We tend to treat organizations like individuals with bad habits. It's usually only after a diagnosis of carcinoma of the lung that a smoker quits smoking, but some do not. It is similar with organizations? There are warnings about the consequences for smoking tobacco, just as there are rules and laws about the behavior of organizations and their members, but some people ignore them. Some people have their own definition of what's right or wrong. They may have no concern for the well being of other individuals or an organization. In most organizations there are no incentives from leaders to support "the organizational good" and no consequences if one does not. But fortunately not all organizations and their Boards and leaders are moral failures. There are organizations that have successfully connected ethics with the various facets of accountability. These organizations have been successful because they set out to hire leaders with character, who have used common values to achieve uncommon things.