2 Questions (300 words each) and Final Paper (8 pages)

Question 1 – 300 words

Future Ethical Considerations

As the world continues to become more global because of technological advances, the risks will increase.  Choose one of the global risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological. Then choose a specific issue related to the global risk area.

· Describe the ethical issue.  

· Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Use at least one scholarly or credible source.

· 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.

Question 2 – 300 words

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?” 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.

FINAL PAPER – eight pages

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.

· 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.

· 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.

Required Resources

Text

Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015).  Business ethics and social responsibility for managers  [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

· Chapter 10: Looking Forward

Article

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. Retrieved from 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 Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)            Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

Recommended Resources

Articles

Andrei, C. L., Tigu, G., Dragoescu, R. M., & Sinescu, C. J. (2014, November). Analysis of medical tourism for cardiovascular diseases. Amfiteatru Economic, (8)16, 1136-1150. Retrieved from https://library.ashford.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http%3A//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true%2526AuthType=ip,cpid%2526custid=s8856897%2526db=eoh%2526AN=EP99552553%2526site=ehost-live

· The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. This article analyzes and cause and effect of increased medical tourism. It will be useful in completing discussion two this week.

 

Jagyasi, P. (2012). Understanding ethical issues of medical tourism (Links to an external site.). DrPrem.com. Retrieved from http://www.drprem.com/ueimt/understanding-ethical-issues-of-medical-tourism.html

· This article discusses the ethical challenges of medical tourism. It will be useful in completing discussion two this week.