Ethics Hotline 
Provided by Sobel & Raciti Associates, Inc, NEHRA's Membership Assistance Program (MAP) provider, the Ethics Hotline will assist members in making their own decisions relating to business ethics. This hotline is designed to serve as a confidential and professional "sounding board" for difficult ethical dilemmas that all organizations experience, clarifying issues, directions and resources. Benefit free of charge to NEHRA members.

Ethics Toolkit
Collection of useful ethics tools, provided by the Ethics Resource Center

Using Surveys To Measure Ethical Culture 
As of November 1st, 2004, barring congressional intervention, organizations must adhere to guidelines that emphasize not only compliance with laws, but also the promotion of a company-wide ethical culture.

Guiding The Board: Part II 
Now we look at a second series of questions that your board can use to answer the second part of the question – how to assess the culture resulting from the effective implementation of the required processes and procedures.

Guiding the Board: Part I 
Recently, with all the attention on ethics, boards might need help in knowing which ethics questions to ask. Don’t be surprised if they ask you, “How can we, as a Board, determine if the company has an effective ethics program?”

How One Organization’s Ethics Department Partners With Human Resources 
Since its inception in 1996, the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Ethics & Business Conduct Office (“ethics office”) has worked hand-in-hand with the firm’s human resource professionals. With a variation in knowledge, experience and expertise between these two groups, each group benefits and learns from the other.

The Reina TRUST QUIZTM 
Ten Ways To Assess Trust and Performance in Your Team or Organization

Pay at The Top: What's Right? 
Consider this. A top finance executive in your organization is under investigation by a grand jury for corporate fraud and tax evasion. It is part of a widening corporate scandal involving stock fraud, unauthorized bonuses and loans that are dragging down your company. On the day this executive resigns he obtains a severance package of $44.8 million. The agreement is not explicitly disclosed to shareholders.

The Day I Became an HR Professional 
Yes, rank has its privilege, but should there be different ethical standards?

Corporations Must Walk the Talk on Their Ethics Codes — These Codes Must Be More than Idle Rhetoric, Says Ethics Resource Center President
Dr. Gilman said that the leadership of America's corporations need, at a minimum, to be seen taking five steps to ensure that corporate codes of ethical conduct are meaningful "and not just attractive framed documents prominently hung in a corporation's visitors' center."

The Ethics of Pension Plans at Enron 
The United States Department of Labor is investigating Enron. At this point, who isn’t? At question is whether Enron officials acted in the interest of 401(k) participants when they instituted a lockdown of the plan, or was it to prevent a massive stock sell off. Further probes into Enron’s business practices have questioned the treatment of senior executives compared to employees. Where is human resources role in this picture?

Tips on Establishing Ethics Programs

Why Wasn't Enron's Code of Conduct Enough? Why is Auditor Independence Critical for a Free Market?
"The vast majority of businesses and corporations want to do the right thing. What Enron reminds us of is how vulnerable organizations are to ethical landmines," said Ethics Resource Center (ERC) President Stuart C. Gilman, Ph.D. Why Didn't the Ethical Fire Alarm Sound?

The Internet & Privacy, Are you Protecting Your Privacy?
When facing troublesome ethical dilemmas, it is frequently pointed out that “disclosure” often prevents or even resolves sticky situations. In business, disclosing to a stakeholder that an actual, apparent or potential conflict of interest exist allows the stakeholder to make sound judgments based on all relevant data.

Ethics in Today’s Workforce 

Integrity Self Test: A primer for the desktop

Ethics In HR How To Make The Right Decision 
The human resources management field presents ethical challenges daily. The future of the profession depends upon the consistent application of ethical practices in HR functions. You are at the forefront of this challenge. Ethical decision-making in human resources, like solving any complex problem, is not routine. Circumstances and conditions vary by event, yet some factors may remain unchanged leading to confused assumptions.