RUBRIC Ethics and Compliance Programs 

Determine the fundamental ways in which the NCAA’s ethics program failed to prevent the scandals at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska. Support your response with one example from each of these schools’ scandals.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 21.6 (13.50%) points

Competent 24.48 (15.30%) points

Exemplary 28.8 (18.00%) points

Examine the principal ways in which the leadership of the NCAA contributed to the ethical violations of Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska. Support your response with one example from each of these schools’ scandals.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 21.6 (13.50%) points

Competent 24.48 (15.30%) points

Exemplary 28.8 (18.00%) points

Predict the key differences in the scenarios that occurred at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Alaska if an effective ethics program was in place. Provide a rationale for your response.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 21.6 (13.50%) points

Competent 24.48 (15.30%) points

Exemplary 28.8 (18.00%) points

Postulate on two actions that the NCAA leadership should take to regain the trust and confidence of students and stakeholders.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 21.6 (13.50%) points

Competent 24.48 (15.30%) points

Exemplary 28.8 (18.00%) points

Recommend two measures that the HR departments of colleges and universities should take to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. Provide a rationale for your response.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 21.6 (13.50%) points

Competent 24.48 (15.30%) points

Exemplary 28.8 (18.00%) points

Four references.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 6 (3.75%) points

Competent 6.8 (4.25%) points

Exemplary 8 (5.00%) points

Writing mechanics, grammar, and formatting.–

Levels of Achievement:

Unacceptable 0 (0.00%) points

Needs Improvement 6 (3.75%) points

Competent 6.8 (4.25%) points

Exemplary 8 (5.00%) points

Write a 5–7-page paper in which you:

· Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical toward supply and employee stakeholders. (See attached Walmart Case Study)

. Provide one example of Walmart in an ethical situation.

· Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.

· Analyze three of the legal mandates that workers and the U.S. government have accused Walmart of violating.

. Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.

· Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical decision-making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions.

. Provide a rationale for your response.

· Recommend two actions that Walmart’s human resources department should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives of Walmart’s human resources policies.

. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.

· Use the attached Four books as references

· Please complete a heading for each individual criterion.

· Number all Pages

Ohio State

The NCAA has notified Ohio State that it will face a “failure to monitor” charge in addition to more allegations of rules violations by its troubled football program.

Ohio State will strip itself of five total football scholarships over the next three years in response to the further alleged violations, the school announced Thursday.

The Buckeyes, who were awaiting a ruling after appearing before the NCAA committee on infractions Aug. 12 for the tattoo-for-memorabilia scandal, received another notice of allegations from the NCAA on Nov. 3. Those allegations revolved around a Cleveland-area booster who provided extra benefits to players.

“Failure to monitor” is among the most serious allegations the NCAA can bring against a member school.

Ohio State president Gordon Gee expressed disappointment Thursday in athletic director Gene Smith for not properly monitoring the actions of the ex-booster, Robert DiGeronimo.

In a letter to Smith, dated on Thursday, Gee wrote, “I am disappointed that this is where we find ourselves. You know I find this unacceptable.”

School officials are scheduled to appear before the NCAA infractions committee again on Dec. 10 to answer to these latest charges. However, Ohio State has asked to have the charges reviewed during a conference call the week of Nov. 28 — the final week of the football regular season.

The NCAA alleged that DiGeronimo provided a total of $2,405 in extra benefits to nine football players. That included payments of $200 each to four players who attended a charity event in February, and five players who were overpaid a total of $1,605 for work they did not perform in summer jobs at DiGeronimo’s excavation company.

DiGeronimo has admitted giving $200 to running back 
Jordan Hall
, cornerback Travis Howard, defensive back 
Corey Brown
 and former Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor at the charity event.

Hall, Howard and Brown were each suspended earlier this season. Running back 
Dan Herron
, receiver 
DeVier Posey
 and offensive lineman Marcus Hall were suspended for their role in the summer job case. Herron and Posey had their five-game suspensions stemming from the tattoo scandal lengthened.

DiGeronimo and Posey have disputed the allegations of overpayment for jobs.

Ohio State disassociated itself with DiGeronimo on Sept. 20 and announced it was taking measures to enhance its education and compliance monitoring.

But the NCAA said the school “failed to take appropriate actions to determine if DiGeronimo continued to employ student-athletes or host them at the charity event despite concerns about his interaction with the football program.”

In addition, the NCAA said Ohio State “failed to educate football student-athletes about DiGeronimo, encourage them to cease interaction with him or inquire about their potential employment with DiGeronimo and attendance at the charity event.”

DiGeronimo’s charity, called Cornerstone of Hope, was involved with a secondary violation involving a lack of paperwork in 2006. In its response, Ohio State said it told DiGeronimo to stop interacting with coaches, visiting athletic facilities and being around the program.

However, the school still allowed athletes to work at DiGeronimo’s company and attend his charity events — though it said players were strongly encouraged to fill out the necessary paperwork to do so.

