Fin/370 Week 2

Microsoft Ethics and Compliance

By

Team A

Tanika Baskerville, Nekisha Crochell, Amanda Greer, Brian Miller, Yolanda White

University of Phoenix

FIN/370

January 15, 2014

Richard J. Longo

Microsoft Ethics and Compliance

Microsoft was founded in 1975, and is the worldwide leader in helping people and businesses with software, services and solutions. Throughout the past several years, Microsoft has made significant achievements and transformations with their products. Microsoft’s finance mission statement clearly states that as a company they will provide world class financial leadership to optimize long term shareholder value (Microsoft, 2013). They also state their finance team values service, results, integrity, and making others successful.

The role of ethics and compliance within Microsoft’s financial environment plays a very important part in the way this corporation is capable in making sure all stakeholders’ interest are appropriately balanced and protected. Microsoft has a great responsibility to their employees, the public, other stakeholders, and these principles of ethical business conduct encompass rules regarding both individual and peer responsibilities. All Microsoft business conduct standards, policies, and guidelines are listed in Microsoft employee handbook and the employees in the finance department are expected to abide by this code as well. Disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment may happen if any violations of the Microsoft Finance Code of Professional Conduct occur. Honesty and integrity, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts of interest in their personal and professional relationships is actions all employees covered by the Finance Code of Professional Conduct must adhere to. Microsoft vows to include information in their filings with submissions to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other bodies, along with providing stakeholders with information that is accurate, complete,...