Last week we touched on Ethics in Business and how ‘looking away’ can cost significantly.

In businesses, ethical drift rarely begins as a scandal. It starts as pressure (without scrutiny), silence (around conduct), shortcuts (which get tolerated) and accountability (that becomes selective).

A business does not become ethical because it employs a few good people, it becomes ethical when ethical standards are governed, operationalised, reinforced and LIVED.

That is why it so vitally important to know: what is the culture and how are our values really lived and practiced on a day-to-day basis….

A last word from Advocate Ilene Power during the session: The issue is rarely one bad person, the issue is when the culture, the environment in which the business operates in, keeps ‘giving permission’……!!

“What we repeatedly tolerate, we eventually teach.”

If any of this information stirs up some concern, please let us know if we can assist.

Source: Ethics In Action www.ethicsinaction.co.za

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