Category: Business
Inspiration Ethics – The Value of Integrity
Integrity – Noun; Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code; the state of being unimpaired; soundness; the quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. The date is January 16, 2009. The day after US Airways Flight 1549 pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of Danville, CA, maneuvered his crowded passenger jet over New
New Jersey Attorney Ethics Investigations – The “Ten-Day Letter”
You have just received a “ten day” letter from the NJ Attorney Ethics Committee. Someone has filed a grievance against you, and you are now a respondent in an Ethics matter. A person identifying herself as an Investigator for the Attorney Ethics Committee has given you ten days in which to reply in writing and
Starting a Business? Reasons Why You May Need to Recruit an Advisory Board
Do you know everything? Do you know everyone? Do you have strengths and weaknesses? I assume that your answers to these three questions are “No, no, and well, yes,” given in the order of the questions, as posed. If you are contemplating starting a business, merrily bootstrapping your way to what you hope will be
Making the Leap From Corporate to Entrepreneurship
At the end of June 2003, I chose to leave a very secure job in banking to start over as an executive coach. Although I’d been in business for myself prior to joining the bank, it had been almost five years. During my time there, I had the privilege of working with a great team
The Ethics of the 21st Century Renaissance
The present goal of governments wanting to stay in power is to secure greater business opportunities and an expanding economy. This particular obsession with power disregards the future accumulation of unsustainable debt, resulting in inevitable demoralising chaos, and in continual conflict. This science of chaos, is governed by the second law of thermodynamics, which Albert
What You Need To Know About Business Ethics
While the decisions in business are made by individuals or groups of people, they have been shown to be greatly influenced by the culture in the company. Benefits of business ethics It’s important for any business to have ethics. The benefits include: Attract customers: When customers know that your business is reputable, they buy more
How Should a Mobile Car Wash Price Car Lot Washing Contracts – Price Per Car Strategies
Okay so, you run a mobile car washing business and you want to increase your revenue generation by adding some car dealership lot washing contracts. That makes sense because the car dealerships have lots of cars, and they must be cleaned to sell; no one wants to buy a dirty car right? Sure, so your
Handyman Business Name Ideas
What’s In A Name? Coming up with business-names-ideas can really get frustrating. Gone are the days of just using your last name and attaching “Handyman Service” at the end of it. If you want to maximize your advertising dollar you’ve got to get online. When it comes to your business name…you’ve got a website to
VC’s and Entrepreneurs in Green Technology
Green technology is being predicted to be the successor of the Internet. Because of the looming effects of global warming and the prediction of most scientists becoming more and more noticeable, a lot of people are beginning to act. Unlike the online boom, green technology will probably not be as big and widespread because not
Managing and Leading Ethical Decision Making in Creating the Well-Living Workplace (Focus)
Ethics are at the forefront of all relationships when managing and leading staff. Through day-to-day interactions ethical decision-making guides behaviour. Also, how you obtain, serve and retain clients involves ethics. Their willingness to work with you is guided by your ethical decision-making re: customer experience. Equally important, to determine if you keep a client is
3 Reasons Why Indecisiveness Is Worse Than a Wrong Call
Some people agonize for days, weeks, months – even years coming on one side or the other of an important decision. For some, even mundane choices like what restaurant to go to for dinner or what brand of an item to get from a choice of five similar items can be dilapidating and painful to
Gauge Your Entrepreneurial Readiness – With an Entrepreneur Test
What does an entrepreneur test look like? How do you measure whether you’re ready to start your own business? With the number of idled or displaced workers in the broad economy today, many are wondering if it’s time to invest in their own business start-up. Those are just two of the questions that online business
How To Quit Your Current Job And Teach Guitar Instead
Do you hate your day job? As a guitar player, you can already see how working a job like this steals time away from not only becoming a better guitarist, but trying to build a successful career in music. Good news is, there is another option that is right in front of you. Teaching guitar
The Three Schools of Business Ethics
G. Richard Shell, author of Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People, identifies three primary schools of ethics in negotiation. To me, they are equally valuable in examining ethics in the context of business in general. 1. The Poker School – “It’s a Game” To poker players, business is a game and anything that













