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MAN 3065 Assignment
Guidelines

Interview with an Ethical Leader

1. Interview a
Business Leader that you perceive to be applying ethical business practices.

2. Schedule a
30-minute interview to have ample time to highlight some of the questions
below. Note: you are not limited to
those questions, you can ask more to gather further insight. When conducting the interview, ensure that you
are courteous and the Leader is comfortable to speak on the subjects in
question. Use good judgment to setup and
conduct the interview to gather your data.

3. Following the
interview, write an 8 to 10 page paper. Follow
the APA 6^th edition formatting style to annotate the experience.

• What
  is your leadership background? How many people do you lead directly and
  indirectly?
• Do you
  have ethics present in your mind while interacting with others in the
  workplace?
• Do you
  practice business ethics when training subordinates?
• What
  impact do ethics have in your daily/weekly/monthly/yearly decision-making?
• Do you
  promote ethical behavior to subordinates, peers, and superiors?

·
How much time do
you spend dealing with ethical issues in your position?

• Does
  ethical/unethical behavior affect customer relations? If so, in what way?
  If not, please explain.
• Do you
  select teams based on their personal ethical code? What ingredients do you
  believe make a successful team in regards to performing in an exemplary
  ethical manner?
• What successful
  ethical ideas can you share to guide prospective or current leaders in
  developing solid and sound decisions with the goal of overall success
  within the organization?
• How
  much attention does your guidance project when it comes to social
  responsibility?
• Is
  having a sound ethical code of ethics important in competitive
  environments? How do you present and verify if the code of ethics is being
  followed in your organization?
• If you
  were to summarize in one sentence on what ethics is, what would it be?

Assignment structure: students
are required to submit and present an 8-10 page paper. Note that 8-10 pages means: 8-10 pages of
double-spaced written material with 1-inch margins (left, right, top, and
bottom) and a 12-point Courier New font. The cover sheet, pictures, long quotations or
multiple quotations will not count toward the 8-10 pages. This is not meant to be a Q&A formatted
paper. You are to utilize your interview as a tool to support your original
point of view and content. All individual assignment submissions will be
prepared in APA 6^th edition format, in which it is the student’s
responsibility to become familiar with APA rules. The cover sheet will follow the APA style and
also contain:

Your name

Title of Paper

Course Title

Course number

Semester and Year

Instructor’s name

Date of submission

This paper is due on 10/4and CANNOT BE LATE. Failure to submit this paper on time will
result in a zero (0) grade for the paper.

There is a requirement for more than three (3) references for
this Individual Assignment, if an idea is retrieved from an external source,
then such source has to be cited in the paper using the APA style. An important note: do not use any sort of Wikipedia
references, this website is not a scholarly source and you will not get credit
for using it. Use the University’s
library or any other academic sources.

Points will be deducted if the paper does not comply by the
guidelines described above.

GRADING RUBRIC-A
grading rubric is best used to make grading as objective as possible.

Rubric Scores for
Individual Assignment –150 Points

Description	Excellent	Satisfactory	Poor	Possible Points
Followed APA 6th edition writing style	Adhered to all APA 6th edition guidelines	Adhered to most of the APA guidelines	Adhered to less than 50% of the APA guidelines	30
Quality of Research	Used more than 3 academic or business resources. Refrained from popular magazines and newspapers	Used 2 resources, mainly scholarly articles, books, etc…	Only used one resource, primarily company’s website	20
Writing Quality	Presented fluid sentence structure, appropriate vocabulary, and answered all questions succinct and concise using the APA guidelines.	Good work overall but with some errors in structure, grammar, and spelling. Followed the assignment criteria but did not elaborate fully.	Lacked the quality standard of Baccalaureate level work	20
Interview Content	Described in full detail the responses of each question from the interview of an ethical leader. The assignment demonstrated a high level of critical thinking and ability to transfer interview research into a creative paper.	Somewhat described the responses of the interview of an ethical leader questions.	Obvious problems trying to transfer the interview information into a formal paper.	80
Total Points	120 – 150 points	70 – 110 points	0 – 60 points	150 points