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1. Read the attached case study. 

2. Write a short paper addressing telecommuting as a work arrangement. The short paper should address the following

• 1.How would offering telecommuting as an option benefit MedEx and its employees?
• 2. List and explain the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges in offering telecommuting.
• 3.Would you recommend telecommuting for MedEx? Why or why not?
  
• Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document (in addition to a cover page and references) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Use at least three sources, which should be cited according to APA style.

Week 6 Case Study 2 – Submit Here

Case Study 2: National Collegiate Athletic Association Ethics and Compliance Program

Due Week 6 and worth 200 points

Read “Case Study 6: National Collegiate Athletic Association Ethics and Compliance Program,” located on page 444 of the textbook.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Determine the fundamental ways in which the NCAA’s ethics program failed to prevent the scandals at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska. Support your response with one (1) example from each of these schools’ scandals.
2. Examine the principal ways in which the leadership of the NCAA contributed to the ethical violations of Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska. Support your response with one (1) example from each of these schools’ scandals.
3. Predict the key differences in the scenarios that occurred at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska if an effective ethics program was in place. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Postulate on two (2) actions that the NCAA leadership should take in order to regain the trust and confidence of students and stakeholders.
5. Recommend two (2) measures that the HR departments of colleges and universities should take to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the business ethics issues and definitions, theories, and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making and the role of a human resource professional.
• Determine the role of stakeholder interests, the interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility, and the role of corporate governance in ethics.
• Analyze scenarios to determine the ethical character of decisions made and the related impact on the organization.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, the logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Discussion Topic:

The HR process of selecting employees is continuing to evolve as employers consider a variety of strategic, economic, legal, and professional conditions that are constantly changing.  Interviewing is a skill that must be developed through training and experience.   One of the strategies HR teams are utilizing as part of their hiring and interviewing strategy is through assessments.

Complete the following tests:

‘Big Five’ personality test – https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test 

Emotional Intelligence test – https://www.arealme.com/eq/en/ 

Evaluate your test results and then discuss:

• what are the ethical and/or legal considerations for these type of tests?
  • do you believe your test results would depict you correctly?
• what is the best interview question you either ask during an interview or have been asked during an interview? Explain.
• what is the worst interview question you have asked during an interview or have been asked during an interview? Explain.
• what questions should be avoided during an interview and what listening responses should be avoided as well? Explain.

Discussion Board Directions:

• You will not be able to view your classmate’s posts until you post.
• Your initial post should be 4-5 paragraphs in length.
• Include one peer reviewed journal article to support your post. 
• Your initial post is due by Thursday. This allows you and your classmates time to read and reply.
• Your initial post should be 2-3 paragraphs in length.
• Make sure to demonstrate critical thinking and analysis by using research and personal work experiences.
• For full credit, you are required to respond to a minimum of two classmates. Please begin your reply by addressing the student by name. Your responses must be completed by Sunday at midnight.   
• Please refer to the rubric for the grading requirements. You can view the rubric by clicking on the wheel in the upper right corner and selecting “show rubric.”  

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Think about your current or a previous job, or a job you know well. Imagine that the HR department was going to design a compensation approach for that job that was aligned with reinforcement, expectancy, and agency theories.

Briefly describe the job you are writing about, then describe a compensation approach for that job that aligns with all 3 theories. 

Consider the following questions when writing your response:

• What are the potential advantages of this plan?
• What are the potential negatives of this plan?
• What might be difficult in administering this plan?

Option #1: Analyzing Leadership Decisions

For this option, your final Portfolio Project is a thoughtful analysis of an ineffective or poor leadership decision. You may use a well-known leadership decision, such as the 2011 decision to split Netflix, which resulted in serious financial losses for the organization. Your project must include the following:

• Research a leadership decision that was ineffective or did not have the desired results.
• Describe the problem that may have precipitated the decision, as well as the apparent processes used by the leaders involved in the decision-making effort. Use terms from this course.
• Critique the processes they implemented, applying what you learned from this course.
• Recommend a different approach that could have been taken, using theories and methodologies from this course.
• Present a strong case for how your recommendations could have altered the decision made, leading to more effective results for the organization.
• Use theory from this course to support your evaluation, critique, and recommendations.

This assignment may be delivered in the form most suitable to your response. You can write a paper or create a slide presentation, website, or video. You could also try out a new tool such as Prezi or VoiceThread.

