Day: January 9, 2020

Topic: Current issues in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Climate Change

Read the article below and Write a critical reflection about climate change

1. What Actually is the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?
http://theclimatelemon.com/what-actually-is-the-paris-agreement-on-climate-change/

2. 8 Things You Need to Know About the IPCC 1.5C Report. World Resources Institute. 2018.
https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/10/8-things-you-need-know-about-ipcc-15-c-report

3. Emissions Gap Report 2019 Executive Summary.  UNEP
https://wedocs.exAunep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/30798/EGR19ESEN.pdf?sequence=13

For clarity purposes, a critical reflection is not a summary, but rather: (i) a heightened level of objective, independent analysis, with a mindset of healthy scepticism; (ii) an informed, insightful synthesis and critique of your positions, assumptions and divergent views and arguments on the topic you have chosen; and (iii) any action, advice or recommendation emanating from your reflective critique.

Legal & Ethical Scenarios
This assignment is a continuation of the project started in Week 3. Read the scenarios and the questions that follow. Select any four (4) scenarios and the recommendations section, Scenario 8. Identify and analyze the legal issue(s).  Apply legal concepts and make potential arguments as directed using laws, cases, examples, and/or other relevant materials.  Consider using short headings (consult APA materials) to separate the topics.  Summarize the facts; do not copy the scenarios into the paper. Support your answers with information from the textbook and at least four scholarly sources other than the text and course lectures.  Sources must reference U.S. law.  By the due date assigned, prepare a 4 to 7 page paper that identifies the legal issues and potential solutions and answers all questions presented, supported by relevant legal authority.  Do not exceed the page length by more than two pages

Scenario 1: Accident or Arson

Peter Pablo , a shift supervisor in the distribution center, worked for Jabil Circuits for six years.  Peter is experienced in operating all of the machinery.  One day when Peter was upset with his boss, he did not turn off the package laminator, a machine used to seal packaging in plastic to reduce damage in transportation.  The machine overheated, caught fire and part of the warehouse burned to the ground, resulting in over a million dollars in damage to the building and contents.

Peter shows up to the remains of what was once his promising career  A slight smile forms as he realizes this whole incident is his fault for intentionally leaving on the laminator.  Peter calls his manager to tell him that the warehouse burned to the ground and he doesnt know what caused the fire.  Fire marshals investigated and found out that the reason for the fire was the laminator was left on and either malfunctioned or overheated.

Should Peter Pablo be found guilty of arson in this scenario?  Explain arguments for and against Peter Pablo.
Scenario 2:  Contracts Formation and Breach

As the purchasing manager, Russ looks for deals on office supplies and equipment.  An office supply company offered to sell Jabil six new industrial copy machines and four packaging machines for $15,000.  Russ thought the offer presented a great opportunity to replace the old equipment with new equipment.  Russ and the seller entered into an oral contract whereby Russ would pay the seller $15,000 cash on delivery to Jabils distribution center in St. Petersburg, Florida.  In the meantime, Russ lined up installers for the equipment.  When time came for delivery of the goods, the seller said that half of the copy machines  and packaging equipment had been sold to another company, but 3 copy machines and 2 packaging machines would be delivered. 

What rights does Russ have related to the oral contract for the equipment?  Is the seller in breach of contract?  Discuss why or why not.
Scenario 3: Contracts and Capacity

Chet Gaines, the director in the real estate division of Jabil, met with Mack Smith about purchasing a large tract of land owned by Smith in Clearwater Florida.  Gaines knew the company planned to clear the property to create a new distribution center. Gaines judged Smith to be 80 to 85 years old.  During the meeting, Gaines noticed several brochures about dementia and assisted living facilities, as well as several prescription bottles sitting on the table.  After discussing the good old days for several hours, Gaines and Smith agreed on the sale of the land for $500,000.  Since Gaines brought a blank copy of a contract with him, he helped Smith complete the paperwork and both parties signed.  Unbeknownst to either party, the purchase price was written as $50,000.  On the day before the closing, Gaines called Smith to remind him of the location of their meeting to sign the remaining documents.  Confused, Smith said he didn’t know anything about selling that land and he had no intention of selling his land to some young shyster who was still wet behind his ears and was trying to cheat him.

