{"id":1155,"date":"2021-06-29T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/how-do-you-demonstrate-the-value-of-ethics"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:52:45","slug":"how-do-you-demonstrate-the-value-of-ethics","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/de\/resources\/how-do-you-demonstrate-the-value-of-ethics","title":{"rendered":"Wie demonstrieren Sie den Wert der Ethik?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"How do you demonstrate the value of ethics?\">How do you demonstrate the value of ethics?<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>How do you demonstrate the value of ethics?<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-detail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Powell\" src=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/andy-powell-on-creating-an-integrated-scorecard-1.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tby <a title=\"Andy Powell\" href=\"\/leadership\/andy-powell\">Andy Powell<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tJuni 29, 2021\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/leadership-insights-blog\" href=\"\/leadership-insights-blog\">Leadership Insights<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>This article and podcast were originally published on Corporate Compliance Insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many view workplace ethics as antithetical to the bottom line. This multinational manufacturer, however, says that the value of ethics can be enjoyed by shareholders and stakeholders alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Andy Powell was appointed Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at the multinational manufacturing company Flex 18 months ago, he was presented with a challenging task: generate a positive, values-based&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com\/how-is-ethical-culture-part-of-an-overall-ethics-and-compliance-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\">ethics culture<\/a>&nbsp;across the company\u2019s 100+ facilities that employ more than 160,000 people over five continents. 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Large banks, financial institutions, rather heavily regulated companies \u2014 they do have hundreds, if not thousands, of people in compliance roles, looking over peoples\u2019 shoulders and checking what they\u2019re doing. But we didn\u2019t want to do that. We can\u2019t do that. We operate on razor-thin margins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just over a year ago, Powell developed a data reporting program across the company\u2019s 50 largest sites by revenue. From this data, he and his team created an ethics scorecard by which they could benchmark progress. 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