Business Ethics – Summative Assignment – Ethics, Compliance, Auditing, and Emerging Issues (6)

To prepare for this assignment, review Chapter 9 in the course text (attached PDF file), as well as the article on compliance program auditing by Usnick and UsnickLinks(attached PDF file). (2013). In addition, read Chapter 10 in the course text. Review Table 10.3: Global Risks 2014, and select one of the risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological.

For this assignment, imagine that you have been tasked with creating a proposal for the new CEO of your organization. This proposal will discuss how your organization can address an emerging global risk. You have been asked to create a proposal that establishes an ethics program, as well as develop a training plan, and develop a plan to conduct compliance auditing. Your proposal must include the following:

• Describe an emerging global risk that is either economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological.
• Identify all countries that might be associated with the risk.
• Describe the effects of the risk on each country.
• Evaluate the role of ethical decision-making in business organizations as the role pertains to your global risk.
• Analyze the impact of business ethics on stakeholder relationships.
• Analyze why it is necessary to create an ethics program, conduct training, and engage in compliance auditing.
• Design a training plan for ethical considerations and social responsibility as it relates to the key risk area and the countries you have selected. The training plan must include the following:
  • the goals of the training program
  • the objectives of the training program
  • the learning methods or activities of the training program
  • how the training program will be evaluated
• Describe how the training will be conducted.
• Describe how compliance auditing will be conducted.
• Summarize the key findings.