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Ethics education is one of the major ways of fostering ethical behavior in the public service, which, in tandem with other approaches, should bring about a public dialogue on the ethics of administrative decision-making. The performance of ethics education must be measured against stated objectives, including the promotion of public trust and confidence, the elimination of unethical practices, and the imposition of sanctions for unethical behavior. A workshop can be used to implement ethics education for public administrators. When running a workshop, the facilitator should provide advance reading; emphasize frankness and confidentiality; provide an analytical framework; and use a wide variety of teaching devices, including cases and role plays.
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The example of Imperial Oil shows how one firm has successfully implemented an ethics policy. Imperial Oil drew up a formal code of ethics, codified in a booklet entitled Our Corporate Ethics. The purpose of the code was to encourage all employees to display ethical leadership. The firm articulated four core values concerning its employees, integrity, excellence and quality, and work environment, which underlie all the firm's business practices. The firm implemented the Business Ethics Management Program, which promotes communication and understanding by informing all new employees of policies, annually reminding employees of the policies, and implementing programs that ensure compliance.
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There has been an increasing interest in the management of ethical behavior in public and private-sector organizations. The most popular form for managing ethical behavior is the articulation of a series of ethical rules in a code of conduct. A code of conduct should consist of three parts: general principles, supplementary commentary, and information and advice concerning conflicts of interest. Codes of conduct by themselves do not ensure ethical behavior because there is often disagreement about what constitutes ethical behavior and what the rules truly mean. One way to promote ethical behavior is to supplement a written code of conduct with leadership and ethics education.
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