Business and Ethics

In 1987 the Wall Street Journal published an article noting that out of 671 executive respondents, 25% believed ethics would hamper a successful career.  A full 50% indicated that executives known to them “bent the rules” to move up the ladder.

This was before Enron.

In 1990 a national survey showed that 68% of respondents said the unethical behaviour of executives were responsible for the decline in business standards.  A further study revealed that workers