Bringing Your Business Code of Ethics to life

Having a business code of ethics doesn't guarantee that employees will comply with it, or that they will even understand the issues driving it. The real challenge is to turn an organization's business code of ethics into a relevant, engaging guide that inspires a workforce toward principled behavior. This requires content and language capable of winning over the most pessimistic or cynical workers as well as techniques to ensure a business code of ethics becomes a valuable, living document that actively engages employees.

LRN's experience has shown that leading companies have found success in developing and promoting an engaging business code of ethics by applying the following five key elements:

• In creating your ethics course, emphasize values, supported by rules.
• Educate employees about the code of ethics to make it relevant and real.
• Reinforce the business code of ethics, both in and outside the organization.
• Encourage employees to become active participants in upholding the code of conduct and its values.
• Continually improve the business code of ethics by gathering feedback and measuring effectiveness.

LRN, the global leader in ethics and compliance management and education, will work with you to develop and implement a business code of ethics based on corporate values that inspires principled decision making, addresses key business ethics and compliance risks, and helps ensure everyone in the organization acts with integrity.

LRN's online and offline courses can make your business code of ethics relevant and real; educating employees on both an introduction to business ethics as well as other important diversity education topics. Our communication tools, including e-mails, posters, videos and activities, are designed to help promote your code internally and encourage employees to become active participants in upholding the code of conduct and its values. And our hotline tool can be used to measure the effectiveness of your business code of ethics and direct areas for improvement.

Experience. Since 1993, LRN has been a pioneer in creating unique business code of ethics and training programs. We've helped nearly 300 clients make ethical behavior an integral part of their culture and corporate governance.

Expertise. Our dedicated team of 350 business professionals brings a wealth of diverse experience and expertise – from law and philosophy to education and multimedia, as well as software and technology – to help you create a business code of ethics that addresses your corporate compliance program needs and strengthens your business ethics foundation.

Work with LRN to create and implement an effective business code of ethics. Visit LRN.com to learn how you can inspire principled performance throughout your organization with your business code of ethics.