I was listening to Adam Goldfein, a Radio and Television Talk Show Host, attorney, business owner, author, and corporate trainer, filling in for Clark Howard the other day. He came up with an excellent thought. He said how we handle money shows what our moral standards are. It makes sense since people with great credit scores have made a contract with their lender to pay back their obligations and have kept them.
Keeping with that thought, Harvey Mackay's column this week:
Why do so many executives and employees apparently go along with blatantly unethical and illegal conduct in their organizations?
There’s No Substitute For Integrity
May 31, 2012 By
A father who had been laid off from his job had been watching expenses closely for months. But he’d made a promise to his two sons – twins – that he’d take them to a nearby amusement park to celebrate their 10th birthday.
When the day came, the father withdrew some money from his savings, and he took his two sons on the bus to the amusement park. When they reached the front gate, he saw a sign:
“General admission: (ages 10 and up) $10. Children under 10: $5.”
If he’d come a day earlier, the father realized, he could have saved $10 – $5 for each of his twin sons.
But with a sigh he led the boys up to the ticket window and said, “Three general admission tickets, please.”
The woman in the booth looked them over and smiled. “How old are you boys?”
“I’m 10 years old today,” said one son.
“So am I,” said the other. “We’re twins!”
The woman leaned forward. “You know,” she whispered, “you could have asked for two ‘Under 10’ tickets, and I never would have known.”
“Yeah,” said the father, “but they would have.”
Why do so many executives and employees apparently go along with blatantly unethical and illegal conduct in their organizations? The answer may be that people don’t always know what to do when confronted with requests (or demands) that aren’t on the straight and narrow. But that’s not a good enough answer. Organizations need to be completely clear and specific about what is acceptable and what is expected.
To read the entire article from Harvey Mackay.com:
http://harveymackay.com/column/theres-no-substitute-for-integrity/
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. — Dale Carnegie
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