Essentials of Business Ethics: Creating an Organization of High Integrity and Superior Performance

by Denis Collins

The essential guide to creating an organization ofhigh integrity and superior performance With the high-profile corporate scandals that have taken place in recent years, corporate ethics are more important to a business than ever before. The failure of ethical leadership in an organization is very destructive-it demoralizes the workforce, breeds public distrust, and ultimately results in organizational decay. Based on more than two decades of consulting, teaching, and research, Denis Collins's Essentials of Business Ethics is designed with appreciation for your demanding professional obligations, with easy-to-find, at-your-fingertips information. Its nuts-and-bolts presentation provides you with practical "how-to" examples and best practices on every area of managing ethics inside your organization in a handy, concise format. This brief yet powerful guide presents executives and leaders with timely discussion on: Providing a five-step ethics job-screen process and an ethical decision-making framework, as well as guidelines for conducting a variety of business ethics workshops, Essentials of Business Ethics is the only guide you will need containing all the relevant facts on business ethics, all in one place.

Genres: Business

318 pages, Paperback

First published April 8, 2009

Reviews

[Michaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really only interested in the chapter on how to hire ethical people, as opposed to putting systems in place (policies) and following through on breaches in ethics. Good basic primer.

[Raj Agrawal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good survey of the basics.