Business EthicsFifty Catholic academic-ethicists wrote President John Garvey of the Catholic Univers...

1. Business Ethics
Business Ethics
Fifty Catholic academic-ethicists wrote President John Garvey of the Catholic University of America
(CUA), protesting the university's acceptance of $1 million from the Charles Koch Foundation to
support programs on "principled entrepreneurship."
The CEO as a Public Official
Barra may be an example of what we will increasingly see -- and expect. In the world of social media,
the World Wide Web, and a 24/7 news cycle, private sector leaders can neither isolate their
companies nor control the expectations that govern how they need to behave.
New Jewish Camp to Teach Entrepreneurship to Teens
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Colorado, Entrepreneurship, Business News
You know it's a good idea when parents lament that they wish there was something like this when
they were teens. That seems to be the general consensu...

2. The WHOLE Truth?
Swarthmore College, where I took my first ethics course, which changed my life Photo by Bruce
Weinstein A friend of mine, whom I'll call Maurice (n...
CVS: A Prescription to Do the Right Thing
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Ethics, Cvs, Moral Values, Doing Good, Business Social Responsibility, Business News, Do Well,
Corporate Leadership, Sustainability, Malden Mills, Sherwin-Williams, Do Good, Shared American
Values, Doing the Right Thing, Impact News
CVS is a notable exception and, hopefully, a tipping point in moving companies from being profit-
driven to profit-and-purpose-driven.
An Education in Ethics
Despite the obstacles, ethical education is more important than ever. Tomorrow's business leaders
must deal with technological intrusions and vulnerabilities that were not imagined 10 years ago.
Can You Keep a Secret?
What's the best way to respond when you observe violations of confidentiality in public?

3. Dear Boeing: Next Time, Try Benevolence
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Pensions, Corporate Tax Breaks, Corporate Power, Washington State, Business, Unions, Legislation,
State Legislatures, Business Ethics, Business News
After a cliff-hanger of a union vote, Boeing will stay here in Washington state. But the joy is not
universal and it's not deep, and who knows how long it will last? Lingering in the craw are Boeing's
hardball, take-it-or-we-leave-the-state tactics.
Re-Building Trust, From "Value" to "Values"
All the evidence is that society's expectations of business have changed, and businesses must
respond. To start rebuilding trust, a company first needs to demonstrate that it is worthy of being
trusted.
Ethics 101: GTA V, Justin Bieber and The Wolf of Wall Street
This morning I saw a Prius out front of my house, in a relatively affluent Southern California
neighborhood. In it were two teenage boys smoking pot....
Can Faith Help You Make Better Decisions?

4. Faith can help us make better decisions. Faith empowers us with the humility of our human
condition, empowers us to deal with reality and to do our part of the deal, and opens us up to the
hope that God will do his part as well.
B Team Leaders Call for Bold Leadership from Business
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Development Goals, United Nations, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Global Poverty,
Ngos, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, The B Team, Business Ethics, Impact
News
With the UN Climate Change negotiations underway, and as the United Nations designs its flagship
Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, business needs to engage.
Teaching Ethics in a Changing India
Their notions about how the practices of the world and personal values interplayed fascinated me, at
times frustrated me and almost always threw me into deep questions about how our society was
shaping up.
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Good-Mouthing
Bad-mouthing -- who needs it? It's rude at best and unethical at worst. There is a concept that gets
much less attention, but is sorely needed today: good-mouthing. I didn't invent the term, but I'd like
to popularize it, so I can think of no better place to start than right here. With you.

5. The One Metric I'll Use to Measure My Company's Success in 2014
My head began spinning as Joanna went through the next 10 or so cards. I don't think I heard a
single word she said afterward. I just kept thinking about Joshua and his heartbreaking request. All
of a sudden,our 2014 goals seemed meaningless.
Outsourcing and Me: Adventures in Manufacturing
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Employees, Sweat Shops, Factory Fires, Cheap Labor, Business Ethics, Business News
A company is a shared responsibility and a contract between employees and owners -- it is not
diminishing people to simply "capital" to be spent.
The Future of Testing Your Genetic Future
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Responsibility, Medical Research, Genetic Testing, Science, Fda Approval, Medical Errors,
Corporate Social Responsibility, Information Technology, Business Ethics, Human Rights, Fda
Regulations, Genes, Health, Ethics, Genetics, Technology, Medicine, Bioethics, Health Care, Genetic
Engineering, Regulation, Fda, Government, Deregulation, Healthy Living News
This week, 23andMe, the Google-backed DTC genetic test company, stunned many observers by
agreeing to stop sales of its $99 genetic test kit online, saying it will now release only ancestry
information and raw data without interpretation.
Genetic Testing Should Adhere to Medical, Not Business, Ethics: FDA's Regulation of 23andMe Is a
Welcome Move for Consumers

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Regulation, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Testing, Business Ethics, Business News
Public health and patient protection should come before company profit. And this week the FDA has
taken a welcome stand to protect public health by insisting that what is clearly a medical service be
regulated as such.
4 Tips for Managing the Office Holiday Party
You are at a work function -- as an employee. You are not at this event for the food and/or the drink.
Try not to overeat, and definitely do not get drunk. Nobody fondly recalls the next day the person
who jumped up on the bar and began dancing.
Dear Banks: 'Giving Back' in Philanthropy Is Fine, But Also Give Us Back a Financial System We Can
Trust
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Wells Fargo, Giving Back, Too Big to Fail, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, Business News,
Banks, Capitalism, Big Banks, Business Ethics, Business News
A plea to the banks: Do "give back" in philanthropy. But also, please: Give us back a financial system
that we can trust. Less penance after the fact, more virtue before. It will make for better business
and for honest philanthropy.
If They Won't Put It in Writing Then Be Afraid

7. I'll stick to a simple rule of thumb. If someone won't put a questionable instruction in writing and
there are no clear policies or guidelines to support that instruction, then I'll let my moral compass
guide me.
Ethics and Heart Matters
One of the greatest business lessons I learned in my lifetime didn't come from a board meeting or
while on the job -- but rather a medical mission trip to one of the poorest countries in the world:
Haiti.
Do What You Think Is Right
Doing what you think is right does not necessarily mean doing the popular thing. In fact, it often
means doing that which is unpopular. While no one wants to be attacked, that is the price you should
be willing to pay.
Noble Causes, Ignoble Means: When Executives Live Well Off Non-Profits
Even though Dobelle's indulgences were a fiscal drop in-the-bucket even for a small academic
institution, its symbolism resonates with the press and public.

8. As the Spirit Moves Me
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College, Sabbatical, Scholarship, Continuing Education, John-J-Wiley-Wiley-Publishing, Teaching,
Dean, Distance Learning, Business Ethics, Online Learning, College News
This is the first time in more than a half century when I am not planning a return to school after
Labor Day. I don't need to get a new lunch box, wardrobe, or haircut, or face the annual
apprehension about the challenges that lie ahead.
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