What are the basic requirements for contract formation?
What defects in the contract formation process may have occurred?
Does Gaines, on behalf of Jabil, have a valid contract with Smith?
Scenario 4: Intellectual Property

Jabil manufactures and sells electronics  in the United States and in foreign countries. It owns the federally registered Jabil trademark and has registered this trademark in Mexico as well. Juan Sanchez is a Mexican citizen residing in Tampa Florida, with business offices there. Jabil believed that Sanchez was in the business of selling counterfeit Jabil parts in Mexican border towns, such as Tijuana, Mexico. The company sought an injunction in a federal district court in Florida ordering Sanchez to cease his counterfeiting activity and to refrain from destroying certain documents. It also asked the court to freeze Sanchezs  assets pending the outcome of a Lanham Act lawsuit. Sanchez contended that a U.S. district court has no jurisdiction or authority to enter the injunction for the activities allegedly occurring in Mexico.

Analyze the arguments for Jabil and Sanchez.  Determine the outcome and support your selection.

Scenario 5:  Contracts

Joy Martin was a nurse at Morton Plant Hospital when she was approached by Teresa Dawson, who was in charge of human resources at a competing medical facility, Bayfront Hospital. Dawson offered Martin a substantial raise to leave Morton Plant to work for Bayfront.  When Martins boss heard about the offer, he told her, If you agree to stay with Morton Plant for at three years, I promise that next year you will receive a promotion with a 10% raise.  Martin turned down Dawsons offer and stayed with Morton Plant.  Eight months later, Martin was dismissed when Morton Plant was acquired by Bayfront.  Martin sued for breach of contract.

Can Martin enforce her bosss promise?
What theory or theories would Martin use?
Provide arguments for both sides, determine which party wins and provide support for your decision.
Scenario 6:  Antitrust

Jabil Circuits sold electronic parts to manufacturers and distributors.  Jabil established quantity discount rates that were published on the companys customer portal and provided by mail once per year to all buyers.  A 25% discount was given to buyers purchasing more than 50 container loads in a calendar year.  Only three buyers out of approximately 150 customers purchased  50 or more containers; therefore, only three companies received the best discount.  A significant number of customers complained that the purchasing requirements were set too high and resulted in price discrimination.

Evaluate whether violations of price discrimination laws occurred.
Scenario 7: T orts and Negligence

Ronnie was injured when a van driven by Toby slammed into Ronnies car.  The van belonged to Jabil and Toby was authorized to drive the van to and from work.  Toby was killed in the accident. The results of the investigation showed that Toby was traveling at a high rate of speed and his blood alcohol content exceeded the legal limit.  Ronnie sued Jabil Circuit and Tobys estate for gross negligence and asked for compensatory and punitive damages.

Will Ronnie recover?  Why or why not?
If Ronnie recovers, which party/parties will be responsible?  Provide examples, laws or other relevant information to support your answer.
Scenario 8:  Recommendations

Conclude your paper by identifying and discussing ethical issues and providing recommendations for Jabil Circuit to help prevent future occurrences of legal  and ethical issues you addressed.    Be specific in your recommendations.

Comprehensive Leadership Paper (400 points) 20-25
In this paper, you will interview a leader, assess your personal leadership, and apply leadership principles to your own leadership and to your organization. The content should generally be based on your behavior in your current position in the workplace. It is acceptable, however, to include content based on other reference points, such as church, nonprofit organizations, or family.
Your comprehensive leadership paper should include the following content:

Leadership Interview
Interview a leader in your business, organization, or community, such as an executive, elected official, minister, coach, or principal, about valuable developmental experiences. Make sure that you inform the leader concerning the nature of this class and the purpose of the assignment before asking the questions listed below.
Do you think leadership develops with experience?
Are there one or two experiences you look back on as having been especially valuable in helping develop your own leadership? Please briefly describe them.
What made these experiences so valuable?
Have your own views of leadership changed over time?
Do you think leadership in your arena is much different from, or involves different pressures, than leadership in other arenas?
Do you ever reflect after the fact about how effective your behavior was in a particular situation? Is this ever a source of new or different insights?
Is there any advice you would give people early in their careers about leadership?

