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April 22, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

Capitalism: The Powers of Good and Evil

Capitalism: The Powers of Good and Evil
This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics  In July of 2008, the TED Spread, a financial indicator of perceived credit risk the the U.S. economy as a whole, suddenly spiked. The TED Spread is measured in basis points (bps) between the interest rates on interbank loans and the short-term […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: amoral, choices, Conscious Capitalism, evil, financial crisis, good, greed, Heather Struck, Matt Taibbi, Nicholas D. Kristof, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, politics, Raj Sisodia, shareholder value, Slavoj Žižek, TED spread, value

April 20, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

Creating Shared Stakeholder Value

Creating Shared Stakeholder Value
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno Since 1868 this Latin phrase has been considered to be the motto of Switzerland, though its place in popular culture has been solidified by its association with the heroes in Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel, The Three […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Alexandre Dumas, business, business development, Conscious Capitalism, ecosystem, environment, family, greed, group, individual, interconnection, Milton Friedman, money, sacrifice, shareholder value, Steve Denning, The Three Musketeers, value, zero-sum

January 30, 2015 by Trev Harmon 2 Comments

The Trap of Zero-Sum Thinking

The Trap of Zero-Sum Thinking
This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics When I was a senior in high school, one of several extracurricular activities I enjoyed was drama, not that I was a particularly good actor. Still, I enjoyed the theater and not only acted, but also did technical work and directing. For us, […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: creativity, economics, ethics, game theory, greed, manifesto, Stephen Gregg, The Zero Sum Mind, war, zero-sum

January 23, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

The Great Liege Lord: Greed

The Great Liege Lord: Greed
This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics In the Middle Ages, feudalistic monarchies controlled Europe, especially the lands held by England and France. In this oft romanticized time period, society was very hierarchical. The lands were divided up into massive estates controlled by a lord. Under him, vassals worked the […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Benjamin Franklin, community, contract, ethics, fealty, greed, growth, homage, lord, manifesto, Mattheiu Ricard, Middle Ages, money, oath, servitude, slavery, TED, Tryon Edwards, vassal

January 19, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

Amorality of Money

Amorality of Money
This entry is part 8 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 8 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics Moving on with our ongoing series on Conscious Business Ethics, we now move into the Money section of the Manifesto. Money is an interesting thing. Originally developed to allow for time-shifting and product-shifting in a barter-based trading society, it’s now become so much […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Bible, Douglas Adams, ethics, evil, greed, manifesto, money, morality, value

December 29, 2014 by Trev Harmon 6 Comments

Standard of Business

Standard of Business
This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics  One of the first questions to pass between meeting strangers in the United States is the simple question, “What do you do for work?” The time we spend on our careers cannot but help to mold who we are as a person. […]

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