Why worry about “ethics” now?

A recent CBS poll revealed that, as a result of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia Communications, and others, a whopping two-thirds of Americans believe that corporate executives are dishonest.

Ethics is the process whereby we choose between competing moral values. It follows that in the business world, ethics is a business process whereby we choose between competing moral and/or economic values. The growth-oriented, inspired organization actively manages its environment to ensure that the ethical process yields decisions in harmony with the culture and in support of the strategic goals. Learn how this model for corporate ethics can keep your organization off of the scandal sheets while keeping you in the black! A published article on this topic appears at Ethics Process on this web site.

Employees in Companies with Ethics Programs More Likely to Report Misdeeds

Seventy-eight percent of corporate employees who work for companies with formal ethics guidelines say they would report unethical behavior, according to the 2003 National Business Ethics Survey, conducted by the Ethics Research Center (ERC). Only 39 percent of employees in companies without ethics guide lines say they would report misconduct. “Effective business leaders cannot rely on ethics rhetoric alone,” said ERC President Dr. Stuart C. Gilman. “CEOs in particular must communicate their personal commitment to high ethical standards and consistently drive the message down to employees through their actions.”  (Source: Society for Human Resource Management)

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