I Lied to Get New Business
In an effort to obtain business from an existing client I claimed we were working with several clients (6) in the same industry. One of the clients I listed is not currently a client but one we have spoken with for two years now. Turns out the person I am selling to knows the CEO of the company I’m talking to. I realize I misrepresented the truth. I lied.
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Clueless!
I had received an e-mail from an account manager whom I loathed for her inability to do her job correctly, even at the most simple level. After receiving this ridiculous e-mail from her, I wanted to send it to a peer of mine whom I had vented to to witness firsthand just how bad she really was. I flamed intensely on the forward, and then sent it off — only to realize that I had REPLIED to the e-mail, not forwarded it.
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If It’s Not There It Didn’t Happen, Right?
I got an email attachment at work that had information about salaries in my department that I knew was proprietary. But I was up for a raise, so I printed it out and then deleted it from my email. Otherwise, it would be backed up that night if left online and then other people in my department would have access to information that gave me a wage negotiating advantage.
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Ethics, Schmethics!
Sadly, while more people seem to be talking about ethics, there is precious little sign that any of the talk is turning into action, says Leon Ho at Lifehacks.
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Corporations, Not Government Need to Take the Lead on Social Responsibility
 Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland, says corporations need to take the lead rather than waiting for the government to legislate social responsibility.
“Jeff could have inherited an ice-making company or a coffee house and he’d still have wanted to see how it could be used for a broader social purpose,” said Dave Aznavorian, Timberland’s global brand manager.
Schwarz acknowledges that he also needs to deliver results to shareholders. He says that changes in fashion have led to a downturn in Timberland sales that could result in selling the company. He says he’d give up control for more power, but that he’d never sell and walk away like Ben & Jerry’s owners did. They sold the company and went home,” said Swartz. Swartz would have to be carried out with his [Timberland] boots on.
Journalism Students Accused of Cheating on Ethics Exam
Cheating on an ethics exam? It sounds like the setup for a joke. But a group of grad students at Columbia University’s journalism school are suspected of having done just that, according to the blog, Radar Online
Hey, at least the New York Times credited Radar Online as its source. Now that’s pretty ethical.
Are Corporate Ethics Codes Bunk?
“We hear that [ethics] codes are useless – hypocritical window-dressing to mask continuing corruption. We hear that codes are great – a crucial step on the way to enhanced corporate productivity, credibility and profitability,” says Cornelius von Baeyer.
I’ve always wondered what you would need to teach honest people about ethics, and whether any code could make dishonest people more honest.
Building codes, health codes, fire codes have teeth. Violating them results in legal penalties. But nothing at all seems to happen to those who violate corporate or association codes of ethics, not even a slap on the wrist. If corporate ethics codes are to hold any meaning, they’ll need the force of law behind them. Otherwise. what’s the point?
Corporate Responsibility Spurns New Businesses and Conferences
Corporate ethics crises have turned corporate responsibility into a big business. It’s got its own conference, and a directory of companies that provide services to corporate responsibility officers.
The first annual conference for Corporate Responsibility Officers will take place in New York City on November 1.
Featured speakers include: Vice Chair of Citigroup Lewis Kaden, Wall Street Journal Assistant Managing Editor Alan Murray, Bloomberg News Editor Marty Schenker, Def Jam Records and Comedy and Phat Farm Fashions founder Russell Simmons, and 20 other Corporate Responsibility officers telling their success stories.
The Ethics of Metaverse Journalism
Wagner James Au, publisher of Second World Notes, the Second Life newspaper, is making a “my willy nilly effort to come up with a workable ethics for reporting in the metaverse.”
He questions whether reporting on recent grid attacks that have brought down the world gives the attackers an award by giving them publicity. He writes: “Attentive readers may be inclined to see parallels to conundrums from real world journalism– for example, when the media gives prominent coverage to a minor terrorist attack, are they just reporting the news, or unintentionally becoming an abettor after the fact, while unnecessarily alarming the public?”
In New Poll on Ethics, Public Ranks Congress Lower Than Pirates
 In a troubling omen for the upcoming midterm elections, a new poll on ethics released today indicates that the public for the first time ranks congressmen lower than pirates, says The Borowitz Report.
The poll, conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, asked likely voters to rate one hundred different professions according to their ethics. Congressmen, near the bottom of the list, bested only crack dealers and lawyers.
“Over and over again, pirates received higher marks than congressmen in this survey,” said Crandall Pritchard, who supervised the poll for the University of Minnesota. “We heard comments like, ‘Sure, pirates make people walk the plank and will slit their throats for a doubloon, but at least they would keep their hands off congressional pages.”
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, under fire of late because of the congressional page scandal, said that the poll showing that pirates are more ethical than congressmen is mush ado about nothing: “I don’t think this reflects the unpopularity of Congress so much as it reflects the surging popularity of pirates.” popularity of pirates.”
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