Ethics and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates that the auditor of American companies, and those doing business in the United States, of specified size to identify "any material internal control weakness" or "significant deficiency," in verifying that management has sufficient operational command to produce reliable and compliant financial reports.  It's main purpose is, of course to curb unethical business practices.
 
As monumental as the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley will be on business in the United States, and perhaps the world, it is not capable of addressing and resolving the crisis in ethics within corporate America that has required such legislation to be developed and passed as law.  Until the causes of unethical behavior are addressed and resolved, business in America cannot hope to bring about effective, lasting change to positively alter performance and reliability.

Unethical behavior in business is endemic today and is the sum-total of each company's leaders and employees and their moral fabric.   The "corporate culture" in any company is defined by the people themselves.  In most businesses and within most people, there is not an intentional twisting of moral principles.  There is simply a lack of clarity and conscious focus about what makes up and creates ethical choices and behavior.  Thus, unconsciously unconstructive behavior can begin covertly - as petty selfishness, doubt or fear - manifesting as common business environs of negative "office politics," or deceitful accounting, business development, sales or marketing procedures.  These choices rob corporations of their strength and potential and can, as current events have shown all too forcefully, be a corporation's demise.

Even the laws legislating ethical practices cannot be adhered to reliably until the causes within employees at all levels are removed.

Living Consciously is a program fully capable of swiftly identifying and removing the causes of the unethical and negative.   It helps create an environment in which conscious examination of ethical principles can be made and resolved, bringing clarity in:
 * discerning the difference between what is constructive and what is not
 * why it is in one's own best interest to choose constructively
 * how to choose constructively in practical, everyday situations

The impact of the Living Consciously experience on individuals and groups has immediate and dramatic effects on participants in their business and personal lives.  The effect is a significant shift in the conscious understanding and perception of the individual with impact on all aspects of their being.

The Living Consciously approach creates a bridge to connect diverse groups, enabling a practical, simple way for all to communicate, understand, deal directly with difficult issues and create success together.

The comprehensive statistical tracking component of Living Consciously that accompanies the   interactive facilitation process provides companies with a means to actively and continuously measure the      conscious focus and ethical profile of their employees, as departments or as a whole.   

We invite you to find out more.  Please contact us.