http://pawlconsulting.com/blog Business Ethics Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:01:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am constantly faced with perplexed people regarding my views. I am a firm believer in helping our fellow mankind, cry at the atrocities of the world, believe in the impetus behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, but am also a fan of free enterprise, a lover of Ayn Rand's ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2011/12/09/get-on-board-corporate-america/ Anybody read the short story in the news from Monday night about a little girl on Facebook that posted about knowing she might die that night? You probably missed it or if you did read it you shook your head, sighed, and moved on to the next story before your ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2011/12/08/america-is-dying-where-have-we-gone-wrong/ The long wait is over. The headlines read.."Obama gets Osama," but what does it all really mean? For many Americans it means vindication, validation, closure, or even justice. In fact, the President himself declared that justice was done. For many more, living in far reaching lands like the Philippines, Indonesia, ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2011/05/02/symbolism/ At times in life we are faced with insurmountable ethical dilemmas, and it is a test of our character as to how we proceed. There are many varieties of quandary, but all come with a question, a choice of solutions, and a consequence. Whatever road we take, we must decide ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2011/03/28/the-ethical-dilemma/ One of my favorite places in the world is in deep turmoil. On the outside, for the last thirty years there has been stability in Egypt. There has been a successful encouragement of tourism, moderate religious behavior, a beacon of peace in the region, and for the most part safety. ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2011/02/06/egypt-beware-of-what-you-wish-for/ I have been fairly silent for a while. Watching and waiting to see how we would pull ourselves out of the financial mess we now find ourselves mired in. I am no closer to any great insight, but I find myself more and more astonished at just how low we ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/22/how-far-will-corporate-greed-go/ If you only read U.S. news sources you may have most likely missed the hard to find blurb on two executions that took place today. That is because they took place in China, and they were not child killers, serial killers or mass murderers of any kind; sort of. I ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2009/11/24/lessons-from-abroad/ I am a week or so behind on  my comments regarding Wall Street's  acquisition of N1H1 vaccines, but that is partially because I am so disgusted at the in our faces display of our society's failings that I have been stumped for words. Earlier this month it was revealed that ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2009/11/15/only-the-rich-die-old/ It is fairly plain to see that the $700 billion stimulus has not worked. At least not so far, and in light of the planned executive bonuses there is a fair chance we can take that statement to the bank. This is good in that at least we have something ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/22/did-someone-say-stimulus/ The new film by Michael Moore, Capitalism, A Love Story, did not really say anything different from what I  have been talking about for many years now. While I am not necessarily always a fan of his tactics, he does have some very insightful things to say. Capitalism is failing. For ... http://pawlconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/21/capitalism-in-crisis/