Ethics Articles

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Understanding Business Ethics Issues

When Public Spending on Green Infrastructure Goes Up, The Private Sector Wins Too
Talk by Professor Robert Pollin, Notes by Shel Horowitz

Five Easy Ways To Tell If An Organization Is Really Values-Driven
By Jesse Lyn Stoner

The Greed Factor Survives Despite Conscious Efforts to Curb Its Influence
By Tom Cleveland

Why Ethical Investors are Demanding a Return to the Gold Standard
By Ron Robins, Founder & Analyst – Investing for the Soul

It’s Not Karma, It’s Business
By Carol Roth

Does Your Business Have Values?
By Suzanne Evans

3 Words Every Small Business Owner Should be Able to Embrace
By A.Michelle Blakely

What is Morally Responsible Investing?
George P. Schwartz, CFA

Wiping Off the Marketing Tricks Slime
By Michelle Shaeffer

Honesty Speaks Loudly in Many Languages
By Ian Vickers

Who Really Achieves Success in Sales?
By Mark Hunter

The Hijacking of You and The Pivotal Decade
By Dr. David Gruder

How to Fix the Experience–then the “fish”
Psychotactics Ltd.

Simma’s Seven Step Solution for Successful Inclusive Leadership
Simma Lieberman

Managing Your Online Reputation
Sharon Housley

Ways to Be Human at a Distance
Chris Brogan

Recovering from Crisis Calls for Personal Commitment
Marilyn Suttle and Lori Jo Vest

Saving The World At Work
By Tim Sanders

Generosity Works Better Than Greed, Excerpted with permission from Options not Obligations
By Mark Warnke

New Day, New Jet: How to face each day with courage and fly to your highest potential
By Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman

3 Lead Generation Myths That Will Clog Your Sales Funnel & Keep You From Closing More Sales
By Joanne S. Black

Have You Been Starbucked? (Part 1)
By Toni Cascio, Ph.D.

Criticism Is the Price of Success – Prepare for It and Profit From It
By Michael Masterson

The Gift We All Need – and Can Only Give Ourselves
By Suzanne Falter Barnes

The Power of Trust
By Paula Langguth Ryan

Target Global Warming, Target Exxon
By Paul Rogat Loeb

Teaching The Rules Versus Teaching Ethics
By Chris Bauer

How We Discovered The Power of Nice
By Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval

Enron’s Good Fight
By Paul Rogat Loeb

Turning Customer Service Inside Out! How Poor Internal Customer Service Affects External Customers
By Craig Harrison

The Power of a Thank You
By Robert Middleton

Creating Abundance Out of Adversity
By Paula Langguth Ryan

Are You Chasing Away Business?
By Lois Carter Fay

What Kind of Eulogy will YOU Get?
By Jerry Bellune

Right Reality: The Tugs of Conscience and Commerce
By David Batstone

Your Guiding Principles
By Christopher Bauer, Ph.D.

Leadership Demands Integrity By Example
By George Ludwig

Personal Integrity Course (PDF file)
Six steps of the Avatar Personal Integrity Course

The Forgiveness Option (PDF file)
Explores the consequences and the process of forgiveness

If You Can’t Make a Living, How Can You Make a Difference?
By C.J. Hayden

Social Proof, Rich Jerks and Google
By Ken McCarthy

More Money or the Pursuit of Happiness?
By C.J. Hayden

Just Look ’em in the Eye
By Michael T. Smith

How To Turn Your Stiffest Competitor Into Your Best Joint Venture Partner
By Jim Edwards

The INvisible Attitude: Copywriting That Sells with the TRUTH
By Fred Gleeck

The Marketing World Is Divided
By Fred Gleeck

Creating An Effective Toolbox For Success
By Annette Colby

Trust
By Ken McCarthy

The Civility Report: A Passion for Civility
By Alan Gibson

The Five Principles for Prosperity
By Michael Levy, Professional Optimist

Copywriting Secrets Of India’s Mystics
By Dave Alston

Feeding Yourself
By Pat O’Bryan

Research Shows Correlation Between Values and Salary Preferences of Business Executives
By Diane Swanson

Responsibility, Accountability and Corporate Activity
By Will Barrett

Telltale Signs of Hype
By Marcia Yudkin

Groping for Ethics
By Laura L. Link, APR

How the Internet is Like the Environmental Movement
By Kelly Anderson

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
By Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins

The Competitive Ethics of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
By Gary Gagliardi, Author of “Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Plus The Art of Marketing”

From Bambinos to Billy Goats, Martha Stewart to Rush Limbaugh, Kobe Bryant to Cardinal Law, 2003 was a banner year for choke artists
By Noah St. John

