The Slippery Slope

Darnell Lattal, CEO and president of Aubrey Daniels International, behavioral science expert, and author of Ethics at Work, discusses workplace ethics.

Q. Why is ethics in the workplace such a hot topic currently?

A. First, the downturn in the market can certainly be, in the eyes of the American worker, laid at the feet of greed and deceit. Additional reasons for a growing discussion around workplace ethics include:

Executive behavior in regard to pay. Across multiple companies, inequities in pa