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Ethics in the Workplace Improved During the Recession, National Employee Survey Shows

pbongino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:50:01 -0500

Like the Enron Era, Ethical Conduct Improves Temporarily During Periods of Economic Stress

Arlington, VA – Do Americans in the workplace behave better in a down economy? Apparently yes, according to the Ethics Resource Center, which today announced the results of its sixth National Business Ethics Survey® (NBES).

Ethics in the Recession, is available at www.ethics.org/nbes.

Study Says Workplace Ethics Up During Recession

pbongino — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:04:39 -0500

New 6-year survey out from The Ethics Resource Center, which says people are behaving more ethically at work while the economy is slow.

NBES on public radio’s “The Takeaway"

Sex With Your Boss? Affairs with Co-workers? Why That's Unethical ...

pbongino — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:08:33 -0400

Sex With Your Boss? Affairs with Co-workers? Why That's Unethical (But Not Everyone Agrees), According to Biennial ERC National Workplace Survey

Reuters (press release) - Arlington, VA

Letterman Didn't Violate His Company's Harassment Policy

kyleg — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:04:19 -0400

Mark Trumbull for the Christian Science Monitor

"The largest concern for many companies is making sure that they have productive workplaces," says Patricia Harned, president of the Ethics Resource Center. For workers, "what's at stake is their feeling that they [are] rewarded for a job well done and not for any other reasons."

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Financial Reform: Congress Takes on Accountability

pbongino — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:59:08 -0400

The air of financial crisis that gripped Washington earlier this summer seems to be waning as health care reform and the gradually improving economy shift the focus of immediate concern.

Still, this fall promises to be plenty busy for financial regulators and lawmakers. While thousands of Americans who lost their homes, their jobs or their retirement plans continue to fume, official Washington now turns its scrutiny to what went wrong and how to fix it.

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Repairing the Ethical Infrastructure

pbongino — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:31:19 -0400

Directors & Boards: Article of the Week

Clearly the watchwords for the rest of this year in government and business will be accountability and transparency. Here are some steps for directors to give the words meaning. By Patricia J. Harned, ERC President.

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Former House Chairman Michael Oxley to Lead ERC Board

pbongino — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:18:33 -0400

ARLINGTON, Va. - Michael G. Oxley, a former member of Congress best known as co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the nonprofit Ethics Resource Center, ERC President Patricia J. Harned, Ph.D. announced today.

ERC Announces a New Look for ETHICS.org

pbongino — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:56:52 -0400

The Ethics Resource Center has an exciting new look and new features at its online home, ethics.org.

The site has undergone a months-long redesign that makes it brighter, simpler, more user-friendly and offers new features like Twitter and podcasts. It retains its popular storehouse of articles, white papers and guides such as the frequently downloaded Leading Corporate Integrity: Defining the Role of the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and The Ethics Toolkit.

Letter from ERC President Patricia J. Harned, Ph.D.

pbongino — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:52:59 -0400

We’re very excited about our recently completed web site remodeling project. We hope you find the site attractive and user-friendly and the content useful and informative.

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ERC Fellows Meeting: A Briefing by Policymakers

pbongino — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:52:40 -0400

Three senior Administration officials briefed the ERC Fellows July 15-17 on ethics and compliance in the federal government's handling of the economy, the stimulus, oversight of emergency spending and the President's agenda for financial reform.