What is right and what is wrong behavior in the business world takes on different meanings in different cultures, making it challenging to truly define business ethics in international markets.

Ethics and standards in accounting exist to protect the public from unscrupulous corporations and the accountants who hide or misrepresent information. Certainly, not all accountants are unethical, ...

Whether it's a voluntary professional code of conduct for a trade association or one you're required to sign by your employer, breaching these ethics agreements can cause you to be warned, disciplined ...

A code of conduct in the workplace helps employees understand and successfully perform their duties in accordance with company standards. When rules are widely known and fairly enforced, employees can ...

Hana Callaghan is the director of the Government Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the author of Campaign Ethics, A Field Guide. The opinions expressed herein are her own.

Ethics is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Some ...