How Do We Achieve Corporate Integrity?

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton

To achieve corporate integrity, we must do a number of things well. We need to have a clear message about what taking responsibility for ethics means to us; clear expectations for what it looks like in our organization day-to-day; and a congruent system for managing for ethical performance. 

There is a currentethics trend away from a “push”mentalitywhen it comes to learning about ethics(making people do it)to a “pull” mentality (making it positive so that people will want to do it). Taking on a “pull mentality” involves creating a positive ethical environment, which includes:

• Reaching beyond laws and regulations (they represent the punishment threshold, not ethical business)
• Reaching for ethical values – respect, care, trust, doing good and avoiding harm

There are specific actions that we must take to develop a positive ethical culture where our ethics message and our day-to-day actions…

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