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This 4-page paper discusses the implementation in planning when it comes to creating an ethical organization. The main thrust is that mandating ethics is more than simply creating a code of ethics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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WorldCom, Global Crossing and Adelphi, to name a few, to really make corporate leaders thing and consider how to best include ethics in their strategies when it comes to building
and maintaining an organization. Perhaps to no ones surprise, the business-oriented literature has introduced a great deal of "how tos" when it
comes to building ethical organizations as well. Everyone, it seems, has an answer to the dilemma of "how can we run this business in an ethical manner, while still maintaining
profits?" MaCoby (2005) has recently suggested such a method, namely by looking at ethical and moral behavior in a different light. There
are differences he points out - ethics involves obeying the rules, while morals involves "reasoning and behavior according to values that go beyond narrow self-interest" (p. 59). The answer to
behaving in both manners is simple, he notes - and the key is organizational values and leadership (MacCoby, 2005). For example, does the organization have an atmosphere in which employees
can feel comfortable telling the truth if they see something they may not like? This is a good point, and should be part of an organizational plan - many people
may remember that Sherron Watkins, Enrons whistle-blower, was basically ignored. MacCoby intimates that this is not how to build an ethically responsible organization.
The problem we have here, however, is that at least by the rule book Enron, for example, did have some kind of code of ethics in its plan. It
was simply ignored by the corporate leadership. As a result, legislative leadership (in the form of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) was developed (Stanford, 2004). But experts point out that behavior
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