Your report should contain the following seven items of information, which form the basis for solving ethical dilemmas: Determine the facts of the situation. (Background information about the company or issue in question) Identify the ethical circumstances. (Describe the scandal, the issues, and the important stakeholders) Identify the values related to the situation. Find out what the responsibilities and obligations were for everyone involved. Identify the action taken and the consequences of those actions. How did those actions affect the company and/or the industry? Specify the alternative courses of action that could have been taken and evaluate them, applying your personal code of ethics or your organization's code of ethics to the situation. Describe the consequences of the alternative courses of action you specified. If you were personally involved in this case issue, what decision would you have made and what action would you have taken? Choose one of the alternative courses of action you identified and explain why you chose this one to deal with the situation. Topics Here is a list of some famous scandals or issues involving corporate social responsibility and ethics. Choose one topic from this list. Bernie Madoff - Ponzi scheme Bre-X - falsified mineral discovery Compass Group - bribed the United Nations to get business Conrad Black - hidden executive compensation in the range of $200 million Enron - directors and executives fraudulently concealed large losses in Enron's projects Exxon - over-reporting oil reserves Fannie Mae - under-reporting profit