When people are asked in surveys whether they are ethical or not, most believe they are. When people are asked in surveys whether they are honest or not, most believe they are. This is the problem with our ethical standards: we rationalize and justify our conduct constantly based on the degree of guilt we feel. […]

In all walks of life we actively search to find more purposeful leaders who are ethical and have a positive impact on the lives of others. These leaders aren’t easy to find, even with the assistance of the Hubble Telescope. In an ongoing mission to promote the benefits of ethical cultures and why this makes […]

I anticipate a swelling sea of commentary about to shift my way regarding Davos 2016, and the ethical disconnect for the vast majority of humans occupying planet earth.  One of the main topics discussed at length from world leaders, business people, & power brokers posed this question: Are we on the cusp of a fourth […]

Twinkle, twinkle, o ethical star, how we wonder where you are. Will you show us your brilliant light, in the midst of the dark and night?  Now we wonder what you are, twinkle, twinkle, o ethical star. While the farthest thing from Robert Frost or Emily Dickinson, I do dream and wish for ethical stars […]

It is an understatement to say that American businesses and organizations are in an ethical crisis leadership wise. The extensive surveys given these days bear this fact out: over 80% of workers don’t trust the bosses they work for or believe they are telling the truth. Despite these growing and very real feelings from workers, […]

Family firms comprise approximately 85% of all business enterprises in North America and ethics building has never been more important to maintaining their success. I recently addressed some forty family owned businesses at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Advanced Studies in business to emphasize the value of enterprise ethics being deployed each day. For those of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]