2022

Do Businesses Have an Ethical Obligation to Be Eco-Friendly?

Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability / /

Emphasizing Environmental Issues Appeals to Gen Z and Millennials   Introduction From time to time, I post a guest blog when it contains important information. Today’s blog is by Charlie Fletcher. You can contact her at: charliefletcher365@gmail.com. Charlie addresses environmental concerns that generally fall into the broader concept of sustainability. It seems that everywhere we turn these […]

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It’s Time to Reign in Excessive Executive Compensation Pay Packages

Business Ethics, Workplace Behavior / /

Fairness Dictates That Workers Should Be Paid More  The size of executive compensation pay packages seems to be an issue at least once a year, after information is provided on the average CEO compensation versus the average pay for a worker. It’s not just a fairness issue. Every so often, we hear about a CEO

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Why Character Education Should Be Taught

Accountability, Higher Education, Millennials & Gen Z, Moral Values, Teaching Ethics, Workplace Behavior / /

A Challenge for Educators Here is a bold statement. The world is going to hell in a handbasket. For many years now societies have been morphing from basically ethical, where doing the right thing guides all decisions, to one where the pursuit of self-interest and lack of caring about others is front and center. From

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Empathy + Compassion = Ethical Leadership: Here’s Why

Ethical Leadership, Wellness / /

 Building an Ethical Workplace Culture  Leaders should be empathetic and compassionate to set an ethical tone at the top. Absent these characteristic traits of behavior, it would be difficult for leaders to get employees to follow and commit to the goals of an organization. After all, who would voluntarily choose to work for a leader

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The Ethical Aspects of Mental Health Care for Employees

Wellness / /

The Importance of Supporting Employees in the Workplace From time to time, I post a guest blog when it contains important information. Today’s blog is by Charlie Fletcher. You can contact her at: charliefletcher365@gmail.com. This blog was first posted in October but got caught off, so I am reposting it. Mental wellness is seeing a

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Incorporating a Balanced Scorecard Approach into Social Entrepreneurship

Moral Values, Sustainability, Wellness, Workplace Behavior / /

The Best Way to Measure Results of Performance in Today’s Organization Social enterprise has been a buzzword for millennials for some time now. A social enterprise is a commercial organization that has specific social objectives that serve its primary purpose. Social enterprises seek to maximize profits while maximizing benefits to society and the environment. The

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Can Ethics Be Taught to College Students?

Higher Education, Teaching Ethics, Workplace Behavior / /

Should We Expect Our Teaching Methods to Make Students More Ethical? There is no one answer to this question. However, research has shown that the teaching of ethics does have short-term beneficial effects but not long-term ones. This has been my experience as well. The reason is, in part, once students go to work, they

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Leaders Be Aware of the Signs of a Toxic Culture

Ethical Culture, Leadership / /

Here’s When You Might Have a Toxic Work Culture A toxic work culture is one where employees do not feel fulfilled or safe and often complain about the dynamics of the workplace. The workplace is plagued by in-fighting, drama, and unhappy employees, and it may negatively affect productivity. Sometimes, the elements of the toxic work

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