Week 2 Discussion
Corporate Governance, Strategy, and Ethics
The discussions each week are designed to (a) reinforce the research topics that you are reading about, (b) challenge you to explore the topics further, and (c) test your understanding of the concepts and their application within business research.
Before beginning work on this week’s discussion post, review the following resources:
- Doing Discussion Questions Right
- Expanded Grading Rubric
The discussion assignment consists of two parts.
Part 1
From the bullet point list below, select one topic for which you will lead the discussion in the forum this week. Early in the week, reserve your selected topic by posting your response (reservation post) to the Discussion Area, identifying your topic in the subject line. By the due date assigned,research your topic and start a scholarly conversation as you respond with your initial or primary post to your own reservation post in theDiscussion Area. Make sure your response does not duplicate your colleagues’ responses.
Topic:
- What are the major criticisms of boards of directors? Which single criticism do you find to be the most important? Why?
As the beginning of a scholarly conversation, your initial post should be:
- Succinct—no more than 200 words.
- Provocative—use concepts and combinations of concepts from the readings to propose relationships, causes, and/or consequences that inspire others to engage (inquire, learn). In other words, take a scholarly stand.
- Supported—scholarly conversations are more than opinions. Ideas, statements, and conclusions are supported by clear research and citations from course materials as well as other credible, peer-reviewed resources.
Part 2
Read the ethics case “Is Resume Inflation and Deception Okay” in Chapter 7 of the textbook. By the end of the week, provide your views for the following questions:
- In light of the prevalence of these practices, is resume inflation and deception okay? Provide examples of what might be acceptable or unacceptable.
- If you had been on Yahoo!’s board, would you have supported keeping Thompson?
Why do you suppose Thompson resigned?
THE URL TO CHAPTER 7:
https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/9781337514477/pageid/210