Texas Womans University Code of Conduct for Privacy and Data Protection Summary

Submit your draft code of conduct/code of ethics that reflects best practices (based on your research) related to ethical management of customer and company data for an organization. Your “code” document should be approximately 3–5 pages, not including references or a title page, and must include the following:

• Introduce your draft with an executive summary in which you present a rationale for utilizing a code of ethics/code of conduct related to IT practices of data management for your organization (1 paragraph) along with a brief statement (approximately 1 paragraph) on the steps you will take as a leadership team to model this behavior for the rest of the employees and bring about positive change within your organization. (Note: Although the executive summary is the first page of your document, it is typically written last, since it is meant to provide a very concise summary of the main points of your document.)
• Serving as background for your proposal, summarize your observations about the codes of conduct/ethics you reviewed online and the major themes you found in your search of these important policy statements as they pertain to the use and management of information and information systems. Be sure to include citations for the examples you reviewed in your references section.
• Create a draft of your proposed code of ethics/code of conduct, being sure to cover the major themes you noted. Each theme in your code must be accompanied by a series of statements or a brief paragraph explaining what the policies are associated with that theme (or category). You are free to use your creativity and license to create details about your company, as appropriate. The object of this exercise is to identify important considerations for the leadership of your organization and to ensure that the staff will find this document useful in guiding their behavior and decision making.