PROgram software company with 90 employees is located in Spokane, Washington in the United States who work virtually from home. The only exceptions are the administration offices, human resources (HR), and finance departments that work in the headquarters. Up until now, the culture has experienced some employee bad behavior and a laissez-faire culture. The company hires mostly locals, and has had an informal code of ethics that has not been enforced. As a result, there have been increasing incidents of personnel doing consulting work for other companies outside of work hours, and in some rare cases, during work hours. The CEO is concerned that their software company could be compromised. Lately, as clients worldwide have increasingly sought out the companys software, the CEO realizes it is time to reimagine a more diverse, inclusive, and global company while adhering to an ethical code of conduct with uniform responses to infringement. The CEO knows they will soon need to hire at least another 30 sales staff and additional software engineers to address this increasing global demand. The CEO wants to restructure the company while keeping company costs down as much as possible. Help PROgram address the problems by completing the checklist items. View the company’s current organizational structure. Address the following items in your submission: Checklist: (1) Identify the characteristics needed to implement a shared ethical culture and explain how this will help the organizations current organizational structure. (2) Explain how the ethical culture will be affected by the global context. Describe some of the global implications. Use the Competing Values Framework in analyzing the situation. (3) Analyze the current organizational structure and scenario to identify the key questions the executives need to answer to create the most effective and suitable organizational structure and culture. (4) Explain the importance of ethical leadership in suggesting and implementing a new organizational structure.
