Companies Must Adopt and Disseminate a Written Code of Ethics

question 76

True/False

Companies must adopt and disseminate a written code of ethics, build a company tradition of ethical behavior, and hold their people fully responsible for observing ethics and legal guidelines if they wish to demonstrate ethical behavior.

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Definitions:

Formal Operational

The stage of cognitive development, according to Jean Piaget, in which individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Preconventional

The first level in Kohlberg's stages of moral development, where morality is externally controlled and children act under external standards.

Kohlberg

He is known for his theory of moral development which suggests that the ability to reason morally depends upon certain developmental stages.

Postconventional

A stage in Kohlberg's theory of moral development where moral reasoning is based on abstract reasoning and principles, beyond societal conventions.