| Small Business Employees Sometimes Lack Ethics by Cash Miller |
| Ethics in business is an issue that every company has to deal with. But for many small businesses the issue can become even more acute. Most small businesses rely on unskilled labor to get the job done. And the issue of ethics is normally taught by universities. This means a large number of employees are not getting such training. |
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| The Litmus Test: Don't Lie, Cheat, or Steal by Sally Rhys |
| You probably face more ethical choices than you realize. By raising your consciousness about business ethics, you can stay out of sticky ethical issues. |
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| That Slippery Slope: Four Examples of Stinking Thinking by Sally Rhys |
| Ever wonder how in the world some of the crazy, unethical actions we witness really happen? Read this article to understand how some unethical behaviors start. |
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| Business Opportunity Laws And Rules by Obinna Heche |
| Too many offers of guaranteed income or of projected income can be found online these days. When someone is scouring the internet for job announcements or possibly with the intent of starting a business, the number of business opportunities that pop up is growing quite large. |
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| Sarbanes Oxley Act Questionable If It Really Helped Or Hurt Securities Market In US by Patricia Stevens |
| Sarbanes Oxley was a federal act that was originally passed to protect individual shareholder's rights, but some argue it was actually more harmful than positive. |
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| Business Ethics: A Quiz with Many Right Answers by Sally Rhys |
| This Business Ethics quiz has many right answers. It is not intended to make you feel stupid or unethical. It is intended to raise your consciousness about what it takes to be ethical in today's world. |
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| Your Personal Code of Ethics: How Does it Work in Today's World? by Sally Rhys |
| Philosophies of life abound and playing them out results in different outcomes. This article takes a look at four common ethical philosophies and illustrates how adoptin just one philosophy towards life may not be sufficient. |
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| When In Business Remember Your Values And Your Principles by Cash Miller |
| Often when people start a new business they do it with all the best intentions in the world. But you will find yourself dealing with difficult customers, employees, and situations. No matter what you need to remember your own values and principles. They will help to get you through it all. |
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| Business Ethics: Why They Are Important For a Company and Its Success by Amy Nutt |
| Business ethics is an interesting branch of business theory, primarily because of the fact that they are inherently interesting in a market economy. |
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| Integrity on the Internet? by Tim Wright |
| Integrity in the world of internet marketing is becoming more and more difficult to find. Discover why integrity is essential to true prosperity and success as an internet marketing business owner. |
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| Personal Leadership Makes Trust Possible by Paul Johnson |
| Leadership is sorely needed today, including right in our own lives. Learn about personal leadership, including tips that will enable trust to flourish in all your relationships. |
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| Business Ethics: Five Things You Need to Know by Sally Rhys |
| Learn about five common issues in business ethics and avoid an ethical misstep. |
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| Business Ethics: Three Tips to Stay in Integrity with Yourself by Sally Rhys |
| With all the ethical misdeeds abounding in the world today, here are three simple things you can do to toe the ethical line. |
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| Employers Protection Against The Ridiculous by Catherine Harvey |
| A look at what has lead the UK to have such a strict health and safety policy when it comes to the working environment. |
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| The Dos And Don'ts Of Using Office Furniture by Catherine Harvey |
| A look at how staff have a habit of mis-using office furniture and some tips on how to avoid the wrath of your colleagues. |
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| Retracting Sales Based On The Talmud by Billy Kite |
| The Talmud cites an incident that allows a seller to retract a sales based on the circumstances surrounding the sale. |
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| Avoiding a Hostile Workplace: Fairness in Employee Discipline by Melissa Vokoun |
| The environment of your workplace is vital to employee satisfaction, reduction of turnover, and productivity. It is also vital to the legal stability of your business. A hostile work environment can be the basis for many types of employee complaints and causes of legal action |
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| Should Mega Churches Run Their Business Like A Corporation? by Linda Dipman |
| Recently my son, who is a minister with a master in divinity from the South Western Baptist Theological Seminary, in Dallas, Texas was fired from his job. He had put years of service into the biggest First Southern Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas as their Video Production Engineer. |
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| Fake Doctor Excuse: Sin Or Savior? by Leslie Parchment |
| Some are beginning to think that the ethics behind buying fake doctors excuses may be surprisingly good |
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| The Importance Of Ethics For Your Business Success by Court Tuttle |
| This article has important tips and information on how you can have success in your business. |
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| Proof That Cheap Doesn't Always Pay by Catherine Harvey |
| A look at the uneconomical use of cheap ink cartridges. |
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| Staying Focused with Your Home-Based Business Goals by Lisa Burkhardt |
| Here are a few tips to help you stay focused when starting out with your home-based business: |
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| Effective Credit Control for Your Business by Jonathon Hardcastle |
| Running a business on credit is one of the most professional things you can do, whilst also becoming one of the most risky. As soon as you offer credit to your customers you are opening yourself up for severely late payment, or worse still, no payment at all, which can be crippling for any business. |
