Ethics

Ethics is very personal. In so many ways ethics is the very "how?" and "why?" of relationships. Your integrity, values and fortitude are expressed in your ethical behavior and position in all your relationships. Among your relationships, those at work and/or your membership in organizations must be attended to with a special kind of care, similar to but different from those of a domestic nature. Why?

Growing an Ethical Organization or Business. Presuming you have an ethical leadership group in your business or organization, your personal ethical behavior will be both attractive to them and supportive of them. Thus, how the many behave together ethically actually increases the ethical qualities and intensity at that group and industry. Your ethical behavior makes it easier for them to be ethical, and they in turn make it easier for you to be ethical. There is a mutual benefit to all concerned when we each and all commit to being our best.

Ethics and social responsibility are often aspects of business that many small business and startups easily overlook. When you are starting a business, so much of the emphasis is placed on product viability, strategic planning, management, and profits that these things can seem like back-burner items to consider. However, with today's increasing technology, consumers are rapidly becoming more demanding than ever, and are rapidly informed of any companies’ questionable practices. Corporate and business watchdogs are more active than ever before, and the blogosphere has certainly made a full time job of blowing the whistle on some of the world's leading corporations.

The reality is that the damage done by unethical or questionable social practices can be extremely devastating to a business of any size, and more and more of today's companies are adopting ethical policies and social responsibility practices in order to stay competitive and adhere to the demands of the community.