Are Accountants Honest and Ethical? My goal in this blog is to discuss why the ratings of accountants for honesty and ethics in the latest Gallup Poll is in decline. As an accounting educator and professional, I am quite concerned. In part, because of the changing scope of services provided by accounting professionals as discussed […]
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Feedspot Selects “Ethics Sage” as one of the Top 90 Blogs in 2026. I am delighted to report that my “Ethics Sage” blog was selected as the 41st best of 90-named blogs on philosophy. I have been fortunate to be so named for many years and am grateful to Feedspot for the recognition. While my
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The Company Failed to Walk the Talk of Ethics I have previously blogged about the failures at Boeing in production systems, inspections, internal audits, a safety culture, and reporting to the board of directors. One lingering question is: Why didn’t the board of directors at Boeing act to disclose the problems with the production design and manufacturing
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Transparency and Ethics Are the Keys to Holding the Cryptocurrency Markets Accountable? FTX was considered to be a very stable point in a very volatile world. Having them collapse or having them conduct fraudulent activity that is what’s really shocking many people and having a huge negative effect on the entire crypto world. From time
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Reporting Wrongdoing Enhances Workplace Ethics I have previously blogged about the speak up culture, a phenomenon that broadly encourages employees to bring matters of concern to top management so that corrective action can be taken when warranted. What is a Speak Up Culture? Tanya Finnie addresses the issue in a LinkedIn post. She says: “speak
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The Message: Don’t Do the Crime Unless You Want to be Rewarded I’ve blogged many times before about whistleblowing, including whether it is an ethical action. Some would say that whistleblowing is a courageous act to right a wrong, and because the whistleblower may be discriminated against for coming forward, and/or suffer the penalty of
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CEO John Stump Pays the Price of Establishing a “Sales at all Costs” Culture I have previously blogged on my Ethics Sage website about the unconscionable actions of Wells Fargo and its CEO, John Stumpf. Much has happened in the last few weeks, so the purpose of this blog is to update the story. Wells Fargo employees
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