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

In The News:


Dr. Jay Katz, influential expert on medical law and ethics, dies at 86
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours ago
... interests and motivations of doctors and patients made him a leading authority on medical ethics, died of heart failure Monday in New Haven, Conn. ...

Developer accused of ethics breach
Boston Globe, United States - 2 hours ago
The enforcement division of the State Ethics Commission made the allegation against Jack Scott, president of Pine Creek Development Corp. ...

Times Online

Hillary's Big Ethics Problem: Bill
The Nation., NY - 12 hours ago
What guidelines should govern Bill Clinton's future activities if Hillary becomes Secretary of State? Recent events suggest that at least two are necessary: ...
Video: New US Administration to clean up the mess RussiaToday
Former US President Clinton to Submit to Ethics Review Voice of America
A Complex Knot of Conflicts Washington Post
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Globe Magazine preview: Chuck Turner on race, ethics
Boston Globe, United States - Nov 21, 2008
It touches on politics and race and states, "Its time for Americans to admit that ethics never have had a significant influence on American politics. ...
Turner on politics and ethics The Phoenix
(Illustration by Katherine Streeter) Boston Globe
Turner arrested, charged with accepting a bribe Boston Globe
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Colo. ethics panel OKs travel "gifts"
Bizjournals.com, NC - Nov 21, 2008
An independent ethics commission has determined it’s OK for government officials in Colorado to accept donated travel from businesses and others — providing ...

Boston Globe

On DiMasi, mum's the word
Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago
What connection, if any, the speaker had to the contract cajoling is the subject of a state Ethics Commission investigation, while state and federal ...
Statehouse surrounded in controversy SouthCoastToday.com
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Call for a code of ethics for bloggers
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 12 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR: Blogging is no longer a part-time job and it is time bloggers had a code of ethics to promote accountability, said Home Minister Datuk Seri ...
Malaysia: Blogging Code of Ethics? Global Voices Online
BERNAMA.COM Bernama
Syed Hamid tells bloggers to be accountable New Straits Times
Malaysia Starall 10 news articles

Ethics probe shows Isett used campaign money to pay wife
Amarillo.com, TX - Nov 22, 2008
AP AUSTIN - The Texas Ethics Commission has fined state Rep. Carl Isett $6400 for using campaign money to pay his wife more than $30000 for bookkeeping ...
Lubbock lawmaker fined in ethics probe KDBC
Lubbock lawmaker fined for paying wife with political donations Austin American-Statesman
Representative Isett Fined For Paying Wife With Campaign Funds myFOXlubbock.com
LubbockOnline.comall 15 news articles

CBS News

Eight US workers punished in ethics scandal
Austin American-Statesman, TX - Nov 21, 2008
AP WASHINGTON — The US Interior Department has disciplined eight workers accused of accepting gifts, partying and in some cases having sex with employees ...
Interior punishes partying workers Washington Times
US Govt workers punished in oil-sex scandal Reuters
Interior Dept. takes action after scandal The Associated Press
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Providence Journal

Ruling places curb on ethics
Providence Journal, RI - Nov 21, 2008
Robert Wechsler — research director for City Ethics, a nonprofit that advises local governments on ethics programs — used that phrase in detailing how ...
A silver lining in an economic storm Woonsocket Call
Manufacturing that works Providence Journal
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