Get support from top management showing that they expect you to follow the spirit and letter of the law.
Develop and distribute an ethics policy.
Establish the proper moral climate.  If the bosses follow the rules, then the troops are apt to do likewise.
Assign realistic goals.  People who try to meet an unfair quota are more likely to rationalise their way to a dishonest behaviour.
Set up controls when needed.  Watch people who live above their income.
Suggest that people call for help when they face unethical demands.
Get together with your competition if payoffs are an industry problem.
Blow the whistle if necessaryAre ethics important to business people?
What stance should they adopt?
What actions might they take to ensure compliance with community values?
Who comes first, the Shareholder. Other Stakeholders or the Customer?
Why?

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