Work Ethics

Assignment Instructions

For this individual assignment, you will be assessed based on demonstrated evidence that you have read the lesson commentary, completed all reading assignments, viewed any video assigned  and competed any activity assigned. Furthermore, you will be assessed based on demonstrated evidence that you can synthesize lesson content, provide insights, draw conclusions and apply what you are learning in a cogently written manner. Briefly discuss the questions below (i.e., key takeaways):

Discuss specific management, labor and employment relations challenges of dealing with ethical issues that arise in the context of conducting international business.
Examine the ethical dimensions of these issues from multiple perspectives including management, worker,  government and NGO.
Discuss the implications of these issues for HR Practitioners conducting business in the 21st century in a global economy.
Discuss in detail the following questions. You will be assessed based on demonstrated ability to self-reflect, self-examine, and write in a cogent manner.

What did your learn about yourself from this lesson?
What’s important about what you learned?
What are you going to do with what you learned? Please be specific and avoid providing a generic response.

Required readings:

text:
Chapter 11: Managing for Ethics and Social Responsibility in a Global Business Environment

E-Reserves
Egels-Zanden, Niklas. (June 2009). Transnational Governance of Workers’ Rights: Outlining a Research Agenda. Journal of Business Ethics, 87, pp 169-188.
Web

International Labor Organization (ILO) https://www.ilo.org/global/lang–en/index.htm

For more information on Work Ethics read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic