Given that people rarely use a company's code of ethics to guide their decision making, what good are the codes?

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The Answer is The chapter states that managers tend to ignore codes of ethics and try to solve ethical dilemmas on their own. To combat this tendency, corporations should not only develop a comprehensive code of ethics, but also communicate the code in their training programs, performance appraisal systems, and policies and procedures. Developing codes of ethics can be a useful way to promote ethical behavior, especially for people who are operating at Kohlberg's conventional level of moral development. A code of ethics (1) clarifies company expectations of employee conduct in various situations and (2) makes clear that the company expects its people to recognize the ethical dimensions in decisions and actions. If nothing else, developing and communicating a comprehensive code of ethics can help protect a company from lawsuits.

Given That People Rarely Use a Company's Code of Ethics