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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Third Pakistan Sectarian Attack in Week Kills 35, Injures 100 - BusinessWeek

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Third Pakistan Sectarian Attack in Week Kills 35, Injures 100
BusinessWeek
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A bomb killed at least 35 people at a rally of Shiite Muslims in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, the third attack in as many days on minority sects. More than 100 people were injured in the ...
Suicide bomber, 44 victims killed in two Pakistan blastsCNN
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42 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing: policeAFP
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Put the millionaires' tax money to good use - Washington Post

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Put the millionaires' tax money to good use
Washington Post
With the economy downshifting into first gear and their poll numbers sagging, the White House and Democratic congressional leaders are desperate for an economic and political game-changer as they head into the November elections. ...
Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6 PercentThe Washington Independent
Stimulus? Who Said Anything About a Stimulus?FOXNews (blog)
President to aides: Find economic sparkCNN
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Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:03:09 GMT+00:00

Apple's Ping a Scammers Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out - PC World

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Apple's Ping a Scammers Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out
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Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is "drowning in scams and spams," security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of ...
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Latest Gulf Oil Rig Problem Differs From BP Spill - ABC News

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Latest Gulf Oil Rig Problem Differs From BP Spill
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AP By ALAN SAYRE AP Writer Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water. Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that ...
Analyst sees no production loss at Mariner EnergyMarketWatch
Another Oil Platform Explosion in the GulfVanity Fair
US Probes Mariner Fire in Gulf of Mexico That Sparked BP Spill Deja VuBloomberg
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Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:18 GMT+00:00

US Lost 54000 Jobs in August; Rate Rose to 9.6% - New York Times

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US Lost 54000 Jobs in August; Rate Rose to 9.6%
New York Times
Job seekers at a career fair this week in Denver. Hundreds of people turned out for the event. By CHRISTINE HAUSER With the American economic recovery showing clear signs of slowdown, private employers added 67000 jobs in August, the Labor Department ...
Private job gains total 67000; unemployment rate hits 9.6%MarketWatch
Unemployment rate rises as labor force expandsThe Associated Press
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Mid-East talks: Regional voices - BBC News

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Mid-East talks: Regional voices
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held their first direct negotiations in nearly two years, in Washington. The US Middle East envoy said the talks, between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, ...
When chance of Mideast peace knocks at door againXinhua
Israeli, Palestinian leaders face critics of talksThe Associated Press
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Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:57 GMT+00:00

Oars stolen in Ohio from youngest Atlantic rower - The Associated Press

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Oars stolen in Ohio from youngest Atlantic rower
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CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — The Ohio woman who became the youngest person to row across the Atlantic alone says oars used in her feat have been lost in a car theft. Katie Spotz of suburban Cleveland says the gear was in her 2000 Dodge Caravan when it was ...
Spotz's gear stolenNews-Herald.com
Precious Items Stolen From World Record HolderCleveland News - Fox 8
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Financial Projections in Business Plans

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Top 10 Principles for Positive Business Ethics

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Brain Development and Due Process

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Diversity

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How To Detect Liars In Your Business & Personal Life

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The Collapse of Enron: Managerial Aspects

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

Selling Truth as a Differentiator

The last few years have been a period of heightened... 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

Ethics? How To Take the Measure Business

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

Laws and Ethics?. Who?s Kidding Who?

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

What is a Ponzi Scheme?

This is for those who don't believe me when I... Read More

Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Work Ethics and the Customer

This article relates to the Ethics in the Workplace competency,... Read More

The Three Schools of Business Ethics

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

Business Ethics

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

Is Good Neighborliness Good Business?

[Note: This story is not a criticism of Buddhism. It... Read More

Minding Your Global Manners

To say that today's business environment is becoming increasingly more... Read More

Business Ethics: An Oxymoron

An oxymoron: the juxtaposition of contradictory words or concepts. That... 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

MacDonalidisation: Braverman, Taylor & Mayo

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

Business Ethics: How The Sales Function Can Transmit Company Values

I recently got a "thank-you" call from a man who... Read More

Mind Your Own Damn Business Sexcess

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

Business Ethics: Functional Choices

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

Ethics in Business - Please Have Some

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