Legislation
This 1977 act was the first major law to target the bribery of foreign officials.
What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?
Reporting corporate wrongdoing to a manager within the organization.
What is Internal Whistleblowing?
An organization's internal, private network accessible only by its staff.
What is an Intranet?
The belief that "right and wrong" is determined by local traditions and culture.
What is Ethical Relativism?
Integrity that stays part of the culture even after a scandal or trend has passed.
What is Sustainable Ethics?
Small payments made to low-level officials to speed up routine government services.
What are Facilitation (Grease) Payments?
Reporting corporate wrongdoing to the media or a government agency.
What is External Whistleblowing?
The liability an employer faces for an employee's actions on company computers.
What is Vicarious Liability?
A company that operates and sells products across many national borders.
What is a Multinational Corporation (MNC)?
The executive tasked with the daily oversight of an organization's ethics program.
Who is the Ethics Officer?
The 2010 act that reformed the financial sector after the global market crash.
What is the Dodd-Frank?
The law that provides a financial reward of up to 30% of a fine to the reporter.
What is Dodd-Frank?
A password-protected piece of a network shared with vendors or partners.
What is an Extranet?
A voluntary UN program where companies agree to follow human rights principles.
What is the UN Global Compact?
Ethical policies that are created only after something goes wrong or out of fear.
What are Reactive Policies?
A numerical score used to increase or decrease fines based on a company's "guilt."
What is a Culpability Score?
The psychological pressure or "stigma" that prevents employees from reporting.
What is Social Ostracism/The Snitch Stigma?
Consent given when an employee has no choice but to be monitored to keep a job.
What is Thin Consent?
A country that lacks the technological or social infrastructure of the West.
What is a Less-Developed Nation?
Policies created when a company defines its values before a crisis ever happens.
What are Proactive Policies?
The 2002 law that requires CEOs to sign off on the accuracy of financial statements.
What is Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)?
A confidential tool used by companies to allow anonymous ethical reporting.
What is the Whistleblower Hotline?
These ten guidelines were written to prevent the misuse of computer resources.
What are the 10 Commandments of Computer Ethics?
A set of ethical standards that applies to all nations regardless of their local norms.
What is a Global Code of Conduct?
After hiring an ethics officer, the textbook says this is the next step to sustain integrity.
What is Celebrating and Rewarding Ethical Behavior?