Ashford OMM640 2020 JULY Week 5 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest

OMM640 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 What’s in a Name of an Ethics Code?

Read Consider: What’s in a Name of an Ethics Code? in Chapter 9, then answer these following questions from the text:

Describe how the title of a company’s ethics document affects your attitude about the content?. Do you find one title more attractive than another?

Describe  the message that the title  “code of conduct” conveys?. Does it reflect the purpose of the document to provide employee guidance on expected conduct?

Propose creative titles for ethics codes for a pharmaceutical company and a restaurant. (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015).

Identify two other company ethics documents and share the titles of their ethics documents (consider your own organization or one that you are familiar with for this question).

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.   

DQ2  Code of Conduct in Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism has become a growing industry, especially in developing countries. Research the topic of medical tourism, and find a scholarly or credible article for your topic.  Develop a code of conduct for medical tourism. Your code of conduct must include

Organizational values

Guidelines for acceptable behavior

Compliance with legislation

Examples of prohibited acts

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Use at least one scholarly or credible source.

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesPreview the document table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.