Addressing an Ethical Issue

Write 4-6 pages in which you propose a policy that an organization can implement to address an ethical issue you have identified. Also, analyze and recommend a strategy for communicating the policy and describe its potential limitations, as well as strategies for its monitoring and compliance.

Introduction

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision-making in 21st century multicultural business environments.
  • Recommend a corporate policy for resolving an ethical issue.
  • Evaluate the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.
• Competency 2: Assess the impact of corporate social responsibility policy.
  • Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.
  • Describe potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.
• Competency 4: Communicate effectively.
  • Support a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.
  • Recommend a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience.

Preparation

Imagine that the CEO of an organization has asked the human resources department to review the company’s policies. You, personally, have been asked to propose a policy that the organization can implement to address an ethical issue you have identified. You may use the organization and issue you have used in the other course assessments.

• Recommend a policy that resolves the ethical issue you have identified.
• Evaluate ethical decision making models and associated parameters applicable to the recommended policy.
• Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.
• Support the recommended policy with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.
• Analyze and recommend a strategy for communicating the policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of the audience.
• Describe potential limitations of the policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Length of paper: 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages.
• Font: Arial, 10-point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision-making in 21st century multicultural business environments.
  • Recommend a corporate policy for resolving an ethical issue.
  • Evaluate the parameters of ethical decision-making models as they apply to a recommended policy.
• Competency 2: Assess the impact of corporate social responsibility policy.
  • Assess how the recommended corporate policy is socially responsible.
  • Describe potential limitations of a recommended policy, and strategies for monitoring and compliance.
• Competency 4: Communicate effectively.
  • Support a corporate policy recommendation for business ethics policies and standards with well-reasoned analysis and specific examples.
  • Recommend a strategy for communicating a policy to the organization in a manner that meets the needs of an audience.