The owners of AAY Fitness & Nutrition stay true to their ideals as they grow their small business. For Elaine Miller and Narina Menassian, the owners of AAY Fitness & Nutrition in Los Angeles, business success and a strong commitment to ethics go hand in hand. In this video, U.S. Bank recently spoke to them…
The National Blues Museum puts history and ethics on display for visitors and behind the scenes. Jacqueline K. Dace, the museum’s director of internal affairs, talks about how ethics comes into play when dealing with donors and funding, as well as the proper interpretation of the storylines told throughout the museum. This video originally appeared…
This Chicago juice company stays true to its core by operating with integrity and purpose. Angela and Anthony Maicki, owners of a small juice company, don’t take shortcuts and stick to their core value of using higher grade produce to focus on the high quality that their customers see. Learn how sticking to their ethics…
To successfully build a business with your spouse, these companies recommend a shared passion. This video originally appeared on the U.S. Bank Financial IQ site on March 6, 2019. Used by kind permission of U.S. Bank.
The purpose of this article is to discuss several key cognitive biases and their effects on decision making within strategic innovation management as well as how to minimize their effects so that team members can contribute optimally to the fuzzy innovation process. They are essential in understanding and managing appropriately to ensure your innovation outputs…
Most people would agree that leaders are responsible for balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. But knowing that, we are still left with these questions: Which stakeholders should we include? Should some stakeholders carry more weight than others? Once we have considered the situation and the needs of the stakeholders, how will we know which decisions would…
In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organizational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these personalities and offers simple strategies to promote a culture of generosity and keep self-serving employees from taking more than their share. By: Adam Grant This video is shared under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND…
Moral intent is the desire to act ethically when facing a decision and overcome the rationalization to not be ethical “this time.”
Moral decision making is the ability to produce a reasonable and defensible answer to an ethical question.
Moral awareness is the first step along the pathway to consistent ethical behavior. It begins with an individual’s ability to detect a moral principle in danger or notice the violation of an ethical principle. Individuals who have strong moral awareness appreciate the ethical aspects of a decision that one must make.