Why your Organization may need an Ethics Consultant.
In a survey that just came out this week by Labaton Sucharow in the Financial Services Industry uncovered key findings, here are a few:
• 52% felt it was likely that their competitors have engaged in unethical or illegal activity tp gain an edge in the market.
• 23% indicated that they had observed or had first hand knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace.
• 29% believed that financial services professionals may need to engage in unethical or illegal activity in order to be successful.
• 24% would likely engage in insider trading to make $10 million if they could get away with it.
• 26% believed the compensation plans or bonus structures in place, incentivize employees to compromise ethical standards or violate the law.
What’s the old saying? “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Why haven’t things changed?
Here are a few things that need to happen:
1. What one “feels” or “believes” may not be the case ,so get some real perspective about your own house and what you realistically and ethically bring to the market.
2. Personally, I don’t believe there has been any quality ethics training, but I bet there has been a lot of compliance training and to what end? Focus on quality, ongoing ethics training from the top down.
3. Start rewarding ethical behavior and “punish” unethical behavior.
4. Re-evaluate the compensation/bonus plan more in line with what your company “preaches” about values and ethics.
I could go on and on, but what do you think is the solution?
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