Business Ethics: The Law of Corporate Karma

According to the shamanic traditions, the great mystery of being is that all things are alive and have a level of intelligence. This is because all things are a part of the Great Spirit. However, all things also function individually, in thought and action. It is in these individual actions... Read More

Ethics in Business...A Lost Art

While watching Face the Nation one Sunday earlier this year, Bob Schiffer discussed the airline industry, his mother and ethics in business. Like Bob, I think it is a sad commentary today, that we have to police businesses. Whatever happened to going into business to provide a needed service, being... Read More

Ethics in Business - Please Have Some

Is your business ethical?What I mean is "Does your business do the right thing when faced with that decision?" It's a simple question, which many businesses struggle with. I just don't understand the struggle part?I have worked for companies that believed they were ethical, and really have no clue. Meaning... Read More

Top 10 Principles for Positive Business Ethics

This morning, I read about a company using on-line auctions to defraud customers. Last week, I consulted on an ethics complaint where a business coach betrayed a client's confidentiality. And, recently a Physician was convicted of insider trading based on information from a patient, a violation of both business ethics... Read More

How To Build A Business Ethics Program

Recent corporate financial scandals have highlighted the importance of business ethics and legal compliance. Yet a recent National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) survey of 280 corporate CEOs and directors found that "only one of three directors felt that they were highly effective in ensuring legal compliance".Ethics in BusinessMost companies... Read More

Ethics In The Workplace

Workplace Ethics is a subject that we have all heard of. In fact, the subject of Ethics in general is something that most people are familiar with. And, what is commonly understood about ethics is there are ethics and then there are workplace ethics. What most people don't realize, however,... Read More

Do Organizations Serve Us Or Do We Serve Organizations

We have seen an erosion in the confidence that society has in organizational leadership and its integrity recently with the numerous accounting scandals that have become public.Clearly this has led to the demise of several large organizations. In performance terms it is obvious that erosion of leadership integrity is not... Read More

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Shifting Culture and Climate in Todays Corporate World

This articles relates to the AlphaMeasure core competency Culture and Climate. AlphaMeasure defines climate as the effect an organization has on the employees, while culture refers more to the acceptable behaviors, attitudes, and habits of the organization as a whole. Knowing and understanding workplace culture and climate leads to a... Read More

Business Ethics: An Oxymoron

An oxymoron: the juxtaposition of contradictory words or concepts. That is what we have with the term "Business Ethics". The very contradiction that is inherent in this latter phrase is an indication of the challenge that individuals who work for organizations face as we all approach the resource limits of... Read More

Laws and Ethics?. Who?s Kidding Who?

Years ago I read an article by a renowned psychologist wherein he wrote his studies found one percent of all human beings would never lie, cheat or steal. One percent would always lie, cheat or steal and given the right set of circumstances, the rest of us would likely lie,... Read More

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Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill. It's the latest claim in a changing stream of explanations. ...
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(CNN) -- The superintendent calls it the "Right-Size" plan," but many Kansas City, Missouri, residents say it's plain wrong. Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the city's public schools. ...
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Experts Say Carlos Likely Saved His Family With Quick Thinking, 911 Call - ABC News

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Experts Say Carlos Likely Saved His Family With Quick Thinking, 911 Call
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His panicked voice was heartbreaking. But the 7-year-old California boy hailed as a hero for calling 911 while gunmen tore through his house showed poise and quick thinking well beyond his years. ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan met with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Thursday in a show of public friendship, with both leaders stressing that stability for their countries hinged on mutual ...
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Profile: 'Jihad Jane' from Main Street - BBC News

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Profile: 'Jihad Jane' from Main Street
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The blonde middle-aged woman apparently raised no concerns with her boyfriend or her neighbours on Main Street, Pennsbury, Philadelphia. But online she had allegedly agreed to kill in the name of holy war, believing her European looks would allow her ...
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$100 billion proposal to save city worker jobs - San Francisco Chronicle

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$100 billion proposal to save city worker jobs
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(03-11) 04:00 PST Washington - -- With unemployment still stubbornly high despite last year's $800 billion fiscal stimulus, a top House Democrat and Bay Area lawmaker on Wednesday proposed sending cities $100 billion over the next two years to ...
Key senators balk at adding student loan overhaul to health-care legislationWashington Post
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Factbox: Key facts about NY Lieutenant Gov Richard Ravitch
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch on Wednesday unveiled his plan to solve the state's fiscal crisis and close a five-year $60 billion structural deficit. Ravitch has been in the spotlight increasingly because of ...
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Business Ethics: An Oxymoron

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Is Your Management Style Lead By Intimidation?

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Business Ethics: The Law of Corporate Karma

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Work Ethics ? A Paradigm Shift

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Is Good Neighborliness Good Business?

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Communicable Corporate Diseases Hurting Business Sexcess!

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Top 10 Principles for Positive Business Ethics

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Minding Your Global Manners

To say that today's business environment is becoming increasingly more... Read More

Do Organizations Serve Us Or Do We Serve Organizations

We have seen an erosion in the confidence that society... Read More

Business Ethics

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The Everyday Business Ethics Crisis Or Im Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take it Anymore

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Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Diversity And Success, In The Workplace

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The Views of Karl Marx VS Max Weber

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The Collapse of Enron: Managerial Aspects

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The Deception Perception: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain

The Deception PerceptionWithout a doubt, people would rather do business... Read More

What is a Ponzi Scheme?

This is for those who don't believe me when I... Read More

The Only Thing You Get for Free in Life is Hungry!

My grandfather was a very wise man. Simple but wise.... Read More

Business Ethics: Functional Choices

Years of experience have taught me there is no such... Read More

Mind Your Own Damn Business Sexcess

You have certainly heard the expression "mind your own damn... Read More

The Social Implications of Computing

Directed by Mark Harrison, "Visions of Heaven and Hell" is... Read More

Ethics in Business...A Lost Art

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Ethics? How To Take the Measure Business

When asked to write a small piece pertaining to ethics... Read More

MacDonalidisation: Braverman, Taylor & Mayo

Background: George Ritzer defined McDonaldization as "...the process by which... Read More