MYTH:Business ethics is about complying with the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines for Organizations
REALITY:Business ethics is about building effective organizations And developing
strong leaders to enable employees to Act responsibly in ambiguous, changing and challenging
situations.
MYTH:Business ethics is about codes of ethics and
employees' willingness to call the hotline.
REALITY:Business ethics is about decision-making
and problem solving.
MYTH:Business ethics is about putting the right
elements in place and then auditing them.
REALITY:Business ethics is about process
---- How the organizations's systems and its people function
together effectively and responsibly.
Learn more about these REALITIES in the included excerpts
from Managers Talk Ethics: Making Tough Choices in a Competitive Business World, by Barbara Ley Toffler, former
professor of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School.
"Good news for anyone who wonders whether ethics and morality have all but ceased to exist in
corporations: Toffler suggests ways to raise an organization's ethical consciousness -- advice all
the more valuable because it remains so rare."