DiGeronimo had been an Ohio State booster since the 1980s, when he was part of a group known as the “committeemen” who helped recruit players before such practices were outlawed.

DiGeronimo contributed more than $72,000 to the athletic department since 1988 and had been a season ticket holder for years, the report said.

DiGeronimo was one of a group of outsiders who had access to Ohio State’s locker room on game days, a practice that coach Jim Tressel stopped after taking the job, according to the NCAA report.

By HANNAH KARP

Ohio State football players celebrate their January Sugar Bowl win, one of the victories now vacated.

Ohio State University is vacating all of its football program’s 2010 wins, as well as its Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas in January 2011, in the wake of a scandal that cost head coach Jim Tressel his job.

The move was part of a formal response to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s official notice of allegations to the school in April, after discovering Mr. Tressel failed to report that some star players had swapped memorabilia for cash and tattoos.

Other steps included changing Mr. Tressel’s resignation to a retirement, self-imposing a two-year probation and suspending five players for the first five games of next season.

Mr. Tressel said in a statement that he was thankful for the opportunity to retire, thereby collecting the salary and benefits owed him through June 30. He added that he would remain a Buckeye “forever,” continuing to cooperate with and assist the school in the future.

Former star quarterback Terrelle Pryor was also suspended but left school to pursue a job in the National Football League after Mr. Tressel resigned in May.

In a statement, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said, “We are taking a very hard look on our own at all aspects of our athletic programs to identify and implement improvements designed to ensure that we uphold the highest ideals of honor and integrity. Throughout the entire process since we discovered possible infractions, Ohio State has consistently acted to investigate any allegation, self-report its findings to the NCAA, communicate transparently about its findings, and take necessary remediation steps.”

But the question remains whether these penalties are sufficiently tough. Ohio State came under fire this winter for its relatively tepid initial response to the crisis, in which it suspended Mr. Tressel for two games and slapped him with a $250,000 fine, which has since been waived. A university spokeswoman declined to comment on the reason for the waiver.

One weapon the NCAA has in its arsenal is restricting schools’ television appearances.

In its April letter to Ohio State, the NCAA requested a review of the school’s obligations concerning live telecasts of games for the next three seasons. The TV revenue generated by a major football program generally helps to subsidize a school’s less profitable sports like golf and swimming.

Gerry DiNardo, a former head coach at Louisiana State, Vanderbilt and Indiana universities, said he thought Ohio State’s response was appropriate based on the disclosures of wrongdoing to date, though he added that “future penalties,” such as revoking scholarships, are generally “more effective than vacating wins.”

“If nothing else has come out, I think this is fair. But do I think this is over? No I don’t think this is over,” said Mr. DiNardo, an analyst for the Big Ten Network. “The NCAA still has to respond, and if the NCAA does more, I might be OK with that.”

Former Ohio State quarterback Stanley Jackson said he thought his alma mater’s response may have been too harsh.

“I’m not sure we had to vacate the Sugar Bowl victory—the NCAA knew what the players had done at that point and still allowed them to play,” said Mr. Jackson, now a color analyst for Ohio State games.

But, he added, “there’s always a consequence to your action, and we had a handful of guys that made some poor decisions.”

The university said it will have no further comment on specific allegations.

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The University of Alaska

The University of Alaska Fairbanks will face a variety of penalties—including a $30,000 fine, a postseason ban in several sports and reduced scholarships—stemming from a series of NCAA infractions first discovered by the Nanooks in 2011.

UAF received word Wednesday morning of final decision from the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions.

The infractions spanned the 2007-2008 through 2011-2012 academic years and involved 40 student-athletes in nine of the Alaska Nanooks’ 10 sports teams. Only women’s cross-country was unaffected. The university self-reported the infractions to the NCAA in 2011 and 2012 and instituted some self-penalties at the time.

“These infractions are the result of university errors, not any wrongdoing by student-athletes,” said UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers. “Our student-athletes are high academic achievers who display integrity in their sport.”

The issues that prompted the infractions deal with student-athletes’ eligibility in four areas: transfer credit requirements, eligibility of pre-majors, declaration of majors and progress toward degree.

In general, to be eligible to compete, student-athletes must be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, take at least 12 credits each semester toward their degree, earn at least a 2.0 GPA and be making progress toward their degree of record. The infractions happened when the university failed to identify students who had not earned the required number of countable credits or who had informally switched majors but not filed the appropriate forms to do so officially. In addition, some students were admitted to UAF as “pre-majors,” which isn’t a baccalaureate program under NCAA rules.

The university first reported the infractions to the NCAA in June of 2011 and then made additional reports of infractions in November of 2012. Since then, the university has made major changes in the way it certifies student-athletes and the resources dedicated to those efforts. In the past, that responsibility fell only to the compliance coordinator. Today, a team of trained professionals in athletics, advising, admissions and the registrar’s office collaborate to ensure that student-athletes are taking the courses they need to earn their degrees and remain academically eligible.

