The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that pits ethical values against global free trade. Several states, cities, universities, and local governments have policies prohibiting purchases from companies that do business with countries having poor human rights records. To Talk About Ethics, We Must Train on Ethics - April 2000 Examples of ethical problems in organizations are all around us nowadays. We enjoy reading about other people's ethical problems. When we enter our workplace, we don.
Character reflects our true inner self.
Built over time, it determines how we respond to ethical dilemmas. Many choices are minor, and we may not even give our actions much forethought, but each one is a building block of the character foundation we rely on to make life. Business people love lists of rules, from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People to 1001 Ways to Reward Employees. This love of rules extends to business ethics because those companies with ethics programs hinge them on codes of conduct. The company is decentralized into divisions that operate as profit centers.