BUSINESS ETHICS AND Virtue ethic BackgroundIn this module, you will apply virtue ethics to an organizational problem. (Please be sure that you have completed the Part 2 before you complete Part 1)Required ReadingFind and read the following journal articles:Sethi, S., Veral, E., Shapiro, H., & Emelianova, O. (2011). Mattel, Inc.: Global manufacturing principles (GMP) ? A life-cycle analysis of a company-based code of conduct in the toy industry. Journal of Business Ethics, 99(4), 483-517. Retrieved November 19, 2012 from ProQuest.While the Sethi et al. article is certainly a quite interesting case study, it is a very lengthy and fairly complex one as well. To this extent, I don?t want you to simply recount the storyline of the article in your response to the requirements. Rather, I want you to locate and evaluate the most salient business ethics issue, critically analyzing them within the context of virtue ethics ? and the questions that I have posed for you below.AssignmentIn a 5-6 page paper (not including your cover page and references), please address the following: ??.?.Choose three virtues, and then discuss how the three virtues you have selected may have appropriately guided the actions and behaviors of Mattel, Inc.Keys to the Assignmentú Choose three virtues, and provide a clear definition of each (for example, you might choose such virtues as temperance, justice, honesty, or fairness);ú Apply each of the three virtues you have chosen to the Mattel case, describing how the virtue you have selected might have been used to more appropriately guide the actions, behaviors, and/or policies of the company (e.g., you may choose to discuss the company?s working conditions, worker safety, company fairness, or Mattel?s attitudes towards the environment).ú Considering the normative ethical theories we?ve studied in the first three modules (deontological, utilitarian, and virtue ethics), which do you believe is most useful in evaluating the Mattel case? Why?Part 2 ? Case StudyBUSINESS ETHICS AND virtue ethics BackgroundIn Part 2, we turn to information literacy: You will be exploring the resources and use of the Library. Next, you will be learning how to evaluate the quality of your sources.Required Reading ??.?.First, please review the following list of websites. http://allpapers.comhttp://askville.amazon.comwww.123helpme.comwww.a1essays.comwww.askmehelpdesk.comwww.blurtit.comwww.writework.com/www.chegg.com/www.customwritings.comwww.studymode.com/www.informationheadquarter.comwww.jiskha.comwww.bignerds.com/www.megaessays.comwww.midterm.uswww.papersonline.uswww.answerbag.comwww.usefulpapers.comwww.brainmass.comwww.wikipedia.org ? Specifically, Wikipedia should be avoided as college-level resource ? Wikipedia is not peer-reviewed. Indeed, Wiki admits that its articles are not credible ? see the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Wikipedia#ReliabilityPlease review the following articles relating to evaluation of sources:Cornell University. How to critically analyze information sources. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill26.htmUniversity of California Berkeley. Critical evaluation of resources. Retrieved March 31, 2011, from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.htmlAssignmentWrite a 2-3 page paper, in which you do the following:Evaluate several journal articles and websites, and determine whether each source is scholarly or non-scholarly. ??.?.
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