The corporate code of conduct has been thrust into prominence by its role as the platform from which many prominent corporate leaders have been terminated because of allegations of egregious personal ...

In the first few days of October, the Market Research Society (MRS) and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) both decided to change their codes of ethics, but for two very ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the business world, companies articulate their values in a code of conduct. They display them prominently in employee handbooks, on their websites, and in human resource departments around the ...

[Scroll down for a video from Jim on the topic!] Since humans are capable of abstract thought and sophisticated language, our behavior often blurs the lines between black and white into what is known ...

When former Morgan Stanley employee Garth Peterson pled guilty to violating the Federal Corrupt Practices Act by conspiring with a Chinese official to circumvent his company s internal controls, the ...

Every compliance program begins with a code of conduct. The code of conduct expresses a company’s fundamental values and its commitment to living by them. Although a code of conduct is usually a very ...