Use Vodafone a private company as an example and then choose a particular type of COI that is associated with this type of organization. Sustainability-related COIs are especially encouraged.

• Locate and describe any laws that are designed to discourage or prevent this type of COI in your country. If there are no laws particular to the type of COI you chose, discuss why this is the case.
• Locate examples of organizational policies used to also discourage the particular COI and discuss how the main features of the policy around the particular COI.
• Discuss ways that managers can use both policy and the existing laws in your home country to discourage employees seeking their own interests over that of the employer.
• In your estimation, do laws and policies help promote ethical behavior? Do you feel that the laws, as they are currently, are sufficient and effective?
• Finally, suggest ways that the laws and/or policies could be improved to both motivate employees to pursue the interests of their employers, as well as to minimize the costs of employers complying with or enforcing the laws.

Written Assignment Requirements.

Written Assignment Peer Assessment Rubric

For this assignment, your peers will be evaluating your work with the following criteria.

• An organization is chosen and a particular conflict of interest is identified.
• Laws pertaining to the particular COI have been located and described. If no laws are described, reasons are provided.
• Organizational policies pertaining to the COI are discussed, particularly the main features of the policy.
• Ways that managers can use both policy and the existing laws in your home country to discourage employees seeking their own interests over that of the employer are discussed.
• The paper addresses the questions: do laws and policies help promote ethical behavior? Do you feel that the laws, as they are currently, are sufficient and effective?
• The paper suggests ways that the laws and/or policies could be improved to both motivate employees to pursue the interests of their employers, as well as to minimize the costs of employers complying with or enforcing the laws.
• Writing Organization and Clarity - the ideas are arranged logically to support the purpose or argument. Ideas presented flow smoothly from one to another and are clearly linked to each other. Writing is clear and it is of high-quality.