Ethics Information

Selling Truth as a Differentiator


The last few years have been a period of heightened scrutiny and scandal for the financial services industry. Most recently, the SEC issued a report on pension consultants regarding conflicts of interest and the objectivity of advice given to retirement plan sponsors. It?s become vital to the success of insurance and financial advisors that they differentiate themselves with their exemplary ethics, that they operate by a higher moral code and that they communicate that higher standard to their clients. Why? Because research proves that ethics builds trust, and trust sells ? in the long-term and - in the short-term, as well.

Vice of Buggery at FTC


At the Federal Trade Commission we have seen attorneys who suffer from the vice of buggery get promoted to higher and more important international divisions. Now then, are these attorneys who have personal sexual problems and are breaking the laws of sodomy not wanted in the main group of Federal Trade Commission Employees? Is the FTC worried about sexual harassment laws? Are they worried about on-the-clock Men?s Restroom ?Quickies? and the possibility of the need for an unflattering in-house employee investigation becoming public? Is the Federal Trade Commission afraid to fire these buggerists, for some employee unlawful termination suit? Is buggery so pervasive that the FTC has to invent new titles for these guys so they can be moved up in rank to other divisions? If so why doesn?t the FTC adopt a ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell Policy? to prevent special treatment of those who suffer from buggery? Can?t the FTC get psychological help for these men who thrust their penis up another man?s rectum? Obviously these human organs were not set up to do that. We know that the FTC continually screw with the natural order of competition and evolutionary progress of efficient competition and survival of the fittest businesses. But why are they now trying to modify humankind?s evolution?

Diversity


I know that diversity has been a big topic of conversation ever since the early 1990s when research supported the demographics that by the year 2000, 85% of the entering workforce would be female, African-American, Asian-American, Latino, or new immigrants. The fact that white males would be a minority entering the workplace was a wake up call for corporate America.

Communicable Corporate Diseases Hurting Business Sexcess!


Enron Executive goes to prison for 10 years, Martha Stewart is under house arrest, and Bill Clinton averages $150,000 per speaking engagement.

The Armaments Industry and Holy (?) Roman Emperors


"The time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every movement to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money... The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier." - Thomas Jefferson

Minding Your Global Manners


To say that today's business environment is becoming increasingly more global is to state the obvious. Meetings, phone calls and conferences are held all over the world and attendees can come from any point on the globe. On any given business day you can find yourself dealing face-to-face, over the phone, by e-mail and, on rare occasions, by postal letter with people whose customs and cultures differ your own. You may never have to leave home to interact on an international level.

Mind Your Own Damn Business Sexcess


You have certainly heard the expression ?mind your own damn business? used in a multitude of contexts. The most typical being the don?t kiss and tell type statements, often uttered by responsibly private individuals about their love life.

The Deception Perception: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain


The Deception Perception

The Everyday Business Ethics Crisis Or Im Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take it Anymore


Breaking news may feature the Enron debacle, WorldCom activities, or accounting problems but we live our everyday business life making ethical choices that affect our employment and businesses. Consider the ethical choices made in these situations:

Business Ethics: Functional Choices


Years of experience have taught me there is no such thing as ?Business Ethics?. If a person isn?t ethical in the rest of their lives, their business ethics aren?t worth the shoe leather they?ve worn out either.

Brain Development and Due Process


DUE PROCESS

The Collapse of Enron: Managerial Aspects


Executive summary

Is Good Neighborliness Good Business?


[Note: This story is not a criticism of Buddhism. It is a story of neighborly love.]

How To Detect Liars In Your Business & Personal Life


We live in a world full of lies and deception. Most of us (or all of us?) lied or were forced to do so, in a small or larger scale, because of some circumstances. Unfortunately, some individuals use to prevaricate or lie deliberately. They use to do it frequently in every aspect of their life.

Better Business Boundaries


To get a new client, we might be inclined to make concessions no matter what the cost: offer a second or extra long sample session; reduce fees; set session times we don?t want to work. We might leap at any opportunity before looking at the possible return on investment of time. These situations end up being lessons learned, sometimes painful ones.

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