Archive for September, 2010

How to Live Ethically-what is your advice?

September 7th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Ethical Development

I have been the beneficiary of all kinds of advice about how to live ethically both in my personal and organizational life.

The advice has come in the form of articles,poems aphorisms ,musical lyrics ,or  even as images in art.

Do you have any thing you would be kind enough to contribute?Please let me know.

Traditional Jewish Teachings about Judging Others

September 6th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Ethical Development, Moral Philosophy

Many of the Jewish faith will commence a period  of self reflection as part of  the Jewish New Year celebrations which begins this Wednesday evening.Part of that process of  self reflection  involves   judging our own  personality and includes moral and ethical concerns as well as the search for accuracy in judgments of our  character.  Jewish thinking  and  tradition on judging others is well developed .

I want to take this opportunity  to wish a Happy New Year -Shana Tova to all of our community who will be engaged in the process of self-reflection and celebration.

Candour and Trust

September 6th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Business Ethics, Decision Making, Organizational Ethics, Public Sector/Government

Trust is understood as the sin qua non  in the relationship between the political and civil service communities in Canada and according to an article appearing in the  the Ottawa Citizen there is much work to be done. The current loss of trust is costing Canada billions.

The Christian Science Monitor also considers the issue of candour and corporate behaviour .

I am beginning to think that we have not made much progress on this issue in spite of all our efforts to consider the  values and ethics dimensions of our decisions.