Communicating the Ethos of Codes of Ethics in Australia's Largest Organizations: A Reliance on Osmosis

Abstract

One of the ways that an organization displays its commitment to an ethical organizational culture is to develop a code of ethics. However, a code by itself is not enough to ensure that the employees of organizations will actually manifest ethical behaviour. The benefit of having a code can only be derived if the codes of ethics are brought to life by organizations that genuinely wish to pursue a better ethical culture.