EverydayEthics

What is the Problem?

The following is for educational purposes. Always seek professional advice regarding potential legal issues or ethical concerns.

It’s About Making Choices

Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing. After they have tried everything else.   Potter Stewart

Framing Model1. Gather the facts2. Determine the stakeholders3. Define the problem 4. Examine courses of action

• Discard those that are clearly wrong• Question remaining alternatives

5. Choose

Making Ethical Decisions

Internal Audit Scenarios

• What are the issues?• Who are the stakeholders?• What courses of action are

available?• What would you do?

Your Ethical Superpowers

Transport Moral Leaders with a Single Thought

Hypocritical Leader

Moral Leader

Unethical Leader

Ethically Silent

Leader

Weak Strong

Weak

Strong

Moral Manager

Moral Person

Create Moral Confidence• Demonstrate Moral Behavior

• Empower those around you to be ethical

• Praise and reward ethical speech and behavior

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What You Can Do

“Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.” Mark Twain

• Be a Leader

• Empower Others

• Build an Ethical Community

What You Can Do• Be seen behaving in an ethical manner

• Promote the need for ethical behavior throughout the organization as part of your routine audit work

What You Can Do• Act with INTEGRITY

• Ensure OBJECTIVITY

• Preserve CONFIDENTIALITY

• Maintain COMPETENCY

Thank You