Morality, values, morality – philosophy provides the blueprint for laws. This requires an ethical reflection. Although the Compliance management systems philosophy also plays a significant role. This means that the philosophical side of compliance management is evident not only in the law itself, but also in legislation.
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Laws and values
Laws are based on values. Basic convictions are applied in the drafting of laws. These moral concepts do not create the law, but the legislators take over the values from the existing values. Philosophy in particular provides a decisive basis for this.
Philosophy provides the blueprint for laws.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Value cannon as a basis for legislation
Philosophy contributes to the emergence and consolidation of individual values. Philosophy formulates and explains values and thus makes them clear. Moral evaluation thus arises through actual life and through the ethical reflection of real life in philosophy. The legislation uses this canon of values. Similarly, the case-law based on it draws from this fund.
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Laws are created out of our morality.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Laws are inspired by the philosophical reflection of values. Morality thus stimulates instructions that result from violations.
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The philosophical side of compliance management
Environmental protection, trademark rights or employee rights – these are the special areas in which compliance is concentrated. Compliance means anchoring rules within a company. The rules reflect the ethical standard of a company and are primarily intended to create mechanisms for identifying and sanctioning violations of rules and laws. We advise and support you in all...
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Ethical evaluation in compliance
A company should be aware of what values it lives and what measures are needed to improve the company's value canon. Whether or not a particular action is justified is not the only question that an enterprise should ask itself when taking stock of its values. A significant point of philosophical work is a...
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Hidden values in the law
Practising compliance in a company does not mean adhering rigidly to paragraphs and regulations. Even if something is in accordance with the rules, it can still be immoral or immoral. This dilemma leads to compliance failing if it is directed solely at rules. As is well known, pure compliance management lacks a sense of enforcement of unknown values....
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Role of philosophy in compliance management
Morality, values, morality – philosophy provides the blueprint for laws. This requires an ethical reflection. Although compliance management is mainly a legal task, philosophy also plays an important role. This means that the philosophical side of compliance management is evident not only in the law itself, but also in legislation. We advise and...
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Values in Compliance
The inner value compass of a human being is not replaceable by rules. This makes compliance values necessary. A value compass allows people to distinguish between right and wrong. Companies can strengthen their character by clearly defining basic values and implementing them in their daily business. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. Companies should comply not only as compliance with...
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Compliance development of standards to values
Compliance, which is disorientative and blind to morality, can only meet the requirements of the modern economy in a limited way. Modern corporate culture requires the further development of standards-based compliance towards value-based compliance. Compliance should therefore result from integrity. Integrity is a concept of ethics and calls for uniformity between one's own ideals and values and the de facto...
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External rules and one's own morality
If a misconduct generally contradicts one's own morality and that of the environment, this can prevent wrong conduct. Values and rules that are commonly used in a society form morality. People see moral action as just and agree with it. Purpose of morality In a society, ethical and moral values control the conduct of people's lives. Morality...
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Knowledge and skills of a compliance officer
Legal understanding, entrepreneurial understanding and security in the handling of data – these are the most important characteristics of a compliance officer. In addition, however, there is still further knowledge and skills that are among the requirements for a compliance officer. Strategic thinking is an ability that no compliance officer should lack. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. We offer you a further education...