The human resources manager at swingline, inc., a manufacturer of office staplers, wants to encourage a more ethical climate in the organization. a likely way for swingline to do this is to

a. make certain that swingline has a company code of ethics that is enforced.

b. do none of the above. all of these practices are illegal because they take away an employee's constitutional right of free choice.

c. develop a system of security cameras, telephone monitoring, and one-way mirrors to be certain that employees behave appropriately.

d. add an ethics department whose job is to constantly watch employees to be certain they behave.

e. avoid any mention of ethics to employees so that they will not think unethical thoughts.

The desired form of behavior of the employees of an organization must be pointed out in a Code of Ethics. This will be useful as a guideline that will limit workers and their actions in the work-frame. If there is not a Code of Ethics in a company, employees may justify an incorrect behavior by saying that there were not aware they could not do that since there is no document stating the opposite. Then, it is not only important to establish a firm Code of Ethics but also to make sure it is being respected.