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Complete Guide To Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit For Managers
Complete Guide To Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit For Managers
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Disclaimer:
The author, Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, makes no warranty,
express or implied, nor assumes any legal liability for accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information from this guide.
Acknowledgment
Particular "Thanks!" goes to Twin Cities-based consultants,
Doug Wallace and Jon Pekel, of the Fulcrum Group (651-714-
9033; e-mail at jonpekel@comcast.net), for contributing key
information to this document. I have referenced their copyright
where I included their key materials in this guidebook.
Note that many people react that business ethics, with its
continuing attention to "doing the right thing," only asserts the
obvious ("be good," "don't lie," etc.), and so these people don't
take business ethics seriously. For many of us, these principles
of the obvious can go right out the door during times of stress.
Consequently, business ethics can be strong preventative
medicine. Anyway, there are many other benefits of managing
ethics in the workplace. These benefits are explained later in
this document.
Also note that codes should not be developed out of the Human
Resource or Legal departments alone, as is too often done.
Codes are insufficient if intended only to ensure that policies
are legal. All staff must see the ethics program being driven by
top management.
Hardcopy documents:
Madsen, P., Ph. D., & Shafritz, J. M., Ph. D. (Eds.). (1990).
"Essentials of Business Ethics". New York: Penguin Books.
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/listserver.html
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