What Is the Moral Responsibility of a Business Leader?

September 17, 2007

"Business as usual" can no longer attend only to the financial bottom line.

Business leaders cannot afford to overlook the ethical challenges posed by technological advances, as even a single misstep can be enough to undo a reputation.

There is no question that the current climate has prompted many more companies to tackle ethics issues. Many are making a set of moral values a part of their corporate cultures. And some forward-looking companies are providing ethics training to managers and workers.

By David Schmidt, chief ethicist for iDNA

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