Discussion
– That’s Not Ethical
Have you witnessed unethical practices in the workplace? If so, please share your experience with the class and explain how this impacted your perception of the business. If not, please find a current example of unethical business practices, share the source, and explain how you would have handled this situation differently.
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
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BUS475 Business and Society
Week 4 Discussion
– Business Commitment to Sustainability and the Environment
Discuss a prominent environmental or sustainability practice employed by a company that you believe has been forward thinking and successful in their efforts. How have their policies impacted the company, society, and the environment?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 5 Discussion
– Danger and Possibility
In Chapter 11 of your textbook, you explored important areas of risk and opportunity for society and companies such as the role of technology in business and society, cybersecurity, privacy, robotics, genetically engineering and others.
Discuss questions or concerns or enthusiasm you have regarding one of these areas (or other similar area of your choice) that are changing due to technological advance.
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
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BUS475 Business and Society
Week 6 Discussion
– Failure to Protect
Review consumer rights and protections in the textbook, then share a recent or current event in which a business or government failed to protect consumers. What were the failures? Who were the victims? What can or could be done to prevent such failures in the future? Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?
You are encouraged to share resources that introduce or illuminate the event.
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 7 Discussion
– Workplace Diversity
Diversity in the work environment promotes acceptance, respect, and teamwork despite differences in race, age, gender, language, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, communication styles, and other differences. Considering the textbook concepts on managing a diverse workforce, then discuss the following:
What is the diversity stance of the company you selected from the Approved Company list?
If you were starting a business that required you to hire new personnel, would diversity be a priority? How important would it be to you on a list of other considerations? Explain.
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 8 Discussion
– Community Events
Find a business outreach event involving the company you selected from the Approved Company List. What is the purpose of the event? How do you think this event brings your community together?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 9 Discussion
– Supplier Code of Conduct
Companies often project their corporate values on their suppliers through a supplier code of conduct or similarly named requirements. Writing these requirements can be arduous and require the input of multiple stakeholders.
If you were asked to create this code, discuss how you would assemble a team or committee to write it. How would the committee work?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Reminder: Respond using the company previously selected from the Approved Company List.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 10 Discussion
– Community Concerns
Please respond to the following:
In your opinion, what is one of the most pressing and significant concerns facing communities today that a business might have a responsibility to consider? Why do you think so and what is the responsibility of the business?
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
BUS475 Business and Society
Week 11 Discussion
– Return on Investment Reflection
Every course you take is an investment in the “Business of You.” Take a moment to reflect on what you’ve learned over the last 10 weeks and answer the following:
How will you apply what you have learned in this course in your professional and personal life?
What challenges did you have in this course, and how did you grow from them?
Reminders:
Cite the textbook to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
Watch the video below to help you get started with the discussion:
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