Category: Business
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 Business Most companies realize that they
How to Become a Millionaire – 8 Truths
I was inspired to write this article when I read Keith Cameron Smith’s Book “The 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class”. The book resonated with my ideas so well that I almost could’ve written the book. I have taken some of his ideas, meshed it with my own to create this short article
Honest Grant Cardone Marketing Mentoring Program Review
If you are one who follows Grant Cardone you will quickly learn all about his life and how he began many of his businesses. That man needs NO introduction. He takes a very powerful in your face approach at everything he does. He is loud, dramatic, brutally honest, and passionate, but he also cares and
How Ethical Leaders Set an Example
What can happen when leaders of an organization make poor ethical choices? Ethical leaders place ethics above profits and it has been shown through research that this choice helps teams to be loyal, dedicated and ethical too. What Causes Ethical Failures? Ethical failures can be caused by a variety of factors including ignoring boundaries set
Entrepreneurs Met Along the Way – Are They a Reproducible Breed?
It’s an odd thing, it was just the other day, while listening to NPR that it struck me – after three plus decades of Industry experience -working directly for or around several fascinating entrepreneurs – it was now necessary to convey the observations and experiences to others. Given that I came from a family of
Social Enterprises 101
There’s a lot of chatter these days about Social Enterprises (#socents), a relatively new way of doing business, that we believe is a ‘movement’ in the entrepreneurial world. It seems millennials (in general) are the driving force behind the trend that’s resonating with all generations and revolutionizing the way people do business. Because ‘socents’ are
Morals vs Ethics – According to the Pragmatic Thinker
For many years I had always said that I am not a moral person, however, I am an ethical person. But when I would say, “I am not a moral person,” I would wait to see the person’s reaction to my saying that before I added the “however, I am an ethical person.” Normally the
Ethics in Social Network Marketing
Unethical marketing practices on social media websites has backfired…badly. As in all marketing situations, it pays to have integrity. While much of social networking is out of your hands, there are many factors that you can control that will keep you out of the hot seat. The first thing that you must always keep in
Global Business and Ethics
With the advent of the Internet, everything from personal relationships to business has become ‘global’ for all intents and purposes. Today, you can talk to people across the world just as easily as if you were talking to your next door neighbor. Businesses can exchange documents of all sorts with the push of a button
Entrepreneurs, Fear of Success and the Myth of Commonality
“You are testing my patience.” I had just shared an article with my husband on “Secret Dining”, a hip new trend making its way from Chicago to New York. Essentially these underground “restaurants” offer gourmet dinners at invitation-only parties in exchange for “donations”. Sometimes dinners are combined with salon-type discussions, art showings or other events.
Pool And Billiards Ethics
Playing a pool match with your buddies sounds like a fun plan during the weekend. After all, it is a guys’ night out. But due to this reason too, you have to take cautions to avoid an argument over the table at the pool hall. Here are some rules and common agreements when playing pool.
Star Power: The Difference Between Entertainment and Knowledge
This week I hired a publicist. This may not seem like all that uncommon of a thing to do, but for me it was profound. The truth is that my book, “Testimony,” is not doing as well as it could be. I have been told that I need more “Star Power.” Sure, I have a
Technical Communication Ethics – A Guide to Ethical Principles in Technical Communications
Honesty is the ethical principle that technical writers should adhere to and promote. It is the responsibility of the technical writer to give truthful and accurate information. The writer should not omit pertinent information that would change the audience perception of the information they are receiving.In technical writing it is important to not over emphasize
Is Marketing Ethics an Oxymoron?
To many people the answer to this question would be a resounding “YES”. Are marketers really concerned with the welfare of their customers, or are they more concerned about the ‘bottom line’ of the organization they represent? I read of one example of an official in the Swedish office of Coca-Cola who says her goal
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