Sales Expert Faults Telemarketers for New Do-Not-Call Law
By Lee Godden

Deciding Right and Wrong: The Ethicist Speaks
By Shel Horowitz

You Will Be Charged Extra to Read This Column
By David Batstone

Are you Trustworthy?
By Lynda Partner

Why You Should NEVER Spam
By Sandi Hunter

Best Practices for Ethical Businesses

The Moose on the Table
By Brian Kurtz

The 5 Laws for Conducting Business Ethically
By Chris Martin

Honesty, Ethics and Authenticity Build Your Reputation
By Dr. T. William Hefferan

5 Reasons to Stay Honest With Your Customers
By Sam Briones

What I Learned From A Successful Small Business Owner About Sales
By Jeremy Ulmer

Saying Thanks is Good Marketing
By C. J. Hayden, MCC

Ethical Publishing and Marketing
By Paulette Ensign

Cultivating Your Internal Brand: 7 Questions to Ask Your Employees
By Angelique Rewers, ABC, APR

Acknowledge and Appreciate Yourself
By Jack Canfield

Why Ask Nicely? Because it Works So Much Better
By Brian Ahearn

How to Outsell Your Competition by Treating Your Customers Like Kings
By Clayton Makepeace

Planning Your Fundraising Campaign – How Nonprofits Raise More Funds Online in a Global Recession
By Michael Mullinnix

Small Actions – Big Results
By Ivan Misner

When Is a Good Deal Too Good?
By Michael Masterson

Take Out Your “Head Trash”
By Kelley Robertson

6 Steps to Making a Good Impression… Every Time
By Bob Cox

How To Make Money With Blogs
By Michael Fortin

Strong Arm Sales Stop Success Cold
By Susan Friedmann, CSP

Become a Credible Communicator: Make Honesty Your Policy!
By Craig Harrison

Make Calm Your Default Setting
By Bob Burg

Sales Ethics: When Did It Become Okay to Lie?
By Ari Galper

A Common Sense Approach to Business Can Constitute an Ethical Framework
By Christos Papoutsy

Cross-Marketing: The Most Effective Marketing You Can Do
By Carol White

Former Telecome CEO Leo Hindery on CEO Responsibilities, Pay and Ethics
By Mark Fortier

How to Have That Courageous Conversation, and Why
By David Wood

Speak in the Now—Your Authentic Voice: Five Steps to Better Communication and More of What You Want in Life
By Pamela Ziemann

Edification to Increase Your Sales
By Bob Burg

You Know You’re Too Ethical When…
By Judith Kallos

Author Claims the Ethical Path Leads to Higher Profits
By Jeff Wiles (This article is posted for reprint.)

5 Tips to Step Boldly into the World & Set Yourself Apart from Others
By Beth Tabak

The Power of Partnering
By Kelley Robertson

Learn to Overcome Your Anger–and Grow Your Business
By Bob Burg

How to Increase Profitability by Doing the Right Thing
By Shel Horowitz

Join Forces With Competitors
By Debbie Allen

Never Throw Business Away–Look For Complementing Businesses Instead
By Debbie Allen

The Power of Partnering
By Kelley Robertson

Karma, Connections, and PR Success
By Peter Shankman

Customer Satisfaction Is Your Business
By Bob Leduc

At Your Service: The Ten Commandments of Great Customer Service!
By Susan Friedmann, CSP

The Art of Win/Win/Win
By Christine Kloser, Founder, NEW Entrepreneurs

Breaking the Ice and Winning Over the Client
By Robert Moment

7 Ways to Stop “Selling” & Start Building Relationships
By Ari Galper

What is Ethical Profitability?
By Lee Godden

Trust Tools for Tough Times
By Jill Griffin

9 1/2 Ways
By Nick Wreden

Three Foundation Stones for Building Organizational Integrity
Dr. Freddy Davis

How To Turn One-Shot Customers into Lifelong Profits
By Alex Goumakos

Business is About Relationships: Tools to Strengthen Yours
By Lois Carter Fay

United We Brand: How to Create a Cohesive Brand That’s Seen, Heard and Remembered
By Mike Moser

Filling the Glass When You Can’t Find Perfect People
By Barry Maher

Education-Based Marketing: How to Make Business Come to You
By David Frey

Planning a Sales Garden
Excerpted with permission from Sprout! Everything I Need to Know about Sales I Learned from My Garden–4 Steps to Sales Success by Alan Vengel and Greg Wright

Prevent Procrastination With Positive Pressure
By Michel Fortin

Cause-Related Marketing
By Steven Van Yoder

The New Responsibility in Business
By Scott Harshbarger

10 New Year’s Resolutions For a More Ethical, Profitable, and Successful Business
By Shel Horowitz, author of Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First

Alternatives to Spam: Six Flame-Proof Ways to Market via E-Mail
By Dr. Newell D. Wright

Let’s Stop Taking Quality for Granted
By Mario Persona

Customer Service: Accept Responsibility for Fixing Errors
By jl scott

Show Clients, Friends and Family Members True Love—Not “Fish Love”
By Azriela Jaffe

Avoiding Sexist Language in Writing
By Linda Elizabeth Alexander