Ethics Training in Action

An Examination of Issues, Techniques, and Development (Hc)

352 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A volume in Ethics in PracticeSeries Editors Robert A. Giacalone, Temple Universityand Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Louisiana State UniversityMaking sure that performance in business enterprise is achieved ethically is no smalltask. Leaders, managers, and employees at every level of the organization need to utilize systemsand processes that support ethical strength, establishing a workplace where responsibility,accountability, and doing the right thing are genuinely valued and practiced. Management canhelp support ethical performance in workers' daily task actions by underscoring the importanceof rules and regulations, while also moving to ensure that employees understand and care aboutdoing what's right. Given that most firms only emphasize compliance in ethics training, there isvast room for additional development. Training people to be less bad is not good enough. Withthe infusion of mandatory requirements for ethics training programs in some firms and self-imposed initiatives in others, we see a rangeof deliverables. To advance ethics in practice, a closer look at ethics training in the workplace is warranted.This volume attempts to better understand ethics in organizational settings by taking a focused look at the science of ethicstraining and best practices, areas for concern, specific techniques, application outcomes, how to cultivate an ethical work environment,and considering where opportunities for additional inquiry reside. Managers and practitioners reading this book will garner specifictrends and useful techniques that can inform, guide, and improve their efforts to build ethical awareness and effective ethical decisionmakingwithin their organizations. Academic scholars will find this book useful, providing insight as to where additional research andempirical work is needed.

• Themen: Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Finanzen, Betriebswirtschaft und Management Betriebswirtschaft und Management Management und Managementtechniken
• ISBN: 9781623964641
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.2013
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Information Age Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Robert A. Giacalone, Leslie E. Sekerka