How do we achieve a balanced life without the right personal ethics?
The answer is we cannot as our morals, values, and principles provide the foundation of who we are and how we act.
For some continuing reason in corporate America, many business executives believe they are entitled to certain rights, privileges, and benefits that others aren’t.
Why is this and have these individuals identified their personal ethics in a way that tilts them toward immorality?
For the record, this author believes I am entitled to nothing.
I have been blessed with a wonderful family, friends, and community who have supported me through thick and thin. I hardly need anything else.
That spirit of love, friendship, and loyalty is a beautiful thing and too fragile to put as risk with entitlements and changing moral beliefs. My strong Christian belief to never put my own interests first and serve God provides me the only foundation I need.
There is no job on the planet worth more than this yet our corporate chieftains continue to flail right in front of us.
I don’t know Jaime Dimon of JP Morgan/Chase. So, I give him some benefit of the doubt regarding the latest fiasco at his trading desk in London.
That said though, most say his personal ethics and his moral foundation is strong. Should he step down as CEO in the face of a $3 billion loss?
Scott Thompson resigned as CEO of Yahoo and stepped down from the boards of F5 Networks and Splunk. Some of his cronies and colleagues were unwilling to accept explanations regarding his education background.
Up to that point, he believed he was entitled to continue in these highly paid roles without further explanation.
The lack of personal ethics and morality finally caught up with him.
What about Brian Dunn, the former CEO of Best Buy? He resigned on his own in the face of being fired for failing to disclose an inappropriate relationship with a female employee.
Best Buy was a company that had a Chief Ethics Officer and a Board of Directors that very much supported good ethics and high conduct. Yet, the Board is going to pay Dunn a substantial amount of severance and benefits.
Why is he entitled to this when the average worker wouldn’t receive these kinds of benefits?
Do yourself a favor. Rank your priorities in life and put them down on paper.
You may be surprised at what you wrote and in what order.
We are given the chance by God to do our best every day and the latitude to interpret what that is.
It is our moral, human, and Christian responsibility to never put our interests first ahead of others.
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