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Archive for the 'Ethics' Category
Ethics Training: To What End?
A company could spend thousands on an ethics training program that has no affect on its employees. Especially in this challenging economy, people want to know, what is the ROI for an ethics training program? While the answer is debatable.
Do good ethics result in good business? One might have a tendency to think, well yes, of course. Doesn’t everyone prefer fairness and openness? Another might think, not so fast. If a company chooses to operate on the far fringes of both the law and accepted ethical norms, and seemingly produces results satisfactory to customers and stockholders, isn’t that enough?
We are here to critically understand the relevance of Ancient Indian education system in the modern time. Has the modern education ethos has helped to understand the Indian society. Do we want to become original thinkers again or remain in the present system which breeds mediocrity? India need to think carefully how much foreign system of education has helped her. Time has come to go back to high level of education which will produce thinkers.
I Might Become President: Doing Creative Work For People Is Good
You hear over and over and over and over again that doing good deeds for others will bring you good in return. This may very well be the case in the business of publishing because at the root of what I do is creation.
Surviving the Bully
This article discusses how bullying takes its toll on everyone. Parents are familiar with this scenario because many of them were victims of bullying as well. Somehow, they got over it – moved on with their lives. However, as new parents, they find themselves rushing to the side of their children, allaying fears, and demanding that a cap be placed on bullying. Okay, it’s probably safe to say that bullying has been around a long time – so why the focus?
Consider Culture When Going Global
There are many things to think about when you own or operate a business. One of these points to consider is going global.
Environmentalism In The Workplace
Businesses are currently undertaking initiatives to promote greater corporate environmental responsibility. International organizations like the United Nations encourage development of environmentally friendly processes and technologies as a commitment to nature. There are simple ways in which environmentalism in the workplace can be infused in day to day operations.
Dealing With Business E-Waste
In an age of planned obsolescence, electronics are being thrown out at an alarming rate. This begs the question, in a throwaway society, how do we deal with electronic waste? Businesses and consumers must ask this question and dilemma every day.
It’s Not Personal, It’s Strictly Business – An Ethical Perspective
This famous statement by Michael Corleone (actor Al Pacino ) in the 1972 block buster movie “The Godfather”, has, in a very real way, become a cornerstone of modern competitive business practice. Modern business owners sometimes use this line to justify an action or business decision which is at variance with what they truly know to be right and moral. Put another way, “as an individual, I hold myself to a high standard of ethical behavior, but as a business owner, I do what I must to get ahead”.