Assignment: Managerial Ethics and Social Responsibility
Read the Case "Businesses Respond to the Movement for School Safety" at the end of Chapter 2 and response to the following:
• What was the public issue facing the companies in this case?
• Describe the "performance-expectations gap" found in the case. What were the stakeholders' (community and school students) expectations, and how did they differ from businesses' performance?
• If you applied the strategic radar screens model to this case, which of the eight environments would be most significant, and why?
• Apply the issue management process to this case. Which stages of the process can you identify?
• In your opinion, did businesses respond appropriately to this issue? Why or why not?
• If you had been a manager of one of the airlines or banks discussed in the case, what would you have decided to do (or not do) in the face of emerging public concern about gun violence in schools?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Text Book: Business and Society- Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy by Anne T. Lawrence and James Weber, Sixteenth Edition.