Ethical lapses employees can put organizations at significant risk. Despite improvements in compliance procedures can help to limit the risk, successful efforts must go beyond compliance with a culture of organizational integrity. Recent changes in regulatory requirements and stricter sentencing guidelines call for a comprehensive approach to ethics, which includes the four organizational management practices, clearly defines the principles and goals, core values and culture. Of course, the most difficult of them forming the culture of high ethical standards, which are reflected in the day-to-day practice. To overcome the obstacles to the creation of organizational integrity, leaders must ask the key organizational practices in building a culture based on ethical behavior. "Hide
by D. Christopher Kayes, David Stirling, Tjai M. Nielsen Source: Business Horizons 10 pages. Publication Date: January 15, 2007. Prod. #: BH222-PDF-ENG