Assignment 2: Challenges in the Business Environment
Due Week 9 and worth 330 points
As you have explored in this course, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as the Chief Compliance Officer of a Fortune 500 company and must prepare a presentation for your suppliers regarding your Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via email, webinar, etc.
For this assignment, you are to create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) and your research on the Fortune 500 company from Assignment 1. In your presentation, you are to summarize the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you would communicate via email, webinar, etc. The specific requirements are listed below.
PowerPoint
Presentation Requirements:
Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
1. Summarize your chosen company's Supplier Responsibility information.
2. In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and society social responsibility.
3. Discuss your company's stance on each of the following areas:
Empowering Workers
Labor and Human Rights
Health and Safety
The Environment
Accountability
4. Identify the key ways that your company's Code of Conduct has changed since last year.
5. Examine the manner in which your company's Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
6. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
7. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references, from within the last 2 years, that you used for this PowerPoint presentation.
Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting requirements:
Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide length.
Specific Library Resources to help you get started:
Access the
Strayer UniversityOnline Library here
.
Introductory Search
- Use the home page's search box to keyword search many, but not all, databases.
Targeted Search
- Scroll to the bottom of the page for an A to Z listing of all databases. Float over each link to see a description of the database and click to load that particular database's cu.
Assignment 2 Challenges in the Business EnvironmentDue Week.docx
1. Assignment 2: Challenges in the Business Environment
Due Week 9 and worth 330 points
As you have explored in this course, ongoing challenges in the
global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical
business practices, failure to embrace technology
advancements, and stiff competition among businesses.
Imagine that you have been appointed as the Chief Compliance
Officer of a Fortune 500 company and must prepare a
presentation for your suppliers regarding your Supplier Code of
Conduct to deliver via email, webinar, etc.
For this assignment, you are to create a presentation using
PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) and your research on
the Fortune 500 company from Assignment 1. In your
presentation, you are to summarize the important changes and
explanations regarding the code of conduct that you would
communicate via email, webinar, etc. The specific requirements
are listed below.
PowerPoint
Presentation Requirements:
Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint presentation in
which you:
1. Summarize your chosen company's Supplier Responsibility
information.
2. In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier
Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and
2. society social responsibility.
3. Discuss your company's stance on each of the following
areas:
Empowering Workers
Labor and Human Rights
Health and Safety
The Environment
Accountability
4. Identify the key ways that your company's Code of Conduct
has changed since last year.
5. Examine the manner in which your company's Supplier Code
of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially
responsible organization.
6. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you
were delivering the presentation.
7. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality
references, from within the last 2 years, that you used for this
PowerPoint presentation.
Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic
resources.
Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting
requirements:
3. Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each
slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs,
graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually
appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the
student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the
date. The title and reference slides are not included in the
required slide length.
Specific Library Resources to help you get started:
Access the
Strayer UniversityOnline Library here
.
Introductory Search
- Use the home page's search box to keyword search many, but
not all, databases.
Targeted Search
- Scroll to the bottom of the page for an A to Z listing of all
databases. Float over each link to see a description of the
database and click to load that particular database's custom
search page. Custom search pages include both basic and
advanced search options.
These databases are only partially searchable through the
general search bar. You will have to search for them
individually to find resources for your paper.
4. Nexis Uni
- This contains legal information and would be useful to search
for court cases in which your company has been involved.
Video Explaining Nexis Uni
Research Starters are like the academic version of Wikipedia.
Search on a topic to get an overview with links to other
information within that topic. It will help you get ideas for
keywords for your own searches and what you need to know in
order to successfully write your paper.
Research Starters - Business
Library Databases - Research Starters
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Evaluate the influences of changing economic, political, social,
cultural, and technological forces on business and society.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
business and society.
5. Write clearly and concisely about business and society using
proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.