Gumdrop Nothern

Memorandum

To: Mike Nye, Executive Officer

From: Student name

Date: Date submitted

Subject: Potential Solutions to the Three Ethical Issues Raised by the Gumthrop Northern Case _____________________________________________________________

Here is the detailed document which identifies, discusses, and proposes one solution to the three main ethical issues that arose from Gumthrop Northern’s unethical and illegal behavior.

[Instructions to students do be deleted from final memorandum: Below is a sample outline to help you formulate your thoughts but the final Authentic Assessment product cannot be in outline format but must be in a total narrative format. Use the blue headings as major headings in your paper for ease of grading and organizing your thoughts.]

Use must use my headings or you will be penalized 2pts.

A. The Problem [short description of the problem and facts to support the three ethical issues you will be discussing.] 5pts

B. Ethical Issue #1:

(1) present the relevant facts for this ethical issue; (2) explain why this issue is an ethical issue as opposed to legal issue and/or discuss how the issue is both ethical and legal issue; discuss any managers’ fiduciary duties [see definition at end of these instructions], and discuss the effects of the ethical issues on all implicated stakeholders [identify at least 3 major stakeholders]. Look to the Grading Rubric for Conferences to help you pick out the specific ethics philosophy [which you must define] you feel applies to way this ethical issue was handled by the company. Make sure you define it.] You must provide citations of authority for why it is or is not a legal issue. 10pts

C. Ethical Issue #2:

(1) present the relevant facts for this ethical issue; (2) explain why this issue is an ethical issue as opposed to legal issue and/or discuss how the issue is both ethical and legal issue; discuss any managers’ fiduciary duties [see definition at end of these instructions], and discuss the effects...