September 11, 2008

INSPECTOR'S REPORTS REVEAL GOVERNMENT TIES TO OIL INDUSTRY

By: US Fed News
US Fed News

The office of Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., issued the following news release:

The federal office that oversees offshore drilling is plagued by sordid ties to the oil industry, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson charged today, based on a...

September 3, 2008

Ethical Corporation: Ford, Boots, And Kuoni Travel Reveal Their Carbon Reduction Strategies In A New Report

By: Business Wire

More companies find themselves hit by mandatory cap-and-trade carbon emissions schemes by national and regional government bodies.

Carbon markets are responding to the emerging schemes and adapting their products and services....

July 9, 2008

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

By: Working Knowledge - Harvard Business School

The train wreck that was Enron provides key insights for improving corporate governance and financial incentives as well as organizational processes that strengthen ethical discipline, says HBS professor emeritus Malcolm S....

June 25, 2008

Working paper: Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification

By: Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School

The Social Accountability 8000 Standard (SA 8000), along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct, represents a new form of voluntary "private-governance" of working conditions in the private...

June 12, 2008

Performance Reviews Often Skip Ethics, HR Professionals Say

By: Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM)and the Ethics Resource Center(ERC)

In a new national survey, only 43 percent of human resources professionals said their organizations include ethical conduct as part of employees'performance appraisals.

March 31, 2008

Audit Integrity, Leading Researchers on Corporate Risk, Announces *Top 100 Firms as Best in Corporate Integrity*

By: Audit Integrity

Honoring the US corporations with the highest ratings for integrity in 2007, Audit Integrity today made public the second annual Audit Integrity Top 100 report. As experts in risk analysis on public companies, Audit Integrity...

March 11, 2008

Are Overconfident Executives More Inclined to Commit Fraud?

By: Knowledge at Wharton - University of Pennsylvania

No one makes it to the top ranks of corporate management without a healthy amount of self-assurance. Confidence underlies decisive, strong leadership, but does overconfidence lead managers to cross the line and commit fraud? New...

February 13, 2008

Employee Codes of Practice Are Vital For Dealings With Third Parties, Says The Conference Board

By: The Conference Board

The most common method for handling third party ethics and compliance issues is to adopt and stick to a code of practice or policies that governs the manner in which a company's own employees deal with third parties, according to...

December 6, 2007

New National Poll: Nearly 40 Percent of "Ethically Prepared" Teens Believe Lying, Cheating, or Violence Necessary to Succeed

By: (CSRwire)

Junior Achievement and Deloitte release JA Business Ethics curriculum to help teens make the right choices.

October 5, 2007

Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics Report Provides Guidelines for Developing Ethical Leadership Among Tomorrow’s Business Executives

By: Business Roundtable – Institute for Corporate Ethics

New Collaborative Effort by Academic and Business Leaders Advocates; Principles and Practices for a Model Business Ethics Program