Many annual reports reference their organization's employees as their greatest assets. Experience, however, suggests that few organizations actually treat their employees as such. The author has made a life's work of creating a firm with an employee-centric environment, one that emphatically values the individual, so the individual can, in turn, care for the firm. His book lays out, in plain language, the pitfalls that occur when an organization fails to protect its people from the often insidious belief that the end justifies the means. It posits that only when management recognizes that the firm exists to provide an ethical environment in which employees can fully develop and apply their business skills, will the firm be positioned for true success. After outlining the framework for an employee-centric organization, the book chronicles the founding of the business firm Andesa Services, Inc. and follows its successes, failures, and culture for several decades. Andesa is a successful firm. Why? Because its employees thrive, its clients are well served, and its shareholders are appropriately compensated. Everyone wins, and the firm succeeds. This is no coincidence. ETHICS AND THE EMPLOYEE-CENTRIC FIRM is a roadmap to true corporate wealth.