How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small Don't allow your finer instincts to become a casualty of the little everyday crimes of ethical compromise.
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Eventually we have to 'settle up' and pay the price for our ethical violations. Just remember the old line that says, 'You can pay me now ... or you can pay me later.' Often you can buy some time, but when you 'pay later' you'll probably have to pay more.
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Pay attention to the voice within.... Sometimes the voice of your conscience gets drowned out by crowd noise or by the pep rally of temptations. And your mind may put some selfish spin on the ball, rationalizing that it's okay to veer away from the ethical route. When we run into conflicts between ethical 'shoulds' and our selfish 'wants,' we all argure out ways to con our conscience. But take pains to listen, because it has your best interests at heart.
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High personal standards aren't enough for organizational excellence. You've got to be intolerant of low standards in others.... If you accommodate questionable practices in others who touch your organization, you risk soiling its reputation. Anybody whose hands aren't clean can get the place dirty.
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'You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-' You'll find universal agreement on the value of a behavior code, on the need for some sort of ethical system. Even the crooks count on 'honor among thieves,' and countries actually wage war according to certain rules. On the job and in the rest of our day-to-day living, we each need a 'code for the road.' Crosby, Stills Nash in a hit song.
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Give people, including yourself, clear permission to make mistakes ... and to fix the problems. Since nobody's perfect, mistakes should be allowed. Cover-ups shouldnt. Cover-ups create twice the trouble.
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