The single most frequent ethical mistake in business is the conflict of interest, which can happen automatically if you’re giving or receiving gifts with business colleagues. We’ve collaborated with our business ethics experts—Chris MacDonald and Sally March—to create this helpful checklist that shows the rules of the road for which gives you can typically give…
Conflicts of interest are not uncommon in today’s workplace. The key is to be aware when a potential conflict of interest appears, and to know how to stop it before it gets out of hand. There’s huge value to a company that can avoid conflicts of interest: competing professional or personal interests, or inappropriate business…
Are you leaving new employee onboarding to chance? If you don’t have a documented new hire onboarding process in place, you’re missing out on a competitive advantage. Senior leaders know that top employers are those who are able to onboard new employees quickly and effectively! Effective onboarding increases team productivity; ingrains organizational values in new…
Has your Code of Conduct become a dusty manual no one wants to read? If you want your employees and managers to really connect with and advance the mission and values of your organization, then you need to be communicating to them in a way they can understand and relate to today. It’s time to…