Appendix H. Prompting a Dialog About Values

Within your organization, values and ethics should be likewise reinforced and "institutionalized." For example, Johnson & Johnson has Credo workshops for executives; Sun Microsystems has a business conduct office and places all top executives and financial managers though its "Fiduciary Boot Camp"; business schools are expanding their curriculums to include courses on values-based ethics and responsibility; most larger organizations have confidential whistleblower hotlines; and all companies are responding to Sarbanes-Oxley about corporate/personal responsibility.

If workshops and class attendance aren't viable options, you should, at a minimum, hold staff meetings that focus on and periodically reinforce ...

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