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 …

Why The Costco Code of Ethics Works

Why The Costco Code of Ethics Works I recently made a trip to my local Costco to buy the necessary bulk supply of toilet paper, fruit, school supplies and more for my family and home.  The man at the…

South Florida Attorney Sentenced for Forging Signatures

South Florida Attorney Sentenced for Forging Signatures Last week, an attorney in South Florida was sentenced to 364 days in prison for forging signatures of judges more than 100 times on orders in hi…

Ms. Sloane’s Poor Ethical Decision Making Process

Movie Ethical Analysis: Ms. Sloane This week I had the chance to watch Jessica Chastain’s movie, Ms. Sloane, about a leading lobbyist in Washington DC and it certainly was a political thriller. Thro…

5 Steps to Ethical Living

I call myself a recovering lawyer.  I have lost my bar license that I worked very hard for my whole life.  I lost my law firm and the honor of working with my father as a partner.  I have learned s…

5 Ethical Standards of Fiduciary Duty

What is fiduciary duty? According to Cornell Law School‘s website, “A fiduciary duty is the highest standard of care.  The person who has a fiduciary duty is called the fiduciary, and the…

Making Ethical Decisions that Embrace your Inner Wonder Woman

Subscribe to receive news and updates: When I was forced to be away from home, I was so grateful that I could call and email my children daily to have connection and feel love. I would end every call …

4 Ethical Issues in Business that Every Entrepreneur Faces

Last week I had the chance to attend eMerge Americas, the annual technology focused conference, held at Miami Beach Convention Center. Since it was my first time attending eMerge, I was excited to lis…

Can Building a Corporate Culture of Ethics Conversation Hedge Costly Disruption?

Can a corporate culture of conversation focused on ethics and compliance in an organization help stop disruption? There has been so much discussion regarding disruption that is caused by innovation an…