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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Charlotte Observer

Butterfield Faces Ethics Probe Over Foreign Travel
The Lincoln Tribune
RALEIGH — North Carolina Congressman GK Butterfield is one of a half-dozen federal lawmakers facing an ethics probe for ...
Ethics Probe Widens For Rep. Joe WilsonMyFox Chicago
Wilson's trips scrutinizedCharlotte Observer
South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas tripsMiamiHerald.com
The State -WPDE -Greenville Daily Reflector
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Missouri ethics reforms raise questions
Kansas City Star
And the new investigatory powers depend on unanimous agreement from a politically divided ethics commission. Lawmakers uniformly call the legislation a step ...
Campaign fund reports released for candidatesNews-Leader.com

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Washington Post

Most Manhattan Voters Want Charles Rangel to Step Down, Poll Says
DNAinfo
A new poll showed a majority of Manhattan voters wanted Charles Rangel to step down amid an ethics probe. By Della Hasselle MANHATTAN – Most voters in ...
Rangel Should Resign, Manhattan Voters Tell PollNew York Times
Rangel spends $111000 on legal fees in 2 monthsThe Associated Press
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's legal tab is $1.8 million and risingNew York Daily News
Gothamist
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New York Daily News

Rep. John Campbell, other lawmakers face ethics inquiry
Los Angeles Times
The House Ethics Committee will investigate campaign fundraising appeals to Wall Street firms ahead of a vote on financial regulatory legislation. Rep. ...
Queens Rep. Joseph Crowley says he's clean in House ethics probeNew York Daily News
Three Ethics Cases Referred to House PanelFOXNews (blog)
Ethics probes of three House members move forwardUSA Today
Dallas Morning News -Atlanta Journal Constitution -Politico
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Summey seeking ethics ruling
Charleston Post Courier
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey has sent a 20-page letter and package of materials to the state Ethics Commission seeking guidance on ...

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Sportsnet.ca

Canadian football player tests positive for HGH
The Associated Press
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports says one of the 20 blood tests collected from the team came back positive for HGH. Earlier this year, the British ...
Waterloo football player tested positive for HGHCBC.ca
Canadian Is Positive For HGHNew York Times
Football player tested positive for HGH, ethics group saysCalgary Herald

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Letters to the President: #593 'Ethics? Uh…no thanks…'
CNN (blog)
And I have joked before that the ethics committee in Congress is about as useful as a fork in a soup eating contest. But this is the kind of thing, ...


FITSNews

More Ethics Rumblings
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The new Office of Congressional Ethics continues to ruffle more feathers in Congress, as now it has evidently spurred a probe of how lawmakers spent travel ...
Wilson responds to ethics investigationThe Gamecock
Rep. Wilson under House ethics investigationLive 5 News
Wilson target of ethics probeCharleston Post Courier
MiamiHerald.com -The Right Perspective (blog)
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Waters forms legal defense fund to wage fight against ethics charges
The Hill
has established a legal defense fund to pay for any expenses associated with her full-throttled battle against ethics charges that she used her position to ...
Rangel Hearings to Test His Party, TooWall Street Journal
Waters opens legal defense fundPolitico

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Kline ethics hearing postponed again
Kansas City Star
TOPEKA| A hearing on an ethics complaint against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has been postponed — again — until Feb. 21. ...
Ex-Kan. AG's ethics case postponed until FebruaryNTV

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Top 10 Principles for Positive Business Ethics

This morning, I read about a company using on-line auctions... Read More

No Credit is Due: Bad Telemarketing

Just a few minutes ago I was debating what to... Read More

MacDonalidisation: Braverman, Taylor & Mayo

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

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

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

The Armaments Industry and Holy (?) Roman Emperors

"The time for fixing every essential right on a legal... Read More

The Three Schools of Business Ethics

G. Richard Shell, author of Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies... Read More

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

Breaking news may feature the Enron debacle, WorldCom activities, or... Read More

Enron?s Ultimate Victim: Ethics

FROM the 'MORAL HIGH GROUND', where we imagine ourselves, the... Read More

The Collapse of Enron: Managerial Aspects

Executive summaryIts revenues made up US $139($184) billion, assets equaled... Read More

The Social Implications of Computing

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

Ethics in Business - Please Have Some

Is your business ethical?What I mean is "Does your business... Read More

Are You Selling Out Your Integrity?

Integrity in business is a quality that is highly under-rated... Read More

Conflict: Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

I got yelled at tonight. Not the type of yelling... Read More

Ethics? How To Take the Measure Business

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

Six Reasons to Give

If you run a business, you undoubtedly feel many pressures... Read More

How To Build A Business Ethics Program

Recent corporate financial scandals have highlighted the importance of business... Read More

Diversity

I know that diversity has been a big topic of... 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: Functional Choices

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

Laws and Ethics?. Who?s Kidding Who?

Years ago I read an article by a renowned psychologist... Read More

Business Ethics: An Oxymoron?

Why do I believe good PR and business ethics are... Read More

Business Ethics

There is much talk today about ethics in business -... Read More

Work Ethics ? A Paradigm Shift

Work ethics is a hot topic in today's business and... Read More

Business Ethics: The Law of Corporate Karma

According to the shamanic traditions, the great mystery of being... Read More

Mind Your Own Damn Business Sexcess

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