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The issue of ethics in the workplace is a major issue in the world today. Televisions broadcasted headlines of the unethical behavior involving Martha Stewart and the Enron controversy for weeks, and if that was not enough, Don Imus kept the world talking when he racially disrespected a group of African American women basketball players on his nationally syndicated radio show last year. All of these situations left people with questions and discussions which all revolved around the topic of what ethics is and the importance of ethical behavior. Ethics is defined as the system of rules that governs the ordering of values Bateman and Snell (7th edition, 2007). Ethical issues are one’s that must be evaluated on the basis of what is morally right and wrong,
Many companies, such as Norfolk Southern Railroad Company develop ethics and compliance rules that they follow and make their employees follow on a daily basis. Charles Wick Moorman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern......

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