By valuing ethics, an organization promotes and rewards all of the following except:

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Valuing ethics centers on moral principles that guide how people treat others and make choices—honesty, fairness, and integrity are direct expressions of those principles. An organization that priorities ethics reinforces truthful communication, fair handling of stakeholders, and consistency between what people say and what they do. Punctuality, while important for professionalism, reflects timeliness and reliability rather than a moral decision about right and wrong. So the behavior that ethics most directly promotes is honesty, fairness, and integrity, making punctuality the one not inherently fostered by valuing ethics.