An Interesting Angle on Truthfulness

Indubitably – nice word that, learnt it from Bert of Mary Poppins fame – indubitably character forms part of the foundation out of which ethics will grow – or not, as the case might be.  Ethics do grow, obviously, as I exercise that particular part of my character.  The problem arises in that we have …

A Great Ethical Boss (1)

I wonder if there is such a thing.  The problem is that we’ve spoken about ethics and business and personal behaviour for the past two weeks during the Practice Management Workshop.Now I want to take it one further. The Ethical Boss. The Great Ethical Boss. Similar to what Patrick Lencioni said – people leave jobs …

A Line…

“Morality, like art, starts with drawing a line”. – Oscar Wilde

Business and Ethics

In 1987 the Wall Street Journal published an article noting that out of 671 executive respondents, 25% believed ethics would hamper a successful career.  A full 50% indicated that executives known to them “bent the rules” to move up the ladder. This was before Enron. In 1990 a national survey showed that 68% of respondents …

“Quote”

” Ethics is not something I can see; it is something I experience – either through myself or through others. The lack thereof is experienced even more acutely.”  Dr Theo Marais