SHOULD KROGER PAY NOW FOR WHAT RALPHS EMPLOYEE DID THEN?
Explain the effect of each of the following upon interest rates and upon the price of bonds: Maturity Risk Inflation
August 3, 2017Discuss Poverty in the United States (stratification, food scarcity/hunger, lack of adequate social services/health care/access to educational, race and gender, life chances and choices, and so on)
August 3, 2017SHOULD KROGER PAY NOW FOR WHAT RALPHS EMPLOYEE DID THEN?
I. CASE SUMMARY: Major emphasis of the case? What is the primary conceptual topic? What concepts, ideas, and topics from the text apply?
II PROBLEM ANALYSIS: Problem analysis includes and goes beyond the application of theory. Here you will analyze and propose a solution. Read the case once to get an overall sense of the situation. Read it again to assess the variables involved, the relative importance of each, and the nature and scope of the situation. After you have interpreted the facts summarize what the problem (s) is in the case and explain your interpretation of the situation.
III. DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION :
Sort our data that will be useful in determining the state of the situation and issues. Sort our irrelevant from relevant data to develop a diagnosis of the current situation.
Identify relevant facts that are objective.
IV. CRITICAL ETHICAL ISSUES:
Identify critical ethical issues and problems. One way to look for problems is to identify factors that threaten the survival, goals or performance of the organization. Dig beneath the surface and determine if something more basic is generating the problem. Identify these issues in the following 3 categories or levels: INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIETY.
V. ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS: What ethical frameworks apply to the case? Discuss how these frameworks relate to the case: UTILITARIANISM, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, JUSTICE, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, VIRTUE ETHICS, ETHICS OF CARE. More than one may apply and a thorough analysis explains all that apply in some way to the problem.
VI. RELATE THE CASE TOPIC TO THE CONCEPTS IN THE TEXTBOOK
Explain how the case fits into the concepts from the textbook chapter.
VII. GENERATING SOLUTIONS:
Brainstorm a list of possible solutions. Do not evaluate the feasibility or rationality of each, simply write down a list. Be creative and do not limit yourself to ideas presented in the case. Present your solutions in all of the following 3 categories:
1. Possible illegal solutions
2. Possible legal but unethical solutions
3. Possible ethical solutions
VIII. SELECT BEST SOLUTION:
