Ethics Training in Action: An Examination of Issues, Techniques, and Development

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Making sure that performance in business enterprise is achieved ethically is no small task. Leaders, managers, and employees at every level of the organization need to utilize systems and processes that support ethical strength, establishing a workplace where responsibility, accountability, and doing the right thing are genuinely valued and practiced. Management can help support ethical performance in workers' daily task actions by underscoring the importance of rules and regulations, while also moving to ensure that employees understand and care about doing what's right. Given that most firms only emphasize compliance in ethics training, there is vast room for additional development. Training people to be less bad is not good enough. With the infusion of mandatory requirements for ethics training programs in some firms and self-imposed initiatives in others, we see a range of 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 ethics training 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 specific trends and useful techniques that can inform, guide, and improve their efforts to build ethical awareness and effective ethical decisionmaking within their organizations. Academic scholars will find this book useful, providing insight as to where additional research and empirical work is needed. Cover Series Ethics Training in Action Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Contents Preface Section I: Overview Chapter 1: Enhancing Business Ethics Chapter 2: Best Practices in Ethics Training Section II: Current Issues Chapter 3: The Tall Order of Tackling Relativism in Ethics Training for International Firms Chapter 4: Cross-Cultural Challenges with Ethics Training in China Chapter 5: Ethics Training and the Prevention of Workplace Bullying Chapter 6: Embedded Sustainability Section III: Techniques and Assessment Chapter 7: Organizational Ethics Process and Assessment Chapter 8: Giving Voice to Values in the Workplace Chapter 9: From Theory to Application Chapter 10: Strengthening Moral Competencies at Workthrough Integrity Capacity Cultivation Section IV: Field Applications Chapter 11: Integrity in Public Administration Chapter 12: Exploring Business Ethics Training Practices in Small Firms Section V: Leadership and Development Chapter 13: Developing Ethical Leaders Chapter 14: Appreciative Inquiry and Ethical Awareness Chapter 15: Embodied Ethics About the Authors