Ethics Week 5

Part one: answer question, roughly 100-150 words, all citing must be APA style

Now that you have an understanding of corporate culture, and the variables that impact it, how would you characterize an ethically effective culture – one that would effectively lead to a profitable and valuable long-term sustainability for the firm?

Part two: Scholarly Activity

This assignment involves relating ethical behaviors in high-profile events, as well as examining regulatory and sustainability market approaches to business’s environmental responsibilities. Read each of the following questions before answering each one within a Word document.

1. Based on the response to Hurricane Katrina, what is the relationship between inefficiency and ethical behavior for leaders? How could the response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster been more effective, and thus more ethical? Your response must be at least 200 words.
2. In considering the BP Oil Spill, what circumstances would ethically justify a government or private company in restricting information made available to the public during a disaster? At what point might other companies have an ethical right to intervene regarding environmental disasters? Your response must be at least 200 words.

In the Word document, list your answers one after the other. Use Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double-spacing. No need to include a title page nor a references page. You are not required to perform research for this assignment. However, if you choose to perform research to answer these questions, use APA style to format your in-text and reference citations.