Assessing The Ethical Climate Even good managers and good people can make bad decisions. Under the pressure and rapidity of everyday business decisions and increasing competition, current policies and procedures may not be adequate to ensure responsible decision-making throughout an organization. Resources assists organizations and senior management to assess the adequacy of current policies and business practices to provide guidelines for ethical decision-making. Resources helps to gauge the strength of corporate culture, evaluate the clarity of the organization's ethical expectations, and identify specific issues for management attention. Where policies and expectations have not been clear, Resources can, through low-key confidential interviews, assess the organization's vulnerability and recommend positive ways to reinforce its commitment to responsible management.
Resources typically begins with a series of confidential interviews with key senior executives.
Their input and ideas are used to recommend the scope of assessment and determine functional areas to be included. A series of interviews and focus group sessions is the preferred methodology. On the basis of strictly confidential sessions, Resources prepares an assessment of issues and challenges with specific recommendations and action plans. The specific methodology, number of interviews and extent of the process, timetable and costs are dictated by the particular issues and situation.