BELA Asks: How Do I Address Unethical Behavior During Personal Hours?

One of the best benefits of being a member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (or BELA) is that if you have any questions at all about ethics and compliance, you can submit them to BELA’s concierge service, which will connect you with one of our internal experts who will provide an answer and/or direct you to a helpful resource for more information.

Sometimes, these requests are specific to a particular company’s needs. But most of them speak to broad challenges facing BELA members in general, and by extension, the wider ethics and compliance profession. That’s why we are using this show to thematically respond to high-level questions from the BELA community.

In this episode, BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne answers: How do I address unethical employee behavior that happens outside of work hours, but could negatively impact the organization’s reputation or business relationships?