COMMUNICATING CORPORATE ETHICS.

Communicating Corporate Ethics

Communicating Corporate Ethics

Ethics codes are not enough; that is to say, making applications of ethical principles explicit is not sufficient, even where they are grilled into employees in regular training sessions. Indeed, individuals or a governing coalition can use a code's existence as window-dressing. If Ken Lay can trumpet a code of ethics, who is to say who is out there now acting unethically in business under the cover of an scintillating code (Bolman, 2008). Fundamentally, ethical conduct is a matter of individual character, the questionable sort being readily influenced by a sordid corporate culture. ...