I get these SmartBriefs that update me on topics of interest, like ethics, leadership, entrepreneurship etc. It’s how I keep up with things and manage to stay current on business news and world events. On April 16 I got a Social Media SmartBrief that talked about the impact of social media related to the Boston Marathon bombing. The title… Read More
The day before election day I saw on the national news a segment on voter fraud. What?? Here in the US?? Really?!
The news segment mentioned a series of activities such as "robo-calls" providing incorrect polling place addresses, putting the wrong election date on voting mailings, closing early voting early, throwing away authentic voter applications or questioning the validity of… Read More
How many times have we heard this phrase? And how many times do these words get us into trouble? When I hear this sentence lately I start running to the door, biting my tongue to avoid saying something I'll regret later. That's usually because what is easy for some is rocket science for me.
The latest example of my long… Read More
Ethics – it’s a topic on everyone’s mind these days. If you’re still watching the news or listening to the radio or tweeting on Twitter you can’t avoid hearing about the consequences of unethical behavior. It is all around us; related to the cars we drive to the banks we put our money into, to the value of our… Read More
Here in Arizona we’re having a debate. Ok, so we’re having a lot of debates here and sparking a few big nasty national ones as well lately. Arizona is definitely subscribed to the Wild Wild West mentality. But the debate I’m writing about relates to ethics, and whether our elected officials should have immunity from prosecution while the legislature… Read More
I will cherish this memory. A unanimous vote in the US Congress. A rare thing of beauty it was, although the reason for it was heart wrenchingly sad. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords submitted her last piece of legislation before resigning as a US representative of the state of Arizona. Watching her complete this task, take her last vote, and submit… Read More
It happened again today. Someone came to my door to do a little maintenance work, and his truck was parked in front of the fire hydrant. I had to politely ask him to move his truck. Luckily, this gentleman didn’t get rude or nasty. He just turned around, looked at his truck, saw it was directly in front of… Read More
Ethical awareness is growing. Can you feel it? It’s in the air and it’s in the news. Penn State, Congress, Wall Street and Countrywide have all been skewered for big ethical misconduct lately. It’s gotten so bad that after ten minutes of watching the nightly news my blogs and e-zines are practically begging to write themselves. Even in fiction… Read More