ADM 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: The Whistleblower, Whistleblower, Quality Management

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 1301
• Professor: Pouya Safi

Document Summary

Corporate ethics programs - some combination of a statement of values, code of conduct and/or ethics, ethics training, ethics audits, and consulting services, ethics officers, and committees, and ethics reporting system. The key interest to be satisfied and balanced; for example, the public or community interest, owners, employers, and suppliers. An emphasis on quality and/or excellence in relation to product and service, employees, and technology. The atmosphere or climate of enterprise; for example, a good place to work, and emphasis on teamwork, managers" support of staff, and development of employees. Codes of conduct and codes of ethics: code of conduct - explicitly states what appropriate behaviour is by identifying what is acceptable and unacceptable. Its enforced by an external power and authority; convey rules that tell people what they must or must not do. Members of organizations must obey or face penalties for failing to do so. What must be done or what must not be done.