“Everybody’s ethics are different”, claimed Richard Desmond, owner of the Daily Express. He was being put on the spot to say what ethics meant to him. His much derided response landed badly. Particularly at the national enquiry examining the ethics, or lack of them in the media and especially at […]
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Business in search of an ethical compass
Oscar Wilde saying: “I can resist anything, except temptation”, or the unlikely phrase “Great Depression”, or even “Act Naturally” are all what wordsmiths call oxymorons. For many people “Business and ethics” is almost certainly an Oxymoron—an incompatible mix. For them, ethics inhibits or prevent the profit-making drive, through for example, […]
Would the leader of an ethical global company please stand up
Is there an ethical global company anywhere? Currently we see vast swathes of the corporate world wilfully avoiding paying their proper share of taxes through avoidance schemes, mainly centred around Luxembourg. Meanwhile three quarters of the banking industry remains mired in never-ending fines for nefarious practices almost too numerous and complex to […]
Influence: The Fourth Pillar of ethical leadership in business
This is the fourth in the series on the five pillars of ethical leadership in business Influence The fourth pillar is about Influence. Basically this prompts leaders to ask about any particular ethical concern:[spacer height=”20px”] How can we influence through our ethical actions?” [spacer height=”20px”] In answering this, leaders seek to […]
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