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Ethical Culture Building: A Modern Business Imperative

Ethical Culture Building: A Modern Business Imperative

January 1, 2009
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Topic: 
Organizational Ethics
Topic: 
Responsible Governance

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This research report was authored by ERC staff and underwritten by a grant from the ECOA Foundation. 

Ethical culture is critical to our field, yet we still lack a common understanding of the term and its implications, as well as how ethical culture develops in an organization.  This literature review addresses four key questions:

  1. What is ethical culture?
  2. What is the impact of ethical culture?
  3. How does ethical culture form?
  4. What are the implications for leadership?