The Importance of Ethical Culture: Increasing Trust and Driving Down Risks

Supplemental Research Brief from the 2009 NBES

Organizations with strong ethical values – from top executives to middle managers to workers – experience less misconduct, more frequent reporting of misbehavior and less retaliation on the job. The study indicates that strong ethical culture in a company has a “profound” impact on the kinds of workplace behavior that can put a business in jeopardy.  Download Research Brief.

Released June 2010.  Sponsored by:
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE)