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Newsletter Vol. 1 2010
(Current issue)
Inside this Issue:
What do you say when they say 'Nobody's honest'?
An optimistic response to an age-old argument.
Newsletter Vol. 1 2009
Inside this Issue:
Business Ethics is About Responsibility - But Whose?
There's a difference of opinion where the responsibility of ethics truly lies. Here is an approach that works.
Newsletter Vol. 3 2008
Inside this Issue:
Performance Reviews Often Skip Ethics, HR Professionals Say
Human resource professionals are their organizations' primary resource for ethics-related issues -- they help create ethics policies, but most don't feel they are truly part of the ethics infrastructure. Instead, they are just asked to "clean up". Comprehensive ethics programs have six key components.
Newsletter Vol. 2 2008
Inside this Issue:
Ethics & Employee Engagement - a report on how ethics affects corporate ability to attract, recruit and
retain employees.
This newsletter contains interesting data adapted from an ethics study by LRN, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. The referenced June 2006 study was based on 834 telephone calls to American men and women – age 18+, in every state except Hawaii and Alaska – as part of a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corp.
Newsletter Vol. 1 2008
Inside this Issue:
Entitled, Bad Behavior Goes Back to Work, this interesting article has been reprinted with permission from the December 17, 2007 issue of The Christian
Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com).
Author G. Jeffery MacDonald's perspective is thought-provoking. "Despite reform efforts, ethical infractions on the job are back to pre-Enron levels," he says. "...with some notable exceptions."
Newsletter Vol. 3 2007
Inside this Issue:
This newsletter contains an article by the editor at large of The Seattle Times, and how he was introduced to the same tools that the Institute for Global Ethics* uses to solve ethical dilemmas. The article is titled, Publishing Photo of Two Men on Ferry: A Question of Right vs. Right. It is about how the FBI thrust a right versus right dilemma onto Seattle’s newspaper media. Neither paper reacted immediately, but when they did, their actions unleashed numerous volatile responses.
Copyright 2007 The Seattle Times. Used with permission.
Newsletter Vol. 2 2007
Inside this Issue:
What percetage of office workers do you think steal? Survey results might surprise you...
Plus an interesting perspective on "two-strikes and you're out" policies.
Newsletter Vol. 1 2007
Inside this Issue:
Buffett Warns Against The 'Everybody Else is Doing It' Ethics Defense: Good behavior goes beyond adhering to law...
Interesting perspective on what constitutes good corporate behavior.
Newsletter Vol. 3 2006
Inside this Issue:
From the Wild Side Toward Ethics: Peter Cooke's personal story...
An inspiring story of personal growth and discovery.
Newsletter Vol. 2 2006
Inside this Issue:
Tough Sell: A Dilemma From Real Life...
An interesting excerpt from an Institute of Global Ethics publication illustrating their Ethical Fitness® decision-making model.
Newsletter Vol. 1 2006
Inside this Issue:
Ethics Stories Part 1: The Top 10 Ethics Stories of 2005...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Learn about this important act's impact on public companies, private firms and non-profits via this second part of a series by consultant and friend Barbara Kravitz.
Newsletter Vol. 3 2005
Inside this Issue:
Workplace Ethics: A summary of survey results that might surprise you...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Learn about this important act's impact on public companies, private firms and non-profits via this 2 part series by consultant and friend Barbara Kravitz.
Words From the Wise? We all know that culture is not just what we say, but what we do. However, there are times...
Newsletter Vol. 2 2005
Inside this Issue:
Corporate Values: An excerpt from Rushworth Kidder's insightful article on the "value of values"
Carousel of Values: An effective way of helping people describe actions, behaviors, policies and procedures that demonstrate their Code of Ethics...
"Creating a Culture of Ethics" programs: Coming to Manchester!
Words From the Wise? We all know that culture is not just what we say, but what we do. However, there are times...
Newsletter Vol. 1 2005
Inside this Issue:
Selling Value: Leveraging your values-based culture to improve customer relationships should result in increased sales revenue...
Finding an Ethical Employer: Five ways jobseekers might distinguish ethical companies from unethical ones. How will your organization rate?
Leading With ValuesTM Seminar!: Coming to Manchester!
Words From the Wise? We all know that culture is not just what we say, but what we do. However, there are times...
Newsletter Vol. 2 2004
Inside this Issue:
MBA Grads Looking For Ethical Employers: What can you do to make your organization an employer of choice?
Case Study: Middle East Values Program: A diverse group agrees on their shared values and how to make difficult decisions...
Leading With ValuesTM Seminar! Coming to Manchester!
Words From the Wise?: We all know that culture is not just what we say, but what we do. However, there are times...
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