Jiho Park, Chairman of the Board of Maritime Products, said to the CEO, "Lowell, we must cease production of those items; they are not healthy for our customers. We must transition to new, safe product lines. I know that other firms are producing those unhealthy items, and I know that no laws prevent us or them from producing them. However, just because something is legal, doesn't mean that it is ethical. Jiho is promoting a(n) ________ ethics program.

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Jiho is promoting an integrity-based ethics program, which emphasizes ethical values such as honesty, fairness, and responsibility. He is not simply focused on compliance with laws and regulations (compliance-based), nor is he relying solely on the judgment of individual associates (associate-based). He is not implementing a specific set of rules and systems (systems-based), nor is he seeking consensus among stakeholders (consensus-based).

Jiho Park, Chairman of the Board of Maritime Products, Said