Ethics Training (Scenario)
You are an employee of a very large company, Behemoth Inc. Several employees routinely have lunch at a local restaurant where most drink alcoholic beverages before returning to work. In addition to this inappropriate behavior, several male coworkers call female employees "babes" and freely use racial slurs. There have been many complaints and the company has decided to use these issues as ethical training examples.
-A key component of any ethics program is employees who act as ________ because they are willing to step forward and expose unethical behaviour.

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Whistle-blowers are individuals who expose unethical or illegal activities within an organization. In the context of the scenario, employees who are willing to step forward and expose unethical behavior, such as inappropriate lunchtime activities and disrespectful language, would be acting as whistle-blowers.

Ethics Training (Scenario) You Are an Employee of a Very Large Company, Behemoth