Short description:

The essential guide to creating an organization ofhigh integrity and superior performance

With the high?profile corporate scandals that have taken place in recent years, corporate ethics are more important to a business than ever before. The failure of ethical leadership in an organization is very destructive?it demoralizes the workforce, breeds public distrust, and ultimately results in organizational decay.

Based on more than two decades of consulting, teaching, and research, Denis Collins's Essentials of Business Ethics is designed with appreciation for your demanding professional obligations, with easy?to?find, at?your?fingertips information. Its nuts?and?bolts presentation provides you with practical "how?to" examples and best practices on every area of managing ethics inside your organization in a handy, concise format.

This brief yet powerful guide presents executives and leaders with timely discussion on:

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  Human nature and unethical behavior in organizations
  


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  Determining the ethics of job candidates
  


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  The differences between a Code of Ethics and a Code of Conduct
  


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  The best practices for managing diversity
  


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  Using Management?by?Objectives to establish work goals that encourage ethical behavior
  


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  Performance appraisals that reward ethical behaviors
  


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  Aligning community outreach with the company's mission and assets
  


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  Handling the environmental change process
  


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  How to manage three internal communication mechanisms for employees to report potentially unethical or illegal behaviors: an Ethics & Compliance Office, Ombudsman, and Ethics Hotlines
  

Providing a five?step ethics job?screen process and an ethical decision?making framework, as well as guidelines for conducting a variety of business ethics workshops, Essentials of Business Ethics is the only guide you will need containing all the relevant facts on business ethics, all in one place.

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Long description:

Essential guidance for creating world?class organization

Providing practical "how?to" examples and best practices on every area of managing ethics inside organizations, this brief yet powerful book lays down the foundation for creating a culture of high integrity and superior performance and offers advice relevant to every organization or company. Topics include best practices in determining the ethics of job candidates; ethical decision making; ethics and diversity training; ethics officers and hotlines; ethical leadership, work goals, and performance appraisals; environmental management; community outreach; and much more. Part of Wiley's Essentials series, Essentials of Business Ethics is designed to enable corporate leaders to get up to speed quickly on the nuts and bolts of business ethics.

Denis Collins (Madison, WI) currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Academic Ethics, and Encyclopedia of Business Ethics.

The essential guide to creating an organization ofhigh integrity and superior performance

With the high?profile corporate scandals that have taken place in recent years, corporate ethics are more important to a business than ever before. The failure of ethical leadership in an organization is very destructive?it demoralizes the workforce, breeds public distrust, and ultimately results in organizational decay.

Based on more than two decades of consulting, teaching, and research, Denis Collins's Essentials of Business Ethics is designed with appreciation for your demanding professional obligations, with easy?to?find, at?your?fingertips information. Its nuts?and?bolts presentation provides you with practical "how?to" examples and best practices on every area of managing ethics inside your organization in a handy, concise format.

This brief yet powerful guide presents executives and leaders with timely discussion on:

• 
  
  Human nature and unethical behavior in organizations
  


• 
  
  Determining the ethics of job candidates
  


• 
  
  The differences between a Code of Ethics and a Code of Conduct
  


• 
  
  The best practices for managing diversity
  


• 
  
  Using Management?by?Objectives to establish work goals that encourage ethical behavior
  


• 
  
  Performance appraisals that reward ethical behaviors
  


• 
  
  Aligning community outreach with the company's mission and assets
  


• 
  
  Handling the environmental change process
  


• 
  
  How to manage three internal communication mechanisms for employees to report potentially unethical or illegal behaviors: an Ethics & Compliance Office, Ombudsman, and Ethics Hotlines
  

Providing a five?step ethics job?screen process and an ethical decision?making framework, as well as guidelines for conducting a variety of business ethics workshops, Essentials of Business Ethics is the only guide you will need containing all the relevant facts on business ethics, all in one place.

"This book provides a practical guide to business ethics and harnessing ethics to improve business performance. It is part of the 'Essentials Series', which is intended to enable busy business advisory and corporate professionals to achieve rapid knowledge and skills in key business areas. The book is thus designed as "a managerial 'how?to manual' on business ethics for executives and leaders. The book presents a wealth of practical suggestions and initiatives accompanied by examples. Collins does an excellent job of trying to inspire professionals to be proactive in approaching ethical matters and seize the bull by the horns." (
The Marketing Review, 2010, Vol. 10, No. 2)

"Essentials of Business Ethics, adheres to the notion that ethics can be taught, that ethics can always be improved, and that in business it is crucial for leaders to set a strong example. This book aims to help all those involved in the ethics process, beginning with business owners and managers and including ethics and compliance officers, as well as ombudsmen who guide employees. The how?to format of the book makes it an easy?to?use resource." (The CPA Journal, March 2010)

"Full of practical examples for managing ethics, this brief book offers critical advice on issues ranging from ethical decision making and ethics training to environmental management and community outreach. A great "nuts and bolts" overview." (climatechangecorp.com, 2009)

"Full of practical examples...A great "nuts and bolts" overview."(Ethical Corporation Magazine, March 2009)

"Full of practical examples for managing ethics, this brief book offers critical advice on issues ranging from ethical decision making and ethics training to environmental management and community outreach. A great "nuts and bolts" overview." (
climatechangecorp.com, 2009)

"Full of practical examples...A great "nuts and bolts" overview."(Ethical Corporation Magazine, March 2009)

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