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Policy Issues: Ethics: a code to guide you when integrity is on the line

March is National Ethics month, promoted by many fine insurance organizations such as the CPCU Society. So it seems only fitting I am watching the movie "Gettysburg." What does a movie about one of the most frequently discussed and hotly debated

By Chris Amrhein | Updated on February 29, 2004

March is National Ethics month, promoted by many fine insurance organizations such as the CPCU Society. So it seems only fitting I am watching the movie “Gettysburg.” What does a movie about one of the most frequently discussed and hotly debated battles in U.S. history have to do with insurance ethics? Well, since you asked….

Ethics also is one of the most frequently discussed and hotly debated topics in our society, not to mention the insurance industry. And just as Civil War buffs tend to let emotions and myths interfere with historical facts, people who discuss ethics inevitably lapse into disagreements about morals and values. Since many states now require completion of an ethics class as a criterion for meeting CE requirements, no doubt there is a lot of disagreeing going on in our business.

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