Provide an analysis of the policy and practice along the following dimensions: Section 1: Identify the practice and the risk it implies. 1. Describe the practice and the reasons why it exists. What purpose does it serve? How does it allow an organizational objective to be met? What benefits does the organization gain as a result of this practice? 2. What is the ethical risk to which you see it potentiallyleading? Section 2: Practice analysis. 1. How are individuals' behaviour pointed to engage in the particular practice? What individual/team/organizational goals/measures/systems support this practice? 2. What type of perspective does the organizational or professional culture encourage one to take about the practice? How does this way of "seeing" facilitate the practice? 3. How are individuals in the organization propelled to engage in the practice? Some practices may not be officially condoned, but the informal systems still lead people to engage in it. Does engaging in this practice lead to status, praise, or power? It is hard not to engage in this practice because it is normative? Section 3: Solution provision. 1. What are your recommendations for how to mitigate the ethical risk? What would need to change in the organisation in order to do so? What would these changes look like at different levels in the organisation i.e. top management, middle management, shop floor? What advantage would the organization need to (potentially) relinquish in solving this problem? What potential advantages might be gained by the organization from solving it? 2. Think in particular about how goals and outcomes might need to be structured differently, how the practice in question might need to be reframed, and how to harness the fact that individuals believe they are moral and want to be moral to shift understandings of what is/ought to be normative practice. You do not have to be specific about whose organization this is, and you can strip the write---up of identifying features as you see fit. My interest is in having the group undertake an analysis of a real organizational issue, and to provide some solutions to itto think creatively about how to solve what is likely a highly intractable problem. Try to stay away from vague language or solutions. For example, instead of suggesting a canned solution like "Change the tone from the top", specify the specific behaviours leadership would need to engage in, who the messages should go to, what the message should be, how the audience should be reached, and what would make this a successful part of a solution. Assignments should be between 5---10 pages (single spaced 12 point Times New Roman text), and will be graded in terms of the quality of the analysis and evaluated effectiveness of the solution. Academic Integrity Students should be aware that, where plagiarism is suspected, a formal investigation may be carried out under the School's Student Disciplinary Procedure. This may result in penalties ranging from mark deduction to expulsion from the School. Referencing Guidelines Please credit any important source you used, such as books, articles, and web pages. (Using material without credit is considered to be plagiarism, and will be penalized as academic misconduct.) Any notes reporting source references are excluded from the length restrictions. ALL material cited directly needs to be in quotation marks and properly cited. Any standard method of citation is acceptable. Indicate any direct quotation clearly. I will award a zero mark to any submission that includes directly copied text that is not clearly indicated using quotation marks and an appropriate reference. Please also note that submissions that have a high proportion of material used from other sources tend to receive a low grade, even if the material is appropriately cited. We are interested in appropriate references from reputable sources, such as globally recognized news sources (Economist, Financial Times, New York Times), academic journal articles, or books published by a reputable publisher. While sources like Wikipedia can be useful for simple facts (and if you source facts from Wikipedia you should cite the entry), Wikipedia does not represent the final word on any issue. Submission Guidelines We are using Canvas to collect the submissions. Please go to the 'Assignments' page and click on the Group organizational analysis link to submit your paper. On the first line of your assignment write your LBS group number. Please upload your assignments by the deadline.

Please incorporate following points

CSR Group Assignment points

We treat in-groups and out-groups differently, particularly when those differences are salient One's circle of moral regard (To whom does one owe dignity, respect, fairness, honesty, or whatever value is important to you?) Expanding your circle of moral regard Idealism oIdealists believe that moral actions should and do have positive consequences, and that it is always wrong to pursue a course of action that will harm others Relativism oRelativists believe that the morality of an action depends upon the particular circumstances involved and not on moral absolutes "Everybody has their own ethics" What does this mean? A claim based on evidence: oSocial norms differ depending on social contexts A claim based on principle: oWe cannot judge the moral content of anyone's actions [unless they come from our own context] Normative claim Social norms differ depending on social contexts (empirical claim) oSocial norms are often not reflective of social values Corruption at an individual level often stems from desperation oDifference in custom (social norms) does not necessarily mean difference in values (moralities) Prescriptive claim We cannot judge anyone's actions [unless they come from our own context] oAs an appeal for tolerance, this claim is attractive... "We ought to respect all moral judgments as equally valid" But self-refuting (it contains a universal prescription) oAs an appeal for the impossibility of judgment, we need to be careful what this implies... (moral nihilism) "One cannot make valid judgments about anyone else's actions" All cultural practices become immune from criticism, including extremes (i.e. genocide), and our own

Obstacles to good behaviour

Problem #1 Goals cause us to neglect all else, goals work but also cause problems They anchor us We will do anything to meet them Striving for quantity can affect quality We may focus on goals alone and neglect all else Solutions Typical approach; Get the incentive system right Alternative approach; All goals will pervert process and focus all attention on meeting them

Problem #2 What perspective are we taking on the problem? Solution Typical approach; Stating and reinforcing our "strongly held" values Alternative approach; Acknowledging our frequent failure to act in alignment with them

Problem #3 What is propelling us? Speed propels us Social pressure propels us Culture propels us Group pressure influence Culture influence The environment influences Professional identity condition: Solutions Typical approach; Professionals are objective and will follow their accepted standards Alternative approach; People will follow others of high power/status/unanimity