Policy Analysis

The Portfolio Project requires you to write a memorandum to a decision maker, such as the President of the United States, a member of Congress, a chairperson of the SEC, or a state governor, on how to reform corporate ethics in American business today. As we have seen, legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley has received considerable media attention but has not prevented significant catastrophes such as the global economic meltdown of 2008. You should be prepared to propose policies that might help to ameliorate or to prevent corporate ethics lapses that might occur in the future. You have the freedom to select any policy avenues that you think might help to strengthen and fortify corporate ethics. Your memo should cover the following:

• Set forth why your chosen policy pathway is important

• Compare and contrast with the policy it replaces

• Articulate your ideas on how to remedy the issue of corporate malfeasance

• Proffer some recommendations to the decision-maker about how to improve overall corporate governance.