Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know
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- Author：John C. Maxwell
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Mary
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Good concepts， but not particularly engaging
Leo
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Amazing book that outlined the golden rule。 It's amazing how everything from this one rule comes to fruition！ Are you going for gold or the golden rule？ Which ever you choose determines your internal state！！！ Amazing book that outlined the golden rule。 It's amazing how everything from this one rule comes to fruition！ Are you going for gold or the golden rule？ Which ever you choose determines your internal state！！！ 。。。more
Waris Ahmad Faizi
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Phenomenal！ John Maxwell has hit the ball out of the boundary。 He did an amazing job at conveying the importance of living an ethical life。 He expands on the Golden Rule， the only rule we really need for all ethical guidance， and crafts a succinct explanation for how to apply it。 Some parts of the book may even make you just wow。 If you only want to read one book about ethics， this masterpiece would be the greatest choice。
Dennis Geoffroy
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The message is good。 Follow the Golden Rule。 However， it is way to simplistic to be "Ethics 101"。It uses random anecdotes from business leaders who acted ethically and achieved success and of those who didn't who ended up in prison or worse。It is a pretty picture， but its not always true， we shouldn't act ethically just because we expect better success if we do （that is just being self-centered thinking being "good" will benefit us） instead we should act ethically because it is the right thing t The message is good。 Follow the Golden Rule。 However， it is way to simplistic to be "Ethics 101"。It uses random anecdotes from business leaders who acted ethically and achieved success and of those who didn't who ended up in prison or worse。It is a pretty picture， but its not always true， we shouldn't act ethically just because we expect better success if we do （that is just being self-centered thinking being "good" will benefit us） instead we should act ethically because it is the right thing to do。 Acting ethically won't necessarily lead to great business success as Maxwell claims。 I think this is a dangerous claim not only because it leads to the wrong motivation to act ethically， it also gives false hope。 People may constantly fail in the corrupt business world because of there ethics， they may never be business moguls。 Their success will than not be in the business world， but in their personal character， knowing they still have their conscience。 。。。more
Andrew Allison
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This is not a serious business ethics book and doesn't try to be。 It's business guru-type book with the noble， if failed， objective of teaching managers how to be ethical。 This is not a serious business ethics book and doesn't try to be。 It's business guru-type book with the noble， if failed， objective of teaching managers how to be ethical。 。。。more
Hannah Wayland
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I wouldn't have finished this book if it wasn't required for a graduate course I am enrolled in。 When the content wasn't incredibly elementary it was offensively reductive。 At one point， the author suggests that divorce and drug addiction can be boiled down to and blamed on a "hedonistic society" that is only concerned with instant gratification and pleasure。 Similar statements are made throughout the book regarding people who rely on welfare to feed their families。 To write a book on ethics tha I wouldn't have finished this book if it wasn't required for a graduate course I am enrolled in。 When the content wasn't incredibly elementary it was offensively reductive。 At one point， the author suggests that divorce and drug addiction can be boiled down to and blamed on a "hedonistic society" that is only concerned with instant gratification and pleasure。 Similar statements are made throughout the book regarding people who rely on welfare to feed their families。 To write a book on ethics that fails to explore the nuances of societal issues that are cited within the book is unethical。 I feel that this author had a personal agenda that they didn't work very hard to conceal in this tiny poorly researched book。 Also， 40% of the book is just quotes from much better authors and leaders。 Go figure。 。。。more
Jonathan Carter
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Fantastic book！ Although only about one hundred pages long John Maxwell does an incredible job at conveying the importance of living an ethical life and also giving you powerfully simple tools to get there。 Chalked full of one liners， this book is highly recommended！
Emerson John Tiu Ng
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Mice book regarding business ethics
Lindsay Walker
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I have heard good things about Maxwell as an author。 This is the first of his books I have read。 I learned quite a bit from this short book。 I think everyone should read it at some point in their life！
Scott
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John Maxwell once again delivers a clear and great book for us all。Ethics is not something different when we enter an organisation， it is the same ethics we have in all our lives。 This book provides techniques and guides to staying true to an ethical life， and in essence "do the right thing"。Having listened to this as an audiobook， I cannot provide direct quotes; but the most important "quote" I took from this great book is this， "stay true to living a life that brings love， value and support to John Maxwell once again delivers a clear and great book for us all。Ethics is not something different when we enter an organisation， it is the same ethics we have in all our lives。 This book provides techniques and guides to staying true to an ethical life， and in essence "do the right thing"。Having listened to this as an audiobook， I cannot provide direct quotes; but the most important "quote" I took from this great book is this， "stay true to living a life that brings love， value and support to those around you"。 The critical aspect to this is to not "compete" to be the best， but to be your best。I recently watched an AFL game and saw 2 players competing and one earning a free kick/pass; the ball dropping to the feet of the other player （the opposition）。 