Understanding Group and Personal Ethics - Nu Leadership Series

Examine the nature of group and personal ethics in organizations. Nu Leadership is a column that explores the changing workforce and social environment as it relates to leadership development.

Why You Should Defray the Hidden Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Implementation with SEO Articles

How search engine optimized articles can help save you money when implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Balancing the Needs of Customers and Shareholders in a Public Corporation

Many people say; It is All About Money when it comes to big corporations. Well yes, that is their job to make money and yet if you look around today you will might take a look and see that every thing you see everywhere you go was brought or built by a corporation. You cannot have it both ways. These people say that the corporations only care about shareholders equity and quarterly profits and cannot therefore focus on customer needs?

How We Got Here!

How the residential real estate mortgage industry turned into the cesspool it is today, and how to fix it!

Successful Collaboration; Overcome Values Based Pitfalls

When one of the alliances partners does not completely embrace the principles of Partnering, big challenges occur. This can include top-level executives or even supervisory and functional employees in departments, divisions or regions within a Partnering organization. As an example, DuPont believes that if a contractor is looking just to maximize his profits, on just one job, then Partnering with that contractor is not for DuPont because they know there will be problems in the relationship.

The Dilemma of Nanotechnology - Science vs. Ethics

Nanotechnology, referred to commonly as molecular manufacturing, is making huge strides within scientific and government communities. Despite its growth and the potential impact it will have on society at large, too little emphasis has been placed on the ethical considerations of nanotechnology and the ever-rippling effects of its applications.

Managers Where Are Your Ethics?

The U.S. workforce is very tight and finding good employees is extremely difficult. Are your managers contributing to higher turnover because of poor ethics?

Workplace Bullying

The objective of any workplace bully is control, power, domination and subjugation. The means by which that objective is attained varies from bully to bully but can include deception, corruption and collusion, negligence, dereliction of duty, conspiracy, or even criminal acts.

Business Ethics-What's Happening Where We Work?

The National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) provides an overview of ethics in the workplace and the 2005 version indicates that ethical misconduct is increasing. And this is after Enron, et al. The NBES included more than 3,000 American workers and their survey showed that more than half of American workers have observed at least one type of ethical misconduct in the workplace. Yet, employee reporting of the misconduct they observe is down by 10 percent. This is cause for alarm, in my opinion, and more businesses need to be aware of what is happening with ethics at work today.

The Basics Of E-mails

It's a great tool to be in touch and to widen your business. However be wary of the fine line between spamming and being persistent when sending mails. Spamming is frowned upon in most countries. If it is found by your e-mail account provider that you are guilty of this sacrilege, your account could be suspended and your outgoing e-mails could be blocked out by the the recipient's mail server, making your efforts futile

Is The Customer Always Right?

When to pick and choose your business battles - and how to keep your good customers happy while quietly filtering out the 'bad' ones.

Beware Of Anyone Wanting A Currency Exchange With The Same Bank

One of the tactics of scammers with currency exchanges.

Strategic Thinking Business Ethics Advice - Just Say NO – Loudly & Clearly - To Unethical Clients!

Have you ever been asked to do something unethical by one of your prospects or clients? Have you ever been pressured by a supervisor, manager or owner at your business to do something unethical? Have you ever observed unethical behavior by a prospect or client? One must always ask – what price do I put on my ethics? How can one justify a compromise of their ethics? It is essential to have some good advice on how to reduce the chance of an improper request from a client or prospect and how to respond when actually approached by an unethical prospect or client. Your strategic thinking business coach offers the following advice.