An Interview with Dick Coffey, Chairman of Consortio Group, and Recipient of the 2017 Better Business Bureau Integrity AwardBy Sam Bittner and Zunair Malik, Creighton University MBA Students The insurance industry has some unique challenges when it comes to business ethics. Customers often don’t fully understand the coverages or legal wording in their insurance contract,…
Technology can be an ally in promoting your company’s values. Technology continues to transform every industry and every size of business. From the back office and shop floor to frontline sales and customer service staff, technology has become a baseline factor in nearly every business growth decision. How might we leverage the advantages offered by…
Businesses can take a few simple steps to create an environment where employees feel more comfortable raising critical ethics concerns. Every businessperson would like to believe that their employees would readily approach them with any ethics concerns in the workplace. But the reality is that many ethics concerns go unreported until it’s too late. To…
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…
Compliance and ethics. Compliance and ethics? Compliance AND ethics! Those three words are said very differently depending on who you work for and what topic you’re discussing. In the financial services industry, the focus has been on Compliance with a capital “C.” In the 10 years since the financial crisis, regulators have enacted sweeping changes…
Social media is a powerful marketing tool, but think before you act. Social media is a powerful tool for reaching audiences directly. Over the past decade, businesses have established accounts on all of the major social media platforms, from Twitter and LinkedIn to Facebook and Instagram. Businesses have joined the conversations consumers are having about…