Abstract:

Ethical behaviour can have very positive impacts on corporate performance, resulting in higher employee motivation and involvement, lower staff turnover and a better bottom line. This presentation reviews a pioneering case study of how Unilever built a global research ethics awareness programme and how it impacts staff and corporate culture. The presenters aim to stimulate creative discussion on how to approach ethics proactively at the level of the whole organization. It shows that developing ethical codes and training employees can actually be fun and have far reaching consequences.