Michael Josephson
Michael Josephson
Michael Josephsonis a former law professor and attorney who founded the nonprofit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics located in Los Angeles, California, out of which he operates as a speaker and lecturer on the subject of ethics. The institute is named after his parents...
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thinking people purpose
To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.
character thinking want
Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.
gratitude grateful thinking
It is not enough that we express our gratitude, we must experience it. We truly honor the must think about our blessings, separately and cumulatively It is not enough to count our blessings and express our gratitude if we don't truly feel grateful.
integrity winning thinking
Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything
thinking effort next
Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
opportunity thinking organization
No leader or organization can achieve breakout growth until it treats, "we've always done it this way" as an opportunity to think anew rather than as a reason to stop thinking. Keep in mind, tradition should be a guide, not a jailer.
life attitude thinking
I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.
character thinking trying
We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.
thinking stronger becoming
The kind of courage that is strengthened or created by concern about what others will think is really a form of fear. Fear of disapproval or dishonor becoming stronger than fear of injury or even death.
hurt character thinking
The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.
motivational character thinking
People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.
acceptable area becomes character compliance concept discretion disguise ethical ethics excuse law legal less moral motive noble ought people pressure pressures principled requires shortcuts sign statements substitute talk tests troubled
Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations in disguise and its never been acceptable to give in to temptation. Ethics is about the way things ought to be, not about the way things are. When it comes to ethics, motive is very important. A person of character does the right thing for the right reason. Compliance is about what we must do; ethics is about what we should do. Ethical people often do more than the law requires and less than it allows. The area of discretion between the legal must and the moral should tests our character. Noble talk and framed ethics statements are no substitute for principled conduct. The test is doing the right thing.
approved employees former great happy
I'm happy that they approved it. It's great for those employees and former employees that participated in the lawsuit.
differences world different
Success or failure can only be measured in terms of a particular objective. The success of a person whose life objective is money or status will look very different than the success of one who sets out to make a positive difference in the world.