In the case of the Coyote and Road Runner, one might question the ethics of their behaviors on many fronts. Identify an organization that you have worked for or know about that has successfully implemented a culture of ethical business behavior. Alternatively, identify one that has not successfully implemented a culture of ethical business behavior. Discuss how they accomplished this or, in the case of the alternative question, how they might work to accomplish this.
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Ford Motor is one of the companies I know that has a culture of ethical business behavior. Ford’s corporate culture is set to strong values and norms which strongly enforce the company’s mission statement which is, “One Ford, One Team, One Plan, and One Goal”. The company accomplished this by coming up with a handbook of the code of conduct. The handbook gives guidelines of how the company should deal with ethical risks (OGC Corporate Compliance Office, 2007)
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