As a business owner, there’s plenty of challenges that you know how to handle yourself, but what about when it comes to business ethics? Ethics in business don’t come with an easy playbook or assigned advisor to help you manage them. Your CPA might be able to find financial impropriety, but that doesn’t mean they…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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