Living the Code of Ethics

personal leadership that comes from preparation to internalize beliefs and values, decision-making ability, plus action.” The full article is posted on the Birmingham Business Journal website

- ry task and interaction in the workplace. It is the individual eventually makes or breaks the corporate ethics program, depending on the state of his or who has a clear personal purpose, vision, mission and values will most likely have the inclination to behave ethically.

Thus, in order to live the cor must be a sound, corporate-wide initiative and a steadfast personal initiative of the individual. Most companies have allotted budget to roll out a corporate- wide program to promote ethical practices. This can be taken further by examining how the company assists the individual to carry out personal initiatives.

planned learning and development program can be launched for the company’s human resources. This will allow the individual to rediscover one’s purpose. This leads individual with a clear personal purpose will be more likely to contribute to the realization of the corporate purpose. The individual will see that as the corporate pur- pose is realized, his own personal

Ethics in daily life

- plied not only in the workplace but also in our daily lives.

the road, we learn and practice how to behave ethically? The road is a school of ethics where we can take

Take for example the simple road sign, “Stay on your lane.” Some prefer to keep changing lanes rather than follow this rule. Even if the reason is valid, violating this rule increases the risk of - lowing road signs can help ease

Some rules may seem unimportant, but in total they contribute to a better society. It’s the - ing simple and yet meaningful rules helps develop a strong foundation to achieve the desired ethical fit. This foundation is based on concern for others and working for the common good.

with one’s personal purpose. How about getting personal in your ethics training program next year? - ics is aligned with the individual’s personal life direction, living the the workplace and our daily lives.