The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Snapshot, reviewers' comments: Organizations and individuals that behave ethically enjoy a commanding and enduring lead in achieving success ...This book should be mandatory reading for every corporate officer and  employee...a practical application of real-world experience...a valuable addition to the ethics discussion. 
Excerpt: Ethics--or its lack-- sticks its multi-faceted nose into just about every inter-personal activity, or it could and should.  But, unfortunately, not everyone understands and practices this truism, and all too few of the folks who lead our institutions are aware of the need for ethics and have made ethical practices an integral part of their everyday activities, although we daresay that most or all say that they do, which of course is lying and, obviously, unethical.
So, if ethical behavior is widely thought to be needed and is beneficial to individuals and institutions, why doesn't everyone practice it all the time?  
The answer is deceptively simple: too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are unaware, aka ignorant, of the need for or positive consequences of ethical behavior.  On the other side of that same coin, too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are blissfully unaware of the negative consequences of unethical behavior, blinded as they could be by selfishness, greed, and the need for control over others.
The operative words are unfortunately and to their own detriment. 
 

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The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Snapshot, reviewers' comments: Organizations and individuals that behave ethically enjoy a commanding and enduring lead in achieving success ...This book should be mandatory reading for every corporate officer and  employee...a practical application of real-world experience...a valuable addition to the ethics discussion. 
Excerpt: Ethics--or its lack-- sticks its multi-faceted nose into just about every inter-personal activity, or it could and should.  But, unfortunately, not everyone understands and practices this truism, and all too few of the folks who lead our institutions are aware of the need for ethics and have made ethical practices an integral part of their everyday activities, although we daresay that most or all say that they do, which of course is lying and, obviously, unethical.
So, if ethical behavior is widely thought to be needed and is beneficial to individuals and institutions, why doesn't everyone practice it all the time?  
The answer is deceptively simple: too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are unaware, aka ignorant, of the need for or positive consequences of ethical behavior.  On the other side of that same coin, too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are blissfully unaware of the negative consequences of unethical behavior, blinded as they could be by selfishness, greed, and the need for control over others.
The operative words are unfortunately and to their own detriment. 
 

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The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

by Pete Geissler, Barry Wolfe
The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

The Power of Ethics: The Thoughtful Leader's Model for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

by Pete Geissler, Barry Wolfe

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Snapshot, reviewers' comments: Organizations and individuals that behave ethically enjoy a commanding and enduring lead in achieving success ...This book should be mandatory reading for every corporate officer and  employee...a practical application of real-world experience...a valuable addition to the ethics discussion. 
Excerpt: Ethics--or its lack-- sticks its multi-faceted nose into just about every inter-personal activity, or it could and should.  But, unfortunately, not everyone understands and practices this truism, and all too few of the folks who lead our institutions are aware of the need for ethics and have made ethical practices an integral part of their everyday activities, although we daresay that most or all say that they do, which of course is lying and, obviously, unethical.
So, if ethical behavior is widely thought to be needed and is beneficial to individuals and institutions, why doesn't everyone practice it all the time?  
The answer is deceptively simple: too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are unaware, aka ignorant, of the need for or positive consequences of ethical behavior.  On the other side of that same coin, too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are blissfully unaware of the negative consequences of unethical behavior, blinded as they could be by selfishness, greed, and the need for control over others.
The operative words are unfortunately and to their own detriment. 
 


Product Details

BN ID: 2940153193618
Publisher: The Expressive Press
Publication date: 04/21/2016
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 796,799
File size: 231 KB

About the Author

Pete Geissler is an outspoken advocate of good communications and behavior. His eight books, and hundreds of articles, speeches, and classes examine why and how to be articulate, to write well, and to treat people respectfully and ethically. His accomplishments include authorship of a publisher's best seller and a finalist in best books 2014, and writing more than three million words that have been published or spoken in formal settings.
Pete is founder and CEO of The Expressive Press, a publisher of books in several genre. He also teaches and coaches engineers, scientists, and business persons how to write and to use writing to boost their productivity, value, and careers. He serves on the Board of Directors, Opera Theater Pittsburgh, and chairs its planned giving committee.


Barry Wolfe has been leading human resources for 25 years in engineering and manufacturing companies both public and private. He lives near Pittsburgh with his wife and six children. 

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