• If you choose a written format, your paper should be 10 pages in length.
• Cite a minimum of twelve scholarly sources to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to the textbook, ten of which should be academic, peer-reviewed sources. (You may not use the required and recommended readings for this course.)
• Format your project according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.) . You will find resources focused on helping you create your 

Option #1: The Recovery Plan Project Case

• Read the Recovery Plan Project case (linked in Portfolio Project Option 1 in the Module 8 folder). Examine the project management issues detailed in the case, including those concerning procurement, contracts, and risk management.
• Write an overview of one-half to one page (not including the required title and references pages) of the case and the project management issues to be covered in more detail.
• Include one current scholarly source from the CSU-Global Library that you are likely to use in your final paper, exclusive of any course textbooks or lecture material.
• Format your submission to conform to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).

1. List the pros and cons of interest arbitration. Why do you think the usage of interest arbitration in the private sector is so low?
2. Not all forms of strikes are protected by the NLRA. What types are protected? Unprotected? Does this make sense, or should all types of strikes be treated equally?
3. Seniority is central in many private and public sector union contracts in the United States. What are the advantages to both employers and employees of using seniority to allocate employment opportunities? What are the disadvantages? How can a balance be struck between the interests of employers and employees?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having the workplace governed by a legally enforceable contract supported by rights arbitration? Is this a good model for the workplace for the 21st century?

Introduction

Students are required to participate in the discussion area each week. Discussions will involve students finding and presenting material upon which classmates will reflect and discuss. 

Directions

Post a question based on an article, book, video, podcast, or any other current (less than 4 years old) material relevant to the current unit’s key topic. You are encouraged to use the Park course library to find an article.  The article must support a business case for HR management. Each student must post a question based on their article no later than Tuesday of each week in order to receive full discussion points. If you miss the Tuesday deadline ten percent will be deducted from the final discussion grade for the week. The Tuesday deadline enhances the discussion area and provides others with an opportunity to comment on your posts. 

Each student must also respond (reply) to at least two other student’s posted questions, a student’s response to a question, or to instructor input.  Two peer responses are due each week.

All initial questions input must be accompanied by a summary of the selected article. There is no length requirement for the question. However, the question must be comprehensive (a summary analysis of the key article points followed by a question that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no response. The peer responses are required to be comprehensive and clearly state your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with the post in a professional manner. Peer responses are not just short responses like: “I agree.”  Peer responses must include data or other information that makes an HR business case for the response (with at least one source for support).

Southwest Airlines is a well-known company featured in our textbook. Over the next 4 weeks, you will take on the fictional role of intern at Southwest Airlines Human Resources. You will utilize the textbook and other professional resources to complete your assessments.

Your first week on the job is filled with learning the ins and outs of Human Resources and the industry. Your manager told you that one of your projects is to assist with a new HR strategy for the company. This strategy is broken down into 3 parts that you’ll work on throughout the course. They are:

1. Examining current practices
2. Talent recruitment and selection
3. Strategy recommendation

Your first task is to examine Southwest’s current HR practices, as reported in public sources. Complete the HR Design Decisions chart with your review and rationale of the elements listed below to decide where Southwest Airlines’ HR practices fall. Support the analysis with evidence from sources on the web.

• Employees as expenses vs. employees as assets
• Compensation below market, above market, or competitive
• Spontaneous training and development or planned training and development
• Specific job descriptions or general job descriptions
• External or internal recruitment, or both
• Limited socialization of new employees or extensive socialization
• Collective bargaining or individual bargaining

Possible sources for information include but are not limited to:

• Organization website and associated websites
• Vault Campus includes detailed reviews and survey information about what it’s like to work at Southwest. To access Vault Campus, visit eCampus and click PhoenixLink.
• Websites that specialize in company reviews and job postings
• Magazine and journal articles from the Internet or University Library

Answer the following:

This week you are beginning the process of developing your capstone project. The first step in the capstone research process is to define your health care management topic. Requirements for this project include a current health care topic that can be supported by scholarly resources and will incorporate the Health Care Management program objectives.

• Discuss some of your ideas for your capstone project.
  • Include in your discussion why you selected this Health Care Management topic.
  • What challenges do you think you will encounter with the selection of your topic?
  • What kinds of resources do you think are available for you in regard to your topic?
  • How do you think you will use this topic to cover the Health Care Management program objectives?
• Please answer the questions and support your answers with information from the readings (and your own personal experience as appropriate).
• Initial posting should be 150 words.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.