Corporate Ethics: Intentional or For Show? (4002)

Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Potter Stewart said, “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.”

In today’s world, that distinction is becoming increasingly blurred. Ethical dilemmas are more prevalent than ever, leaving us to question the decline in our moral compass.

Our host: Yoram Solomon, Ph.D., author of The Book of Trust: Build Trust, Be Trusted, and Know Who to Trust, joins panelists:
Scott Hensley, E.D., Southern Methodist University, Adjunct Professor, Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Institute, and
Richard Bowen, who was a Business Chief Underwriter at Citigroup in 2007 and became a whistleblower, first internally, then in front of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Professor Scott Hensley defines ethics as, “doing the right thing when no one is looking. And that can be impacted by your morals and your personal values.”

A code of ethics may be used to ensure employees are doing what they’re supposed to be doing internally within the company. However, there are also organizations that create codes of ethics as a public show.

Our guests question this public show and ask, should we rely solely on codes of ethics or instead foster and build real, internal ethical cultures?

Join us as we navigate these critical questions and discuss how companies should face them.