The broadcast media have been awash in stories about company Christmas parties and the career risks for attendees who drink too much or who otherwise misbehave
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We asked the CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel for their observations.
The vast majority have seen very little misconduct of any kind. A small number of panelists report that their organizations are nonetheless sufficiently concerned that they developed written codes of conduct. Meanwhile others volunteer that any company that needs a written code suffers from a weak shared culture.
These are the key findings from the current web-survey of the panel of CEOs and business leaders undertaken for the Canadian Business under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.
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