BUS 481: Strategic Planning and Business Policy
Assignment 10
Chapter 10: Leading an Ethical Organization:
Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility
10.1 Research a hostile takeover in the past five
years and examine the long-term impact on the firm’s stock market performance.
Was the takeover beneficial or harmful to shareholders?
10.2 Examine the AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch
website (http://aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch)
and select a company of interest to see how many years you would need to work
to earn a year’s pay enjoyed by the firm’s CEO.
10.3 How would your college fare if rated on the
dimensions used by KLD? Do you believe that executives will become more ethical
based on legislation such a Sarbanes-Oxley?
10.4 Explain how a specific decision bias
mentioned in this chapter led to poor decision making by a firm.
10.5 Are there negative generational tendencies in
your age group that you have worked to overcome?
10.6 Select an industry. Find positive and
negative examples of corporate social performance based on the dimensions used
by KLD.
10.7 The chapter discussed Blake Mycoskie and TOMS
shoes. What other opportunities exist to create new organizations that serve both
social and financial goals?
Answer each question fully. Be sure to answer all
questions. Number each question.
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