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Category: Virtue

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The Importance of Really Small Things – Capt. Barbara Bell, USN (ret)

By • May 28, 2024 • 0 Comments
The Importance of Really Small Things – Capt. Barbara Bell, USN (ret)

Captain Barbara Bell, U.S. Navy (ret). Captain Bell was one of Annapolis’s first female graduates and has a distinguished career as an aviator and naval flight test officer. Today, she teaches at the US Naval Academy and may discuss ethics even more than I do.

In this interview she discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) The importance of the really small things

2) The ethics framework being taught to future Navy officers – and how everyone can apply it

3) How to understand and avoid biases

4) Never forget you are a role model

What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support? – Niel Golightly

By • March 6, 2023 • 0 Comments
What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support? - Niel Golightly

Niel Golightly, a partner at FGS Global, discusses several important ethics issues, including:

1) An important lesson he learned flying an F-14 over the Indian Ocean

2) What is the hardest ethical decision?

3) The power of humility

4) How do we redefine a corporation’s role in society?

5) What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support?

2022 Brands in Motion: Global Ethics Insights – Rebecca Wilson

By • December 12, 2022 • 0 Comments
Brands in Motion: Global Ethics Insights – Rebecca Wilson

Rebecca Wilson, the Executive Vice President International for WE Communications International provides a great overview of the 2022 Brands in Motion Study and what it means for ethical communicators, including:

1) Addressing the diversity quota dilemma and tokenization

2) How many companies are delivering on their value-led commitments

3) How do brands balance their commitments to practical short-term issues versus long-term issues?

4) Key findings from the 2022 Brands In Motion Study

5) The two things every ethical communicator must embrace

How Businesses and Executives Fail at Diversity, Addressing Harassment and Humanity – Mike Paul

By • December 21, 2020 • 4 Comments
How Businesses and Executives Fail at Diversity, Addressing Harassment and Humanity - Mike Paul

This is the 100th episode of EthicalVoices and I am bringing you a very special guest. Mike Paul, the president of Reputation Doctor® discusses:

1) What executives should do (and many fail to do) when someone reports sexual harassment to them

2) The ethical failures of most businesses to act on diversity, equity and inclusion

3) When personal relationships are more important than safeguarding confidences

When and where do you draw the ethical line? – Helio Fred Garcia

By • November 9, 2020 • 2 Comments
When and where do you draw the ethical line? – Helio Fred Garcia

Helio Fred Garcia, President of Logos Consulting Group discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) When and where do you draw the ethical line?
2) How structures and clear protocols make courage less necessary in ethical dilemmas
3) What can we learn from Bernays’ definition of public relations?
4) What are some positive ethics lessons from Goldman Sachs
5) Three key elements in determining the “right” thing to do

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