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Signing Off on Ethics: The thing about writing an ethics blog is that I can't tell people what's right and what's wrong. They made up their minds about that long ago. The gray area is that people have their own, very different definitions, of what is wrong. So the best thing I can do...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, Perfection, ethics; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Lessons of an Ethics Writer: A year-and-a-half ago, when I was asked to write this ethics blog, I wrote out a short introductory post. So today, my last day writing this blog, I took a quick look at it. Everything you need to survive in today's business world you probably learned in...; Tags: Business ethics, playground, William Baker, ethics, blog; Blog posts 2008-06-17
The World's Most Ethical Companies: What does it mean to be named to Ethisphere's list of the World's Most Ethical Companies? Well, it's been a week since the list was announced, and those companies who were honored followed through on a topic I discussed in a recent post -- they sold their ethics. They're doing...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, Ethisphere, ethics; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Market Your Ethics: Ethics has never been more important in business because people have never been more conscious of the ethics involved in the companies they buy from, invest in, or do business with. From socially-conscious investing, to assessing the environmental impact of goods and services, to the political bent...; Tags: Business ethics, Branding, William Baker, ethics, coffee brand; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Scott McClellan and Business Ethics: Stephen Goldman, a law professor at Catholic University of America, has just come out with a book called "Temptations in the Office: Ethical Choices and Legal Obligations." Scott McClellan, the former White House spokesman, has a new book of his own, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White...; Tags: William Baker, Scott McClellan, business ethics; Blog posts 2008-06-04

The Ethical Mind: A Challenge in Business?: Is it more difficult for businesspeople to adhere to an ethical mind than for those in other professions? That's what a Harvard professor thinks, because he says it lacks the structure of other professions (he makes the point that it is not, strictly, a profession) and the only goal is...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-30
Student Loan Business: An Ethical Dilemma in the Credit Crunch: The student loan business is going through a credit crisis, and some of the nation's largest lenders are responding with a new business model that may be sound business but is ethically questionable. Students at the top-tier schools are being taken care of, but those at the...; Tags: William Baker, student loan business; Blog posts 2008-06-03
Whole Foods Chief Defends His Ethics: John Mackey had a bad 2007, but he's bouncing back in 2008 and the Whole Foods chief is finally talking about "rahodeb," the Internet alter-ego he used to leave scathing chatroom remarks about competitor Wild Oats just as he was angling to buy them. I imagine Mackey has been itching...; Tags: Business ethics, Food & Beverage, ethics, William Baker, John Mackey, Whole Foods; Blog posts 2008-05-21
Ethics Without Consequences: "The measure of a man's character is defined by what he will do when he knows he will not be held accountable for his actions." It tough to say anything about this quote, really. It's quite perfect. Ethics doesn't end at the line of enforcement. Just because...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-19
Ethics on a Deadline: Poll: Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of "Saturday Night Live," likes to say that the show doesn't go on because it's ready. It goes on because it's 11:30. Yesterday, I blogged about how ethics is often just a willingness to say no. But does that change on a...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-16
The Ethics of Saying No: Corporations do not make ethical mistakes. Individuals make ethical mistakes. Most of the time, that's because they're afraid of saying no. The reason so many people find it hard to say no is that it is hard to say no. A client says something inappropriate; a co-worker...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Such Is The Importance of Ethics: When we're talking about establishing an ethical business culture, the small things matter. Yet, too often, we let the small things slide, we turn the other way, we don't make it our business. Here's a comment from a reader that addresses how the small things -- the...; Tags: Business ethics, training and certification, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Ethics Management Myths: Learning from Them: Many ethical decisions are analyzed in reverse. Choosing what is right is often just an analysis of everything you know to be wrong. But when we're talking about trying to manage those ethics, to attempt the huge challenge of getting a large group of people to behave accordingly, what do...; Tags: Leadership, William Baker, business ethics, ethics; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll: Is the asterisk coming to the business world? The use of performance-enhancing drugs has clogged up the sports world for the last couple of years, but steroid and human growth hormone are not the only way to get a chemical advantage. What about the brain drugs, those...; Tags: Business ethics, Performance management, William Baker, ethics, performance; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Ethical Decisions: For Leadership Only?: Monster.com, the Internet job-listing giant, has a quiz on its site called "Test Your Business Ethics." The quiz is aimed at entry-level employees who are new to business and presents five ethical dilemmas, each with three possible courses of action. What's interesting is that the correct answer for three of...; Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, leadership, William Baker, ethical dilemma; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Racist Remarks from a Client: Confront or Ignore?: A recent blog post over in BNET1 about how job candidate interviewees are flunking etiquette 101 - answering cell phones, bringing children along, using profanity - was, shall we say, humorously disturbing. But this bad behavior has a simple solution: don't hire the person. But poor etiquette...; Tags: William Baker; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Poll: Local Ethics in a Global Business World: Are ethics absolute, or are they dictated by the context of the society in which the actions take place? If you're doing business in a foreign land where facilitation payments - read: bribes - are a standard part of life, is it acceptable for you and your company to follow...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics, custom; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Coach Fights Phony Bags with a Phony Person?: Have you heard the one about how Coach gave money to a public relations class at Hunter College so that the kids could learn about how bad counterfeit goods are, and then allegedly condoned the kids using that money to create a phony advertising campaign featuring a phony student who...; Tags: Public relations, William Baker; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Oregon's Ethics War: Name all of your adult relatives. On the record. Publicly. Would you be willing to do this to keep your job? If you want to be a public official in Oregon, these are the new requirements. And, so far, at least 150 of the state's 5,000 public...; Tags: Business ethics, William Baker, ethics; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Poll: Reporting Fudged Credentials?: Today's poll deals with something most everyone will face at some point in their career: whether to report a colleague after you come across some damaging information about their history. Your Dilemma: You have long wondered how one of your colleagues, whom you view as being less...; Tags: William Baker; Blog posts 2008-04-25