The Case for Ethics in Business

Widespread media coverage of business scandals in recent years has damaged the reputations of companies and eroded the trust of key stakeholders. In addition, greater transparency and connectivity has given the public better access to sensitive information. In order to succeed in this age of increased public scrutiny is to make ethics in business the cornerstone of how your company does business, demonstrating by its actions that your organization has nothing to hide.

LRN, the leader in business ethics training and corporate compliance, believes that the increased momentum to "do what's right" in business signals a return to capitalism's original philosophy of living by a business code of ethics. In order for an organization to operate ethically, however, ethical leadership must be institutionalized throughout the company by implementing ethics in business training programs. Building a corporate culture that encourages ethical behavior will attract and retain both loyal customers and employees. Once employees learn how to apply the corporate values they have learned in a formal business ethics training program, they will thrive in an environment that rewards ethics in business by enabling them to co-create an ethically sustaining culture.

Bringing a Code of Ethics in Business to Fruition: Proven Approaches

LRN has found that a successful ethics training program should implement five key actions as part of its overall compliance management to build an organizational culture that practices ethics in business:

• Emphasize values, supported by a framework of rules, to create a culture that practices ethics in business
• Teach employees about following a code of ethics in business to make it relevant and applicable to real life business scenarios
• Reinforce the code in and outside of the company
• Encourage employees to value and expect ethics in business from colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Strive to continually improve your company's code of conduct and compliance corporate email by gathering feedback and measuring effectiveness

LRN has worked with all types of organizations around with world to develop ethics in business courses based on a range of compliance training and values-oriented topics. LRN designs its communications and interactive activities to articulate and promote your code of conduct within your organization.

Since 1993, LRN has helped nearly 300 companies make ethics in business an integral part of their culture. LRN's team of 350 business professionals brings an impressive array of expertise – from academia and philosophy to law and high technology – to help you promote a code of business conduct to strengthen your efforts to promote the practice of ethics in business at your company. Visit LRN.com to learn how to inspire principled performance through effective ethics and compliance training, including HIPAA training at your company.