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In order to be successful, efforts to improve the ethical behavior of businesses must begin with top management's support of a corporate code of conduct.

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People who report illegal or unethical behavior are called whistleblowers.

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While "doing the right thing" is an admirable code of ethics, there are no international organizations dealing with global ethics and corruption.

A U.S. government official has indicated that for a generous contribution to his reelection fund, he would ignore your firm's apparent violation of several anti-pollution laws. Which of the following "ethics check questions" would you consider first?

In an effort to promote the importance of a valuable education, the faculty and staff at the local community college are trained to ask each student about their career preferences, rather than suggest courses that may not benefit the student's future goals. Although it would be tempting to suggest courses just to increase the College's enrollment, employees know that it is more important to serve each student well, even if it means suggesting courses and/or degrees offered at other institutions. This approach is consistent with:

A few years ago, several U.S. retailers were sued in Los Angeles courts for human rights abuses associated with contract manufacturers located in the Marianas Islands, a territory of the U.S. government. The accusers wanted the retailers to stop outsourcing the manufacturing of soft goods to manufacturers on the islands that practiced inhumane labor standards. The activists who brought suit against the U.S. firms:

An ethic of care is based on principles like justice, fairness, equality, or authority.

U.S. businesses consider The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as legislation that has helped increase their profits abroad.

A social audit is a systematic evaluation of an organization's progress toward implementing programs that are profitable.

Top leaders in government and business today are:

Corporate philanthropy refers to the position a firm takes on social and political issues.

As a manager, you have a responsibility for the unethical behavior of your employees.

Employees, just like children, can observe behavior and adopt standards of right and wrong.

A list of "watchdogs" (including customers, socially conscious investors, and environmentalists) monitor how well firms enforce their ethical and social responsibility policies.

In the Reaching Beyond our Borders box titled, "Ethical Culture Clash", the story proves that a large multi-national company such as Motorola can ask its employees, and should expect them to follow the same ethical standards they would practice if living and working within the U.S. borders.

Although the green movement is a social trend, it is difficult to predict its future contributions to society.

As a response to the Enron scandal, the federal government now requires social audits of all U.S. businesses.

The purpose of a(n) is to evaluate an organization's progress towards implementing programs that are socially responsible and responsive.

High Mountain Brewers has adopted the slogan, "Cool, Clean, and Green" to promote its product line of specialty beers and company image. However, upon closer inspection, a group of concerned citizens including some former employees are protesting that the company is anything but "green". According to the Thinking Green box, titled, "Green Greed", the group is accusing the brewer of .

A very critical last step in the process of establishing an ethics code is .