| For businesses to reach financial stability, good morale | | | | can risk the businesses stability either. The treatment |
| and client satisfaction, corporate ethics must be a | | | | of clients/customers, their personal information and |
| guiding policy for all involved. | | | | business dealings can also cause detriment to the |
| Have you ever heard of the old saying "with friends | | | | business. That is the exact reason that many |
| like that, who needs enemies"? That is just the case | | | | corporations have been implementing ethics training |
| where employees, managers or others working in a | | | | for all employees. There are many companies and |
| business are jeopardizing corporate ethics. Many | | | | individuals that will work on sight to teach employees |
| corporations entrust great confidential, important | | | | and managers how to remain ethical, report violations |
| issues and financial responsibilities to employees that | | | | and not fear in doing so. These topics may seem |
| could destroy not only their business, but also their | | | | black or white, but they are often not that easy. |
| customers. If the employees of a business are not | | | | There are several different issues that are commonly |
| ethical and loyal the results can be devastating. | | | | feared by those blowing the whistle. This person that |
| Corporate ethics has come to the surface over the | | | | they are "telling" on may be a family member, friend |
| past several years with many fraudulent transactions. | | | | or boss and that can make the decision that much |
| When managers are skimming off the top or | | | | harder. |
| conducting unethical actions with shareholders, | | | | Corporation's should make sure that they have a |
| customers or other employees it is sometimes | | | | clear cut policy about reporting illegal or unethical |
| difficult to detect. Others such as employees may | | | | activity. It is important that employees understand |
| keep quite about what they know for fear of losing | | | | that by doing the right thing that they will not be sold |
| their job or worse. In the past it has been so bad | | | | out or punished for protecting the business. Low level |
| that those practicing the criminal or unethical behavior | | | | employees are not the only ones that jeopardize |
| have threatened to hurt the employee if they speak | | | | corporate ethics, and the corporation should keep |
| up. Of course there is a "whistle blowers" law for | | | | that in mind. This can be handled by requiring all |
| protection, but law enforcement can not with them | | | | employees to undergo ethics training and having a |
| 24/7. Many of these people have families and fear | | | | reporting system for them all, not only lower level |
| not only for themselves, but also their families. | | | | employees. There should always be a second in |
| The business itself can suffer from the loss of clients | | | | command that employees can bypass their |
| customers, financial issues and risk having to shut | | | | immediate supervisor to ensure they always have |
| down operations when employees lack corporate | | | | someone to report to. That way there is less of a |
| ethics. Theft is not the only problem or behavior that | | | | chance of an employee remaining quite. |