Our times are times of increasing pressure. Getting results faster seems to be what everybody wants, though faster does not always mean better.

In this race, things are overlooked, put aside as unimportant, or just forgotten. One such aspect, which is quite easy to cast aside, since it does not form a physical part of the actual product or service delivered, is the Ethical Ground on which one does business.

Though Ethics is a big word, People are constantly making decisions that have ethical dimensions, although this mostly occurs on a subconscious level. Every action that might affect other people has an ethical side to it: others can judge these actions good or bad, just or unjust, moral or immoral, ethically favorable or ethically questionable.

Even though we do it every day, we don't want to be bothered with these issues. Ethics is all too quickly equated with the pointing finger of well meaning or religious know it-alls. It is felt to be antiquated, unrealistic, surplus to requirements.

Moreover, the differing moral perceptions of different cultures muddy the waters still further. What is condemned as immoral in one country may be more or less de rigueur in another. Faced with concrete moral demands, it is thus perfectly understandable when people question whether morality and ethics are not far removed from the realities we know as well as being the seemingly random product of different culture.

Yet, as the realities of this world show, ethical issues are highly relevant when it comes to counting profits. Unethical behavior of employees within an organization, such as fraud or embezzlement, often leads to grave financial losses.

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 6% of an organization's revenue may be lost because of occupational fraud, which would constitute $600 billion out of the annual revenue of the United States.

One might say that losing 6% is simply the price of doing business. However, bad-intentioned activity from within the organization can be tackled and reduced to minimum, given the right tools.

Humint Solutions presents a series of unique ethics related products that will help deal with these problems:

Ethical Enterprise Management - Recruiting - Be sure you recruit the right person to a high or sensitive position, not only by checking her/his professional skills but also by taking a deeper look into the person's integrity and credibility profile.

Creating a Code of Ethics - Make it matter for your employees, improving the ethical environment within the organization, as well as improving its image, as seen by outsiders.

Ethics Workshops - Raise awareness, and make ethical issues a live subject for discussion on a daily basis, thus reducing the possibility of people knowing that something is wrong and saying nothing about it.