Learning Activity #1: Individual

I need the initial post by Thursday and once i post it, I can send the student responses that I will need replies to. Please make the initial post several paragraphs and use as many sources as possible. At least 5 if you can. The replies can be like 3 paragraphs using at least one source.

This week we read of the role of board of directors in large, publicly traded corporations to ensure that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is implemented in a way that mitigates unethical or illegal behavior. Select one of the following industry’s listed below and identify positive and negative examples of corporate social behavior – explain how that behavior affected (positively or negatively) that industry and what can/should be done to mitigate that behavior. As always, please support and justify your answer using APA formatted references.

• Airline
• Banking
• Healthcare
• Retail
• Fast Food
• Oil/Gas
• Wall Street (Investment/wealth management, Investment Banking)

Learning Activity #2: Individual

Irrespective of your individual/personal thoughts on climate change/global warming, do environmental sustainability initiatives exert any measurable impacts on an organization’s [your current employer or assignment #1 company] sustainable profitable growth?, why, why not? Present substantive supporting argument(s).

Sources

Strategic Management:

• Chapter 10: Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility, Pages 314-338.

• Sustainability – The Only Strategy
• Global Consumerism and Sustainability
• Creating Value Through Sustainable Design
• The Climate Challenge: Achieving Zero Emissions