From the Editor – Issue 41
Al Erisman details the IBTE and Ethix mission.
Issue 41
Dear Ethix – Issue 41
Readers give input on failed elctronic transactions, their use of Ethix, and hacking.
TechWatch: Digital Medical Care?
Imagine the possibilities if health care entered the digital age. X-rays, MRIs, prescriptions, and patient health records could all be in digital form, and could be moved electronically when and where they are needed. Teleconferencing could allow your current doctor to enter into real time discussion with a local doctor about a particular medical problem …
David J. McIntyre Jr.: Protecting Customers, Managing Growth at TriWest
David McIntyre, Jr. explains the ethical issues around protecting customers in times of crisis.
Donald C. Labourr: Patients or Profits?
Donald Labourr tells his story about standing up for the patient in light of unethical profit-above-all-else thinking.
ChoicePoint Slow to Acknowledge Data Theft
The Seattle Times, InformationWeek, Liberty Identity Theft Services, Network World Fusion, and other Internet sources late February through March, 2005
Personal Lives of Executives Under Scrutiny
The Seattle Times, March 8, 2005
AIG Admits Improper Accounting
The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2005
Best Practices: Why Rest?
Lisa Surdyk advocates taking a 24-hour break each week from normal work activities and incorporating four aspects of holistic rest—physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.
InReview – Issue 41
Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right
by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in your Work and Life
by Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson
Ethix Forum – Issue 41
Does good ethics make good business? All the time, mostly, or sometimes? Why?
Is this Termination Fair and Right?
What should you do if your employer terminates a fellow employee’s contract and then forces him or her to sign a nondisclosure statement?