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» 2007Dec 31, 2007
Biblically, the number eight is indicative of new beginnings. New beginnings. A chance to make things right. A chance to do it all over again, or at least, this time get it right. For some, new beginnings may not be …
Tagged: change, leadership, leader, resolutions
Dec 31, 2007
Proverbs 9:19 "...where there is no vision, the people perish..." Solomon's words here are one of the mantras that I try to live my life by to the fullest. It is imperative that any effective leader have and keep a …
Tagged: leadership, leader, vision
Dec 29, 2007
I was involved in a conversation a few days ago that reminded me of one of the hallmark cases of Bad Business, with capital B’s. We were discussing the WorldCom case and how it has played out. In checking to see what …
Dec 27, 2007
The American College, in Bryn Mawr, PA will be holding a business ethics Webcast on March 4, 2008. It will bring together Steve Anderson (Waddell and Reed), Jeff Bosco (American Family Insurance), John Green …
Tagged: business, training, webcast, ethics, ethics training
Dec 27, 2007
The multi-billion dollar military procurement business appears to be riddled with fraud. Called the “Iron Triangle,” the relationship among the Pentagon, budget-setting, and defense contractors, has often been a …
Tagged: military, procurement, pentagon, congress, fraud, government contracts
Dec 27, 2007
The use of unpaid child labor is perhaps the ultimate bad business practice. The Gap was caught in such a relationship in late October. Once it was made public, Gap officials terminated the relationship. That is too …
Tagged: human rights, the gap, child labor, sweatshop
Dec 23, 2007
I recently ran across an excellent common-sense article by John D. Copeland about the ethics of business gifts, a timely topic. His first rule is to make sure what your company’s policy on gifts actually is. Some …
Tagged: vendors, holiday, clients, gifting, business gifts
Dec 22, 2007
Yvonne Russell at SmallBizMentor.com recently highlighted a possible ethical problem surrounding Christmas in Australia. It seems that many Australians order packages called hampers for delivery to others, and …
Tagged: australia, christmas, customer service, delivery, hampers
Dec 22, 2007
In Glendale, CA there is a family grieving the loss of their daughter. Nataline Sarkisyan died Thursday night in Los Angeles. Nataline had been a leukemia patient. Her brother had donated bone marrow to get her past …
Tagged: insurance, health and medicine, ethics, socialized medicine
Dec 22, 2007
This is a story that is almost too painful to write. The Lakota tribe has withdrawn from its treaties with the United States and essentially declared the land of the Lakota to be a sovereign nation. This will certainly …
Tagged: war, ethics, native americans, government contracts, treaties