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National Business Ethics Survey (NBES): Ethics in the workplace has improved during the down economy, however …
By Noreen Kelly | November 19, 2009
… NBES data show that, like the Enron era, improvements in ethical conduct tend to be temporary.
From 2000 to 2003, ethics metrics all improved, with the bursting of the dot com bubble, 9/11, and corporate scandals, including Enron and WorldCom, only to fall back until the start of the current recession in December 2007.
The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) announced the results of its sixth National Business Ethics Survey® on November 18, 2009. NBES is the nationally-recognized barometer on workplace ethics.
“The focus needs to stay on ethical culture and the tone at the top, starting with an organization’s directors and most senior executives,” said ERC President, Patricia J. Harned, PhD.
The full report, Ethics in the Recession, is available at: www.ethics.org/nbes.
Read the full press release at ERC’s website.
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