The Ethics Coach on Practicing What You Preach | Entrepreneur.com

Very Interesting Q & A, relevant to our day-today lives. 
My own thoughts:

1. Gaming prima facie may not be unethical. If the content is too aggressive, vulgar and show-case negative value (considering the target audience, children), it may not be holistic. 

2. Every interaction should pass the 'win-win' test. Then, even if we make a mistake, it is fine! The problem is when we try to act smart and act to the detriment of someone else. 

3. Business & Ethics are surely not an oxymoron. There are many who still live and work by values, across all areas, including business, art, science, sports, et al. Hence, the world still survives :)
 
The Ethics Coach on Practicing What You Preach | Entrepreneur.com

Why I am leaving Goldman Sachs

Got this link from five of my friends... !!!!! (hence, five '!')

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?_r=1

This must be going around the world - like forest fire.
In fact, it is actually as destructive as a forest fire. But, as always, we are presuming it is affecting them, not me... 'them' could be GS/banking/US/NA etc. But that is not the reality. The fact this powerful message has it us, we are in it someway or other.

It will be interesting to note how this will evolve over the next few weeks. He has criticised the very foundation of an institution of great repute ( at least till recently).

But don't we feel a sense of deja vu ? Are we not aware of this decline in value-system as the very core of all problems ? It is very very sad, but the truth...

Most importantly, we don't acknowledge it. Often, most of us, when faced with a choice do not embrace 'right' over the wrong.

Whatever our role, at whatever be the level in corporate/soecity, we can make a difference. No need to adopt a critical or messiah-type attitude either.

It is our choice !

3 mores essential to entrepreneurship

Came across an inspiring report on the concluding session of GCF held here recently...

Delivering the keynote address, the former S Korean PM, Un-Chang said '3 mores were essential to creating a society of educated people who can aspire to a hopeful future'.


Some global brands emerged from the erstwhile chaebols - Samsung phone & TV, LG across consumer durables, Hyundai/Kia cars, to name a few... As such he has seen it all... and hence his views surely very relevant & also, appropriate, in the current situation.

1. More Open - open mindedness, along with knowledge, was critical to entrepreneurship. Society should be open to new ideas to emerge to create a climate of entrepreneurship !
2. Confidence - the 'right' sense of confidence... needs no elaboration at all !
3. Compassion - Mr Chung noted, 'the rational market, by its very nature, was not concerned with social justice and fairness. Capitalism should be rooted in sound ethics, but the economic system in the last couple of decades has not talked about ethics'... :(

Drop in practise of  ethics, fairness and social justice have been the bane of most of ills of society. . .