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Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Economy, Society, Triumph, Business News
Dov Seidman

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

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Why B-Schools Don't Change

Pablo Triana | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business School Reform, Goldman Sachs, Business School, Mbas, Banking, Business School Jobs, Credit Crisis, Business Ethics, B-School, B-School Professors, Business News
Pablo Triana

The dirty little secret of B-schools is that, even if they wanted to, they may not be able to unshackle themselves from practical irrelevance.

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Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

Dov Seidman | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Inspiration, Customer Experience, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Society, Business News
Dov Seidman

We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.

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Upper East Side Ethics

Sheila Shayon | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical Ethics, Pediatricians, Albert Schweitzer, Childhood Vaccinations, Health Care Reform, Moral Responsibility, Health Insurance, Health Care, Business Ethics, Living News
Sheila Shayon

And then it dawned on me -- laser sharp -- our whole system is vulnerable. In my own little corner of the world, I had stumbled over another truth at the root of our collective, unbridled greed.

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Does the Thread Count? Yes, and So Does Honesty

Mike Hegedus | Posted 08.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Baseball, Honesty, Thread Count, The Golden Rule, Bernard Madoff, Morality, Sheets, San Quentin, Integrity, Ethics, Business Ethics, Business News
Mike Hegedus

Is there such a thing as "situational ethics" and morality, or are we simply kidding ourselves every day?

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Why I Don't Want the Recession to End Yet

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Lrn, Society, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Business News
Dov Seidman

Now that there are signs of recovery, there's a part of me that doesn't want things to get too good too fast. We could use some more time to understand what went wrong with our economy.

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Indonesia Tries Honesty Policy to Rebuild Trust

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Customer Experience, Society, Economy, Business News
Dov Seidman

Nordstrom has a great reputation for customer service because, among other things, the department store trusts people who bring their purchases back to the store and gives them refunds.

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A Call for Reconnecting With Values

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Trust, Dov Seidman, Values, Pope Benedict XVI, Business Ethics, Sustainable, Business News
Dov Seidman

The Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic activity.

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The Oath: An Ethics Promise at the Harvard Business School

Tom Morris | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Graduation, Harvard, Harvard Business School, Oath of Ethics, Ethics, Business Ethics, Business News
Tom Morris

The core commitments of business ethics aren't complicated in principle. But their application in the real world demands nuance, sophistication, hard thought, wisdom, skill, and consistency.

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The Death and Rebirth of Accountability

Tom Morris | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Responsibility, Corporate Accountability, Accountability, Recession, Business Ethics, Politics News
Tom Morris

How can there be a general ethos of solid and pervasive moral standards once more? We need good laws, and effective regulation. We need to restore an overall moral culture of accountability.

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The Era of Inspiration

Dov Seidman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Tom Coughlin, Leadership, Ethical Business, Business, Responsible Business, Sports Leadership, Business Ethics, Business News
Dov Seidman

The old hierarchical control over things and people is now gone for good. Rather, it's power through something -- a power that connects, not one that commands.

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B-School Retraining: Gordon Gekkos Need Not Apply

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Ethics, Wall Street Crisis, B-School, Ethics, Business Ethics, Business News
Kay Koplovitz

I say let's require ethics courses in B-schools. For my money, late is better than never. It's time we said, Gordon Gekko's need not apply.

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Arianna Discusses CEO Ethics at "Davos Debates"

Huff TV | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, CEO Pay, Davos, Ceos, Ethics, Pablo Camacho, CEO Compensation, Davos 2009, Wall Street Bonuses, Arianna Huffington, Business Ethics, Business News
Huff TV

2009-01-30-ahhufftvpull.jpg Arianna and Pablo Camacho respond to this year's "Davos Debates" question: should company executives have a code of ethics similar to doctors and lawyers?

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Hedge Fund Ethics and How They'll Lead to More Regulation

Penny Herscher | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Kenneth Griffin, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Finance, Citadel Investment Group, Ethics, Henry Blodget, Regulation, Personal Finance, Business Ethics, Business News
Penny Herscher

What is right and what is wrong in world of hedge funds?

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A Wall Street Kind of Scandal on Lexington Ky's Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Waste in Government, Hank Paulson, Cnbc, Bluegrass Airport, Economic Crisis, AIG Bailout, Aig, Main Street, Don McNay, Government Ethics, Sam Cooke, Fox Business Network, Business Ethics, Ethics in Journalism, Wall Street, Airport, Ethics, Bluegrass, Business News, Kentucky, Ben Bernanke, Lexington KY, Citigroup, Fox News, Business News
Don McNay

The Lexington scandal helped me understand why some in the big city media were going easy on the Wall Street mess, while people like me, living in the heartland, are going crazy about their excesses.

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2009: Top Ten Business Social Risks

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Green Jobs, Financial Crisis, Social Business, Green Business, Business, Economy, Business Ethics, Business News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

Below is a top ten list of social risks business must mitigate to create a sustainable work environment that respects the rights of human beings while maintaining economic viability in 2009.

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The Corporate Freshman: Don't Be a Tailgater

Alexandra Levit | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Careers, Twenty-Something Advice, Work, Gen Y, Social Ladder, Tailgating, Business Ethics, Living News
Alexandra Levit

I'm not the most laid-back individual in the world, but what is it with people who are so desperate to get where they're going that they can't maintain a respectable social distance?

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Anatomy of a Con Artist: How Madoff Played the Trust Equation

Charles H. Green | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bernard Madoff, Con Man, Trust, Con Artist, Business Ethics, Ethics, Madoff, Madoff Scandal, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff, Business News
Charles H. Green

The Trust Equation describes the components of trustworthiness. Measuring Bernie Madoff by the trust equation shows just what an effective job he did at mimicking genuine trust.

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Trust: It's Just More Efficient

Penny Herscher | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Company Culture, Management, Ceos, Workplace, Business Decisions, Relationships, Business Ethics, Business News
Penny Herscher

Consider, in contrast, the management team that operates on trust as a basic principle in financial planning. The dynamic is quite different.

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Cap Executive Pay

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, CEO Compensation, Executive Pay, CEO Salaries, Business, Ceos, Business Ethics, Financial Crisis, Business News
Amitai Etzioni

A salary cap would leave CEOs free to do what is best for their corporations, the economy, and families -- rather than focus on ways to jack up the price of their stock each quarter.

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Why Should I Care About the Nice Guys When the SOB's Have Screwed Up the Economy?

Russ Edelman | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy Nice Guys, Financial Crisis, Whistleblowers, Freddie Mac, Silent Employees, Business Ethics, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Russ Edelman

By learning how to speak up, confront situations and make choices, overly nice guys can help break the downward slide in this economy.

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Walmart's Poor Sportsmanship

David Nassar | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Sports, Ethics, School Fundraising, Walmart, Football, High School Football, Business Ethics, Business News
David Nassar

It may be questionable whether Walmart has the legal right to undercut youth sports and profit off a school's logo without permission. But there's no question about whether it's ethical.

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, FInancial Markets, Corporate America, Corporations, Weak Economy, Financials, Economy, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Bear Sterns, Bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, Tax Breaks, James Cayne, Business Ethics, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bailout, FHA Loans, Financial Ethics, Pbgc, Business News
Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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