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" (Cummins, 2006). The VP for Corporate Governance, Pillmore announced a series of ethical principles, to prevent such scandals. The first principle "calls for strong leaders who see themselves as stewards of the company and mentors for its future leaders." (Cummins, 2006). The second principle is to establish a "web of accountability," where corporate leaders are constantly questioned about ethics-based decisions. (Cummins, 2006). The third principle is to investigate actual behavior, which Tyco does by "including company values in every assessment of managers and leaders," as well as creating an open atmosphere for reporting ethical problems. (Cummins, 2006). In fact, ethics expert Stuart Gillman, discussing ethics changes, notices that "many of the recent measures go beyond fixing lists of right and wrong. Cultural change has become an imperitive. Organizations are being forced to move from a position in which they maximize their profits at any cost to one in which they protect the interests of stockholders, employees, and others." (Gillman, 2004). Works Referenced

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