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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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