Financial Literacy: What’s the Banking Status in Your Area?

Using the interactive map, answer the questions on the INTERACTIVE: What’s the Banking Status in Your Area worksheet in Teams. Learning Targets: I can differentiate between unbanked and underbanked households. I understand what non-bank credit options are.

Foundations of Business: The Individual Approach to Ethics

Read Exploring Business – Chapter 2.2. Watch video on the Importance of Business Ethics. Watch and discuss The Burger Murders. Chapter 1 quiz will be postponed until tomorrow. Learning Targets: I can distinguish between an ethical dilemma and an ethical decision. I know the steps to solve an ethical dilemma or make a “right-versus-right” decision. I know the […]

Foundations of Business: Misgoverning Corporations

Read Exploring Business – Chapter 2.1. Ethics Experiment: Pass out a penny to each student. Explain to students that they will get 1 PBIS point for every tails they obtain when flipping the coin only 4 times. Have students record their results privately on a piece of paper. Award PBIS points privately. Watch video on […]

Financial Literacy: Savings Accounts

Complete the Mobile Banking and U.S. Savings Rate Data Crunch worksheets. Start the 2.2 Savings Accounts worksheet using the links below. VIDEO: What’s the Difference Between Checking & Savings? What are the main differences between a checking and savings account? VIDEO: Compound Interest Explained How does the age that a person starts saving impact the […]

Foundations of Business: Identifying Ethical Issues

Read Exploring Business – Chapter 2.3. Discuss the answers to the following questions: How do I distinguish a bribe from an acceptable gift How can I identify a conflict of interest? What is the definition of a whistle-blower? How do I understand rationalizations for unethical behavior so that I can guard against them Play Kahoot! […]

Financial Literacy: Strategies to Save

Watch this video on How Much I Should Save and answer the questions on your worksheet. Using the 50/30/20 Infographic and 50/30/20 Rule, answer the questions on your worksheet. Answer the questions for this EdPuzzle: Pay Yourself First on your worksheet. Watch this video on Emergency Funds and answer the questions on your worksheet. If time […]

Financial Literacy: Challenges to Saving

Read one of these articles and record information on your worksheet: Credit Cards Can Make You Spend More, but It’s Not the Full Story 61% of the US Population Living Paycheck to Paycheck Watch It’s A Money Thing: How to Counter the Effects of Inflation and answer the questions on your worksheet. Play Spent (Click “Continue to […]

Foundations of Business: The Organizational Approach to Ethics

Read Exploring Business – Chapter 2.4. Watch video on Organizational Ethics and complete the worksheet in Teams. Learning Targets: I can describe an organization’s culture. I understand what an organization’s formal code of conduct is. I can define moral mum effect and recognize steps to combat it.

Foundations of Business: Corporate Social Responsibility

Watch The Enron Scandal. Read Exploring Business – Chapter 2.5. Watch video on Corporate Social Responsibility. Complete the Corporate Social Responsibility assignment in Teams. Learning Targets: I can define corporate social responsibility. I can describe fiduciary responsibility. I understand that companies also have a responsibility to the communities in which they produce and sell their products.