Ethical Awareness Issues -- Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems was a company that sold computers, software and information technology -- including the popular Java programming language and the UNIX operating system. In 2010, they merged with oracle, but prior to that had a business philosophy that was pro-open systems, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethics. For the focus on ethics, this is the idea that any organization now has a responsibility to not only produce products in a sustainable manner, but to make sure that all aspects of the company work in an ethical way.

Sun knew that it was facing pressure from competitors and public opinion of larger corporations, particularly after the Enron scandal. The company decided to provide ethics seminars. These seminars became more and more intense - and finally evolved to include all managers in every office globally to undergo ethics training....

The company would bring in experts to present information, and then have groups break out to discuss ethical situations and problems. Once the employee finished the seminar, they were given a larger binder that explained how this information should be shared and used in daily business activities. Sun continued the program with refresher courses, and also had managers take online courses that were available in eight languages. The idea seemed to be that using ethics within the workplace was so important that it need to become a "way of life" and a part of the corporate culture. Overall, it seemed like the idea was to show everyone in the company that management was behind ethical behavior for Sun, that each individual contributed to the overall idea of ethics in the workplace, and that the company was ethically only as good as its weakest link.
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