Integrity: What’s Up With That?
Like trust, integrity is something we all talk about, meaning many different things, but always assuming that everyone else means just what we do. That leads to some vagueness and…
S&P and the New Challenge of Integrity in Business
We've all read tales of corporate wrongdoing – think Bernie Madoff, Enron, LIBOR. In most cases, managers engaged in nefarious behavior, knowing they were doing wrong. There are a few…
Why We Don’t Trust Companies Part IV: The Solution
My last three posts – here, and here, and here – were about why we don't trust companies. To review the bidding, I've said it's because: Trust is predominantly personal in nature – a fact…
Why We Don’t Trust Companies Part I
People don't trust companies very much. Sure, we trust some companies more than others, and sometimes we trust them more than government (sometimes not), but when you think of someone…
When You Can’t Get No Respect
Some will recall comic Rodney Dangerfield's catch phrase. Others may remember Aretha Franklin's iconic spelling, R-E-S-P-E-C-T. When you respect someone, it's a verb. When you get respect, it's a noun. Either way, it…
The Best Business Blog You Probably Haven’t Read
My nominee for one of the best business blogs ever is The Cynical Girl, previously known as Punk Rock HR. It may also be the funniest business blog going. In…
Anna Bernasek on the Economics of Integrity (Trust Quotes #6)
Anna Bernasek talks about her new book, The Economics of Integrity
Career Limiting Moves: Are You Kidding?
Perhaps the most toxic thing you can hear in the arena of people management is “That’s not my job.” It should be grounds for firing. But at least it’s a declarative, first-person…
Peter Firestein on Trust, Character and Reputation (Trust Quotes #4)
Peter Firestein’s extraordinary career began in Indiana. He soon left for California, taught himself Spanish in a park in Mexico, learned commodities in Latin America, and has a unique resume,…
Trust and the Standard Deviation
Results from the trust quotient assessment study: trust increases from consistency.