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Ethics in the News

Witnessing the destruction of truth and justice

  • October 1, 2018
  • Ethics in the News

These are troubling times for ethical people. Especially in light of the history we are watching unfold before our eyes. Last week we watched a live Senate hearing for a sitting Judge who was accused of sexual assault. The Senate Judicial Committee is trying to determine if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is suitable to be confirmed to the Supreme Court… Read More

Bookkeepers and Embezzlement – the Value of Knowing Your Numbers!

  • November 20, 2017
  • Ethics in the News

You’ve got a stack of customer invoices to create and bills to pay, all sitting patiently on your desk waiting for your attention.  You dread this time of the month because numbers are just not your thing.  You hate how long it takes to get the paperwork taken care of, and you don’t understand the results your bookkeeper gives… Read More

“Ethics” – the latest “buzz-word”!

  • October 9, 2017
  • Ethics in the News

Have you noticed that ethics is in the news everywhere these days?  This sometimes hugely unpopular and negatively perceived word is now the latest buzz word. Huh.  I guess I was 10 years ahead of my time when I invented e-Factor!®, originally conceived as the “ethics factor”.  I woke up with the idea in the wee hours of the… Read More

Where has all the Good News gone??

  • April 21, 2017
  • Ethics in the News

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

  • February 25, 2017
  • Ethics in the News
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

Pop Goes The Weasel

  • January 30, 2017
  • Ethics in the News

"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

If you have life insurance… do you trust it?

  • August 31, 2016
  • Ethics in the News

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…

  • July 14, 2016
  • Ethics in the News

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

Companies To Look Up To For Ethics

  • March 11, 2016
  • Ethics in the News

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

How Character and Ethics Come To Play In Sports

  • March 8, 2016
  • Ethics in the News
The early formative years is the time in sports that character is built.  Coaches are chosen for their ability to build teams that win, yet ethics of fair play and sportsmanship are important whether on either end of winning or losing.  Sometimes, the first string of starters get blown out of a game.  A coach can keep… Read More
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