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Open Letter to those in Business and Professions
The need for ethics today, in business and professions
Lesson #1: Don’t Be Evil
“We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone,” says Page. “So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.” From its search technology to its advertising to its own charitable foundation, Page and Brin have striven to create Google after the fashion of their own morals. The company refuses to place advertisements for hard liquor and donates 1% of its profits to charitable causes all in an effort to not “be evil”.

Does Integrity on the Internet Really Matter?
Is the subject of integrity even worth our time considering when doing business online? What's the point when people are separated by vast distances? There may be more at stake than you realize ...
A Better Way to Live
Random Thoughts on Life and Entrepreneurism

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Recruitment Standards You Must Have To Build Your Business
Recruitment standards are a critical component of assembling a strong management team to fit your company's needs. Maintaining recruitment standards ensures you are getting qualified people, who fit well into the mechanics of your business. Why is this important and anyway, what can you do about it? Read on...
Redefinition of Leadership
Ever wonder what strategies work to have successful leadership within an organization? As times continue to change, so do the tried and true standards. Business standards are evolving to keep up with the influx of the new standards of life in the 21st century. This article will help your organization stay ahead of the learning curve and not be left behind.

HAVE HIGH STANDARDS FOR YOURSELF
Standards are the behaviors you hold yourself to (as opposed to boundaries which are the behaviors you hold others to. Standards aren't what you think you "should" do or what you think other people want or expect you to do. Rather, standards are behaviors that you commit to because they will help you be your best.
Interview Question -- Outside The Box
Moral dilemma or opportunity to think outside box?
Create a ‘No Excuses’ Sales Environment
What is your company’s sales culture or environment? Can that question be answered quickly and articulated consistently across your organization? The foundation for creating a clearly defined sales environment begins with the leadership - how they set sales standards and then demonstrate, communicate and inspect accountability to those standards. What sales standards do you set and communicate? Are they extraordinary? If we followed you around for 30 days, what would we observe about your actions and interactions with your team?
Team Working Standards - Who Is Involved In Design?
Agreeing the standards by which your team will work is an invaluable piece of work to do. Your people need to know what's in and what's not, so clarifying this early is remarkably important. But who decides these important standards best...
Moral Hazards of Metrics
Build on your awareness of moral hazards within business. Steve touches on seven moral hazards within business - quantitative versus qualitative; creativity, innovation and intuition can be put aside with metrics; no evolution, efficiency versus effectiveness; myopia; assumptions and biases; looking backwards not forwards. This article builds upon the work of Ron Baker of VeraSage Institute.
Keeping your Non-profit Ethical
One would expect a non-profit organization to maintain higher ethical standards than any of the for-profit business organizations. However, the unfortunate fact is that ethical standards of non-profit organizations in general are on the decline, and not much better than those of the for-profit enterprises. A recent report by the Ethics Resource Center says that the decline in ethical standards of the employees at non-profits is at its lowest level in the last 10 years.
Inspirational Leadership: Morals Are Required
If you want to be an inspirational leader, figure out your values. Sure, there might be exceptions... but the existence of very-rare exceptions shouldn't destroy the need for the moral "rules" that separate good behavior from bad. And, to put it bluntly, you will never inspire greatness in anyone if you don't have an obvious set of moral rules by which you consistently live....
Setting Your Moral Compass to North. Why talking about ethics is not enough
Just mentioning the word ethics conjures up a number of thoughts on ethical and moral failings. The late 20th century and early 21st century is marked by an increase in discussions and scholarly debate of the subject. At times you cannot even so much as turn on the television or pick up a newspaper without some news on the ethical failings of an individual or organization. Could it be that we are less moral than we once were or do moral failings only appear more prevalent simply because there is an increase in awareness through education, training and discussion? This article discusses the potential reasons for such failings and what can be done to address the matter.

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