Legal and Ethical Disicions

 You will aid Vice President Dodger of Colossal Corporation by analyzing complicated issues that have arisen in different subsidiaries of the company. These situations require the company to make legal and ethical decisions. You will be presented with a number of readings to familiarize yourself with relevant laws and with resources that guide you in making ethical decisions. You will produce a report for the VP that includes specific recommendations based on what you have found in the readings  

 Review the competencies below:

• Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment.
• Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas.
• Follow conventions of Standard Written English.
• Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the project or presentation.
• Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.
• Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem.
• Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.
• Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.
• Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks.
• Develop constructive resolutions for ethical dilemmas based on application of ethical theories, principles and models.
• Assess the implications of legal, ethical and cultural (national) standards on an organization’s operations in global markets and make recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Resolve workplace conflicts using the optimal approaches and techniques for the situation and involved parties.
• Analyze the implications of contract law and make recommendations to support business decisions.
• Analyze the implications of civil or criminal wrongs and of product or service liability laws, and make recommendations to support business decisions.
• Analyze the impact of international and foreign laws on US organizations acting domestically and abroad.
• Analyze the utility of various forms of dispute resolution and make recommendations to support business decisions.
• Apply the principles of employment law for ethical practices and risk mitigation.