It's FREE and anyone can subscribe. For subscription information, see the bottom of the page. This morning, I read about a company using on-line auctions to defraud customers. Last week, I consulted about an ethics complaint where a business coach betrayed a client s confidentiality. And, recently a Physician was convicted of insider trading based on information gained from a patient, a violation of both business ethics and her professional ethics.
Business ethics are the key to profits.
If clients and customers don t trust you, and your business ethics, they will not do business with you. Business ethics have become a hot-button topic. There are often ethical conflicts between making money, and doing what is right. There can be dilemmas about doing what is best for your employer, what s best for your own career, and what s best for the customer. Business ethics is about negotiating these mine-fields.