Using the Worksheet attached. Write a draft of a 5-page paper, plus a cover page and a citations page, analyzing your Business Check-Up Worksheet and how you would improve the ethical policies/procedures of your company. The majority of your paper should focus on recommendations on how you would improve the ethical policies/procedures of your company. final paper should be well organized using appropriate headings (Introduction, Analysis, Conclusions/Recommendations) and reference any cited works in APA style. In your paper, include the following:A Cover Page showing your name and the title of the paper.A very short one-paragraph introduction where you identify the issue and state your result.A very short facts section. All facts must have proper APA citations.No more than three pages of text where you answer the questions.A short conclusion where you tie up your answers into a concise conclusion.A citation page.
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS SYSTEM CHECK-UP:
A Risk Management and Performance Quality Benchmarking Tool
Benchmark the health of your organizations ethics systems. Mark either Yes, Sometimes, or
No, according to your current situation. At the end, count your total Yes answers.
HIRING ETHICAL JOB CANDIDATES
1. The importance of ethics is highlighted in our job listings.
2. Information is gathered and used in a way that does not discriminate
based on a persons race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or
disability.
3. Reference checks are conducted with a potential employees former
employer or supervisor.
4. Background checks, integrity tests, and personality tests are conducted
with potential employees.
5. Job finalists are asked to respond orally to potential ethical dilemmas.
6. Managers take into consideration a potential employees ethics when
making a final hiring decision.
7. When appropriate, alcohol, drug and polygraph tests are conducted.
Subtotal for Hiring Ethical Job Candidates, items 1 through 7
CODES OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT
8. We have a short Code of Ethics, or Values Statement, that articulates
ethical expectations at work.
9. We have an extensive Code of Conduct that provides specific examples
of acceptable and unacceptable behaviors.
10. The Code of Ethics is mentioned in our organizations strategic plan.
11. The Codes of Ethics and Conduct are publicly displayed and available.
12. Managers vocally support our Codes of Ethics and Conduct.
13. All employees are trained to implement our Codes of Ethics and
Conduct.
14. All employees participate in an annual ethics code survey to determine
how well our organization is living up to the code.
Subtotal for Codes of Ethics and Conduct, items 8 through 14
ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING
15. Ethics is an important consideration in our decision-making process.
16. Employees are trained to use an ethical decision-making framework to
help them derive moral answers when issues arise.
17. Employees are comfortable engaging each other in an ethics discussion
when contentious issues arise.
Subtotal for Ethical Decision-Making, items 15 through 17
ETHICS TRAINING
Yes
Sometimes
No
2
1
4
Yes
Sometimes
No
4
1
1
Yes
Sometimes
No
2
1
Yes
Sometimes
No
18. All employees receive ethics training annually as part of an ongoing
continuous improvement effort.
19. The ethics workshops are facilitated by someone our employees trust.
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20. The workshops examine real-life work-related situations that are
linked back to the Code of Ethics or Code of Conduct.
21. Employees share their real feelings with each other during our ethics
workshop.
22. Employees are comfortable engaging each other in an ethics discussion
when contentious issues arise during our workshops.
23. Employees understand the competitive advantages of being ethical and
how being ethical impacts organizational performance.
24. Training sessions are assessed at their conclusion to ensure that
workshop goals and objectives have been accomplished.
Subtotal for Ethics Training, items 18 through 24
1
0
6
EMPLOYEE DIVERSITY
Yes
Sometimes
No
0
1
6
Yes
Sometimes
No
6
1
0
25. A specific person, such as a diversity officer, is accountable for
diversity issues.
26. Our employees reflect the gender, ethnic, racial, and religious diversity
of qualified job applicants in the community.
27. Managers support our diversity initiatives.
28. Flexible work schedules and cafeteria-style benefit plans meet the
needs of our diverse workforce.
29. Our promotion, performance appraisal, and downsizing criteria do not
discriminate against diverse employee groups.
30. Diversity training workshops address self-awareness, employee
differences, and employee commonalities.
31. Achieving diversity goals are part of a managers performance
evaluation.
Subtotal for Employee Diversity, items 25 through 31
ETHICS REPORTING SYSTEMS
32. Managers welcome employee discussions about ethical issues.
33. Managers welcome input from employees about ethical misconduct.
34. A specific person, such as an Ethics & Compliance Officer (ECO) or
an Ombudsman, is accountable for managing our organizations ethics
program.
35. Our organizations ethical reporting policy is clearly communicated to
employees.
36. An internal reporting system exists for our employees to confidentially
raise ethical issues and receive ethical clarification.
37. An internal system exists for our employees to anonymously report
potential ethical wrongdoing.
38. Employee requests for confidentiality are honored.
39. Employees who purposely submit a false accusation are disciplined.
40. There is zero tolerance for retaliation against whistleblowers.
Subtotal for Ethics Reporting Systems, items 32 through 40
2
ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, WORK GOALS, AND
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS
Yes
Sometimes
No
41. Our organizations commitment to ethics is reflected in specific
managerial actions, and not just rhetoric.
