It should be between 8-15 pages long and be based on the following question presented: You are a Director of the Ethics and Compliance Office at XYZ Corporation. XYZ is a US-based for-profit management health care company. As of 2020, it was ranked #5 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest US corporations by total revenue. You have been contacted by various supervisors to resolve the following issues: 1. An intern applicant posted negative remarks on Facebook about an internship at the Controller’s office at XYZ for which she had applied. The negative comments were focused on the policy for professional dress as an intern. Should she receive an internship at XYZ? Consider both legal and ethical implications. 2. A current employee of XYZ posted negative comments about his job at XYZ regarding the cleanliness of the foodservice at the office’s pantry. Food is cooked and served to both employees and customers. Are such actions sufficient to amount to termination? Of not, what other actions will you suggest? Consider both legal and ethical implications. 3. You received numerous complaints from supervisors that many staff members are on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter frequently during the work day. Supervisors are concerned about the loss of employee work time and productivity as employees use work computers and time to send personal e-mails, play games, shop, in addition to visiting social media sites. Can supervisors monitor employee Internet use at work? Can they place a limit? What should be the consequences if employees do not cooperate? Consider both legal and ethical implications. Assignment: a. Identify issues presented b. Research 3-4 Fortune 500 Large Corporations – Compare the companies’ Code of Professional Conduct c. Draft a memo addressing three issues presented above. Consider both legal and ethical consequences. d. Draft a segment to be added to XYZ Company’s Code of Professional Conduct to prevent the issues presented above by establishing company policy.
