Outline
'Ethics' is a general term for what is often described as the "science of morality". In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is "good". This is one of philosophy's three major traditional areas of investigation, alongside metaphysics and logic.
Once upon a time in Corporate America, your job was your home away from home. A place to which you looked forward to going in the morning (can you believe it)! You worked for a company of "like-minded thinkers" who made the company successful and who were proud of you and your contributions, you were a team of players in every traditional sense of the word. The company, for which you worked defined strict ethical codes of conduct, expected to be followed by all its employees and strongly enforced both by internal and external forces.
Discussion
The codes of conduct not only defined you professionally, but personally, too. You were expected to take the "high ground" on all fronts your life. Your "comings and goings" were an open book where what you did after work was as much fodder for the next day's water cooler convergence as the job you did for your employer. You got to work by nine, put in a hard day's work until five, went home for a nice dinner with your wife and kids, collected a steady paycheck at the end of the week life was simple, good and uncomplicated. If you did a good job, stayed out of trouble, took care of your family, didn't cause any waves at work, remained morally sound, and could probably count on retiring someday with a full pension and a move to Florida.
Flash forward
In the early 1980s, companies began to look at increasing their bottom line through mass mergers and acquisitions with unlike companies. This diversified......
