Assignment
Construct an essay of 500 words that responds to the following:
In your phase reading assignments, you were presented with historical perspectives to help students reason about ethical principles as they occur in different cultural contexts and individual and organizational situations, to enrich their thinking with perspectives based on values, judgments, motivation, and socio-regulatory factors. Think about your professional life and the ethics and values that guide your (and your organization's) behavior and decision-making processes. Discuss the following in your assignment:
• What value is knowledge about the genesis and history of current-day business ethics?
• In other words, in the arena of ethics, does history matter?
• Should it matter to organizations as much, and in the same way, as to individuals?
• Why study the history of ethics and ethical thought?
• What does this historical context have to do with the present?
• How does knowledge of the past help people better understand and prepare for future ethical decisions that will challenge them?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.