In the context of business, where do ethics begin?
One key ethics issue is integrity, which is what you do in the dark when nobody is watching. And you are never better than the most deficient example you can provide. These days, integrity is providing visibility into the company and what it does, and always performing or attempting to perform at the highest limit of what you promise, and to exceed expectations, if possible. How do you teach integrity and other business virtues to raw college undergrads, many of whom aspire to become future leaders? Don’t just find a list in a book and put it on a wall and forget about it. Every successful business manager is skillful at inspiring colleagues to be creative and effective. If not, the organization fails. But first, a manager must have a view of the role of the entity: a paradigm of what the business does. The first thing a business owner must figure out is the context of its environment such that the product enhances the environment. We get students, faculty and administrators together,