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New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2009
...l Social Entrepreneurship (GSE) program. The trip is supported by the Smucker's Fund for Global Ethics.
For any new followers of our blog, here is a more linear collection of pages detailing...
Drug pushing Eli Lilly
in Sox First, on June 13, 2009
...drug company treated them as second class citizens in the area of pay and promotion. Talk about an ethics bypass. Eli Lilly is a company now worth watching....
Basic: Bio -Supermarkt mit neuer Webseite
in Bio Channel, on June 11, 2009
...ehende Kooperationen mit führenden, ökologisch aktiven Web 2.0-Netzwerken wie Utopia und New Ethics sowie ein Online-Shop.
In einem Punkt bin ich jedoch ein wenig skeptisch: es heißt, dass die Perso...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
Interesting piece in the New York Times about future business leaders claiming they will be more ethical. According to the piece, about one out of five of the Harvard Business School graduating class have signed "The MBA Oath" pledging to serve the greater good and refrain from advan...
Is sacking people unethical?
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
... managers ever ponder the ethical implications of what they're doing. As the self-styled "ethics guy" Bruce Weinstein says , sacking people is an ethical issue because it impinges on t...
Why stricter laws won't work
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
...;s a point I discussed the other week with Simon Longstaff, the executive director of the St James Ethics Centre in Sydney. Longstaff says there is a need for regulation, but not too much. He warns ...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
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The global crisis is as much a failure of ethics as it is of finance. Business at the end of the day has to serve society which gives it its licence to operate. Creating virtual products as they d...
Who are the world's most ethical companies?
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...he judges could identify how the companies established a business case for ethical behavior and how ethics contributed their bottom line. But then, that takes a lot more work. Much easier to do it th...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
...n that nurtured greed on Wall Street allowed the finance industry to operate with a reduced code of ethics. They loaned money to people they knew would in all likelihood eventually default. They did...
Corporate ethics and law
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
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More than two years ago, I did a blog entry on the difference between ethics and morality. Moral decisions, around issues like theft and corruption, are absolutes regardless of time or culture. ...
Blagojevich and Spitzer: a moral tale about power
in Sox First, on January 8, 2009
...t Spitzer and Blagojevich probably have more in common than that. According to Kellog School's ethics professor Adam Galinsky , it's all about people's susceptibility to get drunk on powe...
Looking in the Mirror and Seeing Your Ethics Smiling Back at You
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 29, 2008
... BusinessWeek had a piece last week on ethical self-assessment. They looked at Peter Druker's Ethics of Prudence and declared it "timely" in light of recent events like the bribery sca...
Recession means it's time to ramp up internal security
in The CIO Weblog, on December 24, 2008
... you surrender your personal information here ), "The Global Recession and its Effect on Work Ethics", desperate employees worried about layoffs are a thing to be feared by CIOs and corpora...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...governance. Below you will find links to the Firm's corporate governance guidelines and code of ethics, as well as charters for the Audit, Compensation and Benefits, and Nominating and Corporate G... ...our customers, colleagues, business partners and shareholders. Our emphasis on improving compliance demonstrates our dedication to integrity and enhances our reputation for strong corporate governance...
Sox First birthday
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
...this month marks the third anniversary of Sox First. Three years ago, I was invited to write about ethics, governance and Sarbanes-Oxley. Being an Australian, the irony was not lost on me. Since the...
Financial ethics and the meltdown
in Sox First, on October 15, 2008
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What does the implosion of markets teach us about ethics? Britain's Business In The Community business development director Mallen Baker has some interesting insights in his piece Financial...
Data Security is Still a Top Concern Among Prospective LPO Buyers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 12, 2008
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Mark Ross of LawScribe, Inc., recently hosted a webinar discussing the ethics of legal process outsourcing. According to Mark, the Q&A section offered some surprising ...
Norway has ethics problems with Rio Tinto
in Sox First, on September 10, 2008
Fascinating developments with reports that Norway's $436 billion sovereign wealth fund has sold its stake in Rio Tinto because of concerns about the company damaging the environment in Indonesia. What's interesting about this story is that most companies excluded from Norway's inv...
