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Snapshot, reviewers' comments: Organizations and individuals that behave ethically enjoy a commanding and enduring lead in achieving success ...This book should be mandatory reading for every corporate officer and employee...a practical application of real-world experience...a valuable addition to the ethics discussion. Excerpt: Ethics--or its lack-- sticks its multi-faceted nose into just about every inter-personal activity, or it could and should. But, unfortunately, not everyone understands and practices this truism, and all too few of the folks who lead our institutions are aware of the need for ethics and have made ethical practices an integral part of their everyday activities, although we daresay that most or all say that they do, which of course is lying and, obviously, unethical. So, if ethical behavior is widely thought to be needed and is beneficial to individuals and institutions, why doesn't everyone practice it all the time? The answer is deceptively simple: too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are unaware, aka ignorant, of the need for or positive consequences of ethical behavior. On the other side of that same coin, too many people, unfortunately and to their own detriment, are blissfully unaware of the negative consequences of unethical behavior, blinded as they could be by selfishness, greed, and the need for control over others. The operative words are unfortunately and to their own detriment.

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Pete Geissler is a professional writer of business and technical knowledge, and a former adjunct professor of Advanced Professional and Technical Writing at Carnegie Mellon University and Senior Lecturer in Writing at The Graduate School of Environmental Science and Management, Duquesne University. Other books he has authored include The Power of Being Articulate, The Power of Writing Well, The Power of Dignity, and Divorce can be Such Sweet Sorrow. For more: www.TheExpressivePress.com. Email: geissler@earthlink.net Linkedin: https: //www.linkedin.com/pub/pete-geissler/20/783/b52 Bill O'Rourke culminated his long career at Alcoa as the Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety and Sustainability reporting to the CEO. In addition to his three-year assignment as President of Alcoa-Russia, Bill held increasingly responsible positions in law, environmental affairs, health & safety, procurement, information technology, auditing, and global business services. He was the Executive Director of the Beard Institute (which focuses on ethics, sustainability and responsible financial management), a part of the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University. He now sits on the Board of Directors of Alcoa Foundation and Sustainable Pittsburgh, and is a Fellow in Ethics at the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University. Bill lectures and hosts workshops on ethics and leadership at a number of universities and other organizations throughout North America.

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