The opposition bent down to pick the ball up but he did not。 He did it again。 The other player stood waiting to receive the ball。 Finally， on the third drop down the opposition player just smiled。 The player awarded the free had to go and get the ball。 Is that how people want to win？ Is that the role model for our children？ When did we get like this？ The book describes a story of a Winter Olympic games bobsled event where the Italian's， not expected to win gold， performed a brilliant run down the track。 They were placed first at that time with 2 competitors to go。 The next competitor were the English， who were the favourites。 Unfortunately in the run down the track prior， the English bobsled had lost its bolt。 This meant they could not do their next and final run。 Hearing this， the Italian's down the end of the track immediately went to their bobsled and removed their bolt。 They asked for it to be rushed up to the English。 The English were able to get the bolt installed and complete their run。 The Italians ended up third。 The Italian bobsledder commented having been asked why he did this， that "I would rather win knowing I had competed fairly against the best and won"。Valuable lesson we should all heed。 Ask yourself， would you do this？ 。。。more
Zach
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Can be summed up with the following quote: "A shortcut is the longest distance between two points。"Worth the read。 Can be summed up with the following quote: "A shortcut is the longest distance between two points。"Worth the read。 。。。more
Serge Gautron
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Very nice quick read。 The author makes some very good points and more importantly great suggestions for living an ethical and successful life by the Golden Rule。
Greg Syers
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This is a fantastic book that everyone should read。 The basis behind ethics is that everyone should live to treat others as they would like to be treated。
Tremayne Moore
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This was outstanding。 Very practical and the only reason why people may not like it is simply the decision to not implement what he is talking about。 Trust me， integrity， character and ethics is everything。
Kapembwa Charles
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this is awesome read， if you thinking of ethics its just the right book I can recommend to anyone without thinking twice。
Matt Leiv
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A very good， very short read。 Maxwell takes what is generally a long dry subject and makes it short and sweet， basing an ethical argument on the golden rule。 He talks about how ethics used to be part of a standard curriculum in the US and by the 1950s had almost completely disappeared from schools， and now completely gone to our great misfortune。 He talks about how we are in the generation of situational ethics-what feels right at the time is what is right to do-which is destroying our culture。 A very good， very short read。 Maxwell takes what is generally a long dry subject and makes it short and sweet， basing an ethical argument on the golden rule。 He talks about how ethics used to be part of a standard curriculum in the US and by the 1950s had almost completely disappeared from schools， and now completely gone to our great misfortune。 He talks about how we are in the generation of situational ethics-what feels right at the time is what is right to do-which is destroying our culture。 "There's no such thing as business ethics-there's only ethics。。。if you desire to be ethical， you live it by one standard across the board"。。。I could quote from every page in this book。 。。。more
Benny Alexander
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A book that every business aspirant must read。 John Maxwell clearly puts some points in the reader's mind that we do not have to find shortcuts， as sometimes the longest distance between two points are shortcuts。 A book that every business aspirant must read。 John Maxwell clearly puts some points in the reader's mind that we do not have to find shortcuts， as sometimes the longest distance between two points are shortcuts。 。。。more
Isil Arican
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I bought this book after attending an executive leadership bootcamp， and many folks there were raving about Maxwell books。 It took me a couple hours to read this， and I am not impressed at all。 This feels more of a Kindergarten book than a management/leadership book。 The whole book （104 pages） can be summarized as:- Be nice to people- Do onto others as they do onto you- Be honestI also hate anecdotal cherry picked simple examples picked to prove a point。 "John was nice to his business partner on I bought this book after attending an executive leadership bootcamp， and many folks there were raving about Maxwell books。 It took me a couple hours to read this， and I am not impressed at all。 This feels more of a Kindergarten book than a management/leadership book。 The whole book （104 pages） can be summarized as:- Be nice to people- Do onto others as they do onto you- Be honestI also hate anecdotal cherry picked simple examples picked to prove a point。 "John was nice to his business partner once， and ten years later the partner gave him a bigger contract。。。" I am sure there are thousands of cases that are not like this， and when someone tries to explain why we have to be nice with another possible gain it drives me nuts！ We should be nice to people not for the chance of getting a better contract in the future but because we are humanists。I am not saying the advice in this book is worthless， but it is pretty much common sense， and not really as deep as I would expect a 'business book' with a name "101 Ethics"。 This was not worth my time， but at least marked it off as "read" on my reading list。 。。。more
Asma
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هذا ما أردده دائماً لا يوجد هناك شيء اسمه أخلاقيات العمل بل اسمه الأخلاقياتاخلاقنا هي التي تحدد تصرفاتنا مع بعض طوال الوقت داخل وخارج العمل
Thomas Maerke
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Had to read this for a class。 Not good。
Paul
