Write a 4-5 page paper in APA format supported by at least 4 references.  Please include an introduction and conclusion. Do NOT use a question and answer format.

Discuss Warren Buffett’s approach to business dealings, especially as they relate to business ethics.

Apply ethical philosophies integrity, dignity and/or respect and state which you think apply to Mr. Buffett.

Utilize two of Mr. Buffett’s quotes that you have found through an Internet search that pertain to business ethics and discuss their meaning.

Compare and contrast your chosen leader’s behaviors to what you have learned about Warren Buffett.

Which of the following studies is linked most directly to the establishment of the National Research Act in 1974 and ultimately to the Belmont Report and Federal regulations for human subject protection?
A. The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
B. Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo).
C. Tearoom Trade Study (Humphreys).
D. The Harvard T3 study.

The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that:
A. The study makes a significant contribution to generalizable knowledge.
B. Subjects derive individual benefit from study participation.
C. Risks are managed so that they are no more than minimal.
D. Potential benefits justify the risks of harm.

Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the pretense that he was a lookout is an example of a violation of the principle of:
A. Justice.
B. Beneficence.
C. Respect for persons.

According to the Belmont Report, the moral requirement that there be fair outcomes in the selection of research subjects, expresses the principle of:
A. Beneficence.
B. Justice.
C. Respect for persons.

Which of the following is an example of how the principle of beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects?
a. Providing detailed information about the study to potential subjects.
b. Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits.
c. Ensuring that the selection of subjects is fair.
d. Ensuring that subjects understand that participation is voluntary

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?
a. A researcher asks the director of a local free clinic about the number of patients in the last two years with newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS.
b. A researcher conducts a linguistic study of comments posted on a local public blog.
c. A researcher uses the Customs Office’s passenger lists for ships bringing immigrants to the US between1820-1845 to track the numbers of immigrants from certain ethnic groups.
d. A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of toddlers and their care givers to determine which intervention methods most effectively manage aggression.

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?
a. An organization for women academics in engineering asks a federal agency to provide the number of women investigators funded by that agency to include in a report for its membership.
b. An experiment is proposed on the relationship between gender-related stereotypes in math and the subsequent performance by males and females on math tests.
c. A university designs an in-house study to improve the mentoring of women students in its engineering department with the proposed outcome consisting of a report of recommendations for the department.
d. A researcher receives anonymized data for secondary analysis from a survey about gender-related differences in stress levels conducted by a colleague at another university.

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects?
a. A researcher sets up a meeting with the superintendent of a large and diverse public school system to get data about the ethnic composition of the school system and the number of students receiving free lunches.
b. Undergraduate students in a field methods class are assigned a research question and asked to interview another classmate, to be followed by a class discussion on interview techniques.
c. A researcher conducts a comparison of the comments made in a publicly available blog and the blogger’s comments on a similar topic in a weekly magazine.
d. A cognitive psychologist enrolls undergraduate students for a computer-based study about the effect of mood on problem solving behaviors.

The course project requires you to create a quality management plan. To do this, you will:

• Identify various aspects of a quality management plan in a healthcare organization.
• Apply various processes and tools to enhance quality in a healthcare setting. Seek additional resources from http://www.leanproduction.com/index.html.
• Identify workflow processes in a healthcare setting.
• Identify quality parameters in a healthcare setting.
• Examine the effectiveness of a quality management plan in a given healthcare setting.

The project is modeled on the Shewhart Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act). You will modify the Shewhart Cycle to make it applicable to your selected healthcare service or program.

Seek additional resources that will help you understand the process being studied as well as planning and quality improvement in general. You can visit the following link for more details on a quality process improvement plan: www.goleansixsigma.com

Click Resources and then select Lean Six Sigma Tools. Review the steps in sequence; they provide direction to a quality process improvement plan. While you do not need to use the steps in sequence, they provide direction, as given below:

• Define: This step describes the importance of the problem within the organization.
• Measure: This step relates to the impact of the current condition and target goals for improvement.
• Analyze: This step relates to understanding work flow mapping and the value stream as well as understanding root cause analysis (RCA).
• Improve: This step identifies improvements to consider in the implementation of change.
• Control: This step is about sustainability of change.

