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ethical culture and climate  

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  • Interest in ethical culture has increased since the U.S. Sentencing Commission revised its guidelines for sentencing organizational defendants in 2004. Because of concerns that organizations were developing “window dressing” ethics and compliance programs, these revised guidelines call for more attention to the ethical “culture” of the organization and the need to align formal ethics programs with this broader ethical culture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Ethical Culture and Climate]

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