For this case study you are assuming the identity of an employee finishing his or her first year as a Regional Manager at "Unicorp". You and a peer who works in the same position have asked a veteran...

For this case study you are assuming the identity of an employee finishing his or her first year as a Regional Manager at "Unicorp". You and a peer who works in the same position have asked a veteran Regional Manager, Laura Rodgers, for a copy of a yearly sales report so that you might use her report as a template to create your own.

The email Laura Rodgers sends you (Document 2.1

Assignment

There are a number of ethical issues present in Laura's email. Read the email several times to try and identify as many of them as you can. Once you've identified multiple errors, consider which one you find to be the most egregious. Once you have identified which ethical issue you believe to be the worst one contained in Laura's email,post a reply below that identifies the error, how the error is unethical, an explanation of why you believe the error you have identified is the worst one in Laura's email, and how might this error negatively impact the recipients of the email or the organization as a whole.

Your response must be posted below by 11:59 pm, Sunday May 3July 19. Be sure to review theCase Study Rubric

Document 2.1 - Ethical Questions in a Professional Email Document 2.1 | Ethical Problems in a Professional Email Copyright © Pearson Education. From: ‘Laura’ Date: Thursday, October 20, 2019 1:35 PM To: ‘[email protected]’; ‘[email protected]’ Cc: ‘[email protected]’ Subject: ANNUAL REPORT SAMPLE Attachments: Rogers Annual Report.docx Hi Emily and Roberto – Per your request, I am attaching the annual report for my sales region to this email so that you can base your own reports on the format. These reports are complicated, so I hope using this as a model helps you write yours. I hope you both had a great first year at Unicorp – the job of a Regional Manager is not easy, but you’ve both done great work and I hope to be able to work with you both for years to come! You’ll see that sales did not make goal in my region, largely due to what I feel is an inadequate training program for the new sales reps. Yes, some of it could be due to my slowness finding the right people to fill in the open rep positions in my region, but the training department took far too long to get the new program off the ground, and it still isn’t up to par. This is something I hope you’ll take my side on when you next meet with Gwen Parker. I know she’s busy and understaffed, but the job isn’t getting done to my satisfaction, nor that of the other Regional Managers. I’ve discussed this with both Zach Henderson and Marilyn Ng, who will no doubt back me up if you ask them. Also, I wasn’t able to gather the complete annual sales figures from Irfan Zarrani, since he has been out for over a month to recuperate from his surgery. In any case, I took an educated guess and incorporated what I feel are accurate enough figures for his area into the sales rep sales comparison bar chart, which you see on page 4 of the report. I erred on the side of upping his figures a little, since that will look better to the higher‐ups. I recommend you do a little fudging yourself on occasion, because otherwise we’ll have the bosses looking over our shoulders all of next year. Not too much, but a little exaggeration never hurt anyone. (and p.s., there are other tricks of the trade – give me a call if you have any questions!). Victor – Although much of the information in this report is going to be beyond what you need to know, I am cc‐ing you so that you can get an idea of the accounts we handle at Unicorp, per our informational interview. I hope you’ll consider applying for the next available rep opening. Best, Laura Laura Rodgers Regional Sales Manager Tucker/Zinnman Newscorp [email protected] Discussion Board Response Rubric Case Study Rubric English 235 Full Credit (100%) High Credit (85%) Intermediate Credit (75%) No Credit (0%) Submission is robust, thoughtful, comprehensive, and complete. Fully demonstrates deep thinking about the topic and the specifics of the assigned work. Fulfills all requirements identified in case study prompt. Submission is mostly robust, but may not be as thoughtful, complete, or comprehensive as necessary. Demonstrates some in depth thought about the topic and assigned work. May be missing a one or two of the requirements outlined in the prompt. Submission is not nearly as robust or complete as it needs to be. Some thought regarding the topic and assigned work is present, but the work could be more fully developed. May be missing three of more of the requirements as outlined in the prompt. Submission is either not done or does not fulfill the requirements identified in prompt. Case Study Rubric English 235