Workplace Ethics
Description
Quickly understand complex HR concepts surrounding the modern workplace to ensure you-and those you supervise-are practicing leadership principles that sustain an ethical workplace while protecting your company from liability.
This essential handbook, part of The Paul Falcone Resource Series, is both an operational field manual and guiding hand to walk you through some of the most critical people challenges you'll face.
Chock full of leadership wisdom from Paul Falcone, one of the preeminent voices in the HR space for more than two decades, this book is the go-to reference for:
- Managers in various disciplines who often face ethical challenges in the workplace and need quick pointers to help them navigate those situations.
- HR leaders who are responsible for ensuring that managers have the tools they need to ethically manage their people and protect the company while doing so.
- Small business owners who often struggle to meet HR demands and are in need of simple tools to guide them through of workplace ethics.
Whether you are a first-time manager and need an easy-to-understand resource that will teach you what you need to know in the moment, a senior leader looking to mentor your team members, or fall anywhere in between-this book will help you cement your reputation as a selfless and emotionally intelligent leader who sets high expectations and achieves exceptional results.
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Paul Falcone is principal of Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC, specializing in management and leadership training, executive coaching, international keynote speaking, and facilitating corporate offsite retreats. He is the former CHRO of Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has held senior-level HR positions with Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He has extensive experience in entertainment, healthcare/biotech, and financial services, including in international, nonprofit, and union environments.
Paul is the author of seventeen books, many of which have been ranked as #1 Amazon bestsellers in the categories of human resources management, business and organizational learning, labor and employment law, business mentoring and coaching, business conflict resolution and mediation, communication in management, and business decision-making and problem-solving. His books have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Turkish and have sold in excess of 750,000 copies worldwide.
Paul is a certified executive coach through the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching program, a long-term columnist for SHRM.org and HR Magazine, an adjunct faculty member in UCLA Extension's School of Business and Management, and a member of the board of directors of the American Management Association. He is an accomplished keynote presenter, in-house trainer, and webinar facilitator in the areas of hiring, talent and performance management, leadership development, workplace ethics, and effective leadership communication.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1. Our History, Our Laws, and Our Evolving Workplace
- Chapter 1. What Is Workplace Ethics All About and Why This Book?
- Chapter 2. The Foundation: Legal Versus Ethical Standards
- Chapter 3. Gaining an Understanding of the Ethical Challenges You May Face on a Practical Basis as a Business Professional
- Chapter 4. A Brief Overview of the Study of Ethics: A Starting Place
- Chapter 5. Ethics Programs Available in Today's Workplace: Not Nearly Enough to Solve All Your Problems-Unless You Make It Personal
- Chapter 6. Ethics and Culture: The Core Component of Your Human Capital Strategy
- Part 2. SOX Compliance, Antiharassment, and Effective Internal Investigations
- Chapter 7. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
- Chapter 8. Your Key SOX Obligation: Disclose Potential Conflicts of Interest
- Chapter 9. SOX Obligations and Protections: Antidiscrimination and Disclosures of Personal Relationships
- Chapter 10. SOX Obligations and Protections: Company Property, Whistleblower Protection, Safety, Privacy, and Intellectual Property
- Chapter 11. Whistleblowers Versus Character Assassins: Dealing with Anonymous and Mean-Spirited Complaints
- Chapter 12. Internal Workplace Investigations: Your First Line of Defense
- Chapter 13. Policies (the Letter of the Law), Codes of Conduct (the Spirit of the Law), and Past Practices
- Part 3. Avoiding Litigation Land Mines
- Chapter 14. He's Employed at Will: Can't We Just Fire Him?
- Chapter 15. The Absolute Rule of "Document, Document, Document" and Its Significant Limitations
- Chapter 16. Properly Invoking the Attorney-Client Privilege in Your Email and Written Correspondence
- Chapter 17. Not All Harassment Is Sexual
- Chapter 18. Performance Versus Conduct: A Critical Employment Law Distinction
- Chapter 19. Sameness Versus Consistency: A Potential Ethical Quagmire
- Chapter 20. Acting Outside the Course and Scope of Your Employment: Derailing an Otherwise Brilliant Career Trajectory
- Part 4. Ethical Leadership and Sustaining a Moral Workplace: A New Way Forward
- Chapter 21. Lessons from the HR Trenches and Wisdom for the Ages
- Chapter 22. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Mission-Critical Business Imperative
- Chapter 23. Educating Entry-Level and Nonexempt Workers on Ethical Issues They May Otherwise Miss
- Chapter 24. Ethics Is Personal: A Sample Hollywood Script to Live By
- Chapter 25. There's So Much More to Ethics: You Won't Want to Miss This!
- Chapter 26. The Future of Workplace Ethics
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
