Week 5 – Discussion 2 
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
  
Conglomerates and   Market Domination 
The purpose of this discussion is to help you understand the role of corporations in the modern world while evaluating ethical aspects of corporate market domination. Prepare and post a response to the following prompts:

Describe the difference between      a corporation and a conglomerate.
Consider the ethics of media conglomerates      in the United States. What are the ethical advantages and disadvantages of      allowing large conglomerates to control the mass media? What are      alternative ways the media might be organized that would be more ethical      or moral? Explain your reasoning using both concepts from the course and      academic resources.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required resources and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.