Your post demonstrates how essential it is that the leadership of a firm act ethical and the effects that felt through the organization. Even if a company has a code of ethics if the leadership is not acting in an ethical way then the rest of the firm will follow not have a high ethical standard. In the military we have a saying, "Lead by example", meaning that as leader we will hold ourselves at a higher standard in order to show the younger airman that we mentor what is proper behavior. What was the aftermath within the organization once Mr. Kubasik step down and how did they change the policies. Finally I ask did they have methods in place to enforce the policies? In the end all leaders should lead by example in order to have an ethical
