300-500 WORD COUNT PLEASE

Professionals recognize the need to integrate problem-solving skills in the work environment. The IDEAL problem-solving method, developed by Bradford and Stein, is implemented by Identifying the problem, Defining the problem, Exploring strategies, Acting on ideas, and Learning from experience.

Review the "Professional Applications in Service Learning: Problem-Solving Scenarios," select one relevant business scenario, and create a 300-500-word outline that addresses the following questions:

• Examine the behaviors presented in the selected scenario. Apply the IDEAL problem-solving process to the scenario. Be sure you discuss each aspect (Identify, Define, Explore, Act, and Learn) of the method as it relates to the scenario.
• Determine whether the behavior in the scenario could be described as unethical or illegal and how this should be addressed professionally.
• Describe how you would resolve this issue using the IDEAL method.

Directions: Select one of the following business scenarios and apply the IDEAL problemsolving method. Be sure to address each of the questions presented in the assignment description. 1. Seenario I-Roger Richardse Roger Richardson works as an IT manager for a small accounting firm. The company has recently bought sew computers for its nearly 40 employes and needs to dispose of the old coempaters because confidential financial information and employees' personal information are slored on the hard drives. Since the eompany is mall, Roger and one other IT staff member, Russell Bedford, typically handle all matters related to procurement, maintenance, and dispocal of all company competer systems. Normally, he and Russell go out behind the buikling. physically destroy the computers' bard drives, and thee throw all the equipment into the dumpster for fetmoval. Recently, Reger has been told by the company president that they need to be moee enviroementally responsible and that all electronics should instead be recycled. Rusell offered to take the machines to the local recycling center for proper disposal, but Roger satd he would handle it himself However, instead of driving the computers to the recycling center, Roger took the coenpoters bome in his truck one sight after work and stored them in his garage. Over the next several moeths, he replaced the hard drives of all the computers and sold them online and to other local small businesses for $250 each, earning him close to $10,000. II. Seenario II- Melisa Asderson, Cennie Maddox, and the IIR Evecutive A Bew CEO, Melisa Anderwon, met with her leadenhis team to emphasiee the importance of trust withis their positions and to reiterate the need for the tean to demonstrate trast throughout the company. Employoe morale had becn quife low for some time duc to a lack of trust is leaderstap and the staft feling unsupporied. Afler rocent layofits and the changing of CLO, morale hit an all-time low. After the mevting, Melessa met privately with Connie Maddox, who is an engloyee wotking under one of Melissh's direct reports, an excutive icam nwenber named Rajantiben Patel. Melissa and Connie had a full discussion about meving Connie inte an oflice with a window, a provilege typically reserved for employecs at the executive director level and above. Afler the meeting. Connie went directly to buman fesoures (HR) to tell them that the CEO had approved her transition into a window office and HR needed to handle the move. The HR executive went immediately to Rajantiben and asked him if he knew about the move and if he had authorired it, Rajantiben had not heard anything about it, but he sisclosed to the HR executive thas he had rectily been sold by anoeher member of the ieam that Melisa and Connie seemed to be masting alone in Melissa's oflice a lot lately. This same icam member shared that she overheard Connic having a hushed conversation in the break room during which she was bragging to another coworker about how she was going so "take full advanage of the dirt" she had on Melissa for as loeg as she coeld. This team member had expressed concerns to Rajantiben that Connie was getting special treatment because of whatever secrets she knew about the CEO's personal kife. When the HR exocutive addressed Melissa, she siad, "Look. I authorized it, so there is no need to discuss anyahing farther?" The HR everutive and Rajantiben were concerned, but they were ned sare there was anything they could do. III. Scenario III - Donna Blakeny, Debbie Jones, aad James Alvarade One cvening after work, the managemsent team for a soffware developmint company attended