Assessment of Personal Leadership
Assess your orientation toward power, including your tendencies relative to the five sources of power (refer to your Bases of Power Inventory).
Assess your leader motives.
Assess your typical (or default) influence tactics.
Given your orientation toward power, your leader motives, and your typical influence tactics, discuss three specific ways Jesus would approach your leadership responsibilities differently than you approach them.
Assess your creativity and how creativity affects your leadership.
Assess your personality, including where you fall on the “Big Five” personality dimensions.

Assess your personality type as defined by the Myers-Briggs instrument, and examine the leadership implications of what you have learned. If you have not previously taken a Myers- Briggs inventory, one is available online (the Jung Typology Test) at no cost at http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm. (Note: this link tends to change from time to time, sometimes in disturbing ways. If the link does not work, you can navigate to humanmetrics.com and find your way to it. There are some versions that must be paid for; the one you are looking for is free.)
Assess your key values and their implications.
Assess your top strengths as determined by the Strengths Finder assessment.

Leadership Application
Discuss a time when you lost trust in a leader, and describe the impact that experience had on your relationship.
What is most likely to occur when leaders try to drive change at the organizational level without first addressing the issue of their own credibility at the personal, one-on-one, and team leadership levels?
According to the Lead like Jesus book, the core of leading like Jesus is love. In which of your relationships do you find it is a challenge to lead and love like Jesus?
Describe a time when emotions overpowered reason and you acted according to your fears rather than your good intentions. What was the result? What should you have done differently?
For each of the five being habits presented in the Lead like Jesus book, discuss the steps you need to take to make positive progress.
Think about how well you serve those around you. What do you do to help those you lead live according to the organizations vision?
Describe a time when you were learning something new and needed someone to push you beyond a failure or an easy early success so that you could get to a higher level of performance. Describe a time when you quit because nobody was around to help you step up to the next level. What are you doing as a leader to determine who among those you lead needs to be helped or pushed? What signs of being ready to quit do you watch for?
When your current season of influence ends, what do you want your legacy to be (e.g., improved service to your customers, enhanced development of the talents and gifts of the people under your influence, made a significant impact on the world around you)? Why? What two specific action steps can you take in the next 30 days to move you closer to your goal?
Discuss a change you were called to be involved in as a leader or a follower that was difficult for you. Reflect on the seven reasons why leading even positive change is hard (see Blanchard et al., pp. 252-257). What could you have done differently as a leader or follower to make that change easier and/or more successful?
Rath and Conchie (2008) set forth four basic needs of followers: trust, compassion, stability, and hope. Discuss how your top five strengths can be used to help meet these needs for the followers in your organizational unit.
Identify, describe, and discuss the changes that would have to be made for “covenantal management” to be implemented in your company.

Reflections
Using your leadership journal and experiences while taking this class as inputs, reflect upon the things that you have learned about leadership while you have been taking this class.
Provide an assessment of which activities, exercises, or projects have contributed to your understanding of leadership, and how that contribution came about.

Guidelines for Writing the Comprehensive Leadership Paper

This paper is due by 11:59 pm on Saturday of Week 8 of the course.
The paper should be completed using APA style and documentation except in terms of using the first person to refer to yourself, which is not only allowed, but encouraged. A guide to APA and links to APA resources are available on the course home page.
Content, style, and grammar are all important to the grade. Your paper will be
assessed using the Comprehensive Leadership Paper rubric posted under the Rubrics tab in Sakai. Well-written papers with excellent content and grammar will receive A grades. Deficiencies in either content or style/grammar will reduce the grade.
No length is specified. The correct length is whatever length it takes to do an excellent job with the content of the paper (these papers often are 20-25 pages in length).
You must submit your paper on time to receive full credit. Late papers will not be accepted without prior approval by your professor. Even if approval is given, a penalty will be assessed for late papers. The late penalty is 20 percent per day or portion of day.
All content is confidential, and your instructor will not copy or share any information from your paper without your consent.