A holistic approach to business ethics
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Business leaders can successfully create an ethical environment in their corporation by using a holistic approach consisting of three processes, namely, anticipatory, maintenance and reparative. In the anticipatory process, an ethical code is formed and ingrained in employees. Ethical issues which may be encountered by employees are also identified. The maintenance process involves the reporting of information on ethical problems to safe passages such as an ombudsman. Lastly, the reparative process involves the imposition of a merit system for ethics followers and offenders.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1996
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The six components of successful ethics training
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An effective ethics training program for employees should impart ethical issues, to improve the employees' relationships and job performance. Six components should be present in such a program: imparting common ethical values; citing the company's ethical problematic areas; providing the trainees with a code of ethics; addressing the trainees' individual ethical tendencies; imparting techniques on how to objectively judge unethical behavior; and holding a follow-up session to enhance familiarity with ethical issues.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1996
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Five Common Mistakes in Designing and Implementing a Business Ethics Program
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Business ethics programs do not succeed for several reasons. These include failing to set reasonable objectives, for senior management to be responsible for the program, for using materials not designed for average employees, for relying to heavily on lecture formats, and for not redesigning US programs when used overseas.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1999
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