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Academic Advisor Patrick Murphy Publishes Ethics
Guide for Job Interviews
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August 17, 2006
Recent research shows that only one in 20
corporate recruiters includes ethics inquiries
when interviewing job candidates. In addition,
recruiters report that a rising number of job
applicants act unethically during the interview
process, such as embellishing a résumé or
reneging on a job offer.
 Academic
Advisor
Patrick Murphy, a professor of marketing
and co-director of the
Institute for Ethical
Business Worldwide
at the University of Notre Dame, has written a
brief guide on ethics for the recruitment
process to inform job seekers and recruiters.
The guide covers the benefits of ethical work
environments, includes sample questions which
recruiters and job seekers can pose during
an
interview, and lists unethical behaviors to be
avoided.
 “This
guide will be widely used and valued by our
organization in its recruiting efforts,” said
Harold Tinkler, Chief Ethics and Compliance
Officer for Deloitte & Touche USA. “The clear,
simple and professional approach for providing
guidelines to both interviewers and interviewees
will help us to more fully integrate ethical
considerations into the interview process.”
The two-sided guide will be
distributed to students as well as to
recruiters through college and university career
centers. It also is available online at
www.corporate-ethics.org
and at
www.ethicalbusiness.nd.edu
and is being distributed widely by the project’s
other co-sponsor, the fellows program of the
Ethics Resource Center.
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About the Business Roundtable Institute for
Corporate Ethics
The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate
Ethics is an independent entity established in
partnership with Business Roundtable—an
association of chief executive officers of
leading corporations with a combined workforce
of more than 10 million employees and $4
trillion in annual revenues—and leading
academics from America’s best business schools.
The Institute brings together leaders from
business and academia to fulfill its mission to
renew and enhance the link between ethical
behavior and business practice through executive
education programs, practitioner-focused
research and outreach.
More information on the Institute can be found
at
www.corporate-ethics.org.
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