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Week 3 Case Study 1 – Submit Here

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Case Study 1: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Read “Case Study 3: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges,” located on page 407 of the textbook. Then, research and read two or more articles related to Walmart and ethics.

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

1. Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in an unethical situation.
2. Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.
3. Analyze two (2) of the legal mandates that workers and U.S. government has accused Walmart of violating. Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.
4. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical decision making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Recommend two (2) actions that Walmart’s Human Resources Department should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives of Walmart’s human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.
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.
• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.
• 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, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Read and respond to your classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional with your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions. 

APA format

175 word minimum

At least 1 reference

Lakeisha Conaway

8:57 PM 

It is very important that the hiring manager follow specific strategies because one it will ensure transparency. Following the recruitment process and informing candidates on the status of their application will make sure that the process will be a successful one. Consistency is another which I find very important. Anything that is not consistent will give inconsistent results. To avoid inconsistent outcomes a standardized process should be followed. Organizations will be more beneficial and will eliminate discrimination, this is another reason why it is improving follow through with the process. Discrimination is easily spotted through certain organizations. Preventing this will help the candidates trust the company and management and help them feel comfortable. The strategy I believe I the most effective is consistency. Consistency is one of the strongest abilities a person should have especially in management.

Ethics in Implementing Change

Issues that affect the human and social services profession and society often involve ethical considerations. For example, access to services may be dependent on meeting criteria that favor one group over another. Should this situation raise ethical concerns? If so, where do you find guidance on how to address the ethical issue? As an interdisciplinary field, many different codes of ethics may be applied to issues related to human services. Selecting the appropriate code depends on the nature of the issue, as well as on your position or role within human services. Along with the codes of ethics, Kitchener (1984) identified five core principles that can guide ethical decision making across disciplines. These core principles include autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity. As a human and social services professional, you should keep these core principles in mind in your everyday work.

For this Discussion, you consider ethical concerns that may be associated with your Capstone Project issue.

Reference: Kitchener, K. S. (1984). Intuition, critical evaluation and ethical principles: The foundation for ethical decisions in counseling psychology. Counseling Psychologist, 12(3), 43–55.

To prepare:

• Consider the Capstone Project topic you selected in Week 1. Think about any ethical considerations related to this issue.
• Then, review professional codes of ethics that you have explored throughout your program (such as those from the National Organization for Human Services and others provided in this week’s Learning Resources), and consider their role in guiding the implementation of both professional and societal change.

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 4

Post a brief description of the professional or societal issue you selected. Explain any ethical concerns that might be associated with the issue. Then, identify a professional code of ethics, and explain how it might be used to guide your action in addressing the issue. Be specific.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

respond to this discussion

 To me, change control is taking the proper steps to get an aspect or aspects of a project changed, without having to change the project completely, falling behind schedule, or discontinuing the project all together. It is needed because, there is no doubt that issues will come up. When these issues come up, change is needed. When changes happen on a project team, you have to get proper authorization in order for these changes to be made. 

After the needs assessment has been completed, the next element of the strategic plan involves developing the strategic issues. Key tasks associated with the strategic issues include conducting a gap analysis, performing an environmental scan, and developing stakeholder surveys. The actions are performed so that you can conduct a SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, and THREATS. A SWOT analysis is used to help an agency, organization, or community better understand the business and environment in which it operates. The goal of developing strategic issues is to list or map out all of the strengths and weaknesses, and then to do the same for all of the opportunities and threats. This helps the organization to identify a strategy for planning. Opportunities that match the strengths are things that should be pursued. Threats that particularly align with weaknesses should be especially avoided when developing a strategic plan.
For this Assignment, you complete a SWOT analysis for your Capstone Project agency, organization, or community.

To prepare:

• Review Final Project: Developing a Strategic Plan –S.W.O.T Analysis media in the Weekly Resources.
• Consider the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges related to your Capstone Project agency, organization, or community.
• Think about the environmental factors you might review in preparation for addressing the strategic issues component for your Capstone Project. The environmental factors may include: political, economic, demographic, regulatory, philanthropic, donor trends, and other organizations providing similar services.

