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February 15, 2010

UBS ethics' code

I have had a hard copy of their ethics code for some time, but it was not up on their website. So one wonders if the employees could find it at all, given all the events that they have lived through in the past 18 months.

Now you can find the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of UBS on their website under corporate governance. Apparently, they have asked all their employees to sign it. Now if only the management and executives will show the example, they might actually be able to start a culture change.

Posted by on February 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM in Corporate Governance |

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George Scheller

good day Beth

Just looking in. Change is not brought about by having people sign bits of paper. A basic understanding of ethics must be taught at home and at school. Unless we change the compensation structure for certain achievements we are not going to go anywhere. You have UBS we have the Cologne Subway. It's a never ending story. We have moved into a society based on consumption. More is better.It will take a long time to change this mentality.

so long, George

Posted by: George Scheller | February 17, 2010 at 04:01 PM

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