CHAPTER 1

A System for Managing Company Ethics

We are people of plans, processes, and systems. We organize our lives around specific systems to accomplish specific tasks. Talk to a dozen people and there will be a dozen different methods to manage personal finances, household chores, vehicle maintenance, work, leisure and family time, grocery shopping, and calendar activities. There are different strokes for different folks when it comes to processes and systems for the creation and implementation of new programs in the workplace, at school and church, and at home.

In the workplace, leaders, managers, and employees have systems in place for nearly every function necessary to be productive, efficient, profitable, and to survive in a competitive ...

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