1. Identifyacompanythatyouareinterestedinoradmire.Thecompanymusthave a written code of conduct and ethics available for your review and evaluation. Thus, you will most likely need to select a company that is registered in the United States with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a public company, as it is often difficult to obtain private company codes of conduct and ethics.
2. Describethebackground,business,sizeandotherinformationyouthinkis important to provide a clear profile of the company.
3. Describethestatedpurpose(s)orobjective(s)ofthecompanyscodeofconduct and ethics and list and describe the companys core values.
4. Gathersufficientinformationtomakeaninformedconclusionabouttheethical performance of a company. At a minimum, such information must include:
multiple news items illustrating ethical (community involvement, charitable activities, etc.) and unethical activities (illegal acts, fraud, unethical treatment of workers, mishandling of customer information, etc.).
oAlthough not required, a suggested approach is to identify two to three core ethical issues for this company and its industry and provide at least one news item that addresses each issue.
ethics awards and honors (if any).
MGT 16 Personal Ethics at Work Corporate Ethics Project
information about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings and performance.
oFor this information, I suggest you use the following free resource: MSCI – https://www.msci.com/our-solutions/esg-
investing/esg-ratings/esg-ratings-corporate-search- tool/issuer/ (enter your company name or ticker symbol in the search box to access your particular company).
information about competitiveness of employee compensation and benefits, how your company treats employees and reputation of management (for example, from Glassdoor, where you can obtain ratings and comments).
oNote that when you try to access Glassdoor on the desktop through the Google Chrome browser, it may not allow you to look at reviews without leaving your own review.
oTo bypass that, you can do the following:
Google the company for which you want to access the
Glassdoor reviews.
Go on the Glassdoor site and copy the entire link.
Open incognito mode (Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + N).
Paste the link into the incognito browser window.
You should have access to seeing the entire page.
oThis tip is for the Google Chrome browser and results may vary on other browsers.
any other information that helps you make an informed conclusion about the companys ethical performance.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The above is not all-inclusive and there are other potential sources of information that can help you make your conclusion. What is important is that you provide a breadth of information from a variety of sources. Relying on just one or two pieces of information will be insufficient to support your conclusion and your grade will be lower as a result.
5. Aftergatheringsufficientinformationabouttheethicalperformanceofyour company, evaluate the companys ethical performance based on its code of conduct and ethics and rate it on a scale of one to five, with one being the least ethical and five being the most ethical. When providing the rating, make certain that you describe how you reached your rating in terms of the information you gathered in Step 4.
6. Statewhetheryouwouldacceptajobofferfromthecompanyanddescribewhy or why not.
7. Provideaccesstothecompanyscodeofconductandethicswithinthepaperin the form of a link.
