In the professional world, ethical behavior is a critical component of ensuring a culture and environment of trust among employees, suppliers and business partners.
And trust is what makes everything work: while we carefully review legal documents and financial statements line by line, we don’t question every statement made in meetings or every line of every memo—everything would grind to a halt.
The area of ethics and compliance serves to provide common guidelines to ensure that everyone from board members to employees to suppliers know what is acceptable and, in many cases, legal.