This document provides instructions for writing a paper analyzing an organization's code of ethics. The paper should discuss the company's mission, the ethical system used in the code, how the code is applied to employees, management and directors, why and how it is used, and potential modifications. The analysis aims to evaluate the code and its effects on ethical behavior and organizational culture.

1. The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in refining
problem-solving capabilities that organizations already possess
for use in business ethics applications. This paper uses a
structured, objective format sometimes called a system of
inquiry. This assignment is a systematic formalized inquiry
into, or examination of, the code of ethics of an organization
and its effects to achieve a specific level of ethical behavior in
employees, management, and executives. Each business should
have a framework for ensuring ethical behavior. The structure,
format, and scope of codes vary depending on the company’s
business. An oil company's code, for example, would probably
have different criteria and emphases than a health care
provider's code of ethics. Sometimes, codes of ethics are called
by other names, such as an employee code of conduct. A code of
ethics, though, should be differentiated from standard good
operating practices.
Evaluation and analysis includes problem solving and behavior
in assessing organizational ethics along with decision-making
processes. In this case, you are evaluating your own company’s
code of ethics, or that of another company if your employer
does not have a code of ethics.
Write
a 1,200- to 1,400-word paper, one not using question-and-
answer format, discussing your organization’s code of ethics in
detail. Perform the following steps:
Obtain a copy of your employer's code of ethics or find an
example on the Internet from a major corporation, such as Shell
Oil Company’s Statement of Ethics. This is the document upon
which to base your inquiry.
Write a general information paragraph on the company,
including its mission statement.
Determine the type of ethical system used by the firm and
reasons or examples upon which you based your decisions.
Ethical systems include ends-driven, relativistic, entitlement,
and duty-driven (legal or religious) ethics.

2. Identify and discuss how the code of ethics is used. Include
several paragraphs on each use: one for employees, one for
management, one for the board of directors, and so forth. Some
of this information comes from the company’s code of ethics.
Others may be available through an Internet search. Consider
the following:
Why it is used—the general or special circumstances
How it is used
When it is used
Note.
You may not be able to find all the information. In that case,
state this fact and indicate which sources were examined with
no results.
Why might the organization need to modify their existing code
of ethics? Consider how you might modify the code if you were
the new CEO and how you would implement the changes.
What possible reactions to the code are to be expected from
employees and managers? What effects does the organizational
culture have on the acceptance of the code?
What is the effect of the code on the organization?
Summarize the results of your systematic analysis or inquiry
into the code of ethics of this organization.
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Prepare an introduction and use section headings identifying
each of the steps with information and discussion following.
Summarize your findings in the conclusion.
Do not include paragraphs directly from your company’s code.
Summarize what is contained in the document. Your paper may
contain no more than 15% unoriginal or quoted material.
*****Copying and paraphrasing other papers or author's words
without appropriate citations and references
will result in a zero for this assignment as
I do not grade papers with these issues
. If you have questions, please ask me.
Submit

3. your paper to Plagiarism Checker. Submit it for review and
provide a copy of the report to your facilitator with your
assignment.
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