This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series CC2015Reimagining the Possible: What It Takes to Be Wholly Human Tony Schwartz Tony started out making an astute observation about top athletes and those fighting debilitating sickness. Both the sick patient and top athletes seek to have their bodies perform better. Both are faced with […]
Directed Passion and Hard Work
This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics From our earliest times, the value of hard work has been ingrained into American society. We find it anchored in the beliefs of the early Protestant pilgrims, and have seen it reinvigorated over the years with the constant flow of immigrants drawn to […]
The Harming of Others
This entry is part 3 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics In its very long history, one of the ongoing debates in Chinese philosophy is the nature of man. It’s a simple question: is man by nature good or evil? Are evil acts learned through exposure to other evil acts, or does strict […]
Producing Real Value
This entry is part 2 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics The very first entry in my Conscious Business Ethics: A Manifesto, listed under the Hard Work heading, is a fundamental idea. “It is my responsibility to produce real value, not merely the appearance thereof.” We now live in a transient world, a world […]
Standard of Business
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. […]