This audio conference was recorded on Tuesday - August 4, 2009

Credits:

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification.

Description:

When the going gets tough, the tough cut corners.

The latest national studies show that more than half of America’s employees have seen ethical misconduct in their workplaces within the past year, ranging from conflicts of interest and lying to employees to abusive and intimidating behavior. What’s worse is that most kept their mouths shut about what they saw because they feared speaking up would bring retaliation from supervisors - or simply wouldn’t make any difference at all.

Today’s roller coaster economy only makes matters worse, as more employers and supervisors feel pressured to cut budgets, trim staff, and get more done with less. These pressures make it very difficult sometimes to make smart decisions regarding ethics and conduct - and to teach your workers to do the same.

Speaker(s):

Shanti Atkins, Esq., is president and chief executive officer of ELT, Inc., one of the nation's leading online training and workplace compliance solutions providers. ELT serves more than 1,000 employers around the world and has trained more than three million employees. Atkins joined the firm in 1999 after serving as an employment attorney with Littler Mendelson P.C., the world's largest employment law firm. She is a very frequent writer and speaker on ethics and compliance issues. She earned her law degrees from Queen's University (Canada) and Harvard University.

Order this practical 90-minute audio conference recording on ethics and conduct codes, where you’ll learn:

• Why it’s so critical, in today’s economic downturn, to adopt (and enforce) ethics and conduct codes
• Best practices for planning, drafting, and seeking input on these codes for your workplace
• The most common provisions found in successful conduct and ethics codes
• How to train your frontline supervisors and employees to follow these codes - and understand why “Everyone else is doing it!” isn’t a good excuse these days
• What steps you should take to introduce brand-new codes and enforce code provisions fairly
• How you can secure the buy-in of your C-suite executives and senior leaders for these codes
• What mistakes employers typically make with ethics and conduct codes - especially in tough economic times - and how you can avoid repeating those errors