Ethics Resource Center: An Excellent Resource for E&C Professionals
Information and guidance for ethics and compliance professionals everywhere from the Ethics Resource Center.
"The ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, dedicated to independent research that advances high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions. With the global recession of the past year, we are also focusing closely on ethics and compliance aspects of the federal government’s response. The American economy’s dislocation has been so severe, and the government’s strategy so massive and sweeping, that we are witnessing ethics issues never seen before here in the nation’s capital."
- ERC President Patricia J. Harned
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The Ethics Resource Center
For the past 88 years, the Ethics Resource Center (ERC) has been a source of information and guidance for ethics and compliance professionals everywhere. The information provided by the ERC serves as a benchmark for companies when gauging the success of their own ethics and compliance programs. The ERC conducts both national and private, single organization surveys, and publishes the results to help businesses and government agencies understand trends, gaps and best practices in ethics and compliance.The ERC has launched a Student Fellows program targeted at secondary school students, to help instill ethics into their daily decisions. Emphasizing ethics and compliance at a young age helps prepare future business leaders by shaping them to be ethical thinkers. The ERC also provides information on developments and trends in federal legislation, regulations and ethics and compliance related court decisions. On the ERC website, they state, “we take advantage of its Washington, D.C. location to encourage understanding between business and the federal government.” RELATED: Your Complete Guide to Establishing an Ethical Culture
ERC Resources
The ERC houses countless ethics and compliance resources. The ERC releases a number of publications, survey and articles, as well as providing services to help companies develop, implement and measure their ethics and compliance programs. Here are some of the informative resources the ERC has to offer (all of the information and resources below are available on the ERC website):Ethics Toolkit: The Ethics Toolkit contains a number of guides that outline tips and techniques for writing codes of conduct.National Surveys- Data from the ERC is used widely throughout business, government and academia. According to the ERC under the "National Surveys" section of their website:
"As the only longitudinal survey measuring how employees at all levels in more than 3,000 U.S. workplaces view ethics within their own organizations, NBES is a valuable tool for business leaders, policymakers, boards of directors, ethics and compliance officers, consumers and investors interested in monitoring ethics trends and better understanding ethical practices within organizations."
Resources:
- 2009 National Business Ethics Survey
- 2009 NBES Supplement: Ethics and Employee Engagement
- 2009 NBES Supplement: The Importance of Ethical Culture: Increasing Trust and Driving Down Risks
- 2009 NBES Supplement: Saving the Company Comes at a Cost: The Relationship Between Belt-Tightening Tactics and Increased Employee Misconduct