Do corporate ethics programs make a difference? In a business world reflected in the media as a place where the rich get richer - and sometimes get prosecuted in the process - and where whistleblowers are vilified as tattletales, how does a company promote the idealand the practiceof "doing the right thing"? Can ethical behavior be legislated? Can it be taught?
Many legislators, lawyers, human resource professionals, and others believe that acting in an ethical manner, i.e., "doing the right thing when no one is looking," is, to a great extent, a function of understanding the possibility of how one's day-to-day dealings can negatively impact other individuals, their own organization, and other corporate entities, as well (see case study: Developing An Ethical Company).
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