Tasks:

• Complete a part of the Plan step of the cycle. 
  • Describe the environment, the organization, and the department or program within the organization that is the basis for your project. Describe the selected healthcare setting, specifically its service, staff, equipment, and patients. Identify and describe the scope and nature of the problem.
  • Assess the environment using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Interview some stakeholders, such as managers, staff, or customers. Use the interview information to conduct the SWOT analysis. You may also summarize or quote any important or interesting information gathered during the interview.
  • Select one of the weaknesses determined by the SWOT analysis to create a plan for improvement.

Matrix is interested in how performance management systems are designed effectively and how they adhere to legal requirements. Your supervisor Annalise has asked you to prepare a two-part executive report for the VP of HR that demonstrates some key factors to consider when designing a performance management system.

In Part 1 of the report due this week, Annalise has asked you to write 500-600 words that address the following questions about designing a performance management system:

• What is the importance of goal-setting when designing a performance management system?
• What is the role of a job description when designing a performance management system?
• How does performance management encourage employee development?

Part 2 – Needs to be 500 words and labelled as part 2
Annalise would like you to add information about legal concerns that are linked to performance management systems. Matrix is concerned because it wants to protect the organization from any potential lawsuits. Your report to the VP of HR will be pivotal because it will help senior leaders develop their legal strategy to going forward.

• What laws should be considered when conducting a performance evaluation?
• Considering performance evaluation, what can managers do to prevent discrimination?

2. Describe the organizations’ general environment. For each dimension, give at least one specific example, other than the examples mentioned in your text.

3. What are the major forces that affect organization-environment relationships? Describe those factors.

4. Describe the four approaches to organizational effectiveness. Give a specific example of something that a company should measure in order to evaluate its effectiveness under each approach.

5. Elements from the general environment affect al organizations, but they may not affect all organizations in the same way. Choose an industry and discuss the impact of at least two different elements from the general environment on firms in that industry. Are all firms affected equally? Explain.

Chapter 4  (p.112 Q. 1,2,3,4 & 5)

1.Discuss managerial ethics. three areas of special ethical concern for managers, and how organizations manage ethical behavior. (bullets in text)

·  Ethics are an individuals personal beliefs about what constitutes right and wrong behavior

·  important areas of ethical concern for managers are how the organization treats its employees, how employees treat the organization, and how the organization and its employees treat other economic agents

·  the ethical context of organizations consists of each managers individual ethics and messages sent by organizational practices

·  organizations use leadership, culture, training, codes, guidelines, and justice to help them manage ethical behavior

2. Identify and summarize key emerging ethical issues in organizations today.

·  one emerging ethical issue is ethical leadership and its key role in shaping ethical norms and the culture of the organization

·  another involves corporate governance and focuses on the need for the board of directors to maintain appropriate oversight of senior management

·  third, ethical issues in information technology relate to issues such as individual privacy and the potential abuse of an organizations information technology resources by individuals

3. Discuss the concept of social responsibility, specify to whom or what an organization might be considered responsible, and describe four types of organizational approaches to social responsibility.

·  social responsibility is the set of obligations an organization has to protect and enhance the society in which it functions

·  organization may be considered responsible to their stakeholders, to the natural environment, and to the general social welfare

·  there are strong arguments both for and against social responsibility

·  the approach an organization adopts toward social responsibility falls along a continuum of lesser to greater commitment: the obstructionist stance, the defensive stance, the accommodative stance, and the proactive stance

4. Explain the relationship between the government and organizations regarding social responsibility.

·  government influences organizations through regulation which is the establishment of laws and rules that dictate what businesses can and cannot do in prescribed areas

·  organizations rely on personal contacts, lobbying, political action committees, and favors to influence the government

5.Describe some of the activities organizations may engage in to manage social responsibility.

·  organizations use three types of activities to formally manage social responsibility: legal compliance, ethical compliance, and philanthropic giving

·  leadership, culture, and allowing for whistleblowing are informal means of managing social responsibility

·  organizations should evaluate the effectiveness of heir socially responsible practices as they would any other strategy

Chapter 5  (p.144 Q.1,2,3,4 & 8)

3. Describe the various types of political controls on international trade. Be sure to highlight the differences between the types.

4.Explain the relationship between organizational size and globalization. Are large firms the only ones that are global?

8.Use the internet to locate information about a company that is using a global strategic alliance or global joint venture. (Hint: Almost any large multinational firm will be involved in these ventures, and you can find information at corporate home pages.) What do you think are the major goals for the venture? DO you expect that the firm will accomplish its goals? If so, why? If not, what stands in its way?