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| Ethical Cultures Need Straight Talk |
 In order to build an ethical culture, companies need to focus on very specific skills that create a positive and open work environment. How can we clearly demonstrate the consequences that lay behind the rules for employees?
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| In the News |
Executive Pay: Bigger Tax Hit OK'd by Panel
The Senate Finance Committee voted to rein in the tax breaks that sweeten the huge compensation packages corporations often bestow upon executives.
Ex-Cendant Chairman Gets Over 12 Years
Former Cendant Corp. Chairman Walter Forbes was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $3.275 billion in restitution for leading the largest accounting fraud of the 1990s.
Lawyer: Plea Offered to Dunn in HP Case
State prosecutors offered to drop felony charges against former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and the four other defendants in the company's boardroom spying scandal if they agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
PCAOB Issues Report on Auditor's Fraud Responsibility
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a report that discusses auditors' implementation of PCAOB interim standards regarding the auditor’s responsibility with respect to fraud.
Securities Fraud Suits Down, Accounting Complaints Up
The number of class actions filed alleging securities fraud plummeted in 2006, due in part to tougher enforcement, according to a Stanford Law School study.
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| Webinar |
Ethical Actions that Matter: Critical Elements of an Ethical Culture
FREE Webinar: Tues., Feb. 27, at 2 pm EST
 Register for this free Webinar to better understand the workplace actions you can take to help cultivate a culture of integrity and compliance in the workplace. Featuring: David Gebler, President of Working Values; Dr. Patricia Harned, President of Ethics Resource Center; and Laurie Choi, ERC Research Analyst.
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| Product Spotlight |
Introducing: Straight Talk
An in-person workshop that addresses the most prevalent integrity risk factor: lack of open and honest communication
Developed by Bob Phillips and Larry Johnson, authors of the best selling book, Absolute Honesty, this seminar offers ethics and compliance officers, HR managers, and others the tools and strategies to communicate honestly and directly at all levels of the organization. | |
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About Working Values
Working Values, Ltd., a SmartPros company, has earned a reputation as a worldwide leader in helping organizations align workplace behavior with their values and standards. We take clients beyond generic compliance to create ethics initiatives that address their unique cultural attributes. The results are learning and communication programs that are meaningful to employees' daily lives, and result in meaningful changes to the organization and how others regard it.
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