Ethics code copies
in Sox First, on September 4, 2008
...anes -Oxley Act, all public companies are required to disclose whether they have adopted a code of ethics for principal executive, financial, and accounting officers. If they don't have an ethics...
Other Voices: Links for 8/14/08
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on August 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Randolph Pamphrey
From the PF blogs:
Mapgirl :
I just don't understand the DC housing market. How can people live here, save and have kids all at the same time? Unless you really are a K Street lobbyist raking in the dough, it's nigh impossible to li...
SEC Compliance Alert
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... in several areas including; personal trading by investment advisory employees, incomplete code of ethics, soft dollar practices, "Free lunch" sales seminars , broker-dealers' issu...
Three key functions of supply chain ethics management
in Supplychainer, on July 21, 2008
...Chain " in Supply and Demand Chain Executive.
In Levin's point of view, SEM (Supply chain Ethics Management) platforms provide three key functions from risk management perspective:
- Distr...
Ethics of the part-time bootstrapper
in BootStrapMe, on July 9, 2008
...courtesy of iStockphoto, Andy Dean
Carl Jongsma raises the interesting question of what the ethics should be for a part-time bootstrapper when business interests intersect with those of an emp...
BAE vows to clean up
in Sox First, on June 30, 2008
... improve the company's ethical standards in the wake of the Woolf Report into the company's ethics following allegations of bribery and corruption, and the Serious Fraud Office's controver...
CEOs hate SOX
in Sox First, on June 23, 2008
...corporate America still hates Sarbanes-Oxley. According to the National Survey of CEOs on Business Ethics, by Georgia State's Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility and Clemson's Robe...
Deutsche Telekom spying scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2008
...ct the huge amount of data that comes its way,'' Ulf Pose, president of the Association for Ethics in German Business told The Times . There will be a massive fallout from this case with pol...
Tightening the rules for ethical investment
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
... interests of their shareholders, accounting rules and performance indicators. The paper, Putting Ethics into Environmental Law: Fiduciary Duties for Ethical Investment says companies are fooling t...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
...#39;t afford not to have it providing services when it is hell-bent on staying in Iraq. So much for ethics at government level. "We cannot operate without private security firms in Iraq," P...
Arms trader pledges to be more ethical
in Sox First, on May 8, 2008
...se BAE's unpopularity with the British public. It is absurd to ask a committee to report on the ethics of an arms company without even considering whether it is ethical to arm dictatorships, or to...
Herbalife President Resigns in Disgrace
in Home Based Business, on May 1, 2008
... and reaffirmed the company's "unwavering commitment to the highest standards in business ethics." That final statement is a bit hard to believe given the deceptive nature of their "...
Beijing Olympic sponsorship: pros and cons
in Sox First, on April 28, 2008
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Questions are rising about the ethics of companies pouring money into sponsoring the Beijing Olympics. By abetting the genocide in Darfur, the Chinese Government has turned the event into the &qu...
Selling a Business - Get a Lawyer
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2008
...ecause I am an attorney. But, in my opinion, talk to the hourly professional (committed by law and ethics to your interest) first, before committing to the percentage based sales professional. ...
Nonprofits ethics: now nearly as bad as business and government
in Sox First, on March 31, 2008
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When it comes to ethics, nonprofits have always been held out as organizations that have the moral high ground. Now there's evidence showing that's not right. A new Ethics Resource Cente...
Diabetes: Solutions for the 21st Century
in Daily Diabetic, on March 19, 2008
... What : Diabetes: Solutions for the 21st Century
Research, Economics, Policy and Ethics
When : Friday, April 18, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Where : Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute ...
Goldman Sachs and Third World women
in Sox First, on March 7, 2008
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs has an interesting initiative that mixes ethics and business opportunity. It's a program designed to show that ethics can be good for business. The 10,000 Wome...
100 most influential people in business ethics
in Sox First, on February 18, 2008
... Ethispherhe magazine. It has an interesting piece on the 100 most influential people in business ethics . Some of the names surprised me. SEC chairman Christopher Cox for one. How the hell did he g...
Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments Handbook
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 15, 2008
...e beta replication
precious metals
the role of branding
self regulation
global activism
ethics and regional perspectives.
