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Thought Leaders

How to Handle Employees Who Avoid Criticism

The Ethics Coach handles tackles two big questions: how to deal with employees who resist feedback and how to create a 'mutually beneficial' internship program.

By Gael O'Brien

Building a Business

Let’s Be Real: Why Transparency in Business Should Be the Norm

By Robert Craven

Building a Business

Think Hillary’s Bad? Here Are 5 ‘Ethical’ Mistakes Business Owners Regularly Make.

By Gene Marks

Thought Leaders

Are Paid Referrals Worth the Cost?

By Gael O'Brien

Thought Leaders

Fakepreneurs, a Modern Epidemic

Encountered anyone in this category lately? Learn how to tell if someone is a genuine entrepreneur.

By Kelsey Ramsden

Building a Business

The 3 Common Numbers That Startups Hide Behind

You're not doing yourself any favors by justifying your business with these statistics.

By Adam Callinan

Entrepreneurs

Business Bacchanal: Sex, Booze and the Work Trip

One-third of men admit to binge drinking while they are away on work trips. And that's just the percentage who 'fessed up.

By Catherine Clifford

Thought Leaders

Blame and Credit: How to Encourage Fairness and Accountability Under Pressure

Unsure how to stop the blame game or start an honest discussion? We're here to help.

By Gael O'Brien

Building a Business

Right in Sports, Wrong for Business — the 4 Differences Leaders Must Realize

Don't get carried away with sports analogies. Pro athletes and coaches sometimes behave the opposite of how professionals should act in an office setting.

By Marty Fukuda

Building a Business

Are Business Ethics at a Low Ebb?

The fate of startups may eventually be tied to their ability to respect customers, partners, staff and society. Is it time to adopt CEO Dov Seidman's idea?

By Andrew Keen

Entrepreneurs

What to Do When Your Boss Doesn’t Trust You

Failures of trust and communication can be tricky to navigate. The Ethics Coach can help.

By Gael O'Brien

Building a Business

A Proactive Approach to Addressing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace

Smaller companies migh not have formal procedures for accountablity. Here's why maintaining high standards is a good long-term practice.

By Burton Goldfield

Thought Leaders

The 4 Pillars of Ethical Enterprises

Is your business model moral? Start by asking these questions.

By David Hagenbuch

Building a Business

American Apparel Tries On Something New: Ethics.

After firing its scandal-mired chairman, the company has updated its code of ethics to include rules about workplace relationships.

By Reuters

Thought Leaders

Will My Employer Sue Me for Starting My Own Business?

You have ethics questions, and we have answers.

By Gael O'Brien

Thought Leaders

Why Ben Picked Jerry

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield launched the legendary ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry's in 1978. And they're still friends today.

By Catherine Clifford

Thought Leaders

Improve Accountability in 3 Swift Steps

Push yourself and those around you to live up to promises and expectations.

By Kelsey Ramsden

Thought Leaders

Stop Playing So Nice With Your Competition

The criticism of Uber's disruption of Lyft is misplaced. We should all be so competitive.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

OkCupid Founder: ‘If You Use the Internet, You’re the Subject of Hundreds of Experiments’

The widespread outrage directed at Facebook for manipulating its users' emotions has the dating site, which has been routinely running experiments on its own users, perplexed.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

How Would You Handle These 7 Situations? Would You Pass the ‘Diaper Test’?

There are many moral and ethical questions business owners face on a regular basis. Is there a right way to do things?

By Gene Marks

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Help Build Your Integrity

Setting up a lifestyle of authenticity can affect everything on your horizon -- in your personal sphere as well as your family and business obligations.

By Alice Martin

Thought Leaders

Facebook: When Trust Is Exploited

After it was revealed that Facebook was conducting research by manipulating users' emotions, the topic of trust is getting attention -- from both a personal and business standpoint

By Meghan M. Biro

Business News

Why Cooperation Is Better Business Than Competition

A fixation with hierarchy and winning blinds us to networking and win-win solutions.

By Warren Cassell, Jr.

Online Presence

Tell Us: Will Facebook’s Unethical User Experiment Make You Quit?

Emotions are running high over an experiment where Facebook manipulated news feeds to see how users' emotional states would be affected.

By Wendy Frink

Online Presence

Facebook Basically Shrugs Off User Outrage Over ‘Emotional’ Experiment

The social network wanted to find out what influences our emotions. Unfortunately, everyone is angry now.

By Jason Fell

Business Accounting

The Ethics Coach’s Top 3 Strategies for Creating an Ethical Workplace

Also: Should you work with a bullying client? And is it unethical to be solely motivated by money?

By Gael O'Brien

Thought Leaders

Semper Fi! How The Marine Corps Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship

Building your idea into a business is an uncertain mission. Core values that don't bend under pressure are indispensable.

By William Ballard

Building a Business

If You Found $100,000, What Would You Do?

A janitor in Australia found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and turned it in -- a move that is now paying off for him in a big way.

By Geoff Weiss

Online Presence

The Ethics Coach on Handling Social Media Attacks

How do you respond when an employee lashes out on Twitter?

By Gael O'Brien

Thought Leaders

J.D. Power: How I Stayed True to My Values Over 50 Years

At every stage you'll face expectations to conform to different corporate cultures. You must weigh them against your sense of ethics.

By J.D. Power III