The vast majority of people are ethical. They want to do the right thing and follow the law. They want to work for companies that are ethical, too. In the Ethics Resource Center’s 2000 National Business Ethics Survey, 90% of the workers questioned said they expect their employers to do "what is right, not just what is profitable." We offer in-depth information about ethical issues including general ethics (values that set a higher standard than the legal minimum), employee responsibilities such as the duty of loyalty, and corporate compliance issues such as insider trading, antitrust and intellectual property. Get the training you need through our Managing Ethically training course.

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FAQs

• What is an employee's duty of loyalty?
• How do we protect intellectual property?
• What are the rights and responsibilities in hiring?
• What are our ethical responsibilites?
• What are the rights and responsibilities of whistleblowers?
  

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FAQs

What is an employee's duty of loyalty?

• Can I quit and get unemployment benefits because my commute is too long?
• Ex-employee says we're going broke - what can we do?
• Employee is looking for reasons to sue us - can we fire her?
• Can we fire employee whose business prevents her from working nights and weekends?
• Here's a switch - employer sues employees and wins
• California Court affirms employee's duty of loyalty
• Can our employees work for competing companies?

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How do we protect intellectual property?

• We don't have a non-compete, and employee wants to steal client. What do we do?
• How do we protect our intellectual property from our employees?
• What information can an employee take to a new employer?
• Steal trade secrets, go to jail
• Customer list held to be trade secret
• How do we protect trade secrets from employee theft?

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What are our rights and responsibilities in hiring?

• If I use synthetic urine for a pre-hire screen to mask a pregnancy, can my employer fire me for doing so?
• Does Sarbanes-Oxley require background checks?
• Are non-solicitation agreements legal in Texas?
• Employees win failure to hire cases - even though they didn't apply for the jobs
• Are these questions legal to ask in interviews?
• What are legal and illegal questions about citizenship?
• What are legal implications of post-tests?
• Employer sued for fraud after giving good reference to sexual harasser
• Don't lie to applicants
• What should we do about lying on applications?
• Who's liable if we rip off the temp agency?

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What are our ethical responsibilities?

What a Difference a Year Makes! The Obama Administration and Employment Law
• What areas of employment law are least understood by managers?
• 2007 New Year's Resolutions to Stay Out of Court
• New Year's resolutions to stay out of court
• Do we have to give employees copies of their files?
• Employee ordered to pay $27 million to company
• How do I fire a manager who was encouraged to falsify expenses?
• Can we discipline a supervisor who requires her secretary to drive her to meetings?
• Can the employer add a non-compete agreement to the policy manual?
• Can we contract with our employee's side business?
• Fire a Whistleblower, or Falsify Documents, and Go to Jail
• Who are these people?
• How can we comply with posting requirements of every state?
• Should our policy handbook prohibit gambling and immoral conduct?
• So what if it's legal? It's not right

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What are the rights and responsibilities of whistleblowers?

• New rights for "whistleblowers"
• I was penalized for refusing to do something unethical - what are my rights?

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• Doing Business Right - Corporate ethics for managers and employees
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• Love & Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership (book)
• Managing by Values (book)
• The Power of Ethical Managment (book)
• Principle-Centered Leadership (book; also available as audio tapes)
• Shared Values for a Troubled World (book)

 

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• Love & Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership (book)
• Managing by Values (book)
• The Power of Ethical Managment (book)
• Principle-Centered Leadership (book; also available as audio tapes)
• Shared Values for a Troubled World (book)