MIND OVER MORALS??

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States.

How complete is your education?

WHAT YOU SHOULD, NOT ONLY WHAT YOU MUST

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare."

Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.

Moral courage is the strength to do what you know you should when you know no one will know you didn't.

UNLESS YOU IGNORE IT

"Conscience is a man's compass."

Vincent van Gogh

19th century Dutch painter

True, but of little value unless we more often listen to, rather than ignore, what it tells us.

YOUR FAILURE IS NOT MY SUCCESS

"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."

Aesop

6th century BC Greek fabulist

Possibly excluding those misfortunes that fall on your competitors ("possibly" because their failure does not mean you've succeeded.)

True class does not require someone else to fail.

EMPLOYEES: THE COMPANY IMAGE

"Choose your wife as you wish your children to be."

Proverb

A slight but critical suggested edit, "Choose your wife or husband as you wish your children to be."

In business, choose your employees as you wish your company to be known.

There is no company beyond its employees.

Management Ethics

"I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity."

Sydney Biddle Barrows

20th century American business woman who became famous as a brothel owner

Which begs the question, what are the implications of running an illegal business with integrity?

Or is that even possible?

There are plenty of examples where legal business have been run without integrity.

Is the reverse possible?