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Article: Integrity and Ethical Behavior Should Rest at the Top of Our Personal Agenda, Deloitte & Touche CEO Copeland Tells Georgia State Class of 2003; Commencement Address Calls for All Educational Institutions to Provide Ethics Instruction.
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- May 10, 2003
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ATLANTA -- ATLANTA, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- James E. Copeland Jr., chief executive officer of Deloitte & Touche and its global organization, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, sent business school graduates from Georgia State University's class of 2003 off to its future with a commencement address that focused on ethics and integrity, noting that the success of American business depends on how leaders demonstrate these qualities in their everyday actions and business decisions.
Copeland, a 1967 graduate of accounting studies from the university, told the gathering from the school's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, "Ethics and integrity boil down to an individual. We ...