Ethics Aren't for the Byrdes in Ozark

Professional codes of ethics provide guidance to professionals who are frequently required to choose between doing the right thing and the wrong thing. Sometimes, professionals violate their ethical code and do the wrong thing for what they rationalize is the right reason. This session uses the popular television show "Ozark" and its multiple examples of seemingly good people doing bad things for the right reason to define ethics as well as explore why people make unethical choices and how they justify those choices.

• Define ethics
• Explore how people make decisions
• Learn about the dangers of gray areas of ethics
• Learn ways to test decisions

• Ethical business behavior
• Ethical business decisions
• Ethical management decisions
• Ethical decisions in human resource management