Living a Life of Gratitude: The Ethics of Giving Back

Living a Life of Gratitude: The Ethics of Giving Back As we welcome another holiday season, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all that is around me. It has been more than a year and a half since I s…

When Facing an Ethical Dilemma, Don’t Play Your Way Off Life’s Court

When Facing an Ethical Dilemma, Don’t Play Your Way Off Life’s Court On a multitude of concrete courts across our country, little boys and girls learn to dribble, shoot, rebound, and pass …

Examining Corporations: Moody’s Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Examining Corporations: Moody’s Breach of Fiduciary Duty I have spent countless hours pondering my fiduciary duty as a lawyer that I ultimately failed to uphold during 2007-2009, the time in whi…

Why Professional Ethics Training Should Include Behavioral Ethics

Why Professional Ethics Training Should Include Behavioral Ethics Over the last 20 months, I have been released from Federal Prison; been reunited with my children, family, and friends; meditated and …

Are You Practicing Ethical Digital Citizenship?

Are You Practicing Ethical Digital Citizenship? Last week, I attended a talk by Richard Guerry, the founder of Institute for Responsible Online and Cellphone Communication (IROC2), at my son’s middl…

Do Corporations’ Fiduciary Duties Impact Their Bottom Line?

Do Corporations’ Fiduciary Duties Impact Their Bottom Line? I have spent many hours engaging in conversation with those in academia, corporations, non-profits, and in government about corporate cult…

Hurricane Irma: Being Ethical in Difficult Times

Hurricane Irma: Being Ethical in Difficult Times Hurricane Irma swept through the Florida Keys, and caused serious wind damage to the southern tip of my home state, Florida.  I have lived in Miami fo…

The Loop – Making the Right Decision

The Loop – Making the Right Decision It’s 5:15 in the morning. I’ve just woken up to the alarm ringing next to my pillow from the Timex watch I hung on the metal rod at the corner of my bunk…

United Airlines’ Ethics Rhetoric vs. Reality

United Airlines’ Ethics Rhetoric vs. Reality United Airlines scrambled to climb out of a public relations nightmare and financial decline due to the recent actions against a paying customer, a docto…

Hurricane Harvey: Can Doing the Right Thing Become the Norm?

Hurricane Harvey: Can Doing the Right Thing Become the Norm? Hurricane Harvey has brought severe devastation to Houston this past week.  This storm was unusual in that the hurricane made landfall in …