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| How Changes to Federal Sentencing Guidelines Will Affect Ethics and Compliance Programs |
 Mere knowledge of the rules is not enough. Organizations must take affirmative steps to create an environment where doing the right thing is the norm and the standard. Here are some tips on how to achieve these goals.
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| In the News |
Judge Approves Wal-Mart Class-Action Case
A federal judge approved class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that has become the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history.
Plan Would Pay Tax Whistleblowers
The proposed IRS Whistleblower Office is designed to give tax agents an inside advantage when fighting complicated, often invisible tax shelters developed for and used by wealthy taxpayers and corporations.
Regaining Public Trust Is Top Corporate Ethics Issue, Say CEOs
The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics first research project, "Mapping the Terrain," found that regaining public trust and ensuring the integrity of financial reporting are among the five most important corporate ethics issues facing the business community, according to CEOs.
More Private Companies Addressing Accounting Practices
Reform in the accounting profession has compelled nonpublic companies to take a closer look at their financial and accounting practices, and many are implementing changes voluntarily.
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| Spotlight |
| The ROI of Integrity |
 Working Values works closely with CEOs, CFOs and appropriate committees so companies can reap the tangible and intangible benefits of our Integrity Alignment Process ethics initiatives. We call the results of our programs your Return on Integrity but they have concrete effects on your bottom line.
As of April 30, 2004, the United States Sentencing Commission strengthened the criteria that an organization must follow in order to create an effective compliance and ethics program. "As a fundamental proposition, organizations must promote an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance with the law."
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About Working Values
Working Values Ltd., a SmartPros company, has been a proponent of the truly ethical workplace, promoting values-based ethics since its founding in 1993. Working Values contends that while articulation of standards can set goals, standards alone cannot change behaviors. To achieve this necessary change and ensure systems that will propagate continuing ethical behavior, companies must evolve from rules-based – or end-result focused – ethics to values-based ethics, where ethics as an ongoing process, with an emphasis on an integrity-based control environment.
Working Values helps organizations change employee behavior through the Integrity Alignment Process and Integrity Toolkit. The Integrity Alignment Process is a comprehensive integrity assessment and planning process. One of the key elements of the Integrity Alignment Process is the Integrity Toolkit, which provides a company's leaders with tools for building comprehensive integrity programs. The Toolkit includes corporate communications templates, training and development programs for employees, managers, and senior leaders, and guidance on business process improvement. Through these unique offerings, Working Values serves as an integrity coach to its clients, helping them to narrow their Behavior-Standards Gap.
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