Discussion Question 1: Future Ethical Considerations
As the world continues to become more global because of technological advances, the risks will increase. Choose one of the global risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological. Then choose a specific issue related to the global risk area.
• Describe the ethical issue.
• Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.
Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.
Use at least one scholarly or credible source.
• The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Discussion Question 2: Global Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
A common debate in ethics is universalism versus relativism of ethics and moral codes. A frequently asked question is "Does a universal moral code exist regardless of an individual's culture?" As organizations are becoming increasingly global, and understanding of universalism versus relativism of culture ethics is important.
• Compare and contrast universalism and relativism.
• Evaluate how universalism and relativism affect global social corporate responsibility.
Use at least one scholarly or credible source in your discussion.
• The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Ethics, Compliance Auditing, and Emerging Issues
Length: 8 pages.
To prepare for this assignment, review Chapter 9 in the course text, as well as the article on compliance program auditing by Usnick and Usnick (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. 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:
o The goals of the training program
o The objectives of the training program
o The learning methods/activities of the training program
o 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.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Required Resources
Text
Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers [Electronic version].
o Chapter 10: Looking Forward
Article
Usnick, L., &Usnick, R. (2013). Compliance program auditing: The growing need to insure that compliance programs themselves comply. Southern Law Journal, 23(2), 311-327.
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Articles
Andrei, C. L., Tigu, G., Dragoescu, R. M., &Sinescu, C. J. (2014, November). Analysis of medical tourism for cardiovascular diseases. Amfiteatru Economic, (8)16, 1136-1150.
o The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. This article analyzes and cause and effect of increased medical tourism. It will be useful in completing discussion two this week.
Jagyasi, P. (2012). Understanding ethical issues of medical tourism (Links to an external site.). DrPrem.
o This article discusses the ethical challenges of medical tourism. It will be useful in completing discussion.