With all of the fraud and corruption stories in the news, how about a feel-good story: J.P. Hayes. Mr. Hayes disqualified himself from a PGA Tour qualifying event when he realized he had accidentally used an unapproved golf ball for two shots. Not two rounds; Not two holes; two shots. By disqualifying himself he became … Read more »
Category: Ethics
Business Ethics Organizations
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University published an annotated list of business ethics resources. Read more »
Ethical Relativism
Ethical Relativism is a theory that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. The same action may be morally right in one society but may be morally wrong in another. One of the arguments against ethical relativism is that universal moral standards can exist even if some moral beliefs vary among societies. In … Read more »
Building an Ethical Framework
Thomas R. Krause and Paul J. Voss put forth 10 questions to consider in encouraging an ethical corporate culture. What is the relationship between ethics and other performance metrics in the company? Have we, as required by the 2004 federal sentencing guidelines, offered ethics training for all of our employees? Does the training provide more … Read more »
Norfolk Developer Accused Of Ethics Breach
Michele Morgan Bolton of the Boston Globe reports that Jack Scott, president of Pine Creek Development Corp., was accused last week of violating state law by allegedly offering a free week at his Pennsylvania cabin to the chairman of the town’s Conservation Commission while he had an application before the board: Developer Accused of Ethics … Read more »
Inflated Credentials
The Wall Street Journal had a story on inflated academic credentials: Inflated Credentials Surface in Executive Suite by Keith J. Winstein. Kroll issues an annual report of its “hit ratio” that says about 20% of job seekers and rank-and-file employees undergoing background checks by their companies are found to have inflated their educational credentials. Referring … Read more »
The Power of How presentation by Dov Seidman
LRN published the transcript of a presentation by Dov Seidman at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University: The Power of How: Achieving Enduring Success Through Ethics. Basically, in a world in which nothing stays hidden, you have to act as if you have nothing to hide. But before you can act as though … Read more »