The purpose of this Research Project is for you to deepen your understanding of a particular management topic that is of interest to you. You will conduct research using secondary sources in order to develop an understanding of your research topic that goes beyond the textbook. This is an individual assignment and is to be completed without collaboration with classmates. Each student must select a different research topic – but the topic you select is up to you. When trying to determine what topic to select please do not be afraid to look ahead to textbook chapters that we have not already covered in class. Your topic should be directly related to some concept from the textbook and must be specific. For example, Motivation (Chapter 14) would be too broad as a research topic but “Motivating Millennial Employees” would be suitable.  The Research Report is a written document (between 1800-2200 words) that shares the findings from your research. The purpose of this document is to summarize and synthesize what you learned about your research topic from secondary sources. This report relies heavily on your ability to collect and assess relevant secondary sources related to your research topic. The grading rubric for the Research Report can be found below. The rubric includes many specific details on the expectations for the report and should be used as a guide for the overall structure of the report. MGMT 192 - Research Report Student Name: _________________ Criteria Grade and feedback Executive summary (10%) • Provides high-level summary of key sections of report Introduction (10%) • Provides a clear purpose and direction for the report • The research topic is introduced • Describes procedure for collecting secondary sources • Includes a “road-map” for the rest of the report Research Findings (60%) • Integrates findings and presents findings around headings that represent themes • Provides description of findings that is not too detailed (i.e. no over-use of quotes from secondary sources) • Provides description of findings that is not too vague (i.e. it is clear how the themes relate to the secondary sources found) • Evidence of critical thinking skills related to the identification of similarities and differences between ideas from secondary sources cited and textbook • Secondary sources cited are relevant, credible and timely (i.e. not out-dated) • Suitable number of secondary sources included (i.e. 6-10 sources, at least 3 must be from peer-reviewed journals) Conclusion (10%) • Concisely summarizes key points from paper • Includes some mention of next steps or future considerations related to the research topic Organization and writing (10%) • Paper is clearly written, well organized and flows well • No grammar and spelling errors • Stays within length requirement (i.e. 1800-2200 words) • APA format • Title page and table of contents included Total (out of 100%) * “Organization ...

1. The purpose of this Research Project is for you to deepen your
understanding of a particular management topic that is of
interest to you. You will conduct research using secondary
sources in order to develop an understanding of your research
topic that goes beyond the textbook.
This is an individual assignment and is to be completed without
collaboration with classmates. Each student must select a
different research topic – but the topic you select is up to you.
When trying to determine what topic to select please do not be
afraid to look ahead to textbook chapters that we have not
already covered in class. Your topic should be directly related
to some concept from the textbook and must be specific. For
example, Motivation (Chapter 14) would be too broad as a
research topic but “Motivating Millennial Employees” would be
suitable.
The Research Report is a written document (between 1800-2200
words) that shares the findings from your research. The purpose
of this document is to summarize and synthesize what you
learned about your research topic from secondary sources. This
report relies heavily on your ability to collect and assess
relevant secondary sources related to your research topic.
The grading rubric for the Research Report can be found below.
The rubric includes many specific details on the expectations
for the report and should be used as a guide for the overall
structure of the report.
MGMT 192 - Research Report
Student Name: _________________

2. Criteria Grade and feedback
Executive summary (10%)
• Provides high-level summary of key sections of report
Introduction (10%)
• Provides a clear purpose and direction for the report
• The research topic is introduced
• Describes procedure for collecting secondary sources
• Includes a “road-map” for the rest of the report
Research Findings (60%)
• Integrates findings and presents findings around
headings that represent themes
• Provides description of findings that is not too detailed
(i.e. no over-use of quotes from secondary sources)
• Provides description of findings that is not too vague (i.e.
it is clear how the themes relate to the secondary sources
found)
• Evidence of critical thinking skills related to the
identification of similarities and differences between ideas
from secondary sources cited and textbook
• Secondary sources cited are relevant, credible and timely
(i.e. not out-dated)
• Suitable number of secondary sources included (i.e. 6-10
sources, at least 3 must be from peer-reviewed
journals)

3. Conclusion (10%)
• Concisely summarizes key points from paper
• Includes some mention of next steps or future
considerations related to the research topic
Organization and writing (10%)
• Paper is clearly written, well organized and flows well
• No grammar and spelling errors
• Stays within length requirement (i.e. 1800-2200 words)
• APA format
• Title page and table of contents included
Total (out of 100%)
* “Organization and Writing” is an independent grading
criterion but is relevant to the paper’s ability to
convey ideas in each area described in this rubric. Therefore,
poor writing, errors, typos and
formatting issues could result in lost grades in multiple areas of
the rubric (e.g., “Organization and
Writing” and “Research Findings”).
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Running Head: Emotion and Ethical Decision-Making in
Organizations

4. Research Project Proposal
Emotion and Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations
In the daily life, people have different life style and have a
different personality to deal with the several circumstances in
their lives of making a bad or good decision based on personal
experience. Gender, culture, emotion, and ethics are some
factors that affect people in decision-making. So the question is
that how people can make a right decision when they are in a
position as a responsible employee or a manager? And how they
can do make the decision away from emotion feelings? Or even
away from ethical aspects? The emotion and ethical decision-
making in an organization is a concept that illustrates some of
the emotional situations that affect the individual to determine
the moral dilemmas and make it easier for the individual to
make a decision. In particular, the concept has a positive impact
in solving moral dilemmas in a manner consistent with the
evolving moral structures.

5. According to an article on the importance of values and culture
in ethical decision making, "The foundation of ethical decision-
making involves choice and balance; it is a guide to discard bad
choices in favour of good ones. Therefore, in making ethical
decisions, one of the first questions to consider is 'what a
reasonable man would do in this situation?'"(Hojnacki, 2004).
Talking about making decisions, I found that many
organizations put questions on the interview to ask the
applicants to make some solutions and decisions by posing some
problems related to the career life. Also, I found that besides
having a certificate, organizations are focusing on strong
personality skills and the speed of making the right decision as
an appropriate standard to get a job, especially in the
management department. Through the report, it will define
theories and styles of decision-making that will make the
concept of emotion and ethical decision-making in an
organization more clear to understand when, where, and why
employees or managers makes right decisions for the benefits to
organizations .
In addition, cultural differentiation is one of the factors that
influencing the decision-making. Sometimes we are making
some sensitive decisions based on our culture, emotions or our
ethics in our career lives. Making an emotional or ethical
decision by the staff is one of the concern to many
organizations and business owners. However, the research will
focus on how emotions influence individuals' ethical decision
process, and how different emotions promote or discourage
ethical decision-making in the workplace. I have chosen this
topic because learning and understanding the circumstances of
the difference culture that would give employees and managers
more options of making a good decision than facing issues
against the organization's policy, or against the law due to take
a decision based on emotion.