The following post is by Guendalina Dondé, Senior Researcher, Institute of Business Ethics Encouraging employees to ‘do the right thing’ and apply their organisation’s core values is of utmost importance. How can this be achieved in practice by organisations that employ thousands of employees around the world, who might have to make difficult decisions every day in their job? The global nature of today’s business means that trying to embed a set of ethical values consistently

The following guest post is authored by Philippa Foster Back CBE, Director Institute of Business Ethics, link here. What stops employees from blowing the whistle? Employees are a first line of defence in protecting companies from the risks of misconduct and corruption. Effective speak up or whistleblowing hotlines are an element of good governance, and can act as an early warning system for an organisation seeking to understand the issues which are being faced by its employee