By Day 7

The Assignment (4–6 pages):

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis. This analysis focuses on assessing the present state or condition of the organization and determining where the organization would like to be. The difference between the two represents the gap, or the difference between where the organization is currently and where the organization would like to be. This gap could provide direction for the major focus of the strategic plan.
2. Describe plans for conducting an environmental scan. The environmental scan is a process in which stakeholders gather and interpret relevant data on an agency, organization, or community to identify external opportunities and threats.
   1. Identify and describe internal conditions that might impact the implementation of the strategic plan.
   2. Address how you would minimize the impact of those conditions.
   3. Identify and describe external conditions or competitors that might impact the implementation of the strategic plan.
      1. Address how you would minimize the impact of those conditions.
      2. Consider how you might plan to work with competitors to meet the needs of your targeted agency, organization, or community.
3. Identify and describe at least three strengths of the agency, organization, or community.
   1. State why each item on the list is a strength.
   2. State how you plan to utilize each strength to positively the impact the development or implementation of the strategic plan.
4. Identify and describe at least three weaknesses of the agency, organization, or community.
   1. State what causes each item on the list to be a weakness.
   2. State how you plan to minimize the impact of the weakness.
5. Identify and describe at least three threats to the agency, organization, or community.
   1. State what causes each item on the list to be a threat.
   2. State how you plan to minimize the impact of the threat.
6. Identify and describe at least three opportunities for improvement for the agency, organization, or community.
   1. State what causes each item on the list to be an opportunity for improvement.
   2. State how you plan to incorporate the opportunity in the implementation of the strategic plan.

How much power should the courts have in affecting the relationship between employers and employees? This country was built on the philosophy of Laissez Faire…. leave them alone. Under that philosophy, we built railroads, skyscrapers and a vast industrial economy that has made us the envy of the industrial world. Entrepreneurs were able to get rich or go broke based on their own talent and luck, and workers could choose their professions and become successful by their own hard work.

On the other hand, entrepreneurs became fabulously wealthy on the backs on the workers. Miners were routinely killed in dangerous mining conditions so the owners could become even wealthier. There was a case in the 1920’s in which a young boy was required to work late at night cleaning machines. He spilled a little cleaning fluid, and it dripped on a mouse hiding under the machine. The mouse ran under a gas radiator. The flame of the radiator caused the mouse to catch on fire, and it ran under the machine which blew up due to the flammable fluid being used to clean. The boy was killed; The employer hired another boy to take his place. No, I didn’t make that up.

Under what circumstances, and to what degree, should the government be able to step in and dictate the relationship between an employer and employee?

Assignment 3: Planning Considerations for the HR Project

Due Week 6 and worth 145 points

At this point, you’ve organized your HR project team and you are familiar with the importance of leading and managing the project and team. It is now time to plan your project, which happens to be a large and critical part of project management. Project planning tends to be collaborative and integrative in that many factors, such as scope, resourcing, budgeting, and risk need to be considered.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Define and discuss scope and scheduling as they each relate to project management and provide a “Statement of Importance” to your project team so they know the relevance of each task.
2. Review the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing listed in the textbook at Section 9.1. and select any four (4) of the skills you consider more critical. Be sure to explain why.
3. Explain to the management team and your project team how you have determined the budget associated with project costs. How are costs aggregated? How would you explain determining cash flow for separate activities? Be specific with your responses.
4. Discuss at least three (3) ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.
5. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment.

Your assignment must:

• 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:

• Identify the scope of projects and the structure of the accompanying work.
• Plan the project schedule and resources.
• Estimate project costs and associated risks associated with each cost.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
• Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the rubric for this assignment. 

 HR Management test questions

1. Describe the employment-at-will doctrine. – This is a common-law doctrine stating that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, or promote whomever they choose, unless there is a law or a contract to the contrary.

2. List four major laws enacted since 1960 that directly impact the Human Resources function. Briefly describe each.
– Family and Medical Leave Act – Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave for their serious health conditions or the birth or adoption of a child. . Injured employees may ask to use that leave time in addition to the leave time allowed under worker’ comp, even if it is unpaid.
– Americans with Disabilities Act – Prohibits discrimination based on disability
– Occupational Safety and Health Act – passed “to assure so far as possible every working man woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and preserve our human resources.”
– Equal Pay Act of 1963 – Tries to depress sex discrimination as related to pay and commerce in the workplace.

3. Explain how a firm’s human resources influence organizational performance. –

4. Describe how firms can use HR initiatives to cope with workplaces changes and trends such as a more diverse workforce, the global economy, downsizing, and new legislation. 

Unit I Assessment 

1.In order for an organization to increase employee engagement, the company may use various methods. Discuss the influences and learning in the workplace that contribute to training and development. In addition, address your personal experience with employee engagement. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

2. Explain the differences between human resource management and human resource development. In your response, include what training is and what drives training requirements. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

3. There are various reasons why training is needed. Identify some causes, and pick one to explain in detail.  Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

4. Training is needed to address several concerns within the organization. Address why training is needed. Identify what a manager should consider in the needs assessment. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Unit II Journal

Of the seven techniques and methods used in conducting needs assessments, which would you select to use? Why? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.