Case Study : Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges
1. Review the "Case Study : Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges". Then, read the article titled, "The Good, the Bad, and Wal-Mart".
Write a four (4) page paper in which you:
1. Examine the manner in which Walmart's business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in an unethical situation.
2. Determine the major effects that Walmart's business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.
3. Analyze two (2) of the legal mandates that workers and U.S. government has accused Walmart of violating. Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.
4. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical decision making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Recommend two (2) actions that Walmart's Human Resources Department should take in order to improve the employees' perspectives of Walmart's human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must :
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Describe the business ethics issues and definitions, theories, and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making and the role of a human resource professional.
• Determine the role of stakeholder interests, the interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility, and the role of corporate governance in ethics.
• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.
2. Mandated Legal Requirements and Ethical Decision Making
Respond to the following:
• Read the article titled, "Sarbanes-Oxley Act: HR's Role in Ensuring Compliance and Driving Organizational Change". Next, suggest two (2) actions that HR should take in order to ensure an organization's compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Explain the manner in which HR policies and practices are instrumental in implementing, and ensuring compliance, with legal mandates.
• Examine the key individual and organizational factors that influence an ethical decision making framework in resolving ethical dilemmas. Outline a guide that HR can use to implement principles and core values in ethical decision making in an organization. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Moral Philosophies and Cognitive Moral Development
Respond to the following:
• Select one (1) moral philosophy (teleology, deontology, relativist perspective, virtue ethics, or justice) that has influenced the outcome of an ethical dilemma that you have witnessed. Provide one (1) example of the way in which this moral philosophy influenced the outcome of an ethical dilemma in a past or present organization. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.
• Examine Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Determine the stage of Kohlberg's moral development that your current, or past, organization and coworkers are in. Provide one (1) example of your current, or past, organization and coworkers that illustrates the stage of Kohlberg's moral development. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.
4. Organizational Culture and Ethical Decision Making
Respond to the following:
• Examine the major influences that organizational culture can have on organizational ethical decision making. From your personal experience in your current or past organization, provide one (1) example of how organizational culture influenced the outcome of an ethical decision. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.
• Use the Internet to research a business leader that you believe to be an ethical leader. Next, examine the key traits and actions that the selected leader demonstrates in order to influence a positive ethical culture in the organization. Suggest two (2) actions that a company could take in order to achieve a positive ethical culture.