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This 11-page paper covers Valero Energy's code of conduct and ethics, and how a system of inquiry might be used. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that a person is innocent until proven guilty. If the defendant is hauled into court for any reason, its up to the plaintiff to build the case against the defendant.
The plaintiff does so through specific evidence and questioning. Though lacking the dramatics of a courtroom scenario, a companys system of inquiry works
along the same lines. If an employee is though to be violating a companys code of ethics, its not automatically assumed its true. Rather, the company undergoes a formal system
of fact-finding and fact-checking to determine if an employees behavior is above reproach or goes against the rules. In this paper, weve been
asked to put together a system of inquiry for Valero Energy Corp. To put together any kind of inquiry system, its first important to have an understanding of the companys
code of ethics. Inquiries generally dont occur unless there is a suspected breach of the code of ethics. If there is a suspected breach, then the system of inquiry comes
into play. Valero Code of Ethics Before we discuss what might launch the system of inquiry at Valero, it would first be a
good idea to understand the ethics by which the company operates. We can determine this through examining the companys ethics. Valeros Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics is a nine-page document that oversees a variety of business practices to encourage "conduct that is fair, ethical, honest and lawful" (Valero Energy Corporation Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics). The code is made up of 14 Articles, ranging from "Conflicts of Interest & Corporate Opportunities," to antitrust, to working with suppliers, to compliance with laws,
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