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?”, is if a universal moral code exists 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.

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Please 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.

Week 6 – Assignment

This assignment must bring me an A please read all instruction.

Ethics, Compliance Auditing, and Emerging Issues

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:

· The goals of the training program

· The objectives of the training program

· The learning methods/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

The assignment:

· Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page and references page) and and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

· Must include a separate title page with the following

· Title of paper

· Student’s name

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Date submitted

· Must use at least three scholarly and/or credible sources in addition to the course text and the Usnick and Usnick (2013) article.

· Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

· Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.