Summer 2012
Are there personal characteristics?
Are there specific actions?
Who leads ethically?
How can you tell?
Are there ethical companies?
Are there ethical people?
Do ethics change depending on the situation?
Can a person’s ethics change?
Alcoa
American Express
Best Buy Co.,
CH2M Hill
Colgate-Palmolive
Costco
Electrolux
Ford Motor Company
Gap, Inc
Kellogg Company
L’ORÉAL
Microsoft
National Australia Bank
Northumbrian Water
Group
Panama Canal Authority
Patagonia
PepsiCo
Portugal Telecom
Starbucks
UPS
Companies must apply to
be rated
Questionnaire is online
Verification of materials
submitted
Determines a corporate
Ethics Quotient
Process was vetted and
refined by experts
Ethisphere has a network
of advisors
Five core categories:
Ethics & Compliance
Program (25%)
Reputation, Leadership, &
Innovation (20%)
Governance (10%)
Corporate Citizenship &
Responsibility (25%)
Culture of Ethics (20%)
*According to Ethispere: www.ethisphere.com/wme
Meta-ethics: Understanding of right and wrong
Virtue ethics: Driving force behind ethical
behavior (think of Socrates & Aristotle)
Epicurean ethics: Pleasure coincides with virtue
Normative (moral) ethics: What makes things
right and wrong
Stoicism: Contentment & peace are the
greatest good
Utilitarianism: Most good for the most people
Consequentialism: The results form the basis
for action
State consequentialism: Moral worth and
contributions to the state form the basis
Deontological ethics: Goodness of the acts or
intentions as they relate to rules (opposite above)
Pragmatic ethics: Moral correctness &
scientific knowledge
Relational ethics: With studies, respect for thos
that are being studies
Evolutionary ethics: Considers the role of
evolution
Descriptive ethics: Sociological perspective
looking at top-down perspective using ethical
codes of behavior
Military ethics: To guide those in the service
Public service ethics: For making decisions
when dealing with the public
Situational ethics: Change depending on the
situation
How do you make sense of anything?
Let’s use Walter Earl Fluker’s Model
Integrity
A healthy sense of self
Knowing what you value and believe
Behaving in accordance with those values
Empathy
Emotional intelligence
Being able to understand and connect
Hope
Confidence in the future
Belief that life is reliable
Recognition
Of self and others
Involves reflection and observation
Not mirroring or masking
Respect
Accepted standards of association
Social dignity
Reverence
Loyalty
Courage
Knowing what to fear or not fear
Balancing between them
Justice
Sense of fairness
Inclusive and dynamic
Compassion
The willingness to understand others
Willingness to suffer with others