HOBOKEN – Only 40 percent of people consider a company’s CEO to be a credible source of information. Fifty-nine percent of employees say they feel pressure to do “whatever it takes” to meet goals. Twenty-two percent of employees believe that the recession has negatively impacted their company’s ethical culture.
These are just a handful of the statistics analyzed by the Institute of Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School in a report to be issued next week called, The State of Ethics in Our Society: A Clear Call for Action, a comprehensive review of current research on ethics in the business, academic, and public sectors and recommendations for mitigating misconduct.
Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership co-founder Alex Plinio will lead a discussion called “What has become of our values?” the day of the report’s release from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Rutgers Business School.
Panelists include Hoboken’s own Dawn Zimmer, along with Theresa McCoy, Manager for Education Grant Programs, Merck Company Foundation; and Lauren Ferrari, Director, Office of Business Conduct, Alcatel-Lucent.
Mayor Zimmer said last week, “Coming from a city with a past plagued by unethical behavior, I know too well how cynicism and distrust of government discourages honest people from public service. The lessons learned from this study are critical to strengthening our institutions and restoring faith in government.”