The Scenario:
For this assignment, your team will assume the role of a startup Ethics, Compliance, and Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting Firm. Your firm's expertise is Human Capital Management and your marketing focus is on the higher education sector.
West Chester State University, a regional comprehensive public university located in eastern Pennsylvania, has contacted you and is seeking an initial meeting. The URL for the university is provided below:
https://www.wcupa.edu/
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss, in the aftermath of the Penn State University child abuse sex scandal, how your firm would approach conducting an ethical culture audit at West Chester university. West Chester University has been following the Penn State situation very closely and hopes to learn from the scandal and proactively adopt progressive management practices to ensure that nothing like what happened at Penn State occurs at their institution.
The target audience for your initial discussion includes the President of West Chester University, associate V.P. of HR and a small sub-committee of the Board of Trustees of West Chester. Specifically,West Chester wants to understand what process, procedures, and tools you propose to employ to conduct the audit.The university is not looking for specific recommendations at this time.