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Reliance Books

Category:  Business/Investing
Publisher: Reliance Books
ISBN-10:  0970990812
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 160
Copyright: Nov 1 2002

What's at stake in the battle for the ethical high ground? Everything. Everything we depend upon in our captialist, free enterprise system. We stand today at the brink of a full scale corporate leadership credibility crisis.

Reclaiming the Ethical High Ground goes straight to the heart of the issues facing the corporate community. It exposes the problem that caused the current business crisis, examines the effect of ethical compromise at both the executive and organizational levels, and provides the solution.

Recovery from this corporate crisis will not be easy, but it is possible. Public confidence can only be restored by executive leaders who are unafraid to raise the bar and commit to maintaining high ethical standards, both individually and organizationally.

Excerpt
“The true question is not whether corporate America needs legislative changes, but rather, when will corporate leaders address the real issue, namely a commitment to Developing Organizations of Character? Nothing short of a top-down commitment to the imperative of excellent ethical character will do, because no company will ever successfully change its behavior until the senior leadership adopts and upholds ethical attitudes. Granted, we can never eliminate all corporate wrongdoing simply because we will never convince every corporate leader, manager, and employee that integrity comes before profits. However, if honest businesses implement this higher standard it is possible to prevent the recurrence of large-scale corporate fraud and misconduct.”