Joseph A. Petrick, Ph.D., SPHR

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Best Organizational Ethics Resources
Joseph A. Petrick, Ph.D., SPHR Director,
Institute for Business Integrity Raj Soin College
of Business
Wright State University Third Business Integrity
Breakfast Dayton, Ohio June 15, 2005
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• Agenda
• Institute for Business Integrity
• Ethics Culture-Strengthening Processes
• Organizational Ethics Needs Assessment (OENA)
• Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS)
• Triple Bottom Line Accountability (TBLA)
• Balanced Judgment Integrity (R2C2) TM

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• Institute for Business Integrity Mission
• To provide a forum and resources to enhance the
  moral competency of current and future business
  leaders
• To promote responsible practices in the business
  community

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• Institute for Business Integrity Activities
• Service Activities
• - Sponsors Ethical Marketplace TV Series
  on Sunday mornings
• - Assists in SA 8000 Certification
• - Provides Organizational Ethics and Board
  Governance Training
• - Publishes Business Integrity E-Newsletter

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• Institute for Business Integrity Activities
• Teaching Activities
• - Training Successful National Regional WSU
  Ethics Bowl Teams
• - Providing for Business Faculty Development
  in Business Ethics
• - Offering Graduate and Undergraduate Courses
  on Business Ethics

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• Institute for Business Integrity Activities
• Research Activities
• - Design Model of Business Integrity Capacity
  Leadership Accountability
• - Apply Business Integrity Model to Prevent
  Future Business Scandals
• - Apply Business Integrity Model to Improve
  Pace of Business Innovation
• - Compliance and Integrity-Based Systems for
  Sustaining Ethical Work Cultures

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• Founding Corporate Sponsors
• MTC Technologies
• National City Bank
• Reynolds Reynolds
• Soin International
• Standard Register

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• Organizational Ethics Needs Assessment
• 1) Verbally abusive supervisors

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• Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS)
• Listens To What Employees Have To Say
• Disciplines Employees Who Violate Ethical
  Standards
• Conducts His/Her Personal Life In An Ethical
  Manner
• Has The Best Interests Of Employees In Mind
• Sets An Example Of How To Do Things The Right Way
  In Terms Of Ethics

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• Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS)
• Makes Fair and Balanced Decisions
• Can Be Trusted
• Defines Success Not Just By Results But Also By
  The Way They Are Achieved
• Discusses Business Ethics Or Values With
  Employees
• When Making Decisions Asks, What Is The Right
  Thing To Do?

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• Triple Bottom Line Accountability Measures
• For Multiple Stakeholders
• Economic Performance Indicators
• Social Performance Indicators
• Environmental Performance Indicators

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Balanced Judgment Integrity (R2C2) TM
Negative Zone
Positive Zone
CHARACTER
CONTEXT
Negative Zone
Amoral Professionalism
RULES
RESULTS
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Best Organizational Ethics Resources
Joseph A. Petrick, Ph.D., SPHR Director,
Institute for Business Integrity Raj Soin College
of Business
Wright State University Third Business Integrity
Breakfast Dayton, Ohio June 15, 2005