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Why You Should Care About Ethics

June 27, 2008

From:  Kerns, C. (2005).  Value-centered ethics: a proactive system to shape ethical behavior.  Amherst, MA:  HRD Press.

1. It makes economic sense
2. It improves the quality of results
3. It is the socially responsible choice
4. It makes humanistic sense
5. It shapes and sustains organizational value systems
6. It strengthens strategy and competitive advantage
7. It builds trust as an organizational resource
8. It helps avoid civil and criminal penalties
9. It advances managerial leadership as a profession
10. It is the right thing to do (Kerns, 2005, p. 27-39).

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Created: 2008-12-06, Updated: 2009-01-08