Mandated Legal Requirements and Ethical Decision Making

Mandated Legal Requirements and Ethical Decision Making” Please respond to the following:

Read the article titled, “Sarbanes-Oxley Act: HR’s Role in Ensuring Compliance and Driving Organizational Change,” located here. You may also view the article at at http://www.section404.org/UserFiles/File/research/28_HRs_Role_In_SOX.pdf. Next, suggest two (2) actions that HR should take in order to ensure an organization’s compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Explain the manner in which HR policies and practices are instrumental in implementing, and ensuring compliance, with legal mandates.

Visit the EEOC website Newsroom link at https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/index.cfm and find one case within the past two years where an employer had to pay a fine for unethical or inappropriate behavior toward employees. Explain the case, the unethical or inappropriate issue and advise on the action you would take as the HR professional supporting that organization. Be specific in your response.