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…
Successful businesses need to foster ethics and performance. Have you ever taken the high road and ended up looking down on someone who didn’t? That feeling of moral superiority is easy to latch onto and is a more common trait than most of us would like to believe. In a study performed at the University…
Mohamad Jebara loves mathematics — but he’s concerned that too many students grow up thinking that this beautiful, rewarding subject is difficult and boring. His company is experimenting with a bold idea: paying students for completing weekly math homework. He explores the ethics of this model and how it’s helping students — and why learning…
In this fun and nerdy talk, ethics professor Christopher Robichaud explains how he worked the key principles of Dungeons & Dragons into an ethics simulation used to train future policymakers at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. This video is shared under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND 4.0). Please visit Ted.com. This talk was presented at…
Profits and competition are only a small part of your business story. Going beyond the bottom line, you have an opportunity to cultivate your community like one Wisconsin barbershop owner did. With a vision focused on the people you employ and the community in which you operate, you can make a positive impact, not only…
How a Hollywood media company creates a culture of ethics. For Garson Foos, president of Shout! Factory, doing business in the Hollywood film scene presents its share of ethical challenges. In this video, he explains how his company maintains its reputation for high ethical standards by focusing on a culture of shared values. This video…
The owners of a Chicago juice company find success by marketing and leading with integrity. Angela and Anthony Maicki, the owners of a small juice company, take pride in leading by example and modeling their values every day in both operations and marketing. This video originally appeared on U.S. Bank’s Financial IQ site. Used by kind…
The National Blues Museum strikes the right chord with its business practices. In this video, Jacqueline K. Dace, Director of Internal Affairs of the National Blues Museum, shares how the museum developed an ethics framework, including doing research on best practices and developing a code of conduct. This video originally appeared on U.S. Bank’s Financial…
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…
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