Category: Ethics & Integrity
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Being Right
Right or wrong? It is nice when we get that satisfied feeling that comes from being right. And we don’t understand why anyone would disagree with us. And yet they do. It is actually pretty easy to have an opinion. And it isn’t hard to start to believe that our opinion is the end of…
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It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter whether anyone listens. It matters that you say it.
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May 1, 2020 – Success
We need to redefine “success”. In business it is often measured by growth. But isn’t there a point at which a business is successful because it is sustainable? A point at which, the business is stable? We persist is seeing everything as a race. Companies have to be bigger, grow faster, achieve more market share.…
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April 30, 2020 Truth
Superstitions, conspiracy theories and knowledge all come from the same place. They fill the desire to understand. People have an inherent desire to know, to make sense of the world and of circumstances – and an unwillingness to accept that perfect knowing is not possible. We expect our leaders to know things we don’t know;…
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Bad breath boss
Dear Michelle I have a great job – but there is just one problem. My boss is a close talker and his breath is terrible. I don’t mean coffee breath or pizza for lunch but all day long just plain bad. I don’t want to hurt his feelings but it is really unpleasant. In all…
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Teacher’s dilemma
Dear Michelle I have just started teaching college students and I thought it was important to make my expectations very clear at the outset. I explained that it was my policy to set a deadline for assignments and that I would not give extensions. Late or missed assignments would receive a zero grade. When asked…
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FLEE
The Fault Lies Elsewhere Excuse is so prevalent that we almost don’t notice it. It occurs when a user or customer has a problem or complaint. The first person contacted acknowledges that there is a problem and then proceeds to explain to the stakeholder how the Fault Lies Elsewhere.
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Things my students told me
As I retire from the college I feel the compulsion to share some hard learned lessons. To all teachers, newbies and old hands, sooner or later someone will say… “You are a bad teacher”
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The Devil Made Me Do It
Let’s assume for a moment that there is a Supreme Being. Let’s call this entity IT – not to be confused with Stephen King’s novel about a sewer dwelling evil clown named Pennywise. According to the story, IT decided to confer the Truth on one person. Put aside for a moment your curiosity as to why…
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Data held hostage
In common parlance, governance is the responsibility to take care of things – the ownership of which lies elsewhere. It is all about taking care of other people’s stuff. So when an employee’s responsibilities include protecting a city’s computer system and its data – to whom does that employee owe the duty of trust? According to…
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