East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Workplace ethics, mastering ethical leadership and sustaining a moral workplace, Paul Falcone

eng

Includes index

index present

non fiction

Workplace ethics

11284290427

Paul Falcone

The Paul Falcone workplace leadership series

mastering ethical leadership and sustaining a moral workplace

"Quickly understand complex HR concepts surrounding the modern workplace to ensure you--and those you supervise--are practicing leadership principles that sustain an ethical workplace while protecting your company from liability. This essential handbook, part of The Paul Falcone Resource Series, is both an operational field manual and guiding hand to walk you through some of the most critical people challenges you'll face."--Publisher description

Introduction -- PART 1 Our History, Our Laws, and Our Evolving Workplace -- 1 What Is Workplace Ethics All About and Why This Book? -- 2 The Foundation: Legal Versus Ethical Standards -- 3 Gaining an Understanding of the Ethical Challenges You May Face on a Practical Basis as a Business Professional -- 4 A Brief Overview of the Study of Ethics: A Starting Place -- 5 Ethics Programs Available in Today's Workplace: Not Nearly Enough to Solve All Your Problems---Unless You Make It Personal -- 6 Ethics and Culture: The Core Component of Your Human Capital Strategy -- PART 2 SOX Compliance, Antiharassment, and Effective Internal Investigations -- 7 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Where the Rubber Meets the Road -- 8 Your Key SOX Obligation: Disclose Potential Conflicts of Interest -- 9 SOX Obligations and Protections: Antidiscrimination and Disclosures of Personal Relationships -- 10 SOX Obligations and Protections: Company Property, Whistleblower Protection, Safety, Privacy, and Intellectual Property -- 11 Whistleblowers Versus Character Assassins: Dealing with Anonymous and Mean-Spirited Complaints -- 12 Internal Workplace Investigations: Your First Line of Defense -- 13 Policies (the Letter of the Law), Codes of Conduct (the Spirit of the Law), and Past Practices --PART 3 Avoiding Litigation Land Mines -- 14 He's Employed at Will: Can't We Just Fire Him? -- 15 The Absolute Rule of "Document, Document, Document" and Its Significant Limitations -- 16 Properly Invoking the Attorney-Client Privilege in Your Email and Written Correspondence -- 17 Not All Harassment Is Sexual -- 18 Performance Versus Conduct: A Critical Employment Law Distinction -- 19 Sameness Versus Consistency: A Potential Ethical Quagmire -- 20 Acting Outside the Course and Scope of Your Employment: Derailing an Otherwise Brilliant Career Trajectory -- PART 4 Ethical Leadership and Sustaining a Moral Workplace: A New Way Forward -- 21 Lessons from the HR Trenches and Wisdom for the Ages -- 22 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Mission-Critical Business Imperative -- 23 Educating Entry-Level and Nonexempt Workers on Ethical Issues They May Otherwise Miss -- 24 Ethics Is Personal: A Sample Hollywood Script to Live By -- 25 There's So Much More to Ethics: You Won't Want to Miss This! -- 26 The Future of Workplace Ethics

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