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AEPF: SA professionals do have ethical courage

Professionals working in the auditing and accounting fields in South Africa are generally keen to report unethical behaviour within their fields, provided the conditions under which they do so are conducive and supportive. There are risks involved in exposing corruption or unethical behaviour, and if companies and professional bodies do not curb incidents of intimidation, Read more >

Corporate SA not taking ethics seriously enough

The 2016 South African Business Ethics Survey was released yesterday at the sixth annual ethics conference, hosted in Johannesburg by the Ethics Institute, who also published the report. This is the fourth edition, following on the 2002, 2009 and 2013 surveys, and was conducted between June 2015 and April 2016. The annual conference boasted speakers Read more >

When unethical behaviour is an instruction

It’s one thing to practice ethical behaviour in your personal and professional life, but it’s another thing when you are ordered to behave unethically by your boss. How often do we see that the person who did the deed ultimately becomes the scapegoat, while the mastermind gets away with it? In this article, ethics guru Read more >