http://www.ethisphere.com/what-went-wrong-ethically-in-the-economic-collapse/ Essential reading for Directors, CEOs and General Counsel who see opportunity in ethical leadership Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethisphere.com/what-went-wrong-ethically-in-the-economic-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Steve Connors Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/?p=4940#comment-540 I see my company, Aflac, once again on the top 99 list for ethical business practices. Not a perfect company, but definitely a culture of honesty driven from the top down. Human sinfulness is such that given freedom to do what they want, the smartest and greediest will generally find a way profit regardless of the pain they indirectly cause others. Millions would trade places with them if they could. What many executives have done is no less evil than robbing at gun point, maybe more evil. They're judgment will be no less severe either, unless they turn their hearts to the one who will judge and who will be the one who finally brings justice and true, heartfelt honesty to all human interactions. Until then rules, agencies, accountability mechanisms, ethical codes, etc are the best we have to keep people and their greed in check. I see my company, Aflac, once again on the top 99 list for ethical business practices. Not a perfect company, but definitely a culture of honesty driven from the top down. Human sinfulness is such that given freedom to do what they want, the smartest and greediest will generally find a way profit regardless of the pain they indirectly cause others. Millions would trade places with them if they could. What many executives have done is no less evil than robbing at gun point, maybe more evil. They’re judgment will be no less severe either, unless they turn their hearts to the one who will judge and who will be the one who finally brings justice and true, heartfelt honesty to all human interactions. Until then rules, agencies, accountability mechanisms, ethical codes, etc are the best we have to keep people and their greed in check.

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