Competency 310.2.

1: Ethical Issues in Business - The

graduate can determine ethical and socially responsible courses
of action in a given business situation.Objective 310.2.1-05:
Evaluate a given situation to determine a companys attitude
toward social responsibility.
Introduction:
Many believe that business entities should have an ethical duty to
be socially responsible, to work towards increasing its positive
effects on society while decreasing its negative effects. Many
organizations look for opportunities to be socially responsible
while also creating shareholder wealth.
Given:
Company Q is a small local grocery store chain located in a major
metropolitan area. They have recently closed two stores in
higher-crime-rate areas of the city because they were
consistently losing money. After years of requests from
customers, all of their stores have started offering a very limited
amount of health-conscious and organic productsall of which
are high-margin items. When asked by the areas food bank for
donation of day-old products, management declined deciding
instead to throw the food away, citing worries over lost revenues
due to possible fraud and stealing by employees who may claim
they are donating the food.
Task:
Write a brief essay responding to the given statement (suggested
length of 23 pages) in which you:
A. Evaluate Company Qs current attitude toward social
responsibility.
1. Determine whether Company Q's actions, as described in the
scenario, are socially responsible or not.
a. Explain your reasoning as to whether Company Q's actions
are socially responsible or not.

B. Recommend three actions that Company Q could take to improve the

companys attitude toward social responsibility, based on the
information described in the scenario.
C. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and
references in APA format.
Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see
the attached Rubric Terms.
Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a
paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted intext citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct
quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that
were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in
the text of the paper or project.
Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission
can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even
if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the
APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions
section.