Business Ethics- Final project
Policy Manual
For this part of the course you and your partners will be
asked to start to put your policy manual together.
What can it look like?
I do not hold you to the below, it is a decent framework. Feel free to research, just don’t plagiarize
and don’t use pre-made templates.
For the Policy Document
The first thing you will find in your
policy manual template is your headline banner. It's the one written on top of
the page and in bold letters. It contains your company name, the policy title,
issuing date, policy number, and effective date of implementation.
Next is the purpose of the policy or
otherwise known as the policy statement. This is concise statement that
summarizes the important points into one paragraph.
Then you have the detailed policy statement,
which includes the effective date and the discussion of the specifics of the
policy.
Applicability is the next part of your
policy manual template. This states who the policy is intended to, and the
consequences if one fails to comply with the policy.
This is followed by definition of
terms, if necessary. And then the Cognizant Office, which contains the specific
individual who should be contacted if any problems occur concerning the policy.
After this, you have the Policy
Authority, which contains the administrative group who reviews the policy.
Next to this would be references, and
then lastly, the implementation procedures that state how the policy should be
carried out.
For the Procedures Document
For this, you have the headline banner
again, which have the same contents as the policy manual template.
After this, you have the overview or
the procedure description that describes the objectives or tasks that the
procedure aims to accomplish. It also states under which circumstances the
procedure should be used.
Areas of responsibility soon follow,
where departments, units, offices and individual titles are stated. These are
the people who need to follow the procedure, and the specific details of their
responsibilities are also discussed.
Next would be the references, and then
lastly, the help page. Help page is a table that contains training programs,
phone numbers and sources of institutions that can help carry out the
procedures.
Your first iteration is due March 20th
when we return from Spring Break.
You have this Friday to work freely on
it. I suggest taking the time together as you all know you can meet at this
time.
Print a copy for me, one for each
member of your business, and one extra copy.
Remember you will be critiqued by your
partners so distribute the work evenly.
I will post links to examples on the
blog.
Make it look professional, design will
not carry the day, but it can’t hurt.
Eventually ask me for my favorite “hand
in a paper” story from Seminary. (sensitive ears can be excused)
Don’t plagiarize.
I will show these to my colleagues, don’t
embarrass me.
Think strategically and tactically for
these documents as I am going to throw a crisis or two at your business and
this document is your only way out. Yes,
if you can’t solve it with this document, your business may fold.
