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Figure 2. The organization of teams

policies oriented to the human capital, policies
oriented to the tasks (technical people rewarded,
work assured and work utility)
It seems clear that the human resources policies
of the information system can be varied, especially
by having into account the wide number of avail-
able tools in this area.

• To formulate a conduct code

• To establish the clear acting rules in situa-

tions of ethic conflict

• To clearly specify the sanctions applied in

non ethic conducts

• To public recognise the ethical conducts

• To develop programs, meetings and rec-

ommend readings

The Ethics and the ERP System

• To inform, promote the knowledge of the

Acts implied with the proper use of IS and
IT at Organisations The CIO must be the highest responsible for the

computer ethics in the ERP system, and must
then supervise and pay attention to the influence
of the ERP over society and consider the poli-
cies that can be adopted for a correct use of the
technology. This preoccupation for the ethics is
immediately perceived by people working with
the ERP systems, especially for those in charge
of the more invisible part of them.
Parker (1988) proposes ten actions to promote
the ethical conduct in the employees in the infor-
mation system of a firm that could be extended
to the ERP cases,

• To delimitate the ethical responsibilities if

each worker according to their tasks.

• To promote the use of “restructuring pro-

grams” for people avoiding ethical norms.

• To promote the integration of workers in

the professional associations

• To offer example with the own acts

the organization inertia in the firm

It is referred to the aspects of visioning and plan-
ning ( Falkowski et al., 1998; Holland et al., 1999;