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How might an organization use its culture to increase the probability of ethical behavior and decrease the probability of unethical behavior by its managers and employees?

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A discussion on how an organization's culture can be used to create ethical behaviors for the staff.

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When a business uses it culture to gain better reputations and work through ethical behavior it is seeking to empower employees to feel part of the company with a stake in the outcomes of the business. Some organizations do this through teams and others through changes in hierarchial structure. The ...

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