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Aspartofmorecomprehensivecomplianceandethicsprograms,manycompanieshaveformulatedinternalpoliciespertainingtotheethicalconductofemployees.Thesepoliciescanbesimpleexhortationsinbroad,highly-generalizedlanguage(typicallycalledacorporateethicsstatement),ortheycanbemoredetailedpolicies,containingspecificbehavioralrequirements(typicallycalledcorporateethicscodes).51Theyaregenerallymeanttoidentifythecompany'sexpectationsofworkersandtoofferguidanceonhandlingsomeofthemorecommonethicalproblemsthatmightariseinthecourseofdoingbusiness.52Itishopedthathavingsuchapolicywillleadtogreaterethicalawareness,consistencyinapplication,and theavoidanceofethicaldisasters.
53.Anincreasingnumberofcompaniesalsorequiresemployeestoattendseminarsregardingbusinessconduct,whichoftenincludediscussionofthecompany'spolicies,specificcasestudies,andleEalrequirements.Somecompaniesevenrequiretheiremployeestosignagreementsstatingthattheywillabidebythecompany'srulesofconduct.
Manycompaniesareassessingtheenvironmentalfactorsthatcanleademployeestoengageinunethicalconduct.Acompetitivebusinessenvironmentmaycallforunethicalbehavior.Lyinghasbecomeexpectedinfieldssuchastrading.AnexampleofthisaretheissuessurroundingtheunethicalactionsoftheSalomanBrothers.
Noteveryonesupportscorporatepoliciesthatgovernethicalconduct.Someclaimthatethicalproblemsarebetterdealtwithbydependinguponemployeestousetheirownjudgment.
Othersbelievethatcorporateethicspoliciesareprimarilyrootedinutilitarianconcerns,andthattheyaremainlytolimitthecompany'slegalliability,ortocurrypublicfavorbygivingtheappearanceofbeingagoodcorporatecitizen.Ideally,thecompanywillavoidalawsuitbecauseitsemployeeswillfollowtherules.54.Shouldalawsuitoccur,thecompanycanclaimthattheproblemwouldnothaveariseniftheemployeehadonlyfollowedthecodeproperly.
Sometimesthereisdisconnectionbetweenthecompany'scodeofethicsandthecompany'sactualpractices.55.Thus,whetherornotsuchconductisexplicitlysanctionedbymanagement,atworst,thismakesthepolicyduplicitous(搞两面派的),and,atbest,itismerelyamarketingtool.
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