Ethisphere announced its annual List of 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics on December 16, 2009. The year 2009 saw increased scrutiny of corporate transparency, oversight and ethics. “This year we not only saw the catastrophic consequences that ethical failings can have on an organization and industry at large, but we were also able … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson ranked as the most reputable U.S. company, according to Reputation Institute’s 2009 U.S. Reputation Pulse. Other companies in the top five: Kraft Foods, UPS, General Mills, and FedEx. AIG, the financial services firm, suffered the biggest drop in the index. Last year’s winner, Google, fell to number eight and lost significant reputation … Continue reading
The Project on Public Trust in Business (the Project) is a major and ongoing effort—initiated by the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics and the Arthur W. Page Society—to engage leading organizations in developing and implementing a long-term strategy to build public trust in business. The project was officially launched June of 2009 with the … Continue reading
… NBES data show that, like the Enron era, improvements in ethical conduct tend to be temporary. From 2000 to 2003, ethics metrics all improved, with the bursting of the dot com bubble, 9/11, and corporate scandals, including Enron and WorldCom, only to fall back until the start of the current recession in December 2007. … Continue reading
The World Business Academy announced the winners of the 2009 EthicMark Awards, which recognizes outstanding marketing, advertising, and public relations campaigns and communications that uplift the human spirit and society. Pantene, a division of Proctor & Gamble, won in the for-profit category for its ad, “Chrysalis” (Thailand). CARE won in the not-for-profit category for its … Continue reading
An article published by the American Management Association (AMA) referenced a global survey on business ethics conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI) and commissioned by the AMA. The survey highlighted the fact that business ethics has both bottom-line and moral implications for business professionals. Survey respondents predicted that factors such as protecting a company’s … Continue reading
Who Do You Trust was a popular game show in the ’50’s and 60’s, emceed by Johnny Carson. Today, it’s a question that, for many in this country, is answered by “No one.” A recent editorial in the L.A. Times, written by Al Martinez, talks about the lack of trust in the Catholic Church, government, … Continue reading