The 75 percent number represents the votes needed by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for a candidate to granted entry to baseball’s Hall of Fame. There were 569 ballots cast. On Wednesday, the BWAA announced that one of the greatest hitters and one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball were denied [...]
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Marathon Times, Lies, and Paul Ryan
I generally stay away from politics when it comes to any stories about compliance and ethics. Politicians spend too much time spinning the facts and bending the truth. When it comes to policy, the facts rarely tell a black and white story about whether the policy worked, so I can forgive most of the spin. [...]
Am I a Man or a Muppet?
From Felix Salmon: Two Goldman Sachs “clients” take a look at themselves after Greg Smith’s New York Times op-ed in this musical puppet number. A parody of the Oscar-winning song “Man or Muppet” rewritten by author and law professor Frank Partnoy.
World’s Most Ethical Companies – 2012 Edition
The Ethisphere Institute announced its sixth annual selection of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. One hundred forty-five organizations made the list in 2012 from more than three dozen industries, including 43 headquartered outside the United States. Twenty-three companies that have been honored each of the six years the WME has been awarded, including Aflac, American [...]
Ethisphere’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics
The Ethisphere Institute unveiled its “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics,” an annual list of individuals who have made a significant impact in the realm of corporate citizenship over the course of the previous year. Some are world famous and some are little unknown. Here are some that caught my attention: #48 Stephen Colbert [...]
Ethisphere and the New York Stock Exchange
This morning, the Ethisphere Institute is ringing The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange with some of the NYSE-listed 2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies. I guess the NASDAQ companies are not invited.) The purpose is to recognize the connection between ethical business practice and increased business performance. NYSE-listed 2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies [...]
The Echoes of Madoff at the SEC
The Madoff scandal is one of the low points in the history of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Every Congressional hearing or SEC-basher inevitably uses the failure to catch Madoff as evidence of the ineffectiveness of the SEC. In a continuing journey down the rabbit hole, the SEC’s Inspector General David Kotz released his 123-page [...]
What Does a Criminal Look Like?
A group of Kentucky men would prefer to spend time in jail time rather comply with vehicle safety rules. As you can see from their booking photos, the men are Amish and belong to the Old Order Swartzentruber Amish group. They say their religious beliefs forbid the placement of bright orange safety triangles on the [...]
Remind People to Do the Right Thing
Dan Ariely continues to find small, easy ways to change behavior. This time it was his students running the experiment instead of him. Two students sent an email to everyone in the class that included a link to a website that was supposed to contain the answers to a past year’s final exam. In half [...]
Should You Invest in the World’s Most Ethical Companies 2011 Edition
The Ethisphere Institute announced its fifth annual selection of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, highlighting 110 organizations that lead the way in promoting ethical business standards. Of the 110 companies honored this year, 74were on the 2010 list. (If you need help with the math, 36 are new to the list in 2011 and 26 [...]
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