rewrite: Morals and ethics are viewed as a high priority here. Because we are a publicly traded company anything we do affects our shareholders. The main areas I can see that morals and ethics to play are in Finance, Purchasing, and Trade Compliance. In Finance there is always a big push to get our quarterly numbers completed fast to provide those numbers out to the shareholders. Money is always in buckets. We can pull in from the upcoming quarter to make the current quarter look more profitable. I believe there is a fine line on what is ethical in this case. In the purchasing side I see that a purchaser can gain certain perks when buying from suppliers. With a purchase of certain amount, you can get free "swag". Some of these items maybe enticing to some and may lead a purchaser to bump up the amount being purchased to meet this perk even if this amount is not required. There are also suppliers that provide tickets to events or gifts. Our company does not allow for these types of gifts to be accepted. On the trade compliance side of the world here we are closely tied to finance. If