Trust is defined as a firm belief in the integrity, strength, reliability or truth of a person or entity. Trust is an essential social element that allows people to form productive and meaningful relationships. Bonds of trust are extremely fragile and critical to any relationship, personal or professional. Ethical Legacies encourages entrepreneurs and business owners to rise above the fray and establish […]
Transparency is defined as an honest way of doing things that allows other people to know exactly what you are doing, without any hidden agendas. Transparency involves openness, ongoing communication and public accountability. Ethical Legacies promotes the practice of transparent leadership by entrepreneurs and business owners. Transparency doesn’t just help leaders become more successful. It makes them good citizens. Articles […]
Sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Meeting future needs depends on how well we balance social, economic, and environmental objectives—or needs—when making decisions today. Ethical Legacies urges business leaders to look beyond profits and engage in sustainable development as a best […]
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined as an organization’s initiative to self-regulate its actions that affect the environment and the society in which it operates. CSR is a means of achieving sustainability through accountability and transparency, and by fulfilling civic duty. Ethical Legacies encourages entrepreneurs and business owners to engage in CSR as a means for improving the health, welfare […]
Morals are beliefs or values that a person holds about what is fundamentally right or wrong. Though these beliefs are personally-held, they are often informed by the social, cultural or religious ideologies in which a person identifies. Morals are not hard and fast rules, but they are rules that, for many people, dictate prudent or appropriate behavior. Ethical Legacies encourages […]
Ethics are a set of moral principles that inform a person or group’s behavior. Ethics provide rules of behavior, a guiding philosophy based on what is deemed morally good or bad. A sense of ethics can be established by setting clear expectations for what is acceptable, modeling ethical behavior, providing corrective feedback and offering the tools that enable people to […]