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Business and Corporate Ethics and Compliance Articles


Ethics in the Workplace: If You See Something, Say Something — Or Not?

As we’ve seen in the news these past few weeks, our obligation to observe our surroundings, evaluate situations, and take action could be the difference between life and death.

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Annual Compliance & Ethics Risk Plans: Four Practice Pointers for Success

Does your organization apply a Sentencing Guidelines “seven-steps” approach to mitigating C&E risk? Many programs are built on the theory that they will do this, but far fewer actually do it…

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The Crime is in the Lie

A seasoned and respected elected state official, who also was a lawyer, once told a group of college presidents that at times it is better to seek forgiveness than permission….

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Honor Your Core Values: The Fifth of Five Keys to Success through Values-Centered Leadership

Actions speak louder than words. To be authentic, core values must be lived.

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True Education Only Happens When Learning is Linked to People’s Experience

Now is the time to think about how effective is your ethics training in regards to it being linked to peoples’ experience and plan to make some significant changes.

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Share Your Core Values: The Third of Five Keys to Success through Values-Centered Leadership

Without consistent communication, core values, like vegetables in a garden that’s inconsistently watered, will die on the vine.

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Define Your Core Values: the Second of Five Keys to Success through Values-Centered Leadership

To be effective, core values must be clearly defined. That requires dedicated leadership by the CEO, with the collaboration and buy-in of others within the organization.

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Dilemma: Maintain Honesty or Do What Your Supervisor Requests?

The requirement to choose between personal integrity and doing what the boss wants is cropping up more frequently, and people don’t always know what to do about it – or have the courage to stand up for their own values.

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Pairing Change Management Theory with Anti-Corruption – the Rubber Meets the Road

DMAIC is a 6-Sigma-derived methodology that, if deployed properly, drives prudent, necessary change through the heart of an organization…

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How Do You Move Ethical Values Down Through Your Company?

What do employees want most in their company’s values? . I would argue that one of the concepts which should be in the conversation is respect for a company’s ethical values.

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