50 Common Unethical Practices

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50 Common Unethical Practices

July 2009

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What Makes A Company or A Person

Unethical

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} Greed

} Greed

} Greed

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Deception, Lies, Half-Truths, Exaggerations} Overcharging, Having Hidden Fees

} Applying Pressure

} Using Scare Tactics and Intimidation

} Using Lobbyists to influence pea-brained politicians} Taking advantage of feeble-minded clients

} Bribing


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The Companies That Utilize The Most

Unethical Practices

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} Banks and Credit Card Companies

} Other Financial Institutions and Mortgage Companies

} Insurance Companies

} Aerospace & Defense Companies

} Energy Companies

} Pharmaceutical Companies

} Real Estate Companies

} Car Dealerships} Debt Collection Companies

} Repossession Companies

The current poster child

of unethical practices


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1. Managing In An Autocratic Style

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2. Making All Decisions at the Top Level

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3. Being Nasty & In Bad Mood All The Time

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Reminder

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4. Tricking Customers With Fine Print

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5. Screwing The IRS

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6. Always Looking To Get Around Rules And

Regulations

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Because the Government cheats and lies, it does not mean that the rest of us

have to be like them!


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7. Screwing Vendors

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Ignoring contracts

Delaying payments

Haggling on purpose over somelittle detail to avoid full payment

Making up excuses not to pay


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8. Doing or Condoning Unethical Practices

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Ethics Do Matter

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Good Idea

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Dont get on this report


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9. Hiring Sleazy Sales Reps And Allowing

Them To Promise Anything

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10. Doing Shady Deals With Other Shady

Companies Or Individuals

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11. Applying Enron Type Accounting

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12. Hiring or Engaging Unethical Sleazy

Lawyers To Defend Them

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13. Surrounding Themselves with Yes

Persons

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14. Worrying Exclusively About The Bottom

Line. Nothing Else Seems To Matter

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Be Aware Of :

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The Triple Bottom Line

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Good Question

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15. Not Being Focused On The Job Or

Business

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16. Taking Advantage Of Spiritual People

And Events

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} Hijacking holidays; converting spiritual days ontocommercial days


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17. Being At War With Clients

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18. Baiting and Switching

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19. Lying

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The Unethical Mentality

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20. Distorting

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21. Having Secret Agendas

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22. Enjoying The Good Life and Buying

Personal Toys At The Expense Of Employees

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23. Using Wealth To Inflict Misery

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24. Outsourcing Core Functions And

Processes

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25. Cutting The Wrong Things

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26. Not Having Any Special Events For

Employees; No Celebrations; No Ceremonies

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27. Not Paying Bonuses

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Sorry, but we did not

make enough money

this year to pay

bonuses

Boss


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Better Yet

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28. Screwing Employees

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29. Being At War With Employees

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Management against Employees

Owner against Everyone

Top Management against Middle Management


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30. Not Being Serious About Health and

Safety

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31. Not Training Or Developing Employees

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Unbelievable

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attorney Susan Coler, who represents Mucci

and Whitaker, claims that the aggressive culture

produced by Six Sigma created an atmosphere

at 3M that made it virtually impossible for

older workers to receive the Six Sigma training

required to be promoted. Coler, a partner

with law firm Sprenger & Lang, claims that the

discrimination has been worsened by 3M CEO

W. James McNerney Jr.


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Obvious

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32. Not Improving People

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Cannot improveperformance

without

improving people


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33. Tricking Employees With Vague

Language

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34. Introducing Stupid Policies

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35. Promoting Slimeballs And Brown-nose

Characters

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36. Not Having The Best Tools For People To

Work With

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Reminder

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37. Not Maintaining Equipment And

Vehicles The Right Way

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Poor maintenance always leads

to disaster sooner or later.

As the old saying goes You can

pay now or you can pay later

but you will pay.


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38. Allowing frustration and anger to grow

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39. Not Listening

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Cant listen when screaming


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Note

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You take that important

piece out of the wheel andthe wheel is not going

anywhere


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40. Not Communicating Well

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Body Language Matters

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41. Resisting Change; Promoting The Status

Quo

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Reminders

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Managers

Leaders


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42. Allowing and Even Encouraging the

Rumor Mill And Innuendos To Thrive

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43. Not Caring About Employee Morale Or

High Turnover

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Another Reminder

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44. Allowing Backstabbing, Playing Politics

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45. Accentuating The Negative

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46. Ignoring Affirmative Action

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Dont wait for the Government to tell you what is right and fair.

Just do the right thing!


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47. Hiring Illegal Aliens (and paying under the table)

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48. Avoiding Accountability

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Reminder

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49. Not Giving Back To The Community

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50. Not Leading

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Leading Goes Well Beyond People

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Holistic Approach Do It All

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50 Common Unethical Practices