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Corporate need for ethics

By DEROY MURDOCK
Scripps Howard News Service
28-AUG-03

NEW YORK -- The ceaseless parade of financial scandals recently inspired this graffito on a Manhattan newspaper vending machine: "God bless our brave stockbrokers."

These days, sarcasm is the least of corporate America's worries. The low share prices and legal troubles that have plagued ImClone, Merrill Lynch, Tyco and other enterprises are far more menacing.

Dell Computer and Deloitte & Touche, among others, have responded to this tawdry atmosphere by recruiting chief ethics officers. On balance, appointing these sentinels of virtue seems worthwhile.

One counter-argument is that every employee, starting with the CEO, should possess high standards.

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