Critical thinking application 12-B

Developing Organization Policy and a Code of Ethics.

Do research to identify a company you are familiar with and from
which you cab borrow the firm’s policies and procedures handbook or
retrieve it through the Internet. Write a brief description of the
company you have chosen. Identify the code of ethics for employee
behavior and what (if any) policy exists regarding ethics and
employee behavior. What issues are addressed? How confident do you
feel in the company’s code of ethics? What, if any, changes would
you make in the organization’s code of ethics? Why? Outline the
changes you would make.

Identify the important components of the organizational code of
ethics.

Design a plan for implementing an ethical code in a company.

Provide suggestions for how an organization can monitor
compliance with its code of ethics.

Provide an outline of what the code of ethics should look
like.

How does the company monitor the system to be sure that the
policy and code of ethics were being adhered to? What suggestions
would you make to the firm if supervisors were not enforcing the
ethical codes?

For that company, what is the CEO’s view about a code of ethics?
In general, what is the role of top management to ensuring an
ethical workplace?