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Three ways in which leaders can help integrate ethical decision making into the day-to-day culture of an organization

  • Leaders demonstrating their own commitment to ethical behaviors and decisions made by other managers and employees;
  • A clear code of ethics should be promulgated and followed; a whistle-blowing policy to forbid retaliation against those who report wrongdoing or other ethical procedures should be established and followed; 
  • Managers and employees alike should be involved in the identification of ethical problems and efforts to solve them; 
  • The performance appraisal process should include consideration of ethical issues; and 
  • The organizational priorities and efforts related to ethical issues should be widely publicized.