Ethics policies typically cover all of the following issues except:

• A. Encouraging discriminatory personnel practices
• B. Financial reporting integrity
• C. Workplace safety
• D. Environmental stewardship

Answer: (A)

Ethics policies are built to guide behavior toward fairness, honesty, safety, and responsibility. They typically cover financial reporting integrity to ensure truthful, accurate disclosures; workplace safety to protect employees; and environmental stewardship to minimize harm and promote sustainable practices. Encouraging discriminatory personnel practices clashes with these aims, because ethics policies promote fair treatment and prohibit discrimination. So that option isn’t something a thoughtful ethics policy would endorse or actively cover. The other areas—financial reporting integrity, workplace safety, and environmental stewardship—are standard parts of ethics policy because they relate to trust, compliance, and corporate responsibility.