Comments on: The Questionable Ethics of Non-Disclosed Allegiances http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/the-questionable-ethics-of-non-disclosed-allegiances/2006/10/27/ The Good Business Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Shel http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/the-questionable-ethics-of-non-disclosed-allegiances/2006/10/27/#comment-219 Shel Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:49:23 +0000 http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/2006/10/27/the-questionable-ethics-of-non-disclosed-allegiances/#comment-219 BL, thanks for visiting and posting. Of course the 20 qs have no teeth. Most codes of ethics have no real enforcement mechanism, other than those where professional membership is a requirement of being able to practice (e.g., medicine). But I see it as a step toward that tipping point, that shift in consciousness, that will eventually make crooked business as unthinkable down the road as slavery is today. Just as see the Business Ethics Pledge, http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org -- which also has no enforcement mechanism. Ultimately, even if they are caused by legislation, I think the real shifts only happen when the consciousness shifts. BL, thanks for visiting and posting. Of course the 20 qs have no teeth. Most codes of ethics have no real enforcement mechanism, other than those where professional membership is a requirement of being able to practice (e.g., medicine).

But I see it as a step toward that tipping point, that shift in consciousness, that will eventually make crooked business as unthinkable down the road as slavery is today. Just as see the Business Ethics Pledge, http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org — which also has no enforcement mechanism.

Ultimately, even if they are caused by legislation, I think the real shifts only happen when the consciousness shifts.

]]> By: BL http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/the-questionable-ethics-of-non-disclosed-allegiances/2006/10/27/#comment-218 BL Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:16:24 +0000 http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/2006/10/27/the-questionable-ethics-of-non-disclosed-allegiances/#comment-218 I'm sorry, but I can't see why any sincere company would need WOMMA to play 20 questions with them. And the problem is, as the Edelman flap demonstrates, that WOMMA has no teeth. It has no way to censure a firm that violates WOMMA's code of ethics. I’m sorry, but I can’t see why any sincere company would need WOMMA to play 20 questions with them.

And the problem is, as the Edelman flap demonstrates, that WOMMA has no teeth. It has no way to censure a firm that violates WOMMA’s code of ethics.

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