Ethics Have Calculable Value

The president of the umbrella organization for in-house attorneys in Europe – the European Company Lawyers Association, or ECLA – outlines the ways in which ethics and socially responsible policies can have a positive impact on a company’s bottom line. These include lowering costs, improving efficiencies, and making consumers into believers in the company and the product. In this Today’s General Counsel Article, writer Sergio Marini also addresses a problematic issue in Europe – the fact that privilege varies significantly from country to country – and what his organization had done to address the issue.