{"id":328,"date":"2015-04-21T18:34:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T18:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/masterybusiness1xngcxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=328"},"modified":"2015-07-11T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T23:10:49","slug":"corporate-ethics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/clinton-introbusinesswmopen\/chapter\/corporate-ethics\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: Corporate Ethics","rendered":"Outcome: Corporate Ethics"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: define the process organizations use to establish a code of ethics to encourage ethical behavior<\/h2>\r\nWhether you work for a business or for a nonprofit organization, you probably have a sense of whether your employer is ethical or unethical. Employees at companies that consistently make\u00a0Business Ethics\u00a0magazine\u2019s list of the \u201c100 Best Corporate Citizens\u201d regard the items on the previous list as business as usual in the workplace. Companies that routinely win good-citizenship awards include Procter &amp; Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Avon Products, Cisco Systems, and Merck. \u00a0How these companies develop sound corporate ethics and an\u00a0environment in which ethical behavior can\u00a0flourish is the subject of\u00a0this next\u00a0section.\r\n<h3>LEARNING ACTIVITIES<\/h3>\r\nThe learning activities for this section include:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Reading: The Organizational Approach to Ethics<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Self Check: Corporate Ethics<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTake time to review and reflect on this activity\u00a0in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.","rendered":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: define the process organizations use to establish a code of ethics to encourage ethical behavior<\/h2>\n<p>Whether you work for a business or for a nonprofit organization, you probably have a sense of whether your employer is ethical or unethical. 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