What do organizational behavior and industrial psychology tell us about educating an ethical workforce?
It’s from organizational behavior and industrial psychology that we gain insights about the psychological principles that govern learning and memory. Repetition helps learners retain information. The opportunity to apply the newly learned skill to a new situation creates new neuropathways that learners can rely upon when a need arises in the future. Being able to visualize as they learn helps reinforce the learning process. And being presented with engaging material helps ensure that learners engage in the process and internalize what they learn. Paula Puryear, JD Corporate Compliance and Corporate Communications Expert Paula Puryear is a lawyer, writer, and principal in the corporate compliance and corporate communications consultancy that bears her name. After a brief stint with the law firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Paula retired from the practice of law to devote herself full-time to her first love—writing. Paula is an expert communicator whose experience with her corpo