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Where has all the Good News gone??

Paris, attacked again.  Bill O'Reilly leaving Fox under allegations of sexual harassment and $13M in payouts. United passenger dragged off an airplane.  Where has all the good news gone?? If we can create "fake news", why can't we also create "good… Read More

Honesty’s Big Payday

Out of the mouths of babes sometimes come very wise statements. I think we should listen more to these golden nuggets when they occur. We adults just might learn something of value.
 
One such pearl of wisdom came from a young girl scout. Her story was on the CBS evening segment "On the Road" by… Read More

Turning Ethics Upside Down

In starting my research for this blog post I found a USA Today headline reading “Trump delivers the death blow to ethics.”  Well That’s an Understatement!  Presidential advisers pitching products, releasing fake news, accepting positions for which they have no qualifications or experience, fighting with federal judges, name calling, dismantling laws without considering consequences, brushing off conflicts of interest… Read More

Pop Goes The Weasel

"If money is big enough, why not?" was the response to a 60-minutes investigator who asked Stefano Varjas, an inventor from Budapest, Hungary, about whether he would sell his invention, a motorized bicycle accessory, to clients who intended to cheat in bike races.  (Click here for the segment entitled "Enhancing the Bike" aired 1/29/17.)  

The investigator was specifically… Read More

Being Wisely Powerful

As we usher in a new leader, I am compelled to write this article.  It is just bubbling out of me, because I have been witness to a change in our environment where ethics and accountability are taking a back seat to fear and anger and hate. How did this happen, and how do we release the pressure building… Read More

Beware the Square

Do you accept credit cards? If so, pay attention! Here's what happened on Square when an old client fraudulently disputed an old… Read More

If you have life insurance… do you trust it?

I recently saw a disturbing 60-Minutes segment called “Not Paid”.  Disturbing to me was the lesson that life insurance companies who collect millions of dollars in premiums for death benefits Do Not Pay when a policy holder dies UNLESS the beneficiary specifically contacts the insurance company and makes a claim.

WHAT??? Are you kidding??? Huh. Is this… Read More

From the mouth of babes…

After a week of violence including police brutality and retaliatory shootings of police, it appears that the young ones understand ethical behavior and the "right" way to do things better than the… Read More

e-Factor!® turns 9!

Nine years ago today, in the wee hours of the morning, the concept for e-Factor!® was created. When the idea popped into my head and I said a mental "OK, let's do this", I had no idea how to create a game or how to deliver workshops. All I knew was that I'd just decided to leave… Read More

Companies To Look Up To For Ethics

It's wonderful to find companies whose ethical business culture shines at all levels.  It is something every business can do with the right training and oversight that leads by example.  There are so many ways a small mistake turns out to be… Read More