Compliance-Based Ethics Programs

question 52

Multiple Choice

Compliance-based ethics programs

• A)are company mechanisms designed to instill in people a personal responsibility for ethical behavior.
• B)are designed by corporate counsel to prevent,detect,and punish legal violations.
• C)define ethical behavior as that which maximizes consequences for the individual.
• D)define ethical system stating that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers.
• E)are designed by the employees to define what ethical standards they should follow.

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