The document discusses ethical and legal issues facing GreatestColas and proposes an action plan to address them. It identifies issues such as hiring practices, cultural differences, discrimination, bribery, and safety. The action plan establishes a corporate social responsibility program, defines a common ethical theory and corporate ethics policies, increases ethical training, and follows up on compliance. The goal is to establish a strong ethical culture and avoid future legal problems.

1. Ethical and Legal Issues Facing GreatestColas Piecing Together an Effective Action Plan for Success by Mark Carlson

2. Introduction Ethics is a critical aspect of GreatestColas Legal issues are becoming more common Cultural differences compound the problem

3. Ethical Issues Employee Issues Hiring Practices Cultural Differences Business Direction

4. Legal Issues Financial Discrimination Bribery Safety

5. What Does this mean to GreatestColas? Increased staffing problems Future legal issues Loss of business integrity

6. What Can be Done at GreatestColas? Establish Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

7. Action Plan Define a common ethical theory model Establish a corporate ethics program

8. Implementation Plan Gather management feedback Define and establish the corporate ethic policies Train managers in the corporate ethics program Increase ethical awareness in European operations Increase employee relations in U.S. operations Execution of corporate ethic policies Follow up for manager and employee compliance

9. Conclusion The time to change is now.

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