A project organization should help promote ethical behavior by: ensuring the project manager sets the tone for ethical behavior having a written policy on ethical behavior providing training about ethics in the workplace using a firing squad to execute persons found guilty of unethical behavior a, b, and c above

Ethics in business terms refer to a code of morals that is to be practised by everyone in the organization as well as outside it. In business terms, ethics includes the appropriate business policies and practices around which the business activities and operations should fall. It is important to be ethical and take morally right decisions. There are different ways to promote ethics and create an ethical culture in the organization. Promoting ethics means that the organization strongly believes in a moral code of conduct and ethical principles. If an organization wants to want to operate ethically it needs to promote ethical culture and behaviour. The different ways to promote ethics are: Be a role model Offer ethical training Strict action against unethical behaviour and reward for ethical behaviour Communicate ethical expectations Have a written code of conduct Recruit and hire well Encourage whistleblowing Organizations can promote ethical behaviour by ensuring that the project sets the tone for ethical behaviour, there is a written policy on ethical behaviour, providing ethical training, and firing individuals who are found guilty of unethical behaviour. Therefore, a, b, c and the above option is the correct answer. Incorrect options: To promote ethical behaviour the project manager must set the tone for ethical behaviour. This is a method to promote ethics in the organization. Hence, selecting only the first option is incorrect. In order to promote and encourage ethical behaviour, there must be a written policy on ethical behaviour. This is also an effective method to promote ethical behaviour. Hence, selecting only the second option is incorrect. Punishments and rewards can be used to discourage unethical behaviour and encourage ethical behaviour. This is also a technique used by organizations to promote ethical behaviour. Hence, selecting only the third option is incorrect. Firing the employees who behave unethically will make the current employees to follow the ethical behavior. It will be a negative motivation for the employees, and the employees will follow the ethics in organization due to fear of losing their job. Hence, selecting only the fourth option is incorrect.

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		ensuring the project manager sets the tone for ethical behavior
		having a written policy on ethical behavior
		providing training about ethics in the workplace
		using a firing squad to execute persons found guilty of unethical behavior
		a, b, and c above