Legislation
This 1977 act was passed to control bribery of foreign officials.
What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?
Bringing corporate misconduct to the attention of a supervisor.
What is Internal Whistleblowing?
Consent given when an employee has no real alternative to monitoring.
What is Thin Consent?
A company that provides and sells products across multiple borders.
What is a Multinational Corporation (MNC)?
This executive-level role is the "conscience of the corporation."
Who is the Ethics Officer?
This 2002 act was a response to accounting scandals like Enron.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)?
Bringing misconduct to the attention of the media or law enforcement.
What is External Whistleblowing?
Liability where an employer is responsible for employee actions at work.
What is Vicarious Liability?
This voluntary UN initiative covers human rights and anti-corruption.
What is the UN Global Compact?
Ethical behavior that persists long after a public scandal ends.
What is Sustainable Ethics?
A score used to calculate fines based on management’s "culpability."
What is a Culpability Score?
This 2002 act specifically prohibits retaliation against whistle-blowers.This 2002 act specifically prohibits retaliation against whistle-blowers.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
This type of consent exists when an employee can choose a different job.
What is Thick Consent?
The 30-member organization that provides non-binding MNC guidelines.
What is the OECD?
Policies that are driven by a fear of future lawsuits or events.
What are Reactive Policies?
This 2010 act was the "fix" for the 2008 financial crisis.
What is Dodd-Frank?
The percentage of a $1M+ fine a Dodd-Frank whistle-blower can receive.
What is 10% to 30%?
These ten rules guide ethical computer and internet usage.
What are the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics?
The "Greatest Good" philosophy often applied in global business.
What is Utilitarianism?
Policies where a company defines its values before a crisis occurs.
What are Proactive Policies?
Acceptable legal payments that secure "routine governmental action."
What are Facilitation (or Grease) Payments?
A telephone line for anonymous reports of suspected misconduct.
What is a Whistleblower Hotline?
A company's internal website accessible only to employees.
What is an Intranet?
This type of nation lacks social and technological infrastructure.
What is a Less-Developed Nation?
The characteristic of publicly committing to high standards and sticking to them.
What is Organizational Integrity?