Cisco is an American company that manufactures and sells networking equipment. They strive to be honest and demonstrate the highest integrity of any business. To have this title for a business, there must be rules and regulations to keep everything running smoothly. They must be loyal, obey the law and keep good financial records. They must also know how to avoid misconduct by their employees, shareholders and business partners in order to maintain their excellent reputation. Employee MisconductCisco strives to systematically respond to policy violations. Different office organizations will be involved depending on the situation. Some of these organizations include a human resources, legal and ethics office. Employees are required to tell the truth and cooperate with the investigation. Failure of employees to cooperate with the investigation will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. Misconduct of Shareholders Insider trading, like in any other business, is an important rule in the stock market industry. This means that if someone has information that is not public, they should not use it to their advantage in the market. Even a transaction that seems inappropriate should be avoided. Transactions are closely monitored and Cisco cooperates with government agencies in investigations. Cisco employees are also not permitted to pass on any information they know to family or friends to avoid a loss or make a profit. This would constitute a violation of professional secrecy. Employees should avoid talking about their work in public places so that information is not omitted. Misconduct of business partners. Cisco promotes healthy relationships with its business partners. They know that it is common to give or accept a gift, but are careful not to influence conflicts of interest...... middle of paper ...... there will be an employee who will need help making an ethical decision. Finding someone to talk to or resources that can help you can be difficult to find. There is information to help someone in a sticky situation where they might need advice. Some of these resources include realology.com access to their ethics page with information on the topic. Another website to check out would be ethnicrealism.wordpress on their ethical realism page. Cisco strives to be the most honest, fair and loyal company in the world. For this to happen, there must be rules and regulations to follow to avoid slipping up on something that might go against this title. There must be a high level of loyalty, always obeying the law and keeping accurate financial records. Cisco also needs to know the various malpractices to avoid in order to remain the great company that it is...