Students have the option to analyze a situation from their own experiences. Choosing an event that has happened to them, they will use the theories and approaches from class and/or from the literature to develop a model or process by which they can evaluate their past actions and develop a plan for facing any similar situation in the future. Students can be creative in how they develop these models or step-by-step guidelines for themselves.
What you need to do for option 1:
1/ DESCRIBE the DILEMMA. Describe an event or situation in your professional life when you were confronted with an ethical dilemma—preferably a dilemma linked to a cultural difference, if you have any examples of this (organizational, national, ethnic, gender, etc). Describe the different alternatives you were faced with in this dilemma, and the potential consequences for the various stakeholders in light of these alternatives.
2/ IDENTIFY your POSITION. Please identify the specific position you took when facing this dilemma. Describe in detail any particular notions, values (in particular, what values were in conflict), or concepts which can be brought to light by examining this dilemma. Please make reference to any concepts/models/frameworks studied in your course from both the ethical/CSR portion as well as the Intercultural Management Portion.
3/ ANALYZE the ACTIONS and ORIGINS. Address sections a and b below and make sure your response answers the questions they raise.
a/ Did you act on this ethical dilemma?
If you acted, what did you say, to whom, when and how? Consider what enabled you to act: Did you speak to someone? Did you do more research to better understand the issue? How did you confront the person/issue in question? Were there any organisational enablers? Are there generalisations that you can conclude about the circumstances that you need to create to act on your values? Did you come up against any justifications to unethical behaviour? How did you counter these arguments? (Note that the above questions on what enabled you to act are for guidance to help identify a process that you went through. This means that some may be relevant, some may not be)
If you did not act, discuss what disabled your ability to act. How would you approach this differently in light of the enablers discussed in the course? Is there a generalisation that you can conclude about the circumstances that you need to create to act on your values? Did you come up against any justifications to unethical behaviour? How would you counter these arguments if confronted with the same issue again?
b/ How does this dilemma reveal any specific cultural concepts and values (remembering espoused values vs. assumptions)? What can you identify here which is specifically linked to national culture and what can you identify which is specifically linked to organizational culture? What were the specific cultural ‘artefacts’ or symbols you can identify in the situation? How did this specific dilemma reveal your own cultural (and ethical) ‘filters’ or biases? What were the specific cultural biases that you brought to the table when facing the

situation, and how does your reaction reveal your own values/assumptions/beliefs? What were those of the other party (parties) involved?
4/ My personal process for VOICING MY VALUES. In light of the above questions, extrapolate a personal process from this experience that could help to voice your values in future dilemmas. If you think a visual representation or diagram could help you crystallise the implementation process when faced with another ethical, cultural, or moral dilemma, please include it.
The final paper should be 1,500 (+/- 300) words in length, single or double spaced, using a basic font (such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri) of 12 point font size. Margins should be normal (around 2.5cm). The layout of the paper should be aesthetically pleasing with subheadings for readability and some visual elements if possible (charts, graphs, images).
Please include 7 (minimum) to 10 references to academic articles or book chapters or other sources of information in the paper and bibliography, such as the academic articles from journals that you read for class sessions. Remember to make meaningful references to information, don’t just list concepts freely without showing a relevant link to your actual case. You can search for articles using the ProQuest database, linked through the Dieter Schmidt Library’s website. In other words, please do not use only websites.
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