Posts tagged ‘Ethics’
It has been said that when integrity is your referee, your actions and your words will be in agreement.
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” — Unknown
The above quotation should be very thought provoking. Integrity-many times- seems like something “other” people need to worry about. But lack of integrity has far-reaching consequences. Continue reading ‘Is Integrity your Referee?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on October 29, 2010 at 12:14 am under Ethics.
Tags: belief systems, Character, Ethics, Integrity, Judy W Bell, Memphis TN
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Are You a Good Corporate Steward?
10 Ways to Steer Clear of Trouble
As a follow-up to our earlier blog on the intimidation tactics used by the drug manufacturing company in order to ignore health risks of its popular drug, let’s look at a few ways in which we can make plans as corporate leaders to be certain our efforts don’t fall into the same conundrum.
So here are the 10 ways to Steer Clear of Trouble… Continue reading ‘10 Ways to Steer Clear of Trouble’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on July 28, 2010 at 12:09 am under Ethics.
Tags: Corporate Steward, Corporate Stewardship, Ethics, guiding principles, Integrity-based decisions, mission statement, zero tolerance
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Trust is the basic foundation for healthy relationships, effective communication, retention and motivation of employees, and most importantly… is the catalyst for the discretionary energy that employees put forth in their work. Discretionary energy is the extra effort and passion that employees voluntarily invest in their work…even when no one is looking.
Productivity and financial success comes easily to a company when there is a strong foundation of trust. The importance of trust has been taught and written about for ages. Aristotle wrote of the importance of “ethos” in his work, the Rhetoric. He defined ethos as the level of trust held by the listener for the speaker. The three characteristics that we looked at in a blog earlier this week came from Aristotle’s Rhetoric. They are: Ability, Integrity, and Goodwill/Benevolence.
Having trust in the workplace allows for increased cooperation, creativity, confidence, and communication… all very important to the success of your business!
“The glue that holds all relationships together…including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.”
Brian Tracy
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on June 30, 2010 at 12:32 am under Ethics.
Tags: Brian Tracy quote, Ethics, Ethos, Judy W Bell, Trust
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Speaker: Dr. Rushworth Kidder, President and Founder, Institute for Global Ethics, New York, NY (international author and speaker)
Author of Moral Courage and How Good People Make Tough Choices
There is a distinction between compliance and ethics. Compliance is right versus wrong. Ethics “done right” become “values”. Compliance shades into ethics! Continue reading ‘What is the Difference Between Compliance and Ethics?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on June 4, 2010 at 12:15 am under Ethics.
Tags: Compliance, Difference between Compliance and Ethics, Dr Rushworth Kidder, ELSI, Ethics, Judy W Bell, right versus right, Right versus wrong, Trust Index
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There is so much media coverage today about lack of transparency and unethical behavior by employees, corporations, and governmental agencies. Many times we focus on the hard cost of the unethical behavior. This includes jury awards, legal fees, settlements, fines, etc.
What about the very real hard-dollar costs of a bad reputation? These are sometimes difficult numbers to formulate and calculate with pen and paper. But they are very real dollars none-the-less, as well as very large dollars. Continue reading ‘Ethics: and your Company’s Reputation?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 3, 2010 at 4:24 am under Ethics.
Tags: Ethics, ethics training, Judy W Bell, Reputation, reputational dollars, reputational loss, Transparency, Unethical behavior
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1. Talk about ethics and ethical behavior and keep it alive.
Regularly communicate and discuss your organization’s shared values, principles, and standards. Make sure everyone buys in and supports ethical behavior.
2. Hold people accountable!
Zero tolerance Continue reading ‘Eight Steps to Making Ethics Work’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 27, 2010 at 4:26 am under Ethics.
Tags: Eight Steps to Making Ethics Work, Ethical behavior, Ethics, ethics training, Judy W Bell, principles, values, whistleblower policies
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In how many ways can we refer to ethics? Keeping ethics in the forefront of our lives and businesses does help keep it alive. And keeping ethics alive in today’s times is both important and noble. How many Ponzi schemes have been uncovered in the last few years? Worse still, how many have yet to be uncovered? How often can regulators turn their heads away from irregular transactions and unethical behavior before our financial ecosystem completely collapses?
Let’s take a look at some of the words associated with ethics: Continue reading ‘Ethics and 6 Words You Need to Know’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 26, 2010 at 1:24 pm under Ethics.
Tags: Character, Ethical Leadership, Ethics, Integrity, Judy W Bell, Morals, Truthiness
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Leadership truly is modeled from the top down. As Leo Buscaglia says, “It is not possible for you to influence others to live on a higher level than that on which you live yourself.”
Business owners, entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers all live in the same type of house. This house is made of glass. Because most people enjoy knowing people with whom they associate success, your employees and the general public often study people in positions of power. This study is carried out by simple observation.
We’ve often heard the saying “little pitchers have big ears.” While this old saying was aimed at children overhearing and repeating the words and actions of adults, it also serves as a reminder that the people who are being served by less than ethical leadership in the public and private sectors of business are also watching the way their leaders carry out their duties.
Ask yourself:
- Is it legal?
- Is it balanced? Is it morally fair?
- How will it make me feel about myself?
Remember, there really is no softer pillow than a clean conscience!
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 23, 2010 at 3:40 pm under Ethics.
Tags: Business Ethics, Ethics, Judy W Bell, Leo Buscaglia
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Recently I read about a plant that is commonly known as the “sensitive plant”. The scientific name for the plant is Mimosa piduca. When the plant experiences human touch it actually quivers and closes its leaves. You can Google the plant name and watch amazing videos of this strange phenomenon. Another strange reaction of this plant is that the more often it is touched, the more desensitized the plant becomes to human touch. In other words, the more often it is touched, the less responsive the plant is to human touch, and the less likely it is to “blush.”
Have our business ethics become the same? As a nation, have we become so desensitized to corruption and wrongdoing that we can no longer “blush” and pull away from unethical business practices and people who are doing business outside of integrity? Many times actions that would have caused upheaval in the past have now become mainstream. Continue reading ‘Are We Desensitized to Ethical Business?’ »
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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on April 19, 2010 at 10:34 am under Ethics.
Tags: Business Ethics, ethical business practices, Ethics, financial ecosystem, Judy W Bell, Ponzi schemes, Unethical business practices
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