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January/February 2007
Financial Executive Magazine	Is Your Ethics Program Working? Culture is the leading risk factor comprising integrity and compliance in companies today, says David Gebler, president of Working Values.
Ethikos and Corporate Conduct Quarterly	Measuring the Effectiveness of Ethics/Compliance Programs (PDF) Ethikos discusses programs of note with Working Values and interviews David Gebler, Working Values President. See page 3 of PDF
CFO.com	Reform Effort Rebuked David Gebler, president of consulting firm Working Values Ltd., says companies should train midlevel managers to be better listeners and train high-level executives to lead by example.
Fall 2006
Book:	The Character of Leadership By James C. Sarros, Brian K. Cooper, Anne M. Haritican, Carolyn J. Baker Reference included in book to an article by David Gebler, president of Working Values
CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer)	Culture of Compliance CROs address the challenge of creating a unified approach to corporate responsibility. In this article, David Gebler, president of Working Values poses the question: "Was it only a coincidence that Enron was brought down by its internal ethics and Merck has been hit hard by the impact of Vioxx?"
Business and Society Review - Journal of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College	"Is Your Culture a Risk Factor?" Available only in print or by subscription.
May 2006
Ethical Corporation	North America: Ethics executives, harder to hire than you'd think Hiring an ethics officer is a tough task. David Gebler, president of Working Values, says the difficulties begin as early as defining the job description. [requires subscription to view article - free trial available]
Strategic Finance Magazine	Creating an Ethical Culture In the cover story for Strategic Finance Magazine, David Gebler, president of Working Values, discusses why companies looking to protect themselves from corporate fraud must take a hard look at their own culture.
April 2006
Strategic Finance	Creating an Ethical Culture Research has shown that codes of ethics are relatively ineffective in influencing behavior: What is essential is a sound, ethical corporate culture. That is why companies looking to protect themselves from corporate fraud must take a hard look at their own culture, said David Gebler, Working Values President.
January 2006
New England In-House	The SEC Wants Your Company To Be 'Cultured' - Creating an Effective Compliance Program Culture may be new on the radar screen, but it's not outside the scope or skills of forward-thinking corporate counsel, according to David Gebler, Working Values President.
GreenBiz News	Business Ethics Magazine Launches Weekly Radio Program Business Ethics magazine has launched a one-hour weekly radio program on Sirius Satellite Radio. One of the initial guests is David Gebler, president of Working Values.
November 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal	Proactively Assessing Organizational Integrity Risks Working Values introduces two new Web-based assessment tools to help organizations assess and address their integrity risks.
September 2005
	How Do We Measure Integrity in Our Workforce? A reader asks Dear Workforce, an HR newsletter by Workforce Management, how to measure integrity. David Gebler, president of Working Values responds with a three-step solution.
Summer 2005
WebCPA	Software and Hardware: Ethics lessons "Proposed changes to the Uniform Accountancy Act may require students to take more ethics courses - but that does not help the many accountants who have already graduated. Rather than write them all off as ethically impaired, Working Values has created Learning Moments, an interactive online and offline ethics and compliance training program.
HR Magazine	The Nexus of Ethics "We'd like to think there's a crisp line that divides the behaviors we do outside of work and those we engage in at work," says David Gebler, president of Working Values, a business ethics and training company in Sharon, Mass. But Gebler and others say the line is growing increasingly blurry."
Business Ethics Magazine	The Birth of the Ethics Industry David Gebler, Working Values president, and Brian Gontraski, business development director at Working Values, comment on the new climate of ethics.
Business Ethics Magazine	The Ethics Revolution David Gebler, Working Values president, and Brian Gontarski, business development director at Working Values, comment on the new climate of ethics.
Ethikos	The Touchy Issue of Intra-Office Romance David Gebler, Working Values president, comments on the role a code of conduct can play in dealing with office romance situations.
April 2005
The Post and Courier, Carleston.net	Working relationships David Gebler, Working Values' CEO, comments on the recent events at Boeing and trends in the workplace.
March 2005
	CNBC "Power Lunch" Features Working Values CEO. Watch the segment online | Read SmartPros' recap David Gebler, Working Values' CEO, appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" to discuss Boeing's board of directors' decision to oust Stonecipher.
March 2005
	Coors Ethics Program Among Best in Nation Golden, Colorado-based Molson Coors Brewing Co. has developed one of the most comprehensive ethics programs in the nation, Samuel Greengard wrote in a recent Workforce Management article.
March 2005
Hartford Courant	Boeing Boss Tossed For Trys In Scandals' Wake, A Higher Moral Bar is Raised David Gebler, president of Working Values, said little tolerance remains for executives carving out personal exceptions to company ethics rules.
February 2005
The Christian Science Monitor	Now, the Gross Corruption Product "People are people and human nature is human nature", David Gebler told The Christian Science Monitor. "I don't think the level of personal integrity is higher or lower than it ever has been."
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September 2004
Jerusalem Post	Start the year off right David Gebler discusses common pitfalls to recognize in ethics programs with the Jerusalem Post.
August 2004
	Creating a Climate of Compliance (* media file) David Gebler examines how the "carrot and stick" approach of the proposed federal sentencing guidelines revises the criteria a business must follow in order to create an effective compliance and ethics program. (* Note: Windows Media file requires Microsoft Windows Media Player, a sound card and speakers. Also, a high-speed Internet connection is recommended.)
June 2004
	Accounting School Gets an Ethics Makeover David Gebler, president of Working Values examines and a senior vice president of SmartPros, and Shane Gillispie, vice president of marketing services at SmartPros, are quoted in Financial Executive magazine on the ethics trend in CPE.
May 2004
	How do you bring this runaway complainer under control? (PDF)
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December 2003
	How do we know if ethics training is working? (PDF)
October 2003
	Internal Controls Integrity-Based Business Processes (* media file)David Gebler explains how an organization's focus on integrity-based business processes will have an impact on the effectiveness of its internal controls. (* Note: Windows Media file requires Microsoft Windows Media Player, a sound card and speakers. Also, a high-speed Internet connection is recommended.)
April 2003
	Ethics: More than a Code of Conduct (* media file) David Gebler explains how why the process of creating a culture of integrity involves more than publishing a corporate code of ethics. (* Note: Windows Media file requires Microsoft Windows Media Player, a sound card and speakers. Also, a high-speed Internet connection is recommended.)