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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Volkswagen. and the U.K., Cross-cultural differences.

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Compliance Alone Won’t Make Your Company Safe

Harvard Business Review

These examples make clear that companies often do not know what’s going on in their own offices, which can severely damage their reputation. The dominant response to this state of affairs has been — and still is — to appoint an ever-increasing number of compliance officers.