More Info at; Hedg e Fund News ...
2/6/08 Links
in Businesspundit, on February 6, 2008
... filed bankruptcy.
A good list of things to consider when building an online business.
Business ethics blog "Where's the Line?" examines your options when salary information is leak...
Outsourcing ethics?
in The CIO Weblog, on February 2, 2008
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I've heard quite a few arguments regarding the ethics of off-shore outsourcing, and quite a few others about the ethics of soaring gas and oil prices in a year of record profits by oil compani...
Ethics of Genetic Testing In Children/Minors
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 16, 2008
Now that genetic markers for certain diseases have already been established, should children/minors be allowed to undergo genetic testing , even when there are no means to reduce the risk until they are adults?
Proponents of testing minors have argued there is harm in uncertainty and wi...
Piggybacking is Illegal?!
in The Smart PDA, on January 4, 2008
I recently found out on Ars Technica that "piggybacking", or using someone's open Wi-Fi network without their permission or even knowledge, is actually considered illegal in certain jurisdictions . PDAs have long had Wi-Fi built in, and more smartphones are startingto integrate the...
Other Voices: Links for 12/17/07
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 17, 2007
...ns browsing in person only to buy online, why not? But speaking with Iskandar made me question the ethics of that approach.
Tired But Happy :
While we were opening our account, the manager walked b...
The Long Arm of Corporate Social Responsibility
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 17, 2007
Sustainability Blog , like many others, seem to think the practices of corporations, socially responsible or otherwise, are like the news on TV - we just watch it happen. There is another popular opinion that CSR is just a bunch of propaganda and marketing. I don't entirely agree with eith...
Ethical double standards
in Sox First, on December 12, 2007
... to succeed was a good reason to bend the rules. The fifth annual Junior Achievement/Deloitte Teen Ethics Survey suggests that pressure at school is creating a lot of these moral blind spots. But it ...
Social Media And Analogies
in The Search Engine Weblog, on December 8, 2007
... at Scrollin' On Dubs compares Marketing with the spreading of ripples in a glassy pond.
The Ethics Of Social Bookmarking - xrayspecs at The Internet Marketing Neophyte compares a new site to...
Charities and governance
in Sox First, on December 5, 2007
...r Not-for-Profit Organizations , 75 percent of not-fot-profits say their organization has a code-of-ethics policy, compared to 17 percent in 2003. And 89 percent have a conflict-of-interest policy, a ...
Ethics danger signals
in Sox First, on November 29, 2007
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First the good news. The number of formal ethics and compliance programs is on the rise. And companies with well-implemented programs are doing more reporting. The bad news, according to a new sur...
Did Zuckerberg Steal Facebook?
in Businesspundit, on November 28, 2007
...ination of court records, suggest that, at the least, the case raises troubling questions about the ethics of this new billionaire.
The plaintiffs are three Harvard grads: Cameron and Tyler Winklevos...
Jonathan Trenn Gives Us the REAL 411 on Facebook Beacon- and It's NOT a Good!
in Cool Picking, on November 27, 2007
...log is about all this and a whole lot more.
I have to agree that this is an egregious breach of ethics and privacy. I don't WANT everyone on Facebook to know about my purchases. I use Facebook...
Fixing Transparency will Fix Everything: Consumer Cautions
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 24, 2007
...e of business. Fighting for a personal platform, they do not see the damage they cause.
Breaking Ethics News
This Thursday at Dixie State College, Utah , their bi-monthly Business and Ethic...
Subprime panic sets in
in Sox First, on November 23, 2007
Which way for the US economy? As reported in the Knowledge@WP Carey series, Dr. Ken Mayland, president of Ohio-based ClearView Economics maintains that the supposed threats to the US economy are over-stated. He argues that that worst of the housing crisis is over and that despite the subprime m...
Training moral leaders
in Sox First, on November 22, 2007
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In the past, I have done blog entries looking at the difference between morality and ethics and questioning why business schools have failed to address this issue. Now it's good to read a r...
Questions from ethics classes
in Sox First, on November 22, 2007
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Here is a list of frequently asked questions you get at leadership training workshops focusing on ethics. Having come along to a few of these to help out, I'm always struck that the same questio...
