One of the main assignments for the course is the creation of a Code of Ethics for an organization. The readings and lecture provide insight into the construction and purpose of Code of Ethics and should be consulted in this project. You will secure an organization to work with and begin interviewing key stakeholders (board members, elected officials, administrative leaders, workers, clients, etc) about their actions, goals, and potential ethical concerns. You will use this information to draft a Code. Your organization does not have to know the exact content in your Code, nor do they have to apply it. There are several key steps to this project:
1)Identify an organization Identify key stakeholders and reach out to them 3)Interview key stakeholders (a potential template for an interview is below, you do not have to use this one, but you can if you’d like)4)Review the interview findings5)Write a Code of Ethics (should be 12-point font, Times New Roman
2)Begin with questions about the person and their role. Examples: “What is your title?” “What is the nature of your relationship to the agency?” “How would you describe your daily activities within the agency?” “How many times have you received services from the agency?”
3)Dive into questions about the existing ethics infrastructure. Examples: “How do you think about ethics? Can you list some ethical expectations the organization has for its employees and leaders?” “Can you tell me about a time your organization had to make a personnel decision related to ethics?”“Can you tell about a time the leadership of the organization grappled with an ethical issue?” “When these issues come up who works on them? What is the process involved?”
4)Determine what’s missing in the current infrastructure
5)Come up with a few ideas about how the organization can change to resolve the current gaps
6)Put both the working mechanisms and the proposals for the gaps in the final assignment
