The Evolving Role of Ethics in Business
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Authors:
Karen Edelman -
Publication Date:
January 1996 -
Report Number:
R-1141-96-CH
The positive effect of good business ethics practices on the bottom line has become increasingly obvious, motivating executives to take a more active approach in the development of ethics programs. This report presents the latest responses from executives in leading companies to this new bottom-line imperative. Learn current practices from the best, including organizations such as United Technologies Corporation; Pitney Bowes, Inc.; NYNEX; Colgate-Palmolive; and Harvard Business School. These organizations all participated at The Conference Board's 5th Annual Business Ethics Conference, where senior executives, academicians, and legal experts shared their views of this increasingly critical-and often controversial-topic.