Ethical dilemmas
in Sox First, on November 16, 2007
Every board, organization and employee comes across ethical dilemmas. After discussing these issues with ethicists, I have put together a framework to resolve them. There is no right or wrong answer here, it's more about getting in touch with your own ethical framework. 1 . Consider these e...
Yahoo: evil in China
in Sox First, on November 14, 2007
...t;The broader problem is that American business executives have little training in how to deal with ethics in a corrupt and totalitarian global business environment; blame U.S. business schools for th... ...ions setting out what they could report about the approach of the 15th anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. That says a lot about China. But it speaks volumes about Yahoo ...
Extending social responsibility to the whole value chain: Supplier ethics audit
in Supplychainer, on November 12, 2007
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The article was covering a recent research by the consultancy firm Integrity Interactive about ethics management through the supply chain.
The Integrity Interactive`s September 2007 survey of 7...
GAO slates IRS
in Sox First, on November 12, 2007
The Government Accountability Office has once more canned the Internal Revenue Service for its sloppy internal controls, legacy systems and dodgy Information Security . In its report , the GAO said the IRS had made significant progress but there was still a long way to go. In other words,...
Eight reasons for ethics awareness programs
in Sox First, on November 8, 2007
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It's often said that you can't teach ethics. But that's not the same as saying that ethical values can't be passed on. The problem with ethics awareness programs is that it's di...
The Malware Marketplace
in I got Spam?!, on November 6, 2007
... sprung up online.It used to be that hackers, spammers, and the like were people with low morals or ethics, but high programming skills. Not anymore. Now anyone who's willing to pay a few bucks ca...
Bootstrapping ethics
in BootStrapMe, on November 5, 2007
Entrepreneur Peter Thum developed Ethos Water from a bootstrapped business launched in 2002 to a $7.7 million business sold to Starbucks in 2005 .
The company, created on the premise of donating a percentage off the sale of each bottle of its premium spring water to clean-water initiatives in...
Ethics watch
in Sox First, on November 1, 2007
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In the past, I have talked about the difficulties companies have implementing codes of ethics .It could be argued that Enron, Parmalat and WorldCom are examples of the spectacular failure o...
What's In Store for the Next Nine Months
in Next Nine Months, on October 28, 2007
...ests, ultrasounds, amniocentesis , genetic tests
IVF and Assisted Pregnancies - procedures, ethics, modern technology
Infanticipating Dads - hey it's his baby, too!
Getting Ready for B...
Responsible Employment
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 28, 2007
...should know who you work for, what they do, why they do it, how they do it, and as much about their ethics as you can. If the company you work for isn't straightforward about these kinds of things...
Responsible Consumerism Part 1
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 26, 2007
...check? Are you his largest paycheck ?
You can't reach into a person's mind and read their ethics like a book - but you can follow the money trail, and accept the fact that money corrupts and...
Don't have a cow, but that milk isn't organic
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 25, 2007
... but the milk smells spoiled. Also in that article there was already speculation about Aurora's ethics and questionable ties. The reader response is an interesting read too .
"Some of the c...
Lessons From Carly Fiorina
in Businesspundit, on October 24, 2007
...tors. They are customer satisfaction, the rate of innovation, diversity of the management team, and ethics. If you look at those indicators, you can predict what happens to Dell. It seems that he is c...
Are companies realizing their corporate social responsibilities?
in Java Entrepreneur, on October 14, 2007
...#39; but I have an opposite belief. I am aware of the fact that most of the companies do not run on ethics but we have been witnessing a subtle change of late. Companies have started to open up off la... ...but we have been witnessing a subtle change of late. Companies have started to open up off late and demonstrating the ability of transparency and following the philosophy of Innovate, Act, Share, Sun ...
Personal values, organizational values
in Sox First, on October 12, 2007
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When ethics scandals hit, it tends to be the fault of certain individuals inside the organization. More often than not, they have allowed their own personal values to infect the organization...
Is your business vulnerable to fraud?
in Sox First, on October 8, 2007
...e- employment background checks to identify previous dishonest or unethical behavior, running ethics and anti-fraud training programs, providing hotlines, rotating who handle cash receipts and a...
