Being ethical is about doing the right things for the right reasons • assessing near-term gain against long-term consequences. Ethical actions today build a better tomorrow for us all, despite the fact such actions in the corporate world can often be very difficult. Even the best intentions in the workplace can all too easily be lost in the drive toward financial success. A renewed focus on ethics can benefit all employees within the context of profitability.
Authors Lattal and Clark assert that unethical corporate behaviour results most often from the cumulative mishaps of otherwise well-meaning people. While most people know the meaning of ethics, teaching an individual to become ethical can be a difficult business. The authors provide a means to manage that change and to establish effective habits to allow ethics and profit-making to co-exist.
A Good Day’s Work contains practical methods to encourage this principle while maintaining growth and prosperity. The book helps to consider the choices you make in business and to weigh up the consequences relating to yourself and others. Through initiative, cooperation and innovative ideas the authors demonstrate how highlighting the possible breaches of ethics can promote positive reinforcement for ethical behaviour. |