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"Thurgood Marshall Jr., a partner in the Washington law office of Bingham McCutchen, has been elected to the board of directors of the Ethics Resource Center, an independent nonprofit focused on ethics in the workplace."

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Arlington, VA – Thurgood Marshall, Jr., a Washington attorney and former senior White House aide, has been elected to the board of directors of the Ethics Resource Center, an independent, nonprofit research center focused on ethics in the workplace, the Center announced today.

Data Show Ethical Culture Is Linked to Loyalty, Engagement

Arlington, VA – A study of workplace data collected by the Ethics Resource Center indicates that employees tend to respond to an ethical culture with improved company loyalty and a willingness to “go the extra mile” for their employer.

The chairman of the Ethics Resource Center, former Rep, Michael Oxley, issued the following joint statement on June 28 with the co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, former Senator Paul Sarbanes. Sarbanes-Oxley created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

ERC study shows that employees take cues from top management, pressure from peers to do the right thing

Organizations with strong ethical values – from top executives to middle managers to workers – experience less misconduct, more frequent reporting of misbehavior and less retaliation on the job, a newly released study by the Ethics Resource Center shows.

ERC Survey Shows They Share Interest in Fairness and Respect With Older Co-Workers; Concerns on Privacy and Calling in Sick? Not So Much

American workers between the ages of 18 and 29 – the “Millennials” – have more in common with older co-workers when it comes to workplace ethics than often thought, but they also hold to some values that set them apart from their Baby Boomer counterparts, according to a newly released report by the Ethics Resource Center.

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The federal government has proposed new, tighter rules on conflicts of interest for contractors – both organizations bidding on DOD acquisition programs and contractor employees exercising acquisition functions for government agencies.

ERC's panel of experts analyzes the government's action, what it means, and what role ethics and ethical culture play beyond technical compliance.

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ERC President Patricia J. Harned, who testified before the seven-member Commission on March 17 in Washington, D.C., backed the proposed amendment to the sentencing guidelines that could lighten a company’s sentence if its ethics and compliance officers have been granted direct access to the board of directors but suggested fine-tuning based on ERC’s research that would make the rules more effective and more far-reaching.

What are the lessons to be learned about ethics and leadership from the U.S. financial crisis?

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ERC President, Patricia J. Harned, Ph.D. participated in developing these HGPII initiatives.

At Annual Best Practices Forum, GPO Leaders Urge Congress and Others to Enhance Transparency in the Healthcare Supply Chain