EST1 Task 310.2.3-08: Ethics Programs Western Governors University COMPANY X CODE OF ETHICS GUIDEBOOK The purpose of this ethics guide is to assure a safe and secure working environment for all employees. This guide serves as an informative reference to the responsibilities of each employee outlining acceptable/unacceptable behavior, misconduct/corrective action policies and training program/audits for the ethics guidelines outlined herein to assure long term policy success. SECTION
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Company Q – Social Responsibility 1 Case Study on Social Responsibility – Company Q For over forty years, the subject of business ethics has continued to evolve and one aspect in particular, social responsibility has become more of a focus. A company’s attitude on social responsibility is
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Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility is negative and could use development. Their actions leave the perception to stakeholders that the company is only interested in profitability. In order for Company Q to improve their attitude towards social responsibility, they need to take into consideration their stakeholders, namely the customers, employees and the community. In my opinion, if the company were to make changes in their attitudes towards social responsibility, they could likely
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The goal of a company is to make sure they make a profit. Because if they don’t, then, the business would not survive and the company will have to shut down. At the same time, a company cannot ignore or sideline the social responsibility it has towards the society either. As we can see here, Company Q had to close some of its stores because those locations were losing money. The company is also very much focused on making profits and thus, has high margins on organic, health-oriented
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With the onset of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many Medical Groups that provide care for members of a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) have grown a great deal to allow for increased population of members requiring insurance coverage. This growth has impacted medical groups significantly. One organization that has experienced this is “Mountain Healthcare”. Mountain Healthcare is a network of medical groups located in California, New York, and Arizona. The network is composed of nine groups
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Objective 310.2.1-05 – EST1 Kenji Kaul Western Governors University Abstract This paper will evaluate and explore Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility. This paper will also determine if Company Q is socially responsible or not and explanations supporting why. It will also describe actions the company can take to improve their social responsibility. Keywords: social responsibility, socially responsible Objective 310.2.1-05 – EST1 In this day and age, businesses are focusing
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EST1: 310.2.1-05 Part A: In the given information of Company Q, they have demonstrated a lack of social responsibility and appear to have made decisions based solely economic responsibility. In order to determine if they made the proper decisions in closing the stores, we need to know what steps and actions were taken to make a profit. As a chain of stores, it is also important that they looked closely at what ramifications would result in closing the stores. These would be economic impact of
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EST1 Task 2 7/28/2014 Company X is where the employee’s matter. As a company we take pride in building long lasting relationship. With doing so we believe in fairness. Every employee is expected to act in a professional, responsible and courteous manner at all times. This includes dealings with customers, vendors, contractors and co-workers. Courtesy, respect and cooperation are vital to a successful environment. Compliance with this policy of ethics and conduct is the responsibility of every
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EST1 – 310.2.1-05 Ethical Situations in Business Social Responsibility Organizations today are culturally and ethically responsible for doing what’s right, demonstrating good judgment in their day to day business activities with employees, customers with in the community and stakeholders. Organizational goals should not be driven solely on emphasis towards profits but more so on how business decisions impact society as a whole. Located in a major Metropolitan area Company Q is part of a small
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EST1 310.2.1-05 Evaluation: Company Q is not functioning in a socially responsible way or practicing proper social ethics. The business has not established themselves as being a part of the larger community. This was evidenced in the fact that they closed down stores in high crime areas that are also highly populated areas. Instead of closing these stores if a healthy relationship with the community was developed and maintained these stores would likely have not lost money and would have instead
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