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Similar to building trust, establishing strong norms for ethical behavior can take significant time and effort as a leader. If not maintained, however, those hard-earned results take very little time to disappear. A strong ethical climate requires the shared assumption that all group members will consistently do the right thing, which is difficult in a business where cutting corners can lead to results that are often rewarded. Maintaining a belief in ‘doing the right thing’ requires deliberate efforts by leaders to remain transparent, promote discussion of ethical decision making, lead by example, reliably enforce organizational policy, and inspire others to adopt the leaders’ ethical standards. This webcast covers some creative techniques for enforcing ethical expectations and inspiring employees to consider the ethical implications of their decisions.
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As General Counsel and Secretary, Ms. Rhodes is responsible for all legal matters and corporate secretary duties within the Corporation. This includes corporate governance, corporate transactions, tax compliance, intellectual property, litigation management, employment issues and real estate. Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization working at all levels of government, in private industry and with other nonprofits in areas that are essential to our nation’s well being: national security, public safety, transportation, health care, citizen services, energy and the environment, and oceans, atmosphere and space.
Prior to working at Noblis, Ms. Rhodes was with several publicly-traded technology companies where, as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, she was responsible for all legal and compliance matters, including SEC compliance and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Rhodes was in the private practice of corporate law for thirteen years prior to going in-house.
Ms. Rhodes graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Maryland School of Law and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts. She is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars and holds a Corporate Counsel Registration from the Virginia Bar. She is also a member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries and the American Corporate Counsel Association.