Business Ethics Starts with Inspired Ethical Leadership

The string of corporate scandals that have rocked Wall Street in recent years has shaken the public's faith in the way companies do business, undermining the trust of employees, investors and community members. At the same time, increased connectivity allows for greater transparency and access to information that was once private. Increasingly, the only way to survive this type of scrutiny is to place business ethics at the core of how your company conducts business, by demonstrating through your employees' actions that your organization has nothing to hide.

LRN believes that "doing what's right" signals a return to the philosophical roots of capitalism grounded in a business code of ethics. The journey to implement ethical capitalism – the belief that operating ethically yields greater business returns – requires ethical leadership at every level of the organization by institutionalizing business ethics programs throughout the entire enterprise. In time, a culture that embraces corporate values will achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Once employees and board members receive effective business ethics training, they will help create an environment that rewards business ethics consistent with corporate values as set forth in the company's code of conduct.

Proven Approaches to Instill a Code of Business Ethics at Your Organization

Building an organization that values business ethics must incorporate these key actions into an ethics training program:

• Engage corporate leadership to drive efforts to educate the entire workforce on business ethics and ethical decision making.
• Educate on corporate values, not just law and rules, to inspire principled behavior.
• Make business ethics education entertaining, provocative and engaging.
• Make business ethics education professionally relevant.
• Reinforce business ethics education and apply learning on the job.

LRN, the pioneer in business ethics training and corporate compliance, will work closely with you to develop and implement an introduction to business ethics course based on your core values and required compliance training topics. Our communication tools include emails, posters, videos and interactive activities that promote your code of conduct internally and encourage employees to become sincere participants in upholding your corporate values.

Since 1993, LRN has helped 280 clients make business ethics a vital part of their culture. Our dedicated team of 350 business professionals brings a wealth of expertise - in areas as diverse as law and philosophy to education and technology - to help you create a code of business conduct that strengthens your core business ethics foundation. Visit LRN.com to learn how to inspire principled performance through ethical leadership.