Dear Colleague:

We all want to do the right thing, but figuring out exactly what that is can be tough. And even when the choice is clear, making it can be scary. What if doing the right thing costs you your job?

These are the sticky situations that can keep you tossing and turning all night. When you’re truly damned if you do and damned if you don’t, where do you turn for help?

Now you can turn to Business Management Daily and our Special Report, The Ethical Employee: How to Do the Right Thing in Business.
 
When is it right – and when isn’t it – to “tattle” on office lovebirds ... use pirated software ... keep quiet when a colleague is made a scapegoat ... agree to falsify records ... or obey a boss who wants you to snoop on a colleague? Should you turn a blind eye to questionable practices or put your foot down? The Ethical Employee will help you decide.

The Ethical Employee – available only via download from our website – reveals significant portions of the actual ethics codes of Lockheed Martin, Verizon and Weyerhaeuser. Case studies and descriptions of their state-of-the-art ethics training programs show you how the “big boys” handle the tough problems. You’ll get a quick quiz to take if you suspect you’re on ethical thin ice.

You’ll also get contact information for 17 additional organizations. They can guide you on specific ethical issues and pass on the latest research in business ethics topics. AND you’ll discover websites where you can see how such corporate giants as Texas Instruments and Johnson & Johnson handle their own ethical dilemmas.

Let the nation’s leading business-ethics specialists help you make the smart choice in dozens of sticky ethical dilemmas:

• Should you blow the whistle on a boss who asks you to commit a potentially fraudulent act?
• Do you feel comfortable cheating in order to “help” the firm?
• Should you report an office romance between a boss and a subordinate?
• Do you keep quiet or confront your boss if you know he is padding his expense account?
• Is it your place to step in when you witness a colleague using drugs?
• What do you do when a colleague is unfairly blamed for a project’s failure?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface Introduction: New World Facing Age-Old    Ethical Challenges           The Nature of Ethical Dilemmas           What Are Ethical Differences?           A Closer Look at Ethical Gray Areas           Resolving Dilemmas, Differences and             Gray Areas Ethical Challenges      Co-Worker/Supervisor Relationships           Could You Do Better?           Unfair Blame           Jogging Buddies           Should You Tell?           Whose Affair Is It?           A Weekend Chat           A Dicey Affair           A Liquid Lunch           Not Your Boss’s Keeper      Integrity           A Taxing Problem           ‘Covering’ Expenses           Backed Into a Corner           The Padded Expense Account           Confess or Cover Up?      Conflict of Interest           Pillow Talk

The Winning Bid           Cause for Recusal?      Customer/Vendor Relationships           Billing Bonanza           Quality Counts           Sailing, Anyone?           A Tangled Web           Just Say No?      Discrimination/Harassment           Heated Up at the Water Cooler           Menial Labor           A ‘Good Old Boy’      Personnel Policies           Flexibility and Fairness           The Problem Is Relative           Reviewing Your Boss           Tough Times      Use of Company Time/Resources           Up to Par?           Personal Work for the Boss           Errant E-Mail           When Charity Begins at Work Appendix      Sample Codes of Conduct           Case Study 1: Lockheed Martin Corp.           Case Study 2: Bell Atlantic Corp.           Case Study 3: Weyerhaeuser Co.      Business Ethics Resources

Unfortunately, life today isn’t as simple as the old westerns, where good guys wore white, bad guys wore black and the right thing to do was as plain as John Wayne’s swagger.

In the real world, ethical issues are murkier – not black and white so much as gray. That’s what makes The Ethical Employee so valuable. This exclusive Special Report gives you an ethical adviser to turn to whenever you face a painful decision. You’ll rest easier knowing you’ve made the best choice in every difficult situation. Get your copy today!


Sincerely,



Phil Ash
Publisher

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