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Ethics & Values Through the Soul of Pope Francis

For six days the world has witnessed an extraordinary display of ethics, values, joy, and love through the soul of Pope Francis that is unprecedented for most humans. I was raised Catholic mostly through the efforts of my mother and supported by my late Presbyterian father. Admittedly, for the majority of my life I have […]

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911 Call To My Fellow Humans: Where Are Your Morals & Ethics?

Every day is filled with more stories of continued hatred and violence toward each other begging the question of Where Are Your Morals & Ethics? Each new story of worldwide violence can be linked to one indisputable fact: people who hate others don’t care, are unaccountable, irresponsible, and apparently have not constructed any type of […]

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Running For President: Accountability & Ethics

I can’t imagine making a run to be President of the U.S. and being heavily scrutinized in terms of an accountability and ethics record. On Thursday night in Cleveland, Ohio we watched ten Republican candidates put to the test for two hours defending their statements, past positions, accomplishments, current positions, beliefs, and ethics. This is […]

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The Hypocrisy and Lack Of Ethics In the Department of Justice

What does it take for a government organization like the Department of Justice to live by hypocrisy and operate with a lack of ethics? It takes size, years, selfish promotion, and creative explanations that expound their overstated contributions to our legislative branches and the American people. In the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown by […]

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Ethics and Quality Decision Making

Do you believe that ethics is necessary to make quality decisions in our lives? Do you believe that ethics is a vital component of a moral compass? Do you believe that practicing sound ethics is essential to living a successful and a fulfilling life? Most reasonable people would answer yes to all of these questions without much effort. […]

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Entitlement & Indifference To Ethics In Government Agencies

Governmental agencies love to boast about their transparency, controls, the services they provide, yet their lack of ethics and self-serving behavior is quite disturbing. Take the Office of Veterans Affairs as a main focal point for the moment. It is incredible to fathom that they employ over 280,000 employees. How did we let our government […]

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Ethical Lapses, Poor Controls, & Willful Blindness In Corporate Environments

Nothing should surprise us anymore when we learn of yet another large corporate scandal involving ethical lapses, poor controls, and coordinated willful blindness. Greed, arrogance, and entitlement continue to prevail and exist at many levels within organizations. The desire to make a lot of money apparently exceeds what is fair, reasonable, equitable, and legal. This […]

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Why Ethics & Sales Practices Are Inseparable

Our business community often talks about how important customers or “guests” are to growth and profits. Yet, it is all too common for organizations to not tie together their ethics and sales practices in a meaningful sustained way. I am in contact with a fair number of organizations who are all trying to grow revenues and […]

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Video: Committing Fraud, Accepting Responsibility & Going To Prison: One Person’s Story

See Mark speaking in Las Vegas at the Knowledge Summit, Caesars Palace, 2013

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Reflections, Ethics, & the Moral Compass

Have you reflected recently about your journey, ethics, and moral compass? I have and truly believe this is a meaningful exercise well worth undertaking. We can all expand our lenses, see larger pictures, and draw inspiration from purposeful men and women. In my life I have drawn considerable inspiration from the late basketball coach and […]

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