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Business Ethics - Articles, News, Information on Business Ethics Issues

On Ethics and Ethical Behavior

"Ethos," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-332 BCE) taught the world some 24 centuries ago, is very important for leaders to have and to demonstrate if they want to succeed in shaping public opinion. Individual and collective ethos is at the heart of who we are and what we stand for.  Aristotle perfected his principles of rhetoric " effective political speech -- and taught his students the power of rhetoric, which he explained was one of the foundation stones of [then] emerging western democracy (in Ancient Greece). 

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News & Updates


March 12, 2010 Ernst & Young faces legal action over Lehman collapse

Source:Times Online.co.uk

Ernst & Young could face legal action after a damning report into the collapse of Lehman Brothers accused the British accountancy firm of professional negligence over a number of years before the catastrophic downfall of the 158...

March 10, 2010 Lilly adding ethics watchdogs to executive ranks

Source:FiercePharma

Four new ethics watchdogs will join Eli Lilly as part of a deal to settle two shareholder lawsuits over the mismarketing of Zyprexa and other drugs. The suits arose after Lilly inked a deal last year to end a 5-year-old federal...

March 10, 2010 California Prius incident probed; GM offers criticized

Source:Detroit Free Press

WASHINGTON -- As Toyota sought to contain the fallout from a California sudden-acceleration case caught on camera, its dealers accused General Motors of offering predatory incentives using federal money

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Research & Insights


February 20, 2010 UK Beverage Firm, Swiss Mining Co., Arizona Utility Post Highest Scores Among 100 Companies

Source:CSRWire

KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm discusses how it has achieved a 7 percent reduction of its U.S. carbon footprint while pursuing a green business operations strategy in its second annual KPMG Living Green Report. [more]

February 1, 2010 Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2009

Source:RepRisk

Companies on the list have been severely criticized by the world’s media, governmental organizations and NGOs for issues including human rights abuses, severe environmental violations, impacts on local communities, corruption and...[more]

December 26, 2009 Ethics in the Workplace Improved During the Recession, National Employee Survey Shows

Source:docuticker

Do Americans in the workplace behave better in a down economy? Apparently yes, according to the Ethics Resource Center, which today announced the results of its sixth National Business Ethics Survey® (NBES).

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Commentary & Opinion


March 11, 2010 Righting a Wrong - Let Shareholders, Not CEOs, Decide How Corporate Money Is Spent on Politics

Source:Public Citizen

WASHINGTON - March 10 - Irresponsible corporate governance has become a plague on the U.S. economy and soon will become a plague on our political system as well. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme...[more]

February 25, 2010 How to Write a Code of Ethics for Business

Source:Inc.

A code of ethics can help a business determine its priorities and values. It can also help you down the line if one of your employees or vendors drags you into legal trouble

February 24, 2010 What Toyota Could Learn from Tiger

Source:BNET.com

As I write, Toyota is under the hot lights of a Congressional hearing, and it’s just the first round of a series of House and Senate investigations into what the company knows and when it knew it. How Toyota handles itself in the...

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Special Focus


I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

--Aristotle, on Ethics

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