We are all probably aware of companies that crossed an ethical line by cheating customers, knowingly manufacturing shoddy products, or deceiving stockholders by falsifying financial statements. While ...
At most firms, employees are expected to follow a code of conduct that lays out rules for ethical behavior. Despite the tremendous variation in companies’ missions and cultures, these codes often ...
Having an employee code of conduct protects your business and informs employees of expectations. Even the smallest of organizations can (and should) develop a code of conduct, ideally coupled with an ...
Every employee brings their “whole self” with them to an organization, and that can include their mental health challenges. There are instances when many employees display emotions that may seem ...
If you’re a solopreneur, you won’t need a code of ethics or a code of conduct; the ethical values you abide by are internal. However, things change once you hire employees who may have different ideas ...
It can be wonderful to share a business with your family, the very folks you know best, enjoy, care for and respect. Yet many families run into trouble when they try to work together. Their individual ...
“A better way to teach software developers ethics might be to focus on critical incidents in the past, and help developers draw parallels between their work and those incidents,” Murphy-Hill tells ...
One way to remind designers of their ethical responsibility? Put it on a poster, of course. That’s exactly what designer Mike Monteiro did. After writing a 10-point list of guidelines for design ...
A business code of ethics is no longer just a nice thing to have. In light of cases such as Enron and WorldCom, legal concerns and the financial ramifications of unethical business dealings are on the ...