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 doing what s best for the customer. Business ethics is about negotiating these mine-fields.