Code of Ethics – Compliance Building

Dishonest Deed, Clear Conscience

Doug Cornelius April 16, 2009April 14, 2009 Code of Conduct, Ethics 1

In the world of compliance, you may sometimes wonder if that code of ethics really works. Lisa L. Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman presented their research that a code of ethics really can reduce bad behavior: Dishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting. Their studies provided evidence that morality … Read more »

Code of Ethics and Whistleblower Programs

Doug Cornelius October 27, 2008 Code of Conduct, Whistleblower [+]

A corporate code of ethics is the flip side of the coin of a whistleblower policy: The code of ethics is the principal means of communicating to all staff a strong culture of legal compliance and ethical integrity, while the whistleblower policy is a way to implement such values. Read more »