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This book was published in the time of the collapse of Enron。 A person could be forgiven for thinking that there is one standard of ethics in big business （Don't Get Caught） and another standard of ethics for the rest of humanity （The Golden Rule）。 The author does not agree。How would I like to be treated in this situation？ This way of thinking is easy to understand and is accepted by most people。 Companies that operate this way are consistently more profitable than those that don't。 It also work This book was published in the time of the collapse of Enron。 A person could be forgiven for thinking that there is one standard of ethics in big business （Don't Get Caught） and another standard of ethics for the rest of humanity （The Golden Rule）。 The author does not agree。How would I like to be treated in this situation？ This way of thinking is easy to understand and is accepted by most people。 Companies that operate this way are consistently more profitable than those that don't。 It also works really well as a personal compass。Before a person can change their business， they need to adopt the Golden Rule as their personal integrity guideline。 Make your decisions， personal and business， accordingly。 Some people blame their choices on circumstances。 Other people make good choices regardless of circumstances。 Which are you？ Doing nothing is also a decision。 Consider asking others to hold you accountable for your decisions。There are many things that keep a person from adopting the Golden Rule。 Most corporate ethics violations come from "cooking the books，" so there can be lots of pressure to not say anything。 Those in power sometimes feel that the assets of the company are their personal checking account， to be spent any way they want （who cares about ethics， I want it now）。 Having pride in yourself is a good thing。 An excessive amount of pride， focusing only on yourself and your interests， is a bad thing。After the Great Recession， it sure seems like there are a whole new generation of business leaders who need to read this book。 It's short， very easy to understand， and each chapter has in-depth discussion questions。 It is very much worth the reader's time。 。。。more
Steven Walle
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This is a masterful written book on Ethics。 John C Maxwell teaches us that there is no such thing as business， spiritual ethics， family ethics， but only Ethics。 Maxwell teaches us that we must live all aspects of our lives by one standard and that being （The Golden Rule。）In other words do not focus on living the good life， but rather living a life that is good。I highly recommend this book to all。Enjoy and Be Blessed。Diamond
Irfan Aziz
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Reasons to compromise on our ethics1） Pressure2） Pleasure3） Power4） Pride5） Priorities
Toby Brennen
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"There's No Such Thing as Business Ethics" by John Maxwell is a simple， straight-forward read on one guiding principle needed in business。 Written in 2003， some of the reference are a bit dated - many of them were dated at the time the book was written - and that's part of the point。 Some values， some guiding principles stand the test of time。 At times I felt I was reading a who's who of pop culture。 Maxwell intertwines abundant quotes and references from nearly every major ethics， self-help， se "There's No Such Thing as Business Ethics" by John Maxwell is a simple， straight-forward read on one guiding principle needed in business。 Written in 2003， some of the reference are a bit dated - many of them were dated at the time the book was written - and that's part of the point。 Some values， some guiding principles stand the test of time。 At times I felt I was reading a who's who of pop culture。 Maxwell intertwines abundant quotes and references from nearly every major ethics， self-help， self-awareness writer I've read in the past 25 years。 Personally， there was little new but everything was framed in such a way as to serve as a reminder about what is really important。 。。。more
Holly
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This was a good read。 It focused on the Golden Rule and how in order to be ethical in business and in life you should focus upon this。 How there is no such thing as business ethics and if you're not ethical in your own life then how can you be ethical in business and visa versa。It also has examples of business men who were ethical in their business and those who were not。 It gives you things to think about。 This was a good read。 It focused on the Golden Rule and how in order to be ethical in business and in life you should focus upon this。 How there is no such thing as business ethics and if you're not ethical in your own life then how can you be ethical in business and visa versa。It also has examples of business men who were ethical in their business and those who were not。 It gives you things to think about。 。。。more
Tyler Hagen
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Great book。 4。5 stars。
Olivia
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Thought it was all a little redundant， but otherwise a decent read for one of my classes
Amin elahifard
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عنوان: اخلاق در تجارت؛ نویسنده: جان سی مکسول؛ ناشر: انتشارات سپید؛ در 160 ص؛ موضوع: اخلاق در دنیای کسب و کارتاریخ اخلاق تجارت همواره شاهد حمله گسترده به تجارت و رفتارهای تجاری بوده است。 عدم رعایت اصول اخلاقی می تواند منافع کوتاه مدتی را برای شرکت ها ایجاد کند اما با گذر زمان، رفتار های ناپسند ، به منافع مالی شرکت ضربه وارد می کنند。 اصول اخلاقی می بایست بر فعالیت های ارادی انسان حاکم باشد و از طرفی تجارت یک فعالیت ارادی است。
Duane Henry
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To me， the brilliance of this book is its length; it's short enough that you can keep it， re - read it， put it away， and re - read it again， full of concise yet effective anecdotes that contain important life lessons。 John Maxwell is a great and economical writer and communicator， sharing his message without wasting words， drawing you in with real life stories and timeless phrases that capture your head and your heart。 A great and worthwhile read for anyone wanting to get ahead in anything witho To me， the brilliance of this book is its length; it's short enough that you can keep it， re - read it， put it away， and re - read it again， full of concise yet effective anecdotes that contain important life lessons。 John Maxwell is a great and economical writer and communicator， sharing his message without wasting words， drawing you in with real life stories and timeless phrases that capture your head and your heart。 A great and worthwhile read for anyone wanting to get ahead in anything without a willingness to cheat to do it。 。。。more
María Teresa Bernal
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