“Clearly we needed, and now have, a well-defined, supportive compliance and advising system,” Rogers said. “I am proud of our Alaska Nanooks and sorry that our university let them down. Our students—and student-athletes—deserve the best. Discovering this issue has allowed us to become a better university and a better athletics program.”

The NCAA imposed the sanctions after a hearing in mid-September. The sanctions include some of the self-imposed sanctions the university instituted after discovering and self-reporting infractions in 2011. Those self-imposed sanctions included increased reporting to the NCAA and the temporary suspension of nine scholarships in five sports over three years.

Penn State

· Massive fine is equal to annual gross revenue of football programme

· Will also serve five-year probation and reduce scholarships

· Some warn that NCAA action will cripple the school and the State College community

· Knocks Joe Paterno down list of NCAA’s winningest coaches

· Statue of Paterno was torn down on Sunday after his role in a cover-up of Jerry Sandusky’s actions was revealed

· Paterno family says tearing down the statue does not ‘serve the victims’ of Sandusky’s ‘horrible crimes’

· Paterno died of lung cancer in January

Penn State has been forced to surrender $60million in fines, serve a four-year ban on appearing in bowl games and must surrender all wins between 1998 and 2011 following months of turmoil resulting from the appalling Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal.

The punishments against the football team by the NCAA stunned the PSU campus, where students could be seen in shock while watching the announcement on TV.

The NCAA’s actions also include a five-year probation and a reduction of scholarships for the next four, NCAA president Mark Emmert announced during a press conference in Indianapolis.

Before and after: Workers gutted the location of the Joe Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium on Sunday morning, the day before the NCAA sanctions were announced

Tensions: Paterno hardly got along with his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, left, even before allegations of child sex abuse were raised

Ed Ray, the chairman of the NCAA executive committee, called the Penn State scandal a ‘stern wake up call for everyone involved in college sports.’

The university’s storied football programme is now marred by decades of Sandusky’s sexual abuse of young boys, some of which had occurred in Penn State facilities the like locker room showers.

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The NCAA said the $60million figure is equivalent to the annual gross revenue of the football program.

The money must be paid into an endowment for external programs preventing child sexual abuse or assisting victims and may not be used to fund such programs at Penn State.

Response: Penn State students and others react as the NCAA sanctions were announced

‘Football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people,’ Mr Emmert said.

He added: ‘All involved in intercollegiate athletics must be watchful that programs and individuals do not overwhelm the values of higher education. 

‘In the Penn State case, the results were perverse and unconscionable.’

BLITZ: THE SANCTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST PENN STATE FOOTBALL

· A fine of $60million that will be donated to a endowment benefitting programs that protect children against sex abuse

· Penn State football is forbidden from competing in any bowl games or any other postseason play for four years

· All wins secured by Penn State between 1998 and 2011 have been vacated

· Penn State must give up 20 scholarships each year for four years.

· The NCAA has imposed a five-year probation on the Penn State athletic department

· Penn State must enroll in an ‘integrity agreement’ with the NCAA

Penn State will also be forced to give up 20 scholarships each year for four years.

Earlier in the press conference, Mr Emmert said he had ‘never seen anything as egregious’ as the horrific crimes of Sandusky and the efforts of head coach Joe Paterno and others at the university – including former Penn State President Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley – to hide it.

Paterno’s role in covering up the scandal was detailed in the report of former FBI director Louis Freeh, which was released this month.

The NCAA decided not to invoke its so-called ‘death penalty,’ a ban on competing in a sport – a move it has made five times before.

In surrendering all wins from 1998-2011, the NCAA undid 111 victories of Joe Paterno – who coached the team for nearly 50 years.

Once the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, Paterno will now be No. 5 on the list.

Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will now hold the top spot in the NCAA Division I record book with 377 wins. Paterno will now be credited with 298 wins.

In a statement released on Monday afternoon, the Paterno family said: ‘The NCAA has become the latest party to accept the [Freeh] report as the final word on the Sandusky scandal.

‘The sanctions announced by the NCAA today defame the legacy and contributions of a great coach and educator without any input from our family or those who knew him best.’

The scholarship reductions mean that Penn State’s roster will be capped at 65 scholarship players within a couple of

The normal scholarship limit for major college football programs is 85.

Emmert said that Penn State signed a consent decree, accepting the NCAA’s punishment and agreeing not to appeal its decision.

Not long after the NCAA announcement, the Big Ten Conference – to which Penn State belongs – declared its own punishment against the school.

The conference announced that the university will not be allowed to share in the $13million bowl revenue during its postseason ban. Instead, the Big Ten will donate the funds to charity.

The NCAA penalty also is worrisome for a region where the economy is built at least partially on the strength and popularity of the football program