1st Discussion

According to the Business Roundtable, “Effective corporate governance requires a clear understanding of the respective roles of the board and senior management and their relationships with others in the corporate structure. The relationships of the board and management with stockholders should be characterized with candor; their relationships with employees should be characterized by fairness; their relationships with communities in which they operate should be characterized by good citizenship; and their relationships with government should be characterized by a commitment to compliance.” Discuss what is meant by each element of the statement with respect to creating an ethical organizational environment.

2nd Discussion

It is a distinguishing mark of actions labeled “whistleblowing” that the agent intends to force attention to a serious moral problem. How does this statement relate to whistle-blowers who come forward under provisions of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act? Respond to the question by considering the motivations to blow the whistle as discussed in this chapter. Do you believe that the Dodd-Frank whistle-blower program that incentivizes reporting fraud and other wrongdoings in return for a monetary reward is ethical? Use the ethical reasoning methods to answer the question.

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You have just graduated from the Criminal Justice program and acquired your dream career working with the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). You love to write articles of criminal justice interest, and because the NCJRS provides links to millions and millions of criminal justice references, you find yourself in awe of your career. For your first assignment, you have been asked present a report at an upcoming criminal justice conference. This report will help your colleagues better understand how databases, technology, polices, and so forth affect the administration of justice and the outcome of court cases in particular. Your training coordinator expects you to highlight several examples of how criminal justice databases, computer technology, and policies have changed the way crimes are investigated and how criminals are brought to justice. Address how 2 of the following databases, technology tools, and policies have changed the legal landscape in the United States in your paper of 3–4 pages. On the two topics selected, you should address the history, administration, purpose, and so forth:

• Fingerprint analysis
• DNA databases
• Ballistics testing
• Tire tread analysis
• Tracking of illegal pornographic images
• Modus operandi databases
• Three strikes laws
• Gun control laws
• The USA PATRIOT Act
• Megan’s law
• Domestic violence laws
• The exclusionary rule
• Lie detectors
• Inmate classification systems
• Truth in sentencing laws

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Assignment: Individual Reflection: Handling Difficult Conversations

What is the cost of avoiding a difficult or stressful conversation? At the workplace, avoiding such conversations can lead to absenteeism, low morale, and—in some circumstances—costly litigation. Avoiding difficult conversations can also indulge the worst behaviors in uncooperative colleagues, partners, and employees: gossip, infighting, and retaliation that distract the organization from its purpose and goals. Such avoidance of conflict can sap motivation and push talented employees out the door. Managers need to be familiar with processes for approaching difficult conversations, and how to learn from previous experiences to improve this important skill.

As your Learning Resources have reflected (Edmondson & Smith, 2006; Weeks, 2001), engaging in difficult conversations can be one of the more difficult responsibilities of a manager. Difficult conversations involving money, performance, and expectations are inevitable in the workplace, so managers need to know how to approach them effectively whether they are delivering negative feedback and bad news, de-escalating unhealthy conflict between colleagues, or working through an organizational crisis.

To prepare for this Individual Reflection, recall a difficult face to face conversation that you have had in a professional setting where you had to give or receive critical feedback. Reflect on whether you were prepared for the conversation, the positive and negative elements of the conversation, and how it ended. Also, reflect on the steps you initiated after the conversation occurred.

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page account of a difficult conversation you had in a professional context. Make sure you include the following:

• First, briefly describe the circumstances of a difficult face-to-face conversation you have had in a professional setting. Then recount the specific actions you took to try to resolve the situation, and explain whether or not those actions were effective and why.
• Applying the learning resources from the week, analyze the difficult conversation and explain what it taught you about your own approach to communication, and the strategies that would help you improve your communication skills. Be sure to provide a rationale as to why you think these strategies would be effective for you and lead to better results in these types of circumstances.
• Finally, if you were to face a similar difficult conversation today, explain how you would prepare for it. Use the weekly Learning Resources and, where appropriate, your personal and professional experiences to support conclusions.

Edmondson, A., & Smith, D. (2006). Too hot to handle? How to manage relationship conflict. California Management Review, 49(1), 6–31.

The passing of the USA Freedom Act does not guarantee that the average citizen will enjoy any more free than they have in the past. Sure the NSA and other organization may rely on other means to access the data that is being collected. However, it would be naive to believe that the government would give up a collection method without having another in there wheelhouse. We store tons of data online it would be easier to rely on tools that gather information from the internet than obtain it through the court systems.

Poor knowledge of civil liberties has not been a factor in the infringement of American’s civil liberties. It is the complacency with the policies that has contributed to the infringement of civil liberties. We as the people believe that these policies do not affect us, to the extent that they do. However, the amount of data we are freely willing to give is astounding. On social media alone we tag ourselves in pictures that hold GPS data of locations and times. We give away our birthdays on social media. We have come to terms with the fact that we are being tracked and assuming I’m not doing anything wrong why should I care.

Now comes the fun part should the NSA continue its monitoring program? After all this is an ethics class. Is it ethically right to monitor the data of all citizens? I would venture to say without a reason to suspect that someone is going to commit an act of terrorism then no. Also if we where to look at the travel patterns of terrorist organizations, terrorists are usually trained in foreign countries usually in the middle east. If certain criteria are met then I believe that monitoring should continue. If we are so willing to give out our information online that we should we care that it is gathered at all. If we didn’t want it out there maybe we should put it out there.