1. Identify a company that has had a recent ethical failure.
What intrigues you about this specific company? What was the company known for before the problem? How would you describe its culture? Was it generally well regarded?
2. Review the literature.
Read 2-3 articles written before the scandal to give you a sense of how difficult it can be at times to see a cultural failure before it is exposed publically. Then read 2-3 articles written after the scandal to give you a sense of the full arc of the company's rise and fall.
3. Identify 2-3 cultural "signals" that might have suggested such a collapse was possible.
4. Using your textbook and considering your discussion of the corporate culture of your subject company, describe 3-4 types of cultures or companies that currently exist which have the potential to have a major ethical problems in the future.