Guidelines: You are to choose an existing company or make your own company and identify an ETHICAL PROBLEM that needs solving. Keep in mind, you are taking the position of a leadership team member, not a casual observer or employee. If you are choosing to create your own company with its own ethical problem, you are still required to complete the research component of this assignment.

Please use the Systematic Approach below when laying out your paper and making your argument. This DOES NOT mean bullet points, this is a formal paper and this framework will act as the skeleton for your formally written paper. See your class notes on Systematic Approach for additional notes.

1. Inquiry - Identify and understand the problem, then list any relevant ethical and legal principles that will guide the decision-making process. You are also to identify all possible stakeholders that you can foresee being effected by the issue.

2. Discussion - List all possible actions in relation to the ethical and legal principles noted in Step 1. Note; there should be some opposition in your Discussion section. Please reflect and include any conflicting opinions or discussions that may come up if you were on a leadership team discussing this ethical issue.

3. Decision - Draft a decision or plan of action for the company. If you are choosing to "write" something please provide your written response to the ethical dilemma.

4. Justification - Articulate the reasons for the proposed action or series of actions that need to take place.

5. Evaluation - The final solution should be analyzed to determine if it was effective, and if it will remain effective into the future. You should also identify any possible future decisions that may arise from this ethical issue.

Please reference notes and topics that we have discussed in class, including but not limited to:

PROFIT MAXIMAZATION, SHORT VS LONG TERM PROFIT GOALS, MORAL MINIMUM, CORPORATE CITIZEN RESPONSIBILITIES, ETHICAL CODES, INDUSTRY ETHICAL CODES, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT LEVEL, etc.