According to a press release from Aflac as of March 16, 2012, Aflac is the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. Aflac serves more than 466,000 employers across the nation and protect more than 50 million people in the world. The company has been named one of the World’s most Ethical Company for six years in a row according to Ethisphere magazine, which publishes the globally recognized World’s Most Ethical Companies in a quarterly publication from the Ethisphere Institute. Fortune 500 listed the company 128th out of 500 companies as one Americas largest corporation.
Daniel Amos the CEO of Aflac has been with the company since 1973. Daniel Amos stated “this company was founded with the premise that if you take care of your employees, they will take care of the company. This principle has proven true for more than 50 years as Aflac has grown from a small family business to a Fortune 500 company.” Amos also stated that as a public company regardless if the news is good or bad it is the company’s responsibility to inform the people what is going on. “At Aflac, it is our custom to tell people what we are doing and why we are doing it to limit any surprises in the future. As a publicly traded company, our actions impact the lives of shareholders and since they own our company, they have the right to know what lies ahead,” stated Amos. Amos also stated that Aflac’s ethics program is taught from top down. All employees must take an online course and receive constant reminders on ethics and privacy, which is to treat customers, stakeholders and colleagues with dignity and respect.
According to Management Communications (Baack, 2012p.8.1) ethical decisions are made by every member of an organization. Baack, 2012 cites (Kolin, 2001), that ethical communication consists of passing information along in a manner that is truthful, does not violate the rights of others, and does not aim to deceive. Aflac’s CEO Daniel Amos has...