Ethical behavior, simply put, is doing the right thing. Unethical behavior is the reverse. In the workplace, unethical behavior certainly includes any deeds that violate the law, such as theft or ...

The most important influence on ethical behavior in the workplace is overall company culture, which determines whether employees are valued or belittled and whether stakeholders are treated with trust ...

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Formal codes of ethics and conduct can ensure consistency in an organization. Learn if your business needs a code of ethics ...

Effective selling requires more than an ability to communicate a product's features or benefits. Sales representatives must also develop quality relationships with their customers. Regardless of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Aristotle famously stated that educating the mind without ...

Financial services firms seeking to evaluate and improve their risk management programs often find that defining, encouraging and monitoring ethical behavior is one of the most difficult undertakings ...

As quality guru W. Edwards Deming reportedly said, “You can expect what you inspect.” Or put slightly differently, in business, you get what you inspect, not what you expect. When Jan Carlson, the ...

Senior management and direct supervisors play a large part in influencing ethical behavior in the workplace, according to the results of a recent study from Deloitte & Touche USA. “In order to ...

What traits do ethical leaders share? Ask most people that question and they’ll start listing terms like “integrity,” “honesty,” “fairness,” “trustworthiness,” “compassion,” and so on. Not long after ...

Scientists have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots to protect and serve humans, while keeping themselves safe. Rather than trying to make a machine understand complex ethical ...