Values-Based Decision Making

BUS 303
Closed
SFU Beedie School of Business
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Lecturer and Researcher in Strategy
3
Timeline
  • June 4, 2020
    Experience start
  • August 29, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
3 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Humanities
Skills
leadership teamwork critical thinking decision-making business ethics
Student goals and capabilities

Students will provide a perspective on a business decision or challenge where incorporating values is a primary concern.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
55 students
Project
10 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Project deliverables can include:

  • Full report from each team, outlining the ethical decision making process, framework and core values used, and more, as well as an appropriate conclusion.
  • Your firm is provided the opportunity to obtain the input of young minds on a values based question and participate in a values based decision making framework that may be helpful for the firm's future values based decisions.
Project timeline
  • June 4, 2020
    Experience start
  • August 29, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Using an ethical decision-making framework, 10 teams of 5 undergraduate students will use a combination of personal values and the values of your organization, to develop a process that will allow your organization to navigate major decisions with greater clarity.

Ethical decisions could include, for example:

  • A forestry company deciding whether to alter clear cutting logging practices to a more sustainable approach, not necessarily required by regulation.
  • A company that outsources products from a rural area signs a contract forbidding illegal labour, that unbeknownst to them is violated by their external supplier.
  • Should our firm employ people with autism? (Some banks are now doing so. They initially thought it was a social enterprise concept but it turned out to be profitable)
  • A retail firm has primarily provided technical skills training and some interpersonal skills for management. The firm is now exploring providing mandatory interpersonal development training for all staff. Should the firm proceed with this?

Your organization will benefit from learning about the processes of ethical decision-making from multiple perspectives, as well as work with 50-60 talented undergraduate students with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the organizer to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.