Ethics Resource Center

The Ethics Resource Center is a nonprofit research center created in 1922 to advance ethical standards in industry, both public and private. Recently they have been focusing on the ethical issues related to the government response to the global recession. Their online presence is at www.ethics.org, which is a portal to many articles and other resources that provide guidance to the various businesses, policymakers, scholars, compliance officers, and others who use the site.

The ERC has been around for 90 years and has a mission to perform independent research regarding various ethical issues. They conduct national surveys to gather data from employees and organizations, which are used by government, business, and schools to show the current trends in ethical issues.

There are also various online articles and reports published and made available throughout the year for public use. They have a bi-monthly e-newsletter which is sent to over 10,000 readers.

The ERC offers surveying services to businesses who wish to improve their ethical standards and they offers benchmarking to help the companies conduct themselves more ethically and reduce their risk of violations. The Benchmarking Services team works with each company to conduct the surveys, identify and understand the issues and information, and work with the senior management to help them develop strong ethics standards for their company. They strive to create a well-implemented ethics and compliance program, which is understood by and used by the employees. They also try to build a strong culture of ethics, with management leading with integrity and a good example, and workers who look out for each other to “do the right thing.”

This site looks like a very good resource for a business that is looking to build a strong ethically-focused company

References

www.ethics.org