Convenience

Ethical compliance
is the extent to which the organization’s members follow basic
ethical (and legal) standards of behavior. We noted earlier that organizations have
increased their efforts in this area—providing training in ethics and developing
guidelines and codes of conduct, for example. These activities serve as vehicles for
legal compliance
The extent to which
an organization
complies with local,
state, federal, and
international laws
ethical compliance
The extent to which
an organization and
its members follow
basic ethical
standards of
behavior
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enhancing ethical compliance. Many organizations also establish formal ethics com-
mittees, which may be asked to review proposals for new projects, to help evaluate
new hiring strategies, or to assess a new environmental protection plan. They might
also serve as a peer review panel to evaluate alleged ethical misconduct by an
employee.
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SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS
Greening the Business Environment: HP Keeps Itself
in the Recycling Loop
Hewlett-Packard (HP), which offers a comprehensive
product line of computer hardware, software, and
services, was one of the first companies to recycle
computer software and hardware products and com-
ponents. The project became a matter of sustained
companywide policy with the inception of HP Planet