We’re less than a month away from the release of Jack and Suzy Welch‘s newest work, The Real Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career (Harper Business, 2015). It is a certain best-seller, and pre-orders for the book are rocking the online outlets. Considering their… Read More Another Duo Welch Book Hits the Charts on April 15 – But Ethics?
Before you decide upon an ethics program for your organization, consider how the facilitator conducts it, and what content he or she exposes your people to. We don’t think training people about ethics should be from a situational or conditional perspective. We don’t believe in excuses or promises. We don’t believe in people sitting… Read More Be Sure You Know How Your People Learn about Ethics
I think it is time for a new executive officer on every leadership team. The name of this position should be CEO – Chief Ethics Officer. (Though I doubt that these initials are available). “First, do no harm…” We’ve got a serious problem, and it is going to take some serious solutions. Now, there is… Read More Maybe It’s time for a new CEO – a Chief Ethics Officer
News item: Dallas Police Department fires three officers: Dallas Police Chief David Brown fired three officers Friday in cases involving alleged substance abuse, including one who police say drove while drunk and fired a weapon out of his car and another found to have misused prescription drugs. News Item: Parkland Memorial Hospital fired a social… Read More Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Trading Places, and Today’s News – Some Saturday Musings about Values, Morals, Ethics
Who can we trust? Who can we trust to tell us the truth? Especially, when the truth really matters? This is not a new concern. And, the sense that more and more people seem to be so untrustworthy may be a false sense. I suspect that if we picked any decade, from any century, thoughtful… Read More Are They Telling Us The Truth? – Maybe The Issue Of The Era (60 Minutes Reveals a Liar)
Here’s a really interesting article. This is one of those “I didn’t know about this, but I should have!” stories. The article is entitled The ‘Learning Knights’ of Bell Telephone by Wes Davis, in the New York Times. (in the top 10 e-mailed articles). It is a story from the 1950’s. The problem: A number… Read More The 10 Month Immersion In “Humanistic Studies” That Really Mattered – A Story From Yesteryear
Do not, under any circumstances, tell a lie – of either commission or omission. Do not stretch the truth, exaggerate, or make ___ up to get out of trouble or make yourself look good… Do not attempt to project different images depending on whom you’re with. People can spot inauthenticity… Show up as yourself consistently. … Read More I’ve Been Thinking About Ethical Responsibilities…
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