Unit 2 Business Ethics Task 2 P1

Ethics Program for 2015
Task 2
Erica Young
Western Governors University – Missouri

Table of Contents

Code of Ethics…………………………………………………………………….03 Acceptable Use of Electronic Mail…………………………………………..03 Acceptable Use of the Internet ……………………………………………...03 Acceptable Employee Conduct ……………………………………………..04 Acceptable Dress Code ……………………………………………………..04
Employee Ethics Training Program ……………………………………………...05
Monitoring & Reporting Employee Misconduct ………………………………...06
Organizational Audit of Ethics Program …………………………………………07

Code of Ethics
Acceptable Use of Electronic Mail
The e-mail system is provided for the use of staff and other authorized users for corporate related business.

Limited personal use of the Internet is allowed so long as it does not impact employment responsibilities, violates any state or federal laws, or company policies. Once again any improper use of the Internet will result in loss of privileges, and disciplinary actions; there is also possibility of criminal charges depending on severity of the misuse. With the policy the guidelines set are of safe and acceptable use of the Internet. The system is provided for the use of staff and other authorized users for corporate related business. Examples of unacceptable use:
• Access, upload, download, any pornographic, obscene or sexually explicit material or other visual depictions those are harmful to minors.
• Transmit or receive obscene, abusive, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening, disrespectful or sexually explicit language.
• Engage in any illegal act or violate any local, state or federal statute or law and any other illegal activities.

Acceptable Employee

To accomplish this we provided routine ethical awareness trainings to ensure that all employees have a clear understanding of ethical and unethical behavior. After auditing a top-management and human resource survey the provided training this year “2015” will be: Sexual Harassment. Training will be provided by Cindy Barnes – Dept. Human Resources. All training materials are to be provided to each individual, and will also be available via our corporate website for reference – this is a SMARTBOARD