Assignment:
1. Purpose and Scope
• Do you want to evaluate an individual's behavior or self-check your own behavior toensure you doing what you can do to be ethical.
• Are you interested in determining whether an organization is compliant with formalcodes of ethics?
• Does the organization/program match up with cultural values and organizational normsexpressed or implied in the organizations mission statement, program objectives, orother informal/formal organizational policies, publications, or public statements?
• Is the structure of internal and external relationships conducive for developing andnurturing an "ethical ecosystem"?]
2. Organization Description
3. Stakeholders
4. Instruments Assessed
• Mission Statement, Code of Ethics, Values Statement
• By-laws, Internal policies, Committees, Boards, Employee training, Public meeting minutes
• Professional standards of conduct or codes of ethics, State guidelines, religious cree,political platform
• Policy Statements
• Media
• Position statements by relevant special interest groups and watchdog reports
5. Definitions based on class readings
For example: Ethics, values, public, organizations, etc.
6. Initial Assessment
7. Develop a brief survey instrument informed by your initial assessment.
8. Write a narrative that describes what sorts of recommendations are potentially justified by your assessment.