42. Our managers exhibit ethical traits in their private lives outside work.
43. At work, our managers are honest, credible, respectful, and fair.
44. Our managers encourage others at work to behave ethically.
45. Managers take appropriate actions after employees share their ethical
concerns.
46. Employees are surveyed about the extent to which the believe
managers behave ethically at work.
47. Our work goals are jointly determined by managers and their
subordinates, and linked to organizational objectives (i.e., ManagementBy-Objectives).
48. Our work goals are specific, measurable, challenging, and attainable.
49. We use 360-degree performance evaluations to obtain a holistic
perspective of an employee.
50. Performance appraisals measure ethical behaviors and attitudes.
51. Employees engaged in unethical behaviors are warned and disciplined.
52. Punishments for unethical behavior reflect the magnitude of the
violation.
53. Ethical integrity is a critical factor when considering promotions.
Subtotal for Ethical Leadership, Work Goals, and Performance Appraisal,
items 41 through 53
5
2
5
ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING EMPLOYEES
Yes
Sometimes
No
54. Employee satisfaction surveys are conducted and results used to
inform continuous improvement efforts.
55. Employees are passionate about their work and the organization.
56. Our managers request employee input on decisions that directly impact
their work and work-life.
57. Our go-getters are provided autonomy and leadership opportunities.
58. Our managers continually increase work expectations for fence-sitters.
59. Our adversarial employees are confronted by managers and plans are
developed for changing behaviors.
60. Team members are trained in group dynamics and collective problemsolving techniques.
61. Our employees are provided with key data, including financial
information, relevant to improving work unit performance (i.e., Open
Book Management).
62. Appreciative Inquiry techniques are used to address organizational
issues.
63. At the end of the day, our employees reflect on their daily performance
and develop plans for the following day.
64. Our employees elicit and review suggestions for improved work unit
performance, and have the authority, within reason, to make changes as
needed (Scanlon-type gainsharing plan).
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65. Our employees share in the profits they help to generate (i.e. profit
sharing, stock options, ESOPs, or worker cooperatives).
Subtotal for Empowering Ethical Employees, items 54 through 65
7
4
1
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Yes
Sometimes
No
66. A specific person, such as an Environment Health & Safety Director,
is accountable for environmental management.
67. We have a cross-functional green team that addresses environmental
issues.
68. Our organization has an Environmental Management System (EMS)
plan.
69. Our managers consider the impact organizational operations have on
the natural environment (environmental risk assessment).
70. Environmental goals and objectives are established, monitored,
measured, and assessed annually.
71. Product, or service, packaging is minimal.
72. We operate in a green building.
73. We share our environmental expectations with our suppliers and
consider their environmental record when making purchasing decisions.
Subtotal for Environmental Management, items 66 through 73
1
0
7
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Yes
Sometimes
No
74. A specific person, or employee team, is responsible for developing and
monitoring our organizations community outreach activities.
75. Upper management encourages input from, and dialogue with,
stakeholder groups for issues that affect community members.
76. Our organization donates money to community organizations.
77. Our organization donates products or services to community
organizations.
78. Our employees volunteer their time, on company time, with
community organizations.
79. Our organization uses community service as an opportunity for
employees to develop project management, leadership, and team building
skills.
80. Our organization provides job opportunities for nontraditional
employees, such as people with disabilities or ex-convicts.
81. Our organization has developed a strategic partnership with a
community organization.
82. Our managers participate in local business associations such as a
rotary or the chamber of commerce.
83. Our organization measures and assesses its community impacts and
shares the information with the community.
Subtotal for Community Outreach Items, 74 through 83
3
0
7
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Yes
Sometimes
No
84. Our organization systematically examines its ethical performance on
an annual basis.
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85. Our organization benchmarks itself to the industrys best ethical
practices.
86. Our organization benchmarks itself to the Optimal Ethics Systems
Model.
87. Our organization collects information from suppliers and customers
about our ethical performance.
88. Unethical behaviors are tracked to their systematic cause (hiring
problem, ethics training problem, role model problem, work goal problem,
performance appraisal problem, etc.).
89. Corrective actions are taken when unethical behaviors occur, and
managers are held accountable for implementing appropriate changes and
achieving improved results.
90. Relevant information about the organizations ethical performance is
shared with the CEO.
Subtotal for Organizational Assessment, items 84 through 90
0
2
5
Count your total Yes answers. If you scored:
60 to 90:
Well done! The health of your organizations ethics systems is better than that of
most companies. Remember, there is always room for continuous improvement!
30 to 59:
Pretty good! However, your organization can be a lot healthier when it comes to
managing business ethics.
0 to 29:
Time to get to work on improving your organizations ethical health.
Total Yes
‘answers’= 30
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