by Amanda Jo | Oct 9, 2021 | Ethics
Facebook made the news, once again, for the WRONG reasons. Let’s FACE IT (no pun intended), no one trusts Facebook to do the right thing. Why? Because of the long string of integrity disasters over data collection, storage, and use… the lack of transparency...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 31, 2021 | Ethics
On June 24, 2021 a 13-story condo in the U.S. town of Surfside, Florida collapsed in the early morning hours. After a month of searching for survivors and victims, a few days ago, local authorities identified the remains of the final missing person which confirmed the...
by Amanda Jo | May 21, 2021 | Ethics
It was recently announced that State Street Corporation, “one of the largest asset management companies in the world,” defrauded its customers out of $290 million… “…through a deceitful scheme that was in practice for 17 years.” Yes, you read that...
by Amanda Jo | Mar 23, 2021 | Ethics
After publishing my book, Becoming The Everyday Ethicist, I continue to observe personal, leadership, and organizational ethics failures. I occasionally write blogs identifying specific issues and show how applying some of the “Ethical Anchors” described in my book...
by Amanda Jo | Feb 22, 2021 | Ethics
The brand new 2021 book, Good Business: The Talk, Fight, and Win Way to Change the World by Bill Novelli, is all about engaging in purposeful business and doing it the “good” way. Novelli, a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University and Head of the...
by Amanda Jo | Feb 4, 2021 | Awesome Articles, Ethics
I recently published my new book titled, Becoming The Everyday Ethicist. The book is a practical guide for individuals, leaders, and organizations regarding ethical conduct. Included in the book is a chapter called “(Un) Ethical Organizations” which identifies key...
by Amanda Jo | Dec 18, 2020 | Ethics
Fortune magazine just published their annual list of “Great Places to Work.” And, not surprisingly, Wegmans Food Markets was ranked number one (five years in a row) as the Best Place to Work in retail. Anyone who has ever shopped at Wegmans understands why they...
by Amanda Jo | Dec 2, 2020 | Ethics
In my new book, Becoming The Everyday Ethicist, I have a chapter called “Ethical Anchors.” The whole point of the chapter is that we all need (or should have) “anchors” for all decisions, particularly ethics and character decisions in both our personal and...
by Amanda Jo | Oct 15, 2020 | Ethics
For many years, I have been a fan of Bill George, the former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic (global leader in producing medical devices) and current professor of management and ethics at Harvard Business School. I became aware of Bill George after his Medtronic days...
by Amanda Jo | Sep 18, 2020 | Ethics
In the last few days, the biotech firm, Moderna, reported the details of its late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trials. Moderna, under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel, is one of three drug makers backed by the U.S. Government in late stage testing...
by Amanda Jo | Sep 2, 2020 | Ethics
In David McCullough’s number one bestselling book, The Pioneers, McCullough tells the story of 18th century settlers of the Northwest Territory, the region immediately west of the Ohio River – the area that is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the upper Midwest...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 27, 2020 | Ethics
Last week I conducted my favorite CPE program titled “The Everyday Ethicist™” for the Sydney, Australia Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Both Sydney Chapter members and others from around the world listened in. Needless to say, I...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 15, 2020 | Ethics
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States By now, I’m sure most of you have some knowledge of the U. S. Federal Government’s...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 10, 2020 | Ethics
Robinhood Markets, Inc. is a relatively new financial services firm that is designed to increase its value as an enterprise by attracting inexperienced investors, motivating them to frequently trade risky investment products, while providing poor meaningful and...
by Amanda Jo | Jun 19, 2020 | Ethics
Ethical leadership is doing the right things, at the right time, for the right reasons. Our capitalistic legacy is one of driving for shareholder returns, market share, and revenue growth. These motivations for growth and profit have produced things like… Facebook’s...
by Amanda Jo | May 21, 2020 | Ethics
Johnson & Johnson: The Tale of Today’s Company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently announced that it is going to stop selling talcum-based powder in the U.S. J&J has been ordered to pay out billions of dollars related to lost legal battles...
by Amanda Jo | May 1, 2020 | Ethics
In preparation for a future CPE Book Club webinar, I have been reviewing books on happiness. Two of my favorites are Shawn Achor’s best-selling book on positive psychology, The Happiness Advantage. And the other is Exploring Happiness by the American philosopher,...
by Amanda Jo | Apr 17, 2020 | Ethics
While putting the finishing touches on the Ethical Leadership chapter of my new ethics book (due out this summer), the controversy around the firing of the Captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt hit the news. The Background: Captain Crozier was, until recently,...
by Amanda Jo | Apr 13, 2020 | Ethics
“She sells seashells… by the seashore.” How about “Senator sells stocks… by the… boatload.” (I really wanted to say “sh*t ton” just to keep the alliteration going… but I tried to refrain.) The...
by Amanda Jo | Mar 18, 2020 | Ethics
A cursory review of major corporation ethical crises shows that Board members were as surprised as everyone else. So, the reality is – don’t expect the Board to add much when it comes to establishing an ethical culture or heading off the existence of unethical...
by Amanda Jo | Mar 12, 2020 | Ethics
In the last few days, the newly hired CEO of Wells Fargo, Charles Scharf, was grilled by the U.S. Congress. Sound familiar? The same grilling occurred in 2016 when the former CEO, John Strumpf, appeared before Congress and, again in 2019, when Strumpf’s successor CEO,...
by Amanda Jo | Mar 5, 2020 | Ethics
An Epidemic in Schools According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), e-cigarettes are unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults. Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine – which is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development....
by Amanda Jo | Jan 2, 2020 | Ethics
I recently read the following from Harry Kraemer’s book, From Values to Action: “Communicating your values helps set the expectations for what behavior is acceptable and what is not acceptable. The clearer you are on this point, the better that people will understand...
by Amanda Jo | Oct 2, 2019 | Ethics
Here’s what I think. It is time for companies (and us) to begin treating our identities (privacy) like our money. Explained further… we should demand that those (social media and all others) that touch our identities treat us with the same respect that we would expect...
by Amanda Jo | Sep 15, 2019 | Ethics
Profits and Purpose: Can Big Business Have It Both Ways? was the Fortune front page headline article of its September issue. The Business Roundtable (made up of prominent CEO’s) had recently issued a new “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The statement was...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 25, 2019 | Ethics
First of all… Yes, I have a Facebook account. And NO, that doesn’t change the way I feel about any of this… it only heightens it. I define genuine leadership as acting ethically and in the interest of all stakeholders, all the time, even when no one...
by Amanda Jo | Jul 18, 2019 | Ethics
As today’s article in Forbes magazine starts… “FaceApp, the controversial app which uses AI to age user photos, has become the viral story of the month.” You can say that again. Unless you are hiding under a rock, someone in your life has used...
by Amanda Jo | Jun 25, 2019 | Ethics
I have spent nearly my entire career in the audit profession and I am proud of it. In fact, I began my career at KPMG. But now, I spend the majority of my time training auditors to be more ethical. Why? Because I believe, due to the critical nature of their...
