Ethics as a Core Competency

Blogger "Leon" with Sox First challenges the corporate world to develop Ethics as a Core Competency for leaders. "The question remains," he writes, "who is going to do that?"

A related question is, "How?"

The answer to both lies in each of us. Every one of us is either a consumer, an employee, a manager, or at least an interested bystander. We can and should be demanding that organizations of all types - corporate for-profit and not-for-profit, small and large, publicly and privately held, union and non-union, etc. create a proactive approach to defining and practicing ethical behavior in their space.

SWiM™ (Starting With Me)believes that it must start at the individual level. Finger pointing, complaining, intellectual discussions, and the shame/blame games may heighten awareness, but they do nothing to craft practical action. Only by taking personal responsibility at whatever level we can will we see changes in the ethical culture of our organizations and our country.