This document outlines an organization's code of ethics and procedures for upholding ethical standards. It establishes the code's mission to provide respect and care for employees and clients. All employees must complete ethics training and are subject to reviews and possible termination for violations. Typical violations include lying, harassment, and conflicts of interest. The code of ethics for clients requires professional, competent, respectful and fair treatment. For other employees it requires the same plus being faithful, loyal and truthful. Employees are to report violations through their supervisor, an ethics hotline or other departments.

1. ETHICS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION 2010
by I. Myers Lavant

2. OUR CODE OF ETHICS MISSION:
The Code of Ethics for
this company will provide
a platform for our
management and
employees to follow that
will provide the best care
and respect of each
other and our clientele,
and uphold our company
as a model of fairness,
honesty, and
responsibility within the
industry.

3. PATHWAY TO SUCCESS:
This organization will follow these declarations, which
will coincide with every ethically, morally, socially, and
legally correct standard in the industry.
Every employee attends a rigorous training session in
ethics and will be tested thereafter. Our Code of Ethics is
bound to every employee, including management, as
meeting our ethical goals are important to the company.
Members who violate and cannot meet these standards
will be terminated. These provisions were drawn in order
for this company to operate within the realms of the law.

4. ACHIEVING ETHICAL GREATNESS:
Each manager will be required to
complete two hours of each:
 cultural diversity training
 anti-discrimination training
 company code of ethics training
 company handbook training
 employee evaluation training
Our employees will be required to
complete one hour of each:
 cultural diversity training
 company code of ethics training
 company handbook training

5. THE REVIEW PROCESS:
Each member, including management, will
be subjected to:
 a 90-day probationary period upon hire.
 company training courses including Ethics.
 reviews every six months.
 possible mediation upon ethics violation.
 termination for ethics violations.
Upon satisfactory reviews, members can
expect:
 Ethics Review Course annually.
 raises based on review.
 annual bonuses.
 recognition via newsletters and awards.
 possibility of advancement.

6. RECOGNIZING VIOLATIONS:
Steps to Recognizing Ethical
Issues:
 Recognizing that an ethical issue has
been breached.
 Gathering evidence concerning the
ethics breach.
 Analyzing the evidence impartially
using the company Code of Ethics.
 Enforcing and making a determination
according to the Code of Ethics.
 Using the breach to improve the
company’s ethics training courses.
 Annually reviewing the company Code
of Ethics.

7. TYPICAL ETHICS VIOLATIONS:
18%
18%
14%13%
13%
12%
12%
Lying to supervisors
Fair treatment of
employees
improper use of company
resources
Conflicts of interest
Stealing
Lying on reports
Sexual harassment
Statistics provided by creatingloyalty.com

8. CODE OF ETHICS:
This is the Code of Ethics our member are expected to
uphold when interacting with the clients:
 To conduct business with our clients professionally
always.
 To perform our jobs with the competency the clients
deserve and expect.
 To earn, value, and maintain a relationship with our clients
based on respect.
 To earn the trust and patronage of our clients by giving
fair and truthful service.
 To quickly aid the needs of our clients efficiently.
 To give the best values to our clients through fair prices
and great service.

9. CODE OF ETHICS:
This is the Code of Ethics our member are expected to
uphold when interacting with other members:
 To conduct perform with our co-workers professionally
always.
 To perform our jobs with the competency, as we may help
our company and co-workers thrive.
 To earn, value, and maintain a relationship with our co-
workers and supervisors based on respect.
 To earn the trust of our company and its members by
giving being faithful, loyal, and truthful at all times.
 To quickly aid the needs of our company and co-workers
efficiently.

10. REPORTING ETHICS VIOLATIONS:
Statistics provided by creatingloyalty.com
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Why employees do not report violations
Thought nothing would
be done
Scare of others
knowing they reported
Feared management
retaliation
Scared to be labeled
"Trouble-maker"

11. REPORTING ETHICS VIOLATIONS:
Steps to reporting ethics
violations:
 Contact your immediate
supervisor.
 Call the Company Ethics
Hotline.
 Send an email to the
Company Fraud and Ethics
Department.
 Contact your local Department
of Labor.
 Contact the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC).

12. REFERENCES:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2009). Federal
Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination Questions And
Answers. Retrieved from January 16th, 2010 from
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
(2010). The First Time Manager Dilemma, How Do You Gain
Respect?. Retrieved on January 14, 2010 from
http://askthemanager.com/2008/08/the-first-time-manager-
dilemma-how-do-you-gain-respect/
Walker Information. (2010). Creating Loyalty Library. Retrieved
February 15, 2010 from
http://www.creatingloyalty.com/story.cfm?article_id=165