Reference no: EM132269503
Ethics Assessment
1. Purpose and Scope [enter text describing what you hope to achieve by this assessment.
• Do you want to evaluate an individual's behavior or self-check your own behavior to ensure you doing what you can do to be ethical.
• Are you interested in determining whether an organization is compliant with formal codes of ethics?
• Does the organization/program match up with cultural values and organizational norms expressed or implied in the organizations mission statement, program objectives, or other informal/formal organizational policies, publications, or public statements?
• Is the structure of internal and external relationships conducive for developing and nurturing an "ethical ecosystem"?]
2. Organization Description
[text from varying sources including material from the organization/program itself, community/local materials, industry publications]
3. Stakeholders
[text listing internal, external, indirect stakeholders, their interest, and roles/ responsibilities they each have]
4. Instruments Assessed
• Mission Statement, Code of Ethics, Values Statement
• By-laws, Internal policies, Committees, Boards, Employee training, Public meeting minutes
• Professional standards of conduct or codes of ethics, State guidelines, religious cree, political platform
• Policy Statements
• Media
• Position statements by relevant special interest groups and watchdog reports
5. Definitions based on class readings
For example: Ethics, values, public, organizations, etc.
6. Initial Assessment
[Narrative of your initial findings from parts 1-5 above]
7. Develop a brief survey instrument informed by your initial assessment.
8. Write a narrative that describes what sorts of recommendations are potentially justified by your assessment.