The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside the law. The same thing goes for rules, policies and procedures you know, the organization's 'internal laws.' You can 'go by the book' and still behave unethically. Still not move beyond mediocrity. High standardsthe ethics of excellencecome to life through your basic values, your character, integrity and honesty. Obeying the law is the bare minimum.
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The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start to sag. The muscle gets soft, and instead of excellence we have to settle for mediocrity. Maybe something even worse.Price Pritchett
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game ... we've got to play a good game.
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Excellence calls for character ... integrity ... fairness ... honesty ... a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board.
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Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide. The goods must be more than 'good enough.' But so must our approach you know, our methodology, the way we do business and deal with people. How could the ends be considered excellent if we can't be proud of the means.
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Until I test the limits to what I can achieve, I won't really know how well I can do.
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The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low road of least resistance, can we even afford to travel the high road of ethical behavior Frankly, we can't afford anything else. Any other competitive angle is a pure crapshoot in today's business world. Companies with shaky ethics and shabby standards will be crippled as they try to compete in our changing world.
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