Ethical Leadership

Should NCAA Athletes Receive Compensation and Paid Educational Benefits?

Ethical Leadership, Sports Ethics /

Ethical Issues Examined I have previously blogged about whether college athletes should receive monetary compensation for their athletic services. Now comes a new case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association may impose restraints on compensation related to education and educational benefits like paid internships. Both cases have some things […]

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Why Do We Need Ethics?

Business Ethics, Ethical Leadership, Leadership, Millennials & Gen Z, Workplace behavior /

The Pathway to Principle-Based Decision Making I recently wrote a blog on my Workplace Ethics Advice site on Principle Centered Leadership. Basic principles of ethics can help us lead a more fulfilling life whether on a personal or professional level. However, our commitment to act in accordance with ethical principles is often challenged because of pressures

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Navigating the Choppy Waters of Unethical Behavior at Wells Fargo

Business Ethics, Business Fraud, Ethical Leadership, Fraud /

Message From John Stumpf, CEO of Wells: Do What I Say, Not What I Do Wells Fargo is the poster child of an unethical company. We now know that its employees opened more than two million unauthorized bank and credit card accounts to meet sales projections. It cost customers almost $2.5 million in fees. The

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Character and Trust Are the Keys to Ethical Decision-Making

Ethical Leadership, Leadership, Workplace behavior /

Virtues Underlie Workplace Behavior  Writer Robert McKee famously said, “True character is revealed in the choices a human makes under pressure — the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.” This is a profound statement that I use to teach ethics to my accounting students, many

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