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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:

Ethicists blast chair of science ethics panel for taking global warming ...
Washington Post
Gleick not only is prominent as an advocate of mainstream global warming science, writing articles for the popular press, but he chaired a scientific society's ethics panel as well. Last week, before revealing his document theft, he resigned as ethics ...
Scientist admits taking, leaking think-tank papersSan Jose Mercury News

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The Guardian
Berkeley-based scientist causes ethics storm over climate change documents
Contra Costa Times
Legal experts said Tuesday that while Gleick may have crossed an ethical line it could be difficult to prove he crossed a legal one. "The idea of a local district attorney or attorney general stepping in seems unlikely," said Stephen Ryan, ...
Gleick hurt by ethics lapse over climate papersSan Francisco Chronicle
Heartlandgate, Climategate and pro wrestling ethicsScholars and Rogues
Gleick apology over Heartland leak stirs ethics debate among climate scientistsThe Guardian
The Atlantic -The Daily Climate -Global Warming (blog)
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WISC Madison
Supreme Court's refusal on ethics rules rankles Congress
Gant Daily
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The Supreme Court responded to a call by Congress this week for the nine justices to follow a standard set of ethics rules for federal judges. The Supreme Court responded in a letter by saying “no.
High Court Rejects Formal Ethics RulesWCVB-TV
Roberts says no to formal ethics rulesBoston.com

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Los Angeles Times
The ethics of disaster tourism: What is the right thing to do?
Los Angeles Times
Wanting to see a place where disaster has struck is not always a sign of insensitivity, said Patricia Illingworth, an ethics professor at Northeastern University, a lawyer and a lecturer in law at Northeastern University School of Law and author of “Us ...

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MyFoxOrlando.com
Sarah Palin's former aide Bailey fined over email use
Kansas City Star
Frank Bailey, the former Sarah Palin aide turned tell-all author, has agreed to pay an $11900 civil fine for violating the state's ethics laws by keeping, disseminating and profiting from confidential emails he obtained while serving in Palin's ...
Ex-Palin aide fined for using state emails in bookAtlanta Journal Constitution
Ex-Palin aide fined for using confidential emailsAnchorage Daily News
Palin aide pays $11900 fine to settle ethics complaint over emailsmsnbc.com (blog) (subscription)

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French Tribune
Chair of scientific ethics committee has ethical lapse
Fox News
The name of chair Peter H. Gleick was stripped from the masthead of a science group's Task Force on Scientific Ethics following a clear breach of ethics. Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories RIM releases belated new PlayBook ...
Ethics Lapse Disturbs GleickFrench Tribune

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CBS Local
Mo. Republicans Blame Governor for Lack of Ethics Legislation
CBS Local
(KMOX) - Top Republican leaders in Missouri cite an absence of communication with the governor's office as a factor in a lack of new ethics legislation. “I spoke with the governor the first day of legislative session and I haven't heard from him since ...
Ethics reform in Missouri appears to be a nonstarter in election yearKansas City Star
Jones Suggests Waiting on New Ethics LawPatch.com
Capitol Perspectives: Jason's key opens door for court rulingKC Community News
Belleville News Democrat -Linn County Leader
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Introducing Robot Ethics
Boston.com
In Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics, Patrick Lin (a science ethicist), Keith Abney (a philosopher of science) and George Bekey (a computer scientist) argue that the same is true about robots. Today, they are technological ...

Miami-Dade ethics report rips ticket freebies
MiamiHerald.com
The Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is holding a public discussion on recommendations that elected officials be removed from the process of doling out complimentary event tickets to the public. By David Smiley When the world's ...

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Expressway authority approves Wekiva Parkway, ethics rules
WDBO Radio
At a Wednesday meeting, the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority board approved a deal to build the Wekiva Parkway, and it approved some new, tougher ethics rules. The meeting became contentious at times over the issue of whether board member ...
Expressway board approves Wekiva Parkway, ethics changeOrlando Sentinel

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