Being Right is Vastly Overrated: Part I
Listening is more right than winning the argument
Author Archive for: Charles H. Green
Entries by Charles H. Green
The Language of Moral Education in Business: a NYTimes Moment in Time
What does a photographic collaborative experiment have to do with morality in business? Plenty
The Goldman Hearings: Who’ll Take Home the Iconic Moment Award?
There have been some powerful Senate Hearings: Watergate, McCarthy. Will the Goldman Hearings be so big? And which moment is iconic?
David Gebler on Ethics in Business (Trust Quotes #10)
David Gebler is a thought leader, speaker and seminar leader on the subject of ethics in business. Trained as a lawyer, David is a Senior Lecturer at Suffolk University where he teaches Business Ethics and sits on the International Advisory Board of the Graduate Program in Ethics and Public Policy; he is also a principal […]
Collateral Benefit on the “A” Train
What’s the opposite of collateral damage? Collateral benefit; and it’s a helluva good business model.
The Changing Face of Capitalism: Schizophrenia in the Apple Store
The other day I was in one of the Apple Stores. The hinge had broken on my MacBook Air, which meant the top of the computer, the screen part, had to be replaced. It was to be done for free, which I love about Apple. The store was crowded; I asked the young lady salesperson […]
Ten Steps to Positioning Your Firm for the Recovery
The stock market called the recovery 12 months ago. The GDP is now rebounding. It certainly looks like a recovery. And if it looks like a recovery, quacks like a recovery, and walks like a recovery—well, you know the rest, and it might not be too soon to think about how your firm is positioning itself to […]
Chris Brogan on Trust and Social Media (Trust Quotes #9)
Chris Brogan needs no introduction to some TrustMatters readers. Some of you caught him at the Trust Summit last fall; Others may never have heard of him. I’m about to do the second group a huge favor. Chris is co-author (with Julien Smith) of Trust Agents, CEO of New Marketing Labs and an active speaker and blogger. […]
Bad for the Customer, Good for the Stock Price: Wait, What?
Doing good doesn’t always mean doing well; how to think about the relationship between ethics and profitability when the odds favor the bad.
The SEC Chose Wisely in Goldman Case
The SEC chose the right charge to pursue–failure to disclose, which when done in the non-legal world we call lying.