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 formatted according to APA style.
• 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.
• There must be an introductory paragraph that capture the reader’s attentions by indicating what the paper will be about. Introduction must begin with an attention grabber i.e.; summary information, anecdote, or startling information. Also, usually a statement at the end of the introductory paragraph delineates your thesis, such as: This paper is about/will show (add your paper’s main points) will suffice.
• Also, the paper must end with a conclusion paragraph, rephrasing the thesis statement, summarizing the main idea within the paper while capturing the significance of the argument.
• Must document all sources APA style.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.

Course text and Usnick and Usnick article bibliography for reference sheet:

Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers.  https://content.uagc.edu/

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. https://library.ashford.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http%3A//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true%2526AuthType=ip,cpid%2526custid=s8856897%2526db=a9h%2526AN=91024536%2526site=ehost-live