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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

April 17, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

Conscious Capitalism 2015: Day 3 Review [Part 2]

Conscious Capitalism 2015: Day 3 Review [Part 2]
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series CC2015

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series CC2015 We’re now moving into the last set of practicum sessions for Conscious Capitalism 2015‘s final day. Purposeful Storytelling: How to Build Community, Inspire Action, and Shift Culture Simon Mainwaring This was one of the more interesting sessions I’ve attended at such an event for some […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: beauty, Bill Gates, business, business development, capitalism, change, choices, Conscious Capitalism, Corey Blake, culture, customers, ethics, fear, heroes, humanity, leadership, love, marketing, people, perspective, purpose, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, safety, Simon Mainwaring, stories, storytelling, trust, value, vulnerability, Vulnerability Quotient

April 12, 2015 by Trev Harmon Leave a Comment

Conscious Capitalism 2015: Day 1 Review [Part 2]

Conscious Capitalism 2015: Day 1 Review [Part 2]
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series CC2015

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 […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: balance, career, caring, communication, Conscious Capitalism, dopamine, ecosystem, endorphins, energy, environment, ethics, family, focus, goals, handshake, hard work, heal, health, interconnection, leadership, metrics, oxytocin, positive opposite, purpose, relationships, Reverse Lens, safety, serotonin, Simon Sinek, stress, suffering, time, Tony Schwartz, value, virtues, work-life balance

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

January 5, 2015 by Trev Harmon 2 Comments

Producing Real Value

Producing Real Value
This entry is part 2 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics

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 […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Alan Watts, appearances, build, caveat emptor, change, Charles Darwin, craftsmanship, ethics, hard work, information, IPO, Jim Collins, long-term, manifesto, Microsoft, parasite, progress, short-term, Sivananda Saraswati, Steve Ballmer, transparency, underwriting, 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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