The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: How to Spot Moral Meltdowns in Companies... Before It's Too Late

by Jennings

• ISBN13: 9780312354305
• ISBN10: 0312354304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-22
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Do you want to make sure you · Don't invest your money in the next Enron? · Don't go to work for the next WorldCom right before the crash? · Identify and solve problems inyourorganization before they send it crashing to the ground? Marianne Jennings has spent a lifetime studying business ethics---and ethical failures. In demand nationwide as a speaker and analyst on business ethics, she takes her decades of findings and shows us inThe Seven Signs of Ethical Collapsethe reasons that companies and nonprofits undergo ethical collapse, including: · Pressure to maintain numbers · Fear and silence · Young 'uns and a larger-than-life CEO · A weak board · Conflicts · Innovation like no other · Belief that goodness in some areas atones for wrongdoing in others Don't watch the next accounting disaster take your hard-earned savings, or accept the perfect job only to find out your boss is cooking the books. If you're just interested in understanding the (not-so) ethical underpinnings of business today,The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapseis both a must-have tool and a fascinating window into today's business world.

Author Biography

MARIANNE M. JENNINGS is a professor at Arizona State University and the author of A Business Tale. She speaks often on business and ethics. Her weekly columns are syndicated around the country, and her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reader’s Digest. She lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	ix
Preface	xi
ONE What Are the Seven Signs? Where Did They Come From? Why Should Anyone Care?	1	(16)
TWO Sign #1 Pressure to Maintain Those Numbers	17	(42)
THREE Sign #2 Fear and Silence	59	(39)
FOUR Sign #3 Young 'Uns and a Bigger-than-Life CEO	98	(39)
FIVE Sign #4 Weak Board	137	(40)
SIX Sign #5 Conflicts	177	(26)
SEVEN Sign #6 Innovation Like No Other	203	(34)
EIGHT Sign #7 Goodness in Some Areas Atones for Evil in Others	237	(21)
NINE Applying the Signs for the Future	258	(12)
TEN The Road Ahead	270	(17)
Notes	287	(34)
Index	321	(12)
Acknowledgments	333