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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
}
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
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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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