Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles And Practices For A model Business Ethics Program

Many leading businesses no longer debate the legitimacy of the role and importance of ethics; rather, they are forging ahead, finding new ways to put ethics into practice. A few recent examples highlight the acceleration of firms taking initiative in developing ethical business practices: Nestlé releasing the 2006 Water Management Report on sustainable water management and signaling a company commitment to this issue. Business Roundtable's training program for over 20,000 construction workers in the Gulf Coast states following the 2005 hurricane season.