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| The Ethics Revolution |
 There's a massive ethics revolution underway, with companies falling all over themselves to hire ethics officers, announce ethics codes, set up whistleblower hotlines, and launch ethics training. But this ethics revolution is about more than following rules. -- By Marjorie Kelly
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| In the News |
Cox Promises Vigorous Enforcement of Laws
President Bush's choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Rep. Christopher Cox, said his top priority would be vigorous enforcement of the securities laws to protect investors and thwart fraud.
Also: Senate Confirms Hughes, Cox for Posts
Wal-Mart Sues Former Top Executive
The world's largest retailer sued former vice chairman Tom Coughlin, seeking to void his multimillion-dollar retirement package amid company allegations that he misspent the company's money before resigning from its board of directors.
3 Former WorldCom Executives Settle
Three former executives have reached settlements in a class action lawsuit brought by investors who lost billions of dollars when the firm collapsed in an $11 billion accounting fraud.
Fidelity May Face Charges Over Lavish Bachelor Fete
The extravagant bachelor party thrown for a Fidelity Investments trader in 2003 could land the mutual fund company and some individuals in legal trouble.
Key Executive to Leave VW Following Bribery Scandal
German car giant Volkswagen AG's supervisory board agreed to accept the resignation of the company's high-profile personnel director who offered to stand down in the wake of a bribery and sex scandal that has rocked the group.
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| Spotlight |
Tales from the Water CoolerTM (PDF)
A series of five-minute online Learning Moments to keep ethics and compliance in mind all year long |
 Keep ethics and compliance in employees' minds all year. Quarterly, bi-monthly, or monthly editions can be launched via an email link or posted on your company's intranet. Each episode is easily customizable to meet the specific needs of your organization. | |
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Introducing 'Learning Moments'
 Engage employees in a learning program to reinforce key ethics topics. More (PDF)
Why Is It So Hard to Create an Ethical Culture?
Two years after passage of Sarbanes, companies are still struggling to define the characteristics of an ethical culture that will truly reduce the risk of fraud and scandal. Read more
How to Manage Problem Employees
 A Step-by-Step Guide for Turning Difficult Employees into High Performers Info
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Questions on how to improve your ethics and compliance programs? Contact Us
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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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