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| Equal Rights In The Workplace by Shaun Parker |
| How can diversity recruitment help the minority groups and who is actively seeking applications from these groups. |
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| The Diamond Trade in 2007: How Much Blood Remains? by Marc Choyt |
| The blood diamond issue is no longer in the news, yet these diamonds still are widely traded. This insider's view, written by a jeweler, gives a present day and historical context to the diamond trade. Ultimately the consumer concerned about ethics is empowered to make informed decisions when purchasing their own diamond. |
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| Is There Such A Thing As Fair Trade Jewelry? by Marc Choyt |
| Third party certified "fair trade" jewelry does not exist; yet if you google "fair trade jewelry" millions of sites come up. Written for the consumer and the trade, this short article, extensively researched and referenced, sorts though the concept of "fair trade" in the jewelry sector. The examples from many sources shed light on what fair trade jewelry might mean, if there is such a thing. |
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| Interview with Carmen Iezzi by Marc Choyt |
| There's a great deal of confusion and misleading information around fair trade jewelry. While there is no such thing as third party certified fair trade jewelry, many companies sell fair trade jewelry. This interview with Carmen Iezzi, director of the Fair Trade Federation, clarifies why fair trade jewelry is listed as a product category on their website. |
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| Interview with Steve D'Esposito on Fair Trade Jewelry by Marc Choyt |
| Steve D'Esposito, executive director of Earthworks, discusses his organization of a multi-sector "Ethical Jewelry Summit" on socially and environmentally sourced jewelry production. This article discusses some of the issues involved in the very early stages of this important movement in the mainstream jewelry world. The summit is to take place in Washington DC, Oct. 25th and 26th. |
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| Punctuality In Business by Obinna Heche |
| You wanted to have that second cup of coffee from your favorite mug and you will only be a few minutes late. Whats the big deal. It is a big deal to be late by five minutes or an hour. |
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| Puntuality In Business by Obinna Heche |
| You wanted to have that second cup of coffee from your favorite mug and you will only be a few minutes late. Whats the big deal. It is a big deal to be late by five minutes or an hour. |
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| Business Dress Code by Obinna Heche |
| Working in a stockroom can be a dirty job and someday you hope that your efforts will be noticed and you will get the chance to prove what you can with a promotion into a supervisors role. |
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| Are You Faking It Or Are You Making It? by Dave Origano |
| Have you heard the phrase fake it until you make it? It's something which is increasingly common among business owners, especially on the internet or in direct mail. The basic idea is someone sells you a program or course teaching you how they made millions- only they haven't yet made the millions, they hope to do so by selling thousands of copies of the course they sold you. |
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| Money Can Corrupt A Good Person by Linda Dipman |
| So many people are easy targets to con artists who prey upon good and honest people. Victims are hard working people who toil and slave to build a nest egg for the rainy days of life. People who fight to get ahead, but often times fall prey to scams and opportunities that don't exist. |
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| An Interview on a Fair Trade Jewelry Model in South Africa by Marc Choyt |
| Laurens Mare, the CEO of the South African Jewelry Counsel, discusses Vukani-Ubuntu, a Non-Profit Organization that trains people from rural townships into the commercial jewelry trade. This social entrepreneurial effort applies fair trade principal of economic empowerment for the economically disadvantaged to the main stream jewelry world. |
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| Ethical Shoppers Want Jewelers to Support Ethical Jewelry NOW by Marc Choyt |
| Ethical sourcing are have recently become critical issues for a select few in the jewelry industry. Their concerns reach beyond blood diamonds and dirty gold. This article discusses the moral imperative behind ethically sourced jewelry. It also outlines some of the challenges that face this emerging movement. |
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| Having an Affair at Work? 3 Ways Your Employer can Find Out by Richard Bliss |
| It used to be the stolen kisses in the cleaning closet and the joint business trips, but today's tracking of illicit employee behavior has reached a new level of surveillance. Almost every communication and every message is tracked, recorded and catalogued by a company's IT department. Here are three things to watch out for if you are personalizing your work communications: |
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| When The Boss Finds Mold In The Workplace by Jim Corkern |
| A practile guide for the Employer if you find mold in your place of business, How to protect your employees and your property safely. |
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| It's All About The Money, Isn't It by Judi Lynn Lake |
| In order for Advertising Agencies to be successful, integrity must be combined with talent and it saddens me that so little is found today. |
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| Decency Wins Over Cultural Decay by Judi Lynn Lake |
| Perhaps if we combined the morals of yesteryear with the technology and knowledge of today we would have the world each of us dream about. Personally, I have seen enough guts, gore, sex and destruction and I would bet that a great many more are as bored and disgusted by it as me. People do indeed have a voice and the time is now to use it if only for our children who are our leaders for tomorrow. |
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| Ask Not What The Jewelry Industry Can Do For You by Marc Choyt |
| Suppose that you are a passionate leader in the jewelry industry advocating fair eco trade. You go to the most important industry tradeshow with a big banner screaming "ECO FAIR TRADE JEWELRY NOW." Thousands pass by without noticing. This semi-biographical article, ranging from elk hunting to dentistry in Haitian slums, delves deeply into the human tragedy behind the industry's fragmentation. |
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| Do It Right - International Business Ethics by T J Madigan |
| Business ethics is not a novel idea. Its just that its one of those things that we conveniently forget when faced with tough choices. But since the Enron and WorldCom scandals of 2002, more and more people in the business world are paying attention to this oft-neglected aspect of business. |
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| An Overview Of The Business Monitor International by T J Madigan |
| A leading publisher in both print and online of trade specialist information, Business Monitor International (BMI) was established in 1984 with a global perspective. Its service is updated not just quarterly, monthly or weekly but even daily. They cover a wide range of issues such as political risk, financial status, macroeconomic performance, industry sectors and operational environment. |
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| Decency Wins Over Cultural Decay by Judi Lynn Lake |
| Perhaps if we combined the morals of yesteryear with the technology and knowledge of today we would have the world each of us dream about. Personally, I have seen enough guts, gore, sex and destruction and I would bet that a great many more are as bored and disgusted by it as me. People do indeed have a voice and the time is now to use it if only for our children who are our leaders for tomorrow. |
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| What Can BPM and BPI Do For You? by Gregory Burrus |
| Do you need to know if a business process improvement (BPI) assessment can improve your office operations? Are you asking if BPI and business process management (BPM) training and education can improve your business? Do you wonder what business process management is versus business process improvement? Do you know what size business could benefit by a business process impact study? |
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| The Need for Commitment by Pj Germain |
| In todays work world, you cannot afford to tolerate a commitment level that remains at room temperature. You need people who invest themselves fully in their work, people who deliver dramatic results. |
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| It's All About The Money, Isn't It by Judi Lynn Lake |
| In order for Advertising Agencies to be successful, integrity must be combined with talent and it saddens me that so little is found today. |
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| The Impact of MNEs by Jonathon Hardcastle |
| The United States is the home -country for the largest amounts of foreign licensing and direct investment. Therefore, its policies understandably arouse some of the major trade unions of such outward moments. |
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| The New Consumption Patterns by Jonathon Hardcastle |
| Contemporary economic models present the typical consumer as deliberative and highly forward-looking, not subject to impulsive behavior. |
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| Internet Marketing: A Guide to List Building by Ruth Brown |
| List Building is a Must if you want to make money online |
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| A Primer and Opinion on Digital Rights Management by Aaron Trubic |
| Digital Right Management, or DRM as it is commonly referred, is a term used by music publishers to restrict access and usage of digital data. Another brilliant idea from the minds who brought you DivX! |
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| Motivate by Kadence Buchanan |
| Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. When you are the boss of others, the temptation to use your power to control them is always there. |
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| Encouraging Ethical Behavior by Jonathon Hardcastle |
| Most authorities agree that there is room for improvement in business ethics. One of the most problematic questions raised in relation to business ethics is whether or not businesses can become more ethical in the real world. |
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| Little White Lies - Are They Worth The Risk by Joe Torrence |
| Little White Lies - You know. The ones that everyone does. No one will even find out...will they? What happens if your customer does? |
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| Is The Financial Services Industry Failing The Baby Boomer Generation? by Bill Cole |
| This article discusses the conflict within the financial services industry between the expectations of clients and behavior that some compensation plans encourage and reward. |
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| Growing your Small Business with Honesty and Integrity by Joe Torrence |
| The bottom line...the force that drives all businesses. What is the best method to achieve bottom line results and not be looking over your shoulder all the time? |
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| Do You Recycle Your Batteries? by Jerry Cahill |
| Are you concerned about what happens to old batteries? Battery recylcing is a very important part of a batteries life cycle. |
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| A Landlord's Guide To The Eviction Process by David Gass |
| Describes the process that needs to be followed when evicting a troublesome tenant. |
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| How To Avoid Dishonest Home Business Schemes by James Lowe |
| Save lots of time, money and enthusiasm by learning these screening steps before spending your resources on internet money making opportunities |
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| Preventing the Danger and Liability of Workplace Violence by Christine Harrell |
| Learning how to prevent danger in the workplace by implementing behavioral sciences and threat assessment plans. |
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| Should you use Background Checks? by Kip Goldhammer |
| Background check is a very important and essential element of making yourself comfortable with people you might be looking forward to having a relationship with as an employee, business partnership or even personal. |
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| Business Ethics and Ethnicity by Dana Smith |
| The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group..Ethics |
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| So you got a Speeding Ticket, so now what? by Dick Web |
| Got a speeding ticket? Learn the what you can do to get out of it. |
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| Selling Truth as a Differentiator by Lawrence Groves |
| Now You Can Stand Out Above the Rest. |
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| How To Be a True Business Leader by Liane Bate |
| If you run a business, online or offline, and you want to attract new customers and keep them coming back, there are a few important qualities you must possess. If you